International Women’s Day Mayoral Breakfast

Join us for the 12th annual International Women’s Day Breakfast! Hear from inspiring speakers, and connect with like-minded women while we call for gender equity.

To celebrate International Women’s Day in Moonee Valley, we will be holding our 12th Annual International Women’s Day Breakfast. This year we have an incredible line up of inspiring women on our panel of speakers from diverse backgrounds and walks of life. Mayor Pierce Tyson will MC the event, whilst sharing his own personal stories, and leading the panel discussion.

Join us from 6:45am for a delicious breakfast sourced from local eateries and connect with an incredible network of like-minded people. Network with female leaders in our community, and partake in a silent auction. Tickets to The Clocktower’s show Fever, and Incinerator Gallery’s Ceramic workshops are some of the great products up for grabs. Hear our inspiring panelists talk about what gender equity means to them, and be a part of the celebrations. Our panel has been selected based on this year’s theme; DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality. 

Meet our Panelists

Micaela Muscat

Micaela is 20 years old and has been a long-term member of our Avenue Productions group. She has also recently joined the Young People’s Committee.

Last year she completed her Diploma in IT at Victoria University, and this year will be studying Visual Communications and Digital Web Design at RMIT. Micaela graduated from Moonee Valley’s St Columba’s College in 2021 where she took part in their new STEM curriculum. In VCE she took subjects in computing and data analysis. These included STEM, focusing on AI, virtual reality,drones, and robotics. She also did an extracurricular NASA Coding Program for women. She is confident to speak on her experience of studying in a male dominated industry (she was one of two women in her class). Having studied at an all-girls school, she knows how much I.T needs to progress.  Allowing women to explore I.T studies is her passion, particularly as it is important for future technological development.

Natalie Moore

Natalie Moore is a wellness and mindset coach and educator, yoga and meditation teacher. She is an advocate for helping individuals live their best life across all of their life phases. Through her business Own Your Health Collective, Natalie’s aim is to revolutionise health and wellbeing for individuals and workplaces. In doing so, she hopes to close the gap around women’s health education to ensure that no woman is left behind in understanding their health and body. Creator of digital membership and online community Women Thriving Together, Natalie focuses on making education, community connection and support accessible to all women. She has spent the last few years developing online programs and memberships and has a range of experience and knowledge in not only developing digital communities but nurturing them too.

Rowena Murray

Row Murray is a Presenter and Producer for Radio 3RRR’s Byte Into IT show, and authored sex education and digital literacy book ‘For Foxes’ Sake’. She is a digital literacy and Sex Ed opinion writer and radio commentator. Further, she has created digital work at brands like Priceline Pharmacy, Swinburne, Melbourne University, 7-Eleven, Pacific Brands and Zurich and was a Board Member and Marketing Director at Vic ICT for Women (2016 – 2019) and the Originator and founder of ‘The Click List’, a list of high-calibre female tech speakers and experts.

Shervie Maramot

Shervie Maramot is a Product Analyst in Allens’ Legal Product Lab. She is also a writer and public speaker. Her day-to-day is centred in the legal-side of the digital space, finding ways to harness the value of bringing people, the law and technology together. Shervie is an ardent believer in the power of technology. She brings a lens focused on ethical and practical innovation. In the broader community, Shervie is an advocate for girls and women in technology. She supports various high school, university and other volunteer programs in the wider community.

Where you can get tickets

Tickets can be purchased as general admission, with discounted table bookings also available. This is a fantastic option for businesses and companies looking to celebrate inspiring women on International Women’s Day. $5 from each ticket sale will be going to the VIC ICT for Women charity.