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Gail Kovatseff: Head of Programming & Industry at Adelaide Film Festival

Gail at Cannes Film Festival in France 2022

Gail Kovatseff is the Head of Programming & Industry at the Adelaide Film Festival, South Australia’s premier screen event. To celebrate AFF 2023, she speaks about entering the industry, the importance of accessibility, and her personal picks for the top titles from this year's program.

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Meet Adelaide's world-class young sight specialist

Dr LaHood featured in The Ophthalmologist magazine’s Power List for 2023 as one of the world’s top 100 ophthalmologists. As well as being one of the world’s best, at 39 he was also Australia’s youngest nominee ever to make the list.

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Dave Birkett: cool in a crisis

Dave speaking at a presentation

If an emergency is about to unfold, University of Adelaide alum and crisis management expert Dave Birkett is someone you want in your corner. Dave recalls being called to a job near Tembagapura in the highlands of West Papua, Indonesia, approximately 20 years ago...

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Henry White's path from the AFL field to the boardroom

A portrait of Henry White at the beach

Henry White followed his own path, from professional sports to banking and finally owning his own thriving business.

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Fear became a career for Dr Gavin Quek

A portrait of Dr Quek in his uniform

Dr Gavin Quek is Hobart's Young Citizen of the Year and the Tasmania Premier's Young Achiever of the Year. At just 25 years old, he's proof that learning to be curious about our fears can take us places we hadn't imagined.

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Meet Dr Jared Thomas, author, research fellow and multiple award-winner

Dr Jared Thomas accepting his NAIDOC SA Person of the Year 2023 Award

Dr Jared Thomas is a multiple award-winning author and the Research Fellow, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Material Culture and Arts at the South Australian Museum and UniSA.

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Meet some of our nursing alumni

Crystal Tudo

Crystal Tudo is a Clinical Nurse working in the Emergency Department at SA Health.

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Fuelling the future from the ground up

Alison Gill

While Alison Gill’s research may be focused on the ground, her PhD studies have taken her up in the air and around the world. 

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Meet the author and Psychologist Sophie Gonzales

Sophie Gonzales

Sophie Gonzales was born in South Australia and writes young adult queer contemporary fiction with memorable characters, biting wit, and endless heart.

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A passion for magic brings joy to nursing

Rob Ellinger

Rob Ellinger has always had a passion for magic. Hear how he brings joy to his patients and workplace through magic in his role as a Registered Nurse at the Women and Childrens Hospital while training in advanced clinical hypnosis.

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