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Hanna Kivistö gained her Master’s Degree in International Relations as well as her BA and Master’s Degree in Education at the University of Tampere, Finland.

Ms. Kivistö has an extensive professional experience in international relations. She has worked for the European Union, the United Nations and the Parliament of Finland. Currently she works as a political journalist.

She has also a strong teaching background after working as a teacher and an adult educator for several years.

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Born and raised in London, David spent three years in Israel, studying in Yeshiva and serving in the IDF before making Aliyah in 1996. He has a BA in English Literature and Sociology, a DipEd and an MA in Jewish Education from the Melton Centre at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. David was an English teacher in Jerusalem for seven years before being accepted to the prestigious Senior Educators Program at the Melton Centre where he spent much of his time studying curriculum building. He relocated to Sydney two years ago where he took up a position in the Jewish Studies Department at Moriah College. David is now the Director for Informal Jewish Education at the College. In his short time in Sydney, he has lectured at Shalom College, Limmud-Oz, Womenpower and facilitated courses at the Bina Foundation. David is married to Mindy (a Sydney girl) and they have four children; Itai, Nadav, Grace and Maoz.

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Sarah Klenbort was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She has lived, worked, and studied in China, Wales, New York, and Sydney. She graduated from the University of Glamorgan, in Wales, in 2001 with a First Class Honours Degree in English. In 2006, she received a Masters in Fine Arts from Columbia University. In May of 2009 she received her PhD from Binghamton University, in New York, where she also taught literature and creative writing to undergraduates. Dr. Klenbort has taught—English, literature, and creative writing—for over ten years. She currently teaches literature at the University of Western Sydney, and creative writing at Sydney Community College. Her fiction and non-fiction have been published in literary journals and magazines in Australia, Britain, and the U.S.

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I have been teaching at TAFE since 1991 and at Sydney University – Continuing Education since 2008. I remain passionate about teaching and believe one of the best quotes I have ever read was at NSW University which read:“ Monolingualism is curable”.

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Jaclyn is a consultant specialising in open innovation and participatory design, with more than 20 years of experience across diverse sectors. She has designed and delivered cutting-edge projects for large multinational organisations, as well as start-ups and emerging not-for-profit organisations.

What sets Jaclyn apart is her proven ability to bring creativity and agility to projects, foster collaborative partnerships, and unite diverse teams to tackle complex challenges. Highlights of her work include co-creating innovative mobility services for citizens in Detroit; using financial innovation to address sustainable development goals; creating future-focused strategies to engage customers and stakeholders in long-term planning; and helping start-ups conceptualise and communicate compelling value propositions.

She is an experienced facilitator and delivers programs for clients in the private and education sectors in the areas of innovation, design thinking, social marketing, consumer behaviour and creative advertising development.

Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Professional Writing and Communication from the University of South Australia; a Master of Business Administration (MBA); and a Master of Communication for Social Change from the University of Queensland (UQ). She also holds a Certificate IV in Public Participation from the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2). Jaclyn is a member of the UQ Bachelor of Design Industry Advisory Group and has been a guest lecturer and mentor for the UQ MBA Program.

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Richard N Kocsis, Ph.D. is a psychologist and criminologist. He is the author/co-author and editor of books, book chapters and articles on topics related to criminal profiling, aberrant violent crime, forensic psychology/psychiatry and the law, political violence and counter-terrorism. Over his career, he has served as an expert consultant to law enforcement, emergency and prosecution agencies as well as law firms.

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Peter Koit. Tutor of CCE

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Maria Kokkolis has an MA (Arts) and a Diploma of Education from the University of Sydney. She has extensive teaching experience, having taught both secondary school students and adults at schools and language colleges throughout Sydney. In addition to her teaching commitments, Maria is currently completing her Bachelor of Law degree at the University of NSW.

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Emilie gained her Arts degree at the University of Vienna where she studied German, Philosophy, Psychology and Education. She has extensive experience in teaching the German language: she has been a tutor, lecturer and course coordinator in German Studies at all of the major public universities in Sydney; a tutor at the Goethe Institute (Sydney); a tutor and examiner for University access exams and a tutor in German to diplomats and company employees preparing for overseas assignments. In addition, Emily has been in charge of developing skills-specific courses in German for the metals, electricity, and wood industries, and is the co-author of teaching materials on teaching German as a foreign language.

Emilie is an experienced researcher. She was a research assistant for several books on the German-Australian connection by John Williams*, and has worked in the German archives, exploring the family history of an Australian descendant of 19th century German immigrants. In the course of her research work, Emilie has been involved in German-to-English translation and she has also worked independently as a translator.

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Joyce Kolevris. Tutor of CCE