2026 Festival

Speaker Profile

Rana Hussain

Rana Hussain is a diversity and inclusion leader making valuable inroads into Australian sporting culture and the community at large. One of a handful of women of colour working in sports administration, she is a pioneer and a passionate advocate for social inclusion. She was recently appointed as the diversity and inclusion manager at Cricket Australia.

Finding Hope In A Fractured World

Friday April 24
Portsea Village
12.00pm / 60 mins

Brigid Delaney, Ruby Kraner-Tucci and Sarah Wilson with Rana Hussain

Is Australia Unravelling?

Saturday April 25
Portsea Surf Life Saving Club
4.00pm / 60 mins

Virginia Haussegger, Rana Hussain, Ruby Kraner-Tucci with Virginia Trioli 

Is Sport Truly A Level Playing Field?

Sunday April 26
Sorrento Bowls Club
10.30am / 60 mins

Rana Hussain, Konrad Marshall and Caroline Wilson with Emma Race 

From Little Things Big Things Grow

Sunday April 26
The Ballroom, The Continental
12.00pm / 60 mins

Terry Bracks, Andrew Denton and Rana Hussain with Madeleine Grummet  

Terry Bracks, Founding Chair of Western Chances, Andrew Denton, founder of Go Gentle, and Good. Human’s Rana Hussain discuss how a passion can become a not-for-profit contributor to a better world. 

This session is supported by the Sorrento Chamber of Commerce