One of the most important moments or times in my life was actually in first year medicine at Monash University,
where I had the opportunity to do an extra subject and then the privilege to, to, to do philosophy as an extra subject.
And Peter King was teaching then. And I tended his course on practical ethics.
And this really sparked my interest and a passion to do this later on.
And it was seven or eight years later that I returned to that.
But had it not been for for that course at Monash, I would never have gone on to do philosophy or gone on to Oxford.
So it was a quite an important directive moment in my life.
Monash provided me the opportunity not only for medical training but also for my PhD.
And what's really important through that phase of my life was that I was able
to start a family and have two children with the support of the university.
And my mentor was Henry Berger and John Funder and actually combined is a woman, a family life and a career.
And that's been incredibly important to me and my family.
While my Monash education was in computer science and math and it really moved me to the technology industry and you know,
had dramatic impact on my life. You know, I now live in San Francisco and part of Silicon Valley and the whole software and Internet community.
And without the education, you know, that wouldn't have been possible.
During the America's Cup, we came back to Monash and we're looking for a wind tunnel facility to do the testing of our bulbs and our sales and skills.
And Bill Melbourne and his staff had assembled a world class facility and it was, it was exactly what we needed.
But it was fun to be back at the university, you know, back on the old home turf, you know, during America's Cup campaign.
Well, it makes me feel good. It makes me feel proud. When I started at Monash, it was a very young institution.
There was a lot of excitement around. Many things were being built up and developed.
I've seen now that this process is still going on with the expansion of Monash University around the world,
international campuses, creative research and useful applications.
Monash is still there as a top institution and I'm proud to be a graduate.
I think the best advice that I can give to to Monash graduates or about to be Monash graduates is seize the opportunities that Monash creates for you.
You may or may not be aware of the many opportunities that your stay at Monash will will create,
but you've got to be alive to those and you've got to seize them and pursue them because they will lead to all kinds of wonderful outcomes for you.
If we're going to end extreme poverty,
we need to send a clear and unequivocal message that it's not right that a child dies for lack of a 30 cent immunisation.
It's not right that 30,000 children still die every single day due to causes that can be prevented.
If we send that message, I believe that we can also in extreme poverty in our lifetime.