Associate Professor Caroline Ford leads the Gynaecological Cancer Research Group at the University of New South Wales. Over the past eight weeks, the Covid19 lock down has had a huge impact on the the laboratory work of many scientists, including Professor Caroline's team. At the time of this conversation with Professor Ford, she was looking forward to the team going back to lab to work which is due this week. Professor Ford established her lab at the Lowy Cancer Research Group in 2010 after int...
Aug 17, 2020•29 min
How did a shy young ‘mad scientist’ from Corrimal, Wollongong end up having a career spanning 40 years in television production? Bernie Zelvis may not be a household name to the public but in the world of Australian Pay TV and live music broadcasting his work is legendary. He directed massive live music events such as the Big Day Out and worked with international musical luminaries such as Coldplay, Brian May from Queen and Lady Gaga. Bernie has continued to adapt, thrive and survive in an ever-...
Aug 17, 2020•37 min
Dr Jasvir Nachatar Singh and Dr Sabrina Gupta from La Trobe University share with DAWN CAST their findings into South Asian international students, and the impact of Covid19. In this episode, they gave Dai Le and Cathy Ngo some insights into the lived experiences, the challenges and future of these students. Jasvir came from Malaysian as an international student and stayed in Australia with her husband after being offered a role in academia. Dr Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh is an award-winning Lect...
Aug 12, 2020•51 min
Priscilla Koukoui is the founder of OviSquare and describes herself as a futurist, and also a prototype. She's not afraid to (re)start, to fail fast and press replay. A highly energetic, and passionate leader, she has worked in 10+ countries, for 10+ companies in 16 years, mostly leading projects or initiatives. Priscilla loves exploring innovation, emerging advanced technologies how they impact Humanity with a devouring curiosity and has consistently worked on new age technology solutions throu...
Aug 10, 2020•47 min
The past few months have made us all take stock about our business, our lives and our communities. Cathy Dimarchos, founder of Solutions2You, believes that we should look at the opportunities presented through COVID-19. The founder and CEO brings her 35 years plus in Finance and qualifications in Counselling and Coaching to Dawn Cast. Passionate about people and business, and determined to impact the world, Cathy shares her perspective with Dawn Founder, Dai Le and Keynoteworthy's Cathy Ngo, the...
Aug 10, 2020•33 min
Do you need a HUG? ABC chairwoman Ita Buttrose believes the Australian workforce has changed dramatically, saying younger workers lack resilience and "almost need hugging" for regular reassurance. In this weeks episode of our Let’s Talk About series, Dai Le and Cathy Ngo discuss making mistakes/failing in the workplace and how to bounce back and build resilience. Here’s the article: https://www.smartcompany.com.au/peopl... #LetsTalkAbout #ItaButtrose #Hugging ____________________________________...
Aug 10, 2020•22 min
Carolyn Lee has worked in the solar energy industry for over 10 years and founded The Energy Experts in 2012, which provides and installs high quality solar solutions for residential and commercial projects. Her vision was to create a business that helps people find the right solution for their unique situation, to only install high-performance products and to provide an awesome customer experience. She loves the disruptive nature of renewable energy and enjoys helping clients become less relian...
Aug 10, 2020•35 min
With increasing numbers of Covid19 positive cases in Victoria, there's call to download the Contact Tracing App. Listen to this Dawncast episode where Dai Le and Catherine Ngo speak with a diverse panel of cybersecurity experts about their views on COVID-19 COVIDSafe contact tracing app. On the panel are Jens Lüttgens (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jens-l%C3%BCttgens-2a050615/) Security expert | Penetration tester | Security consultant | Keynote speaker Jens Lüttgens is currently CISO at UDG Unite...
Aug 04, 2020•56 min
How did a country with approximately 97 million people, nearly four times the number of Australia, manage its society and economy through Covid19 in the past few months? While there has only been two deaths in recent days, with both elderly men having underlying health conditions, Vietnam's Minister of Health has so far confirmed a total of 509 cases of COVID-19, with 369 of the affected patients reported to have recovered and been discharged from hospitals. The latest 45 cases were all linked t...
Aug 04, 2020•51 min
The coronavirus pandemic has not only seen a surge in online food orders via popular platforms such as Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Menulog but it has also seen more restaurants turn to on-demand food delivery as a way to connect with customers. But did you know that Uber Eats charges restaurants on their platform a commission fee of 30%? Despite the fact that Uber Eats has dropped the fee by 5% in May this year, many restaurants argue that the commission of 30% was still not sustainable for restaur...
Aug 01, 2020•11 min
Rachel Worsley took the road less traveled and made the difference. A trained medical journalist, Rachel found herself drawn to the world of marketing, which led her to found her business, Neurodiversity Media. She shares with Dai Le and Cathy Ngo on Dawncast her personal story behind her business, and her passion to drive the conversation on inclusion and intersectionality. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Introduction 1:08 How Neurodiversity media started 3:54 What is Neurodiversity media? 4:53 Rachel's person...
Aug 01, 2020•36 min
As a child, Aleem Ali had to explain his name. While he had to constantly explain the origin of his name, Aleem shared on Dawncast that growing up in Queensland to a loving and inclusive family with a Muslim father and a Christian mother, gave him the resilience and confidence to respond to questions about his heritage and background, and even dealt with racism. He shares with Dai Le and Cathy Ngo the wisdom his grandfather passed on to his father, who passed it onto him. Aleem is the CEO of Wel...
Jul 27, 2020•34 min
This season of #MasterChefAustralia has been praised for a number of reasons. One of them is the fact that with its diverse cast of contestants, it highlighted the importance of diversity and representation on prime time television. What struck many was the sheer amount of Asian-Australian faces on-screen including Amina Elshafei, Brendan Pang, Khanh Ong, Jess Liemantara, Poh Ling Yeow, Reynold Poernomo, Sarah Tiong including Judge Melissa Leong. In this episode of our Let's Talk About series, a...
Jul 27, 2020•8 min
Blind Grit is the brainchild of Nikki Hind, Australia's first legally blind fashion designer. Nikki joined Dai Le and Cathy Ngo to share her love of fitness, fashion design & social justice through her initiative Blind Grit. Blind Grit was born at the same time Nikki gave birth to her first child, becoming a mother, and also tragically losing her sight. But determined to create a future for her young family, Nikki didn't let her loss of sight stop her from finding a new way of expressing the...
Jul 27, 2020•40 min
Mary Liu, is the Founder of Soy & Spice Lingerie. A social entrepreneur, she loves to spend every moment of her waking hours on developing the lingerie line Soy & Spice. She started her entrepreneurial journey at the age of 19 and has present the past 10 years of her career in the Australian startup ecosystem. With a love for lingerie and a deep passion in advocating for women in leadership and entrepreneurship, Mary hopes to inspire others through her own journey, and for Soy & Spic...
Jul 21, 2020•29 min
"Be a man." "Crying men are weak." "Tough it out." Many men are often confronted with phrases like these in their daily lives. In society and especially in many cultures, showing emotions is seen as a sign of weakness in men. How did it get to that? And what can we do to change this stigma? In the next episode of our Let's Talk About Series, a weekly chat with Dai and Cathy on random topics, our hosts discuss traditional masculine norms and share their views on crying men. What's your perspectiv...
Jul 21, 2020•8 min
While Covid19 restrictions have eased and we are seeing crowd gathering activities such as as sports are allowed, the overall events industry has been greatly impacted. Fernando Motti, a Director at Motti+Smith Events who creates premium hospitality experiences for clients such as Sydney Festival, Sydney Writers Festival, Groovin the Moo and Vivid, shared how his business almost died overnight . However, like many businesses, Fernando's saw opportunities in this Covidian time, using his 12 years...
Jul 21, 2020•27 min
Vanessa Cullen is the Managing Director of Forward Thinking Design, a Certified B Corp company and one of Australia’s most awarded brand strategy and built environment design studios. Vanessa is a trauma and chronic illness survivor, vegan, minimalist and health/wellbeing, environmental and ethical business advocate. She is a current ultra-marathon trail runner, charity ambassador and is a past Australian representative age-group triathlete. As an expert communicator and multi-award winning busi...
Jul 15, 2020•32 min
In the 7th episode of our ‘Let’s Talk About’ series, a weekly chat on random topics with Dai and Cathy, our hosts discuss Bodybuilding, societies expectations on body as well as the role of Social Media on body image. What do you think about Bodybuilding? Is Bodybuilding a Dysfunctional Vanity Sport or a health and self-confidence boost? #letstalkabout #bodybuilding #bodyimage _____________________________________________________________ CONNECT WITH US! DAWN is always eager to learn and share s...
Jul 14, 2020•15 min
Vanessa Cullen is the Managing Director of Forward Thinking Design, a Certified B Corp company and one of Australia’s most awarded brand strategy and built environment design studios. Vanessa is a trauma and chronic illness survivor, vegan, minimalist and health/wellbeing, environmental and ethical business advocate. She is a current ultra-marathon trail runner, charity ambassador and is a past Australian representative age-group triathlete. As an expert communicator and multi-award winning busi...
Jul 14, 2020•32 min
In this episode of Dawn Cast, Dawn Founder Dai Le and Keynoteworthy Founder Catherine Ngo are joined by Weh Yeoh, CEO and Co-Founder of Umbo, Co-Founder of Happy Kids Clinic and Founder of OIC Australia. Weh Yeoh is a serial social entrepreneur, with his most recent one Umbo founded in 2018, in partnership with Francesca Pinzone and Ed Johnson, created to combat one of Australia’s biggest hidden problems: access to speech and occupational therapy in regional Australia. Umbo makes it easier for p...
Jul 10, 2020•25 min
Julia Newbould is editor-at large at Money magazine Australia. She has a long career in financial media, starting in 2000 at Financial Planning magazine. She has worked on most financial services titles and has written for the SMH, The Australian and other mainstream media. She was responsible for marketing communications at BT Financial Group since 2010, and in 2013 she launched the Stella Network to encourage more women in to move into financial planning careers. Her passion is financial liter...
Jul 07, 2020•28 min
Khunapong Khunaraksa is a water leader and inspirational storyteller. A winner of the 40 Under 40: Most Influential Asian-Australians, Khunapong is passionate about finding new and innovative solutions to empower communities to help themselves. He pioneered water.org's first ever water urban utility financing program named "Water Connect" to assist those living in developing and under-developed countries. He successfully piloted the program in Indonesia and scaled-up within the country and to Ca...
Jul 02, 2020•28 min
The Eden-Monaro By-Election will be held on July 4th. For those who follow Australian politics, this Federal seat is currently held by the Labor Member of the House of Representatives, Mike Kelly, who resigned on April 30th, 2020 due to ill health. The margin of the Federal seat is .9% to Labor. Eden-Monaro is known as a "bellwether seat", which means whichever Party wins the seat, determines the Government of the day. It has been that way from 1972 until 2016. But that didn't happy in 2016 when...
Jul 02, 2020•25 min
