Lunch on Collins with Dr Jessica Clark

Join us on Friday 29 August 2025 for our much-anticipated annual networking event, Lunch on Collins with guest speaker, Dr Jessica Clark, Senior Curator, First Nations Art, National Gallery of Victoria.

Registration opens on 24 July 2025 at 10am. 

TICKETS

Tickets are $120 for members (holders of a current Single or Corporate Membership) and $135 for non-members.

There is a cap of 5 tickets (of any kind) per person/Corporate Member. If this cap is exceeded, tickets will be cancelled and a refund processed which will be subject to a 5% cancellation fee to cover transaction costs.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr Jessica Clark is a proud palawa/pallawah woman born in lurtruwita/trouwerner and currently living and working on Wurundjeri Country in Naarm/Melbourne. She is a respected curator with a background in art history and art education and currently holds the position of Senior Curator, First Nations at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Dr Clark holds a PhD Fine Art and Music (2023), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, of which was awarded The Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in 2024. She is the current Ursula Hoff Fellow (2024-26), University of Melbourne.

EXCELLENCE AWARD

In honour of our friend and colleague, Olivia Warwick, who sadly passed away in May 2024 after a short battle with cancer, the WII (Vic) Committee is pleased to be accepting nominations for the 2025 Olivia Warwick Excellence Award.

The Olivia Warwick Excellence Award represents an opportunity for women to be recognised by their peers as being the best at what they do. It is also an opportunity for the winner to inspire the next generation of women in insurance and the insurance community at large. Full details on how to nominate, eligibility criteria and selection criteria are on our website. https://www.wii.org.au/the-2025-olivia-warwick-excellence-award

The winner of the Olivia Warwick Excellence Award will be announced during the Lunch on Collins event. Nominations close at 5pm on 11 August 2025.

SPONSOR

We warmly thank our gold sponsor, Veritas Loss Adjusters & Investigators, for their continued support through annual sponsorship.