Speakers
Bernard Korbman
• Master of Education
• BA (Philosophy)
• BVisualArts (Sculpture)
• Graduate Diploma Media Studies
• Diploma of Education
• Graduate Certificate Counseling
• Executive Director Jewish Holocaust Museum & Research Centre
• National and International speaking engagements (university, museums, business groups, government agencies etc., 5 years)
•Teacher 27 years teaching in Government Secondary School System
•3 Years with the Commonwealth Education Dept, Aboriginal Study Grants and Secondary Grants Scheme
Vicken Babkenian
• Independent researcher for the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (AIHGS) since 1994
• Author of “Edith Glanville – Champion of the Armenian Relief Fund”
(published by the Ashfield and District Historical Society)
• His discoveries were recently shown at the Federal Parliament House in the form of a photo exhibition
Dr Panayiotis Diamadis
• Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
• Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education
• Master of Arts
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Senior history teacher at St Andrew's (Anglican) Cathedral School, Sydney
• Lecturer in Genocide Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney
• Tutor at the Workers' Education Association Sydney
• A prolific writer and public speaker (lectured in Australia, Greece and in England)
• Many published articles in academic and other journals and community newspapers
• Regular commentator on political and historical affairs on SBS Radio's Greek program
Stavros Stavridis
• Born in Cairo, Egypt in 1949, Stavros migrated to Australia with his parents in September 1952.
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Economic History
• BA (Honours) in European History from Deakin University
• MA in Greek/Australian History from RMIT University titled "The Greek-Turkish War 1919-23: an Australian Press Perspective".
• 20 years of teaching experience, lecturing at University and TAFE levels.
• Has presented papers and given public lectures at international conferences in Australia and the US. Many of his articles have appeared in the Greek-American press.
• Historical researcher at the National Centre for Hellenic Studies and Research, La Trobe University, Victoria
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