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15–16 November 2017 | Intercontinental, Sydney

SPEAKER LINE-UP FEATURING:

Alan JoyceCEO, Qantas

Andy VeseyCEO, AGL

Amanda FarrugiaCaptain, Greater Western

Sydney Giants

Stuart IrvineCEO, Lion

Laura BerryCEO, Supply Nation

The Hon Linda Burney MPShadow Minister for

Human Services

Stephanie FaheyCEO, Austrade

Andrew ThorburnCEO, NAB

Larry MarshallCEO, CSIRO

Pip MarlowCEO – Strategic

Innovation, Suncorp

The Hon. Anna Bligh ACCEO, Australian Bankers’

Association

Will EastonManaging Director,

Facebook ANZ

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8:50 Opening remarks from the Chair

THE ART OF LEADERSHIP

9:00 INTERVIEW | The new-world of leadership — How has the role of leaders changed in the last 5 years?

— What are the essential qualities for a world-class leader?

— Balancing commercial, ethical and environmental obligations in an increasingly uncertain landscape

Alan Joyce, CEO, Qantas

9:30 KEYNOTE | The challenges and opportunities when transitioning from political leadership to leading a corporate peak body

The Hon. Anna Bligh AC, CEO, Australian Bankers’ Association

10:00 Crisis management: Leading from the front — The importance of transparency

— Strategies for managing employee and supplier information in a crisis

— The need for clear planning and communication policy

— How social media can be essential to effective management of a crisis

Sue Cato, Founder, Cato Counsel

11:00 Networking and refreshment break

TRANSFORMATION

11:30 KEYNOTE | Transition through innovation and customer advocacy

— Traits needed to ensure that policy-creation is lead in the best way for all

— Leading progressive social change

Andy Vesey, CEO, AGL

12:00 INTERVIEW — Traits and characteristics of high-quality leaders

— Systems in place, in Australia, to encourage leadership excellence

— What will the leaders of the future look like, in the ever-changing realm of work?

Andrew Thorburn, CEO, NAB

12:30 PANEL | Transforming an ‘old’ organisation into a ‘new’ organisation

— Looking at how innovation and growth need to be balanced

— Managing both domestic and international growth

— Determining positive innovation, rather than innovation for innovation’s sake

— What policy directive are needed to help create the framework for developing new-world leaders?

Will Easton, Managing Director, Facebook ANZ

Pip Marlow, CEO – Strategic Innovation, Suncorp

Stephanie Fahey, CEO, Austrade

Adrian Turner, CEO, Data61

13:30 Lunch and networking break

MAVERICKS

14:30 INTERVIEW | The Panama Papers; Collaboration within industries to increase success

As one of the most high-profile and ground-breaking examples of investigative journalism of the last century, The Panama Papers were a triumph of collaboration. But, to what extent was collaboration with competitors essential to this story and how was that culture encouraged?

Gerard Ryle, Director, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

15:00 INTERVIEW | Rethinking the workplace

A discussion with Katherine Bray and the impact disruption and agility has had in reimagining the ways in which one of Australia’s most established banks, ANZ, operates.

Katherine Bray, Managing Director – Products, ANZ

15:30 Network and refreshment break

16:00 CASE STUDY | Promoting, leading and achieving in WAFL – defining an emerging professional sport

Amanda Farrugia, Captain, Greater Western Sydney Giants

16:30 Maverick leaders and maverick companies; Customer obsession as a guide for succeeding in a rapidly changing landscape

— How do you manage and get the best from mavericks in your organisation?

— Innovation in leadership policy to create better leaders

— Customer obsession – leadership being informed by customer behaviour

Paul Migliorini, Managing Director - ANZ, Amazon Web Services

17:00 Closing remarks from the Chair

17:15 Networking Drinks

DAY 1Wednesday15 November 2017

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8:50 Opening remarks from the Chair

THE FUTURE OF THE WORKPLACE

9:00 The changing face of work — Environmental factors that improve happiness

— Changing attitudes – Motivating millennials

— Workforce expectations

Dominic Price, Head of Research & Development, Atlassian

9:30 PANEL | Creating culture — Harnessing the energy of a young, diverse workforce

— Entrepreneurship and its place within companies

— Making inclusion a pre-requisite for a functioning, profitable organisation

Laura Berry, CEO, Supply Nation

Sue Kench, Chief Executive Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia

The Hon Linda Burney MP, Shadow Minister for Human Services

Shenaz Khan, Group General Manager Enterprise Strategy, Westpac

10:30 Networking and refreshment break

11:00 PANEL | Ethical leadership for competitive advantage — Why ethical leadership makes good business sense

— Trust, cynicism and ‘The Establishment’ – How can/have companies recovered trust from an increasingly cynical consumer-base?

— Success stories and strategies to offer genuine and palpable social change

— Innovation for both commercial and societal gain

Helen Steel, Executive Director, Shared Value Project

Stuart Irvine, CEO, Lion

Simon Longstaff, Executive Director, The Ethics Centre

Damien Mu, CEO, AIA Australia

11:45 Walking the walk, talking the talk

A real-time analysis of how body language and speech can influence leadership ability.

Dr Louise Mahler, Director, The Art of Business

12:15 Lunch and networking break

13:15 The art of the ‘servant leader’ — Being an energising and inspiring leader

— The persona of ‘The Coach’ – being agile to elevate performance of the workforce

— Facilitation as a prerequisite for achievement

— Leaders, coaches and what it takes to build an empowered workforce

— The art of creating an effective team – being more than just a group of talented individuals

13:45 PANEL | The new workforce — Changing expectations of graduates and young people and what education is doing to meet these

— Are education and the corporate world working closely enough to create viable and beneficial pathways between one another?

— How will the workplace change to energise and maximise the potential of emerging leaders?

— What has the word millennials come to mean?

— What can be expected to follow millennials?

Martin Riordan, Director, MDR Education

Susan Just, Principal, Lauriston Girls’ School

Craig Robertson, CEO, TAFE Directors Australia

Prof Shirley Alexander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education & Students), UTS

14:30 National Catalyst: Scientific solutions to leadership challenges

Dr Larry Marshall will discuss the unique power of science to unit government, business and community stakeholders around solutions.

Larry Marshall, CEO, CSIRO

15:00 Network and refreshment break

15:30 PANEL | Rising stars — A look into what it takes to climb the leadership ladder, quickly

— What it means to be a young leader, influencing strategy and culture

— What the future holds for some of the most promising leaders of today

Christophe Gantzer, Senior Finance Leader & Director, Nestlé

Kip Williams, Artistic Director, Sydney Theatre Company

16:15 Maintaining high-quality leadership in research; Keeping Australia on the forefront of academic progress

Prof Michelle Y. Simmons, Centre Director & Work-Package Leader, Centre for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology and Scientia Professor of Physics, UNSW and Laureate Fellow, Australian Research Council

16:45 Closing remarks from the Chair

16:50 End of Conference

DAY 2Thursday16 November 2017

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