The event starts with a guest speaker, following the speaker; the Connecting session splits into smaller groups to discuss relevant topics aimed to engage the participants to speak up. Groups will be re-arranged to meet a different group of women.
Guest speakers are inspiring women from the construction industry, as well as a few from other industries, all with interesting career paths to generate discussions.
Some of our past speakers have been:
Phoenix Lavin, Design & Construction Interface & Transition Manager
Fahimeh Zaeri, Business Improvement, Process & Efficiency Lead
Anna Harley, City Design & Place Planning
Christina de Boer, Design Manager
Diane Taylor, Senior Quantity Surveyor
Flavia Wolfe, Site Engineer
Stacey Mendonca, Chief Estimator
Carrinya Feaunati, Architectural Graduate
Jax Mitchell, Financial Manager
Lucy Sanderson-Gammon, Career Coach
Our NAWIC Members are from a diverse range of women in the construction industry, this gives us an ideal platform to listen and learn from many in their chosen field.
These Connecting in Construction sessions have been well attended with several groups not wanting to close off their discussions.