The Australian and New Zealand Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (AUS/NZ WELI) is dedicated to assisting women in anaesthesia with gaining skills, knowledge, confidence, and opportunities to achieve their career goals. 

A key component of this mission is to pair/partner participating women (the protégés) with a volunteer leader in the anaesthesia community. These leaders have a history of mentoring and personal career success, and they work more closely to assist protégés in their specific area of interest. We call these leaders WELI “advisors”, and they use aspects of both advising and mentoring when working with their WELI protégés. 

Additionally, advisors and protégés will participate in skills workshops led by executive advisors and will be provided other outside resources on achieving success in academic medicine.

WELI is coming to SPANZA 2025 and is eager to offer the following Networking Breakfast as detailed below:

FEE (includes GST)

WELI Breakfast | Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (WELI) Networking Breakfast Date: Thursday 16 October Time: 0700 - 0800  Overview: The breakfast will start with an update on WELI activities to date before a brief presentation relevant to leadership in the modern era. This will be followed by a networking opportunity, with some icebreakers and talking points to get the conversations flowing.

$30.00