School excursions and student exchanges can quickly go wrong. Injuries, accidents, health and weather conditions are just some of the risks at play. As the world moves towards a post-pandemic era, and schools look to reintroduce enriching excursions and student exchange programs, equip yourself with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the legal challenges of OH&S, duty of care and child safety by registering now. 

Presenters

Ms. Penny Liberogiannis, Senior Lawyer, Moores
Penny Liberogiannis is a Senior Lawyer in the Corporate Advisory Team at Moores. Penny is a governance, risk and compliance expert. Having worked within education institutions for over 10 years, Penny understands the sector’s complex regulatory and risk landscape and brings invaluable insights to provide practical solutions for education and other not-for-profit clients. Penny has led tertiary provider and school registration projects, advised on international and transnational education arrangements, and developed frameworks to steer organisational policy, compliance and risk management maturity. In addition to education, Penny has also been the privacy officer in global health technology and university organisations providing specialist privacy advice across information management systems, compliance with state, federal and global privacy legal frameworks, and cyber security risk management. Penny enjoys combining her project experience and her legal expertise to uniquely assist her education and not-for-profit clients to navigate their complex regulatory environments with informed and well considered solutions.


Ms. Susan Allen, Former Principal, Randwick Public School
Susan Allen has recently relinquished the position of Principal at Randwick Public School, a large, high performing K-6 government primary school in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. Mrs Allen served the school for 17 years as Principal following on from Principal positions in South West Sydney, Albury and Ontario, Canada for the previous 17 years as well as teaching in large and small and rural and city settings. Leading a high demand school, of a 1000 students, half of whom have backgrounds other than English and representing 62 different language groups, and serving the parent community of the University of NSW and Medical professionals from the area’s three large teaching hospitals, requires a sound knowledge of curriculum, education policy, risk management and government legislation. Navigating the conflicting requirements of community expectations, student needs and staff skills and well being, requires clear communication, careful planning and effective administration. Over 17 years at Randwick, Susan has mentored executive staff in the knowledge, skills and attitudes that have enabled seven to take up their own Principalship successfully and others to develop as strong middle leaders both at Randwick and beyond.


Ms. Cecelia Irvine-So, Practice Leader, Moores
Cecelia is a Practice Leader in the Corporate Advisory team and heads the Education team at Moores. Cecelia is a commercial lawyer specialising in education law, education governance, privacy and regulatory compliance. Cecelia is the first port of call for a significant number of independent and Catholic schools, education providers, kindergarten cluster managers and K-12 education management and peak bodies. Cecelia has developed a reputation for successfully assisting education bodies and schools which are facing regulator intervention due to critical events or funding and compliance issues, including CRICOS, VRQA, Dept of Education, NESA, TEQSA and ASQA. As one of only a handful of dedicated education lawyers, she is in demand from industry bodies seeking her expertise for speaking engagements and training, and contributions to boards and advisory groups. In addition to regulation, Cecelia assists education clients with student and parent relations, enrolment and admission, behavior and discipline and Board governance. Cecelia also has a special interest in regulatory compliance across the board for Not for Profits, with a particular emphasis on privacy and information. In her role as a leader at Moores, Cecelia has represented the firm in corporate fundraising. Cecelia’s demeanour is always professional, but with the slightest edge of quirky humour which makes Cecelia an engaging advisor and public speaker.