Win a date with a difference!
One of the most exciting parts of Power Shift is the incredible keynote speakers we’ve got lined up. But what if you could sit down with them and have a one-on-one chat? Well, now you can – just enter our new competition!
Win a mentoring session with Skye Laris
Skye is the Communications and Campaigns Director at GetUp, where she is responsible for media and political strategy and the climate change campaign. Prior to this she was Chief of Staff to Tony Burke as Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Water and as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Skye has also worked for the Climate Institute, leading their 2007 election campaign on climate change. She started her professional life as a broadcast journalist. A former youth climate activist, Skye began campaigning for climate action at high school where she started the school’s environment group. She also helped organize the national Youth Environment Statement in 1990 which culminated in rallies across the country calling for climate action.
To go into the running to win a mentoring session with Skye, just enter the promo code ‘laris’ when you book your Power Shift ticket.
A one-on-one chat with Senator Christine Milne
Christine Milne was elected to represent Tasmania at the 2004 federal election and joined the Greens Senate team on 1 July 2005. She was elected Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens in 2008. Senator Milne is an environmental leader in Australia and overseas, with a long involvement in community activism and politics that began with the Franklin River campaign. She led the successful campaign to protect Tasmania’s farm lands from the impacts of the proposed Wesley Vale Pulp Mill in the late 1980s. Senator Milne is a United Nations Global 500 Laureate and was a Vice-President of the IUCN (World Conservation Union) from 2005-08. Christine Milne represented the electorate of Lyons in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1989 to 1998, and was leader of the Tasmanian Greens Party from 1993 to 1998.
Senator Milne is one of the key architects of the Clean Energy Future legislation that will finally put a price on pollution and drive Australia’s biggest ever investment in renewable energy.
For your chance to win a meeting with Christine Milne, enter the promo code ‘milne’ when you book your ticket.
A Skype chat with Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto is the granddaughter of Pakistan’s former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and niece of Benazir Bhutto. Although adamant that she will never go into politics – her writings in the guardian and other publication have made her very much a political figure. Fatima is one of the most interesting political figures in Pakistan
You can go into the running to win a Skype chat with Fatima by entering the promo code ‘Fatima’ when you register for Power Shift
Book your ticket by Wednesday 6pm to win one of these great prizes!
