The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (GMCT) is honoured to announce the inaugural Deb Ganderton Memorial Address – a keynote speech as part of the forthcoming Redesigning Deathcare Conference.
Deb joined GMCT in August 2017 as Director Service and Engagement and in September 2019, Deb was appointed CEO, which she remained as, until her passing in March 2022. One of Deb’s key achievements was the formation of our partnership with the team at DeathTech and the University of Melbourne. Her foresight recognised the need to bring the deathcare industry and academia together, a partnership focused on destigmatising, innovating and educating.
GMCT is proud to continue this partnership and of the opportunity to celebrate what she stood for through the Deb Ganderton Memorial Address.
The inaugural address will be delivered by the indomitable Caitlin Doughty. Like Deb, Caitlin is a strong advocate for death literacy and transparency. Deb epitomised these values alongside our own organisational values of compassion, respect, innovation and sustainability. Always an unwavering advocate for the sector, Deb prioritised making GMCT’s gains and learnings, sector-wide gains and learnings. The Deb Ganderton Memorial Address is another significant opportunity to build on that ethos through sharing knowledge, ideation and the desire for genuine growth and change.
The Deb Ganderton Memorial Address will be delivered on Friday 28 October at 1:30pm as part of the Redesigning Deathcare Conference.