Biographies of Keynote speakers:
Professor Barbara Holland works for the Talloires Network, an international association of institutions committed to strengthening the civic roles and social responsibilities of higher education.
Previously Barbara joined the University of Sydney in 2010 after serving as Pro Vice-Chancellor of Engagement at the University of Western Sydney 2007. In her role as Pro Vice-Chancellor of Engagement at the University of Western Sydney she served as the senior executive for engagement and implemented the University’s strategic plan for engagement. She also developed a system to monitor and assess engagement’s impacts on faculty, students, and communities.
A frequent consultant, author, and speaker, she is well-known for her expertise in the areas of organizational change in higher education with a specific emphasis on the implementation and assessment of community-based learning, engaged scholarship, and community-campus partnerships. In 2006 she received the Research Achievement Award from the International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement.