Friday 18 November
Expand All- 7.00 am – 8.50 am: Registration and arrival refreshments
- 7.20 am: Business breakfast 1
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BB1: Lights camera action
7.20 am – 8.50 am
Speaker: Mark Aiston and Ron Kandelaars, Co-Owners, Be BoldView MoreSession Details
In this entertaining session, Mark Aiston and Ron Kandelaars will provide demonstrations of media interviews that will give your communication skills a boost. You will learn how to hold an effective interview when the spotlight is on you. Mark will also present four key strategies on how to gain positive free media publicity for yourself and your organisation, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Complimentary member resources
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- 9.00 am: Keynote 4
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KN4: Technology 2020 Vision – your business GPS
9.00 am – 9.55 am
Speaker: Anders Sorman-Nilsson, Business Futurist and Trend SpotterView MoreSession Details
The future begins now. In this fascinating session you will glimpse the future of technology as Anders considers what is hype, reality or science fiction. For professionals that both think and create next generation financial solutions, it is crucial to scenario plan and imagine alternative technological futures based on these developments.
Attend this session to discover:
- the impact points of disruptive technologies in your organisation
- which technology trends will move from hype to mainstream adoption in the next 10 years
- how to position your expertise and amplify your skills to take advantage of technology trends and prepare not only for the next financial year, but for the next decade
- how a glimpse into 2020 Vision could help you plan and strategise your thinking to ensure it remains relevant and boosts your organisation's performance
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- 9.55 am – 10.25 am: Morning tea and networking break
- 10.25 am: Concurrent sessions D
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D1: Extended session: Jackpot! Strategies for developing wealth to last a lifetime
10.25 am – 12.25 pm
Speakers: Ian Heraud, Principal, Shadforth Financial Group; Mark Armstrong CPA, Director, Armstrong Property Planning Australia; Adie Jaser, Private Client Advisor, LemsecView MoreSession Details
With the fallout from the global turmoil comes new opportunities. In this interactive forum you will learn about key strategies to increase your wealth and help you take advantage of new investment strategies.
Hear from three successful industry practitioners on:
- how to generate an income from your blue chip shares using various trading strategies
- protecting your portfolio in current volatile markets
- industry insiders guide to active investing
- making the most of the current property market
- how to ‘beat’ the market in a systematic way
- recognising and avoiding the biggest mistakes made by investors
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D2: Dancing with the dragon – increasing business with China
10.25 am – 11.20 am
Speakers: Matt Schofield CPA Partner, Senior Manager and Peter Wang, Associate Director China Transactions, ShineWing Hall, ChadwickView MoreSession Details
The recent partnership of ShineWing China’s largest domestically owned accountancy firm, with Hall Chadwick is increasing business flow between Australia and China. David and Matt will share their experience expanding business opportunities for clients, provide insight into cultural differences and similarities of doing business in China versus Australia, and discuss the hot issues in the audit and accounting space.
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D3: The Australian Tax Forum
10.25 am – 11.20 am
Speaker: Paul Drum FCPA, Head – Business and Investment Policy, CPA AustraliaView MoreSession Details
Countries are perpetually considering how to improve their tax systems, and Australia is no exception. In October 2011 there will be an Australian Tax Forum.
This session will examine:
- the world’s best practice in tax design
- Australia compared to other jurisdictions
- what CPA Australia will be taking to the National Tax Forum
- what we can expect next
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D4: Balance sheet management for the public sector
10.25 am – 11.20 am
Speaker: Julienne TePohe CPA, Director of Finance, Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, Government of South AustraliaView MoreSession Details
The controlled road network in South Australia consists of over 22,000 route kilometres of both sealed and unsealed roads. As a significant asset on the state's balance sheet, the recent revaluation of this infrastructure was a major undertaking that involved a mix of management, accounting and engineering input. This session will use the revaluation as a case study to explore some of the challenges faced by the public sector in reporting balance sheet items and then using this information for decision making and accountability purposes.
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- 11.30 am: Concurrent sessions E
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E1: Managing through a decline – powering up your resources
11.30 am – 12.25 pm
Speaker: Mark Polglaze, Executive Director Human Resources, GM HoldenView MoreSession Details
Having managed through the significant impacts of the GFC on the local car industry and the bankruptcy of their parent company, GM Holden is now focused on the future and working to ensure the organisation has a culture of accountability with a focus on business results and employee engagement.
This session will provide a perspective of :
- HR management through a crisis with an eye to protecting brand and capability
- GM Holden's HR objectives and plan for the future
- HR initiatives to re-establish employee engagement and focus on business outcomes
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E2: Streamlining end-of-month reporting
11.30 am – 12.25 pm
Speaker: Malcolm Simister, Principal, Finacc SolutionsView MoreSession Details
More efficient month-end reporting enables improved financial performance and quickens dissemination of information to business managers, leading to higher productivity and faster problem resolution for the business. A streamlined month-end depends on processes being efficient throughout the month, and this has a catalytic effect of wider efficiency improvements in a business.
This session will highlight the people, process and system requirements to achieve fast month-end reporting. It will also explore issues and solutions around policy, transaction processing, consolidation and analysis.
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E3: Current trends and benefits of professional procurement
11.30 am – 12.25 pm
Speaker: David Henchliffe, Chief Procurement Officer, SantosView MoreSession Details
Hear from leading chief procurement officer, David Henchliffe, on how professional procurement teams are helping the best organisations succeed. Strategic procurement is delivering lower total life time costs, reduced risk and supply chain vulnerability, better commercial solutions, and more sustainable and socially responsible outcomes.
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- 12.25 pm: Business luncheon 2
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BL2: Praise can be fun!
12.25 pm – 1.55 pm
Speaker: Dr Susan Mitchell, Media Personality and AuthorView MoreSession Details
Why do we find it so hard to give each other praise? Join this session as Susan demonstrates how you can energise people with praise. By taking a light-hearted look at the contradiction between our need for praise and our inhibitions in giving it, we will experience how liberating and empowering it is to compliment each other.
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- 1.55 pm: Keynote 5
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KN5: Strength through experience
1.55 pm – 2.50 pm
Speaker: Stephen Millar AM CPA, Former Chief Executive Officer, Constellation WinesView MoreSession Details
Stephen Millar is a CPA with a 15-year career in the wine industry. In this session, Stephen will reveal his journey from Chief Executive Officer at Berri Renmano, a small cooperative wine company, to Chief Executive Officer of the world’s largest wine company, Constellation Wines. Stephen is currently the Chairman of Vinternational, a Director of Project Wine and trustee of Wolf Blass Foundation.
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- 3.00 pm: Concurrent sessions F
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F1: Seven powers of life
3.00 pm – 3.55 pm
Speaker: Simon Bruce, Director, Bruce BalanceView MoreSession Details
This intriguing session will discuss the seven areas of life: intellectual, vocational, financial, familial, social, physical and spiritual. Simon will reveal that all seven areas have the potential to be a source of power and influence, but we often focus more on some and less on others.
By setting and achieving goals that are congruent and realistic we are all better able to live a life of fulfilment, enjoyment and prosperity. Discover valuable insights on how this awareness can be applied to the business setting for the benefit of colleagues, stakeholders, clients and profits.
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F2: From the expert witness box – finance fraud investigations
3.00 pm – 3.55 pm
Speaker: Professor Paul Barnes, Director, International Fraud Prevention Research Centre, United KingdomView MoreSession Details
Securities fraud is as old as shares themselves and comes in many forms including boiler room operations, insider trading and Ponzi schemes. All are made easier today by modern communications, but regulators in the United Kingdom have struck back with multiple arrests. In this session, Paul will explain how these crimes were committed, investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice.
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F3: Transform you leadership skills through whole brain thinking
3.00 pm – 3.55 pm
Speaker: Phil Day, Director, The Mind FactoryView MoreSession Details
Organisations led by leaders who use whole brain thinking for peak team performance, have a higher success rate in innovation and employee engagement. Right brain intuition and imagination coupled with left-brain analytical and planning skills is essential for any team.
Knowing how you think and how that affects your decision making, team dynamics, leadership skills, your productivity, creativity and innovation is vital! By also understanding how your team members think, will put you in a strong position to lead and influence others as well as build effective teams.
Attend this session to learn how to:
- improve your communication, negotiation and influencing skills for a more effective and productive working environment
- develop clue spotting skills to understand the thinking preferences of others
- appreciate the critical role thinking preferences plays in a diverse group
- understand how to be a whole brain leader
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F4: Changing the carbon conversation
3.00 pm – 3.55 pm
Speaker: Jennifer Lauber Patterson CPA, Head, Environmental Treasury Solutions, Wholesale Banking, National Australia BankView MoreSession Details
68% of the Global 500, the largest public companies, have carbon management at the heart of their business. This is according to the Carbon Disclosure Project 500 Report 2011.
The need is critical to move to a low carbon economy to address the global challenges of dwindling fossil fuel reserves and natural resources as well as the impact of climate change.
Attend this session to learn:
- The economic advantage created by moving to a low carbon economy
- The risks of a low carbon economy and how they need to be managed
- The opportunities created by minimising carbon emissions
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- 3.55 pm – 4.25 pm: Afternoon tea and networking break
- 4.25 pm: Keynote 6
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KN6: Myths and truisms of winning
4.25 pm – 5.20 pm
Speaker: Rod McGeoch AM, Company DirectorView MoreSession Details
Rod McGeoch was involved in the successful bids for the Olympics games in Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012, Rio 2016 and the Rugby World Cup, New Zealand 2011. Rod will share all these experiences with you as he emphasises the myths and truisms of success, the importance of leadership, teams and team culture, and how to focus on the relationships with your clients.
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- 5.20 pm – 7.20 pm: CPA Congress cocktail reception
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