Keynote presenter

Professor Susan Rowland (BSc Hons PhD GCEd PFHEA)

Professor Susan Rowland (BSc Hons PhD GCEd PFHEA she/her/hers) is an internationally recognised science educator. Her teaching and education leadership has been recognised with awards that include an AAUT Award for Teaching Excellence and Principal Fellowship of Advance HE.

Susan completed her BSc and PhD at the University of Sydney, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Connecticut. She returned to Australia in 2006 to teach and research at the University of Queensland, building a leadership career as a Teaching Focused academic.
Susan became Vice-Provost at the University of Sydney in 2023. She is delegate for the Provost in key areas of academic management and operation. She oversees multiple enterprise-wide initiatives that support and enhance the academic business of the University. Her teams and areas of leadership include the University Libraries, SAGE (Science and Gender Equity), Gifts Administration, and Sustainability. Using an Adaptive Leadership approach Susan works closely with hundreds of staff stakeholders across the University to build and implement major programs of work.