ACT International Women’s Day Leaders Breakfast
We’re proud to welcome Zena Burgess FAICD FAPS, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Psychological Society to one of the ACT’s most inspiring and important leadership conversations.
This breakfast welcomes both men and women. Because the conversation about women’s leadership and psychological wellbeing belongs to everyone.
Across every sector of Australian life in workplaces, in schools, in hospitals, in communities, and in homes the demand for psychological support is growing faster than the systems designed to provide it. Anxiety. Depression. Trauma.
These are not niche clinical concerns. They are the defining human challenges of our time.
That response is shaped significantly by the work of the Australian Psychological Society.
And as CEO, Zena Burgess leads that work with a combination of academic rigour, professional authority, and genuine human commitment that places her among the most important voices in Australian public health and social policy right now.
For women in leadership, the psychological dimension of this conversation carries particular resonance.
Zena Burgess understands that reality scientifically, professionally, and personally.
She brings to this breakfast a perspective that every leader needs to engage with:
✅ Psychological wellbeing as a leadership imperative not a personal luxury
✅ Women’s mental health in leadership the evidence and the solutions
✅ Australia’s mental health landscape challenges, reforms, and the road ahead
✅ Psychological safety in organisations building cultures where people thrive
✅ The science of resilience what the evidence actually tells us about bouncing back
✅ Advocacy, policy, and the national conversation about mental health access and equity
This breakfast is for everyone.
Men and women are equally welcome at this table because the conversation about psychological wellbeing, women’s leadership, and the future we are building together belongs to every leader who believes in it.
Lead the Change starts with understanding the mind behind the leader.
Panorama Room, Metropolis, Southgate Melbourne
Southgate Melbourne, Level 4
3 Southgate Avenue Southbank, VIC 3006
12 March 2027
From 6:30 AM
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