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Vale Judith van Unen, SEAANZ Vice President – Community Engagement (2017– 2022)

Jul 7, 2022 | 2022, SEAANZ Director

Judith van Unen SEAANZ Vice President, Community Engagement 2017– 2022
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of our beloved colleague and friend, Judith van Unen, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. When she left us at the beginning of the year to seek treatment overseas we were convinced that we would see her again – she was truly such a force of nature!   Judith was well known by many in the SEAANZ community and beyond as a powerful voice and advocate for small business, particularly around the role of women. She was respected nationally and internationally through her many roles, including with the ICA, Business & Professional Women and the UN Commission for the Status of Women.   Her work with SEAANZ saw her keeping us grounded in the day-to-day realities of working life, ensuring we never lost sight of the need to actively engage and partner (rather than ‘talk at’) small business.   Judith was an elegant and eloquent speaker. She was a tireless champion for the female small business owner and while we can no longer rely on her advice and guidance, we will institute an annual award in her honour so that the gifts she so freely gave us are never forgotten. We are the poorer for her passing but she leaves us all the better for having known her.   From the President and Directors of SEAANZ  

 

 

SEAANZ 2022 Symposium

Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, Symposium

Looking Ahead to the Future of Work in SMEs

Tuesday 25 October 2022

9:00 am to 5:00 pm (AEDT)

Online and in person (Monash Business School, Caulfield, Building H, Room 9.02)

Main Session Program

Symposium Summary

Building on the success of our symposium last year (SMEs and COVID-19: Just Surviving or Thriving?) as well as our 2019 White Paper (Inspiring Future Workplaces), we are turning our sights this year to what the future may hold for small business. While recent years have been traumatic, they have also highlighted the critical role small to medium enterprises play, not just in increasingly complex value chains, but as the bedrock of everyday lives.

What we found last year was that while there were many ‘doing it tough’ and going out of business, there are also those who are not just surviving but thriving and looking to the future with hope and optimism. Our symposium this year thus provides the opportunity to explore this richness and diversity together. We envisage that the symposium will provide the opportunity to learn with and from each other as well as to strengthen SMEs.  Symposium papers are invited but not limited to the following topics:

  • What is happening in the Australian (and other) SME labour market?
  • Have the events of the last two years changed how SMEs work forever?
  • What do young people want from work and how can SME employers engage them?
  • What tools can help SME practitioners, policy makers and researchers to plan for an uncertain future?
  • How can we work together to build healthier, happier SME workplaces?

Academic Stream Program

Symposium Participants

  • Policy makers
  • University academics
  • Industry practitioners
  • Think tanks
  • Research students
  • Government organisations

Symposium Output

  • Enhanced understanding of the future of work for SMEs
  • Policy conversations and research
  • Academic and practice conversations and collaboration
  • Publication of symposium abstracts on the SEAANZ website
  • Invitation to paper contributors for inclusion in our SEAANZ journal SER

Key Dates

  • Extended Abstracts Due (500 words) – 15th August 2022
  • Feedback on Extended Abstracts – 5th September 2022
  • Full Papers Due (5000 words including references, tables and figures) – 3rd October 2022
  • Symposium – 25th October 2022
  • Invitation for submission to SER – 28th October 2022

Submission

Submissions have closed.

Symposium Fee

Current SEAANZ members pay:

  • Attendance in person (Monash Business School, Caulfield, Building H, Room 8.13) $150 AUD
  • Attendance online only $50 AUD

Non-SEAANZ members pay:

  • Attendance in person (Monash Business School, Caulfield, Building H, Room 8.13) $250 AUD
  • Attendance online only $100 AUD

The 3 best presentations will be awarded certificates as judged by the expert panel.

Event Registration

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