CONFERENCE BROCHURE

The National Community Titles Institute (NCTI) is the national peak-body association representing, community associations, body corporate management practitioners, solicitors, trades-people, insurers, bankers and other parties involved in the professional, full-time administration of community and strata schemes. With over 1,200 members, the NCTI continues to grow rapidly in Australia with a management portfolio in excess of $750billion.

Earlybird Registration closes 5 June. Standard Registration closes 24th July. Due to extreme ‘high season’ demand of flights to and accommodation in Darwin, we recommend these be booked early.

Venue: Holiday Inn, Esplanade Darwin NT Estimated number of delegates: Approx 150 Conference Chairman: Matthew Amber In Association with Conference Co-ordinator: Events NT Pty Ltd PO Box 955 Palmerston NT 0831 M: 0407 271 357 F: 08 8932 6429 E: admin@eventsnt.com.au W: www.ncti.org.au

Invitation from Conference Chairman

On behalf of the NCTI, I am delighted to invite delegates to the 2008 National Community Titles Institutes’ national Conference, to be held in Darwin, Northern Territory from 7 – 9 August 2008. The decision to hold this conference in Darwin has been made in alignment with the NCTI’s commitment to progressive change as the sector undergoes further levels of maturity and as an industry leader.

Whilst all the successful ingredients from previous NCTI Conferences are preserved, the 2008 Conference will feature a completely new approach to experience for delegates who will be seated cabaret style at small tables to enable and encourage small cluster networking and discussion so a valuable workshop experience can be achieved and the social events will be relaxed and friendly allowing further interaction.

One of the reasons Darwin was selected is it is a very progressive place amongst harsh natural elements. Life in this region continues to develop with new projects and new ideas emerging all the time. The natural environment and magnificent picturesque outlooks from around the city of Darwin are not so familiar to many of us so, the Conference also provides an opportunity to showcase the city and truly enjoy some of the Territory’s delights.

The theme for the 2008 Conference will be “In Focus – 21st Century Lifestyle” and has been selected to focus on the diverse and unrelated areas that can directly impact on your business or your client base. The program features only 11 sessions of higher quality and incorporating all the issues that directly affect all states. The program has also been designed to be different to anything done by state associations with the intention of identifying and demonstrating how and why the National Community Titles Institute is different.

The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn, Esplanade Darwin, which is situated in the Darwin CBD overlooking the city’s magnificent harbour. A short walk away is a plethora of unusual shops, restaurants and Mitchell St. nightlife. The Esplanade Hotel, Darwin is an intimate venue with plenary sessions being held in the Ballroom adjacent to the exhibitors' area and the magnificent Darwin Entertainment Centre.

Registration is now open – with Earlybird bookings available until June 5th. Come and join your national and international colleagues in beautiful Darwin to hear outstanding plenary speakers, exciting symposia and to engage in interactive workshops from leading sector experts. We hope that you will come to Darwin and participate in what will be a fantastic meeting in one of the most picturesque locations in Australia.

Matthew Amber Conference Chairman

Presenters

Matt Church

Matt Church is an expert on personal leadership. He has published articles and books covering a range of topics from health to motivation, lifestyle and communication. His latest book Highlife 24/7 explores the relationship between how we feel and the chemicals that exist in our bodies; this is Matt’s 5th book and already a national best seller.

Matt has now become known as Australia’s first choice in conference speakers for the energy he brings to an event. The Meetings Industry recognized him as one of Australia’s top 10 conference speakers. Audience members describe him as clear, practical, energetic and a true thought leader. His sessions will change your life!

Francesco Andreone Francesco Andreone is an expert lawyer in the fields of strata, body corporate and community title laws. Specialising in these fields since 1989, the work he has undertaken covers all aspects of this industry sector including advice to schemes on management procedures, internal and external disputes, scheme and management document restructuring, legislative interpretation, construction defect claims and litigation, development consultancy and implementation work. He has conducted many of the leading cases in strata and community title law.

Dr Peter Ellyard Dr Peter Ellyard is a futurist and strategist who lives in Melbourne. He is currently Chairman of the Preferred Futures institute and the Preferred Futures Group, which he founded in 1991 . He also chairs the Sustainable Prosperity Foundation and two start up environmental companies. Peter is Adjunct Professor of Intergenerational Strategies at the University of Queensland , and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators, the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand ,and the Australian Institute of Management. Peter is a former Executive Director for the Australian Commission for the Future. He held CEO positions in a number of public sector organizations over 15 years including two associated with Environment and Planning, and one with Industry and Technology Peter Ellyard has been a Senior Adviser to the United Nations system for more than 30 years and the OECD for over 20 years.

Dr Deo Prasad Professor Deo Prasad, is Director of the Sustainable Development Program at the University of New South Wales. He has worked on milestone projects including Australia’s first solar village, Sydney Olympics, advanced tools for building performance assessments emerging green building technologies and numerous other projects. He has published in excess of 170 key papers in this field including books such as 'Designing with Solar Power' (EarthScan - commissioned by IEA), Energy efficient Australian Housing (AGPS) and Global Warming and the Built Environment (FPSpon). He directed the UNSW Centre for Sustainable Built Environments for 12 years. Deo sits on many Boards and Committees internationally in this field (Canadian Net Zero Energy Buildings Network, Korean Eco-Peace Leadership Foundation, Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, Shanghai, Special Committee on Urbanisation at UNEP, Bangkok, International Solar Energy Society (Freiburg - Director Asia Pacific), Standards Australia committee on Energy Efficient Buildings and many more). He has won Australian National Research Innovation Award (Federal Govt) and the NSW Government 2004 Green Globe Award as well as the 2006 Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Award for contribution to research and design of sustainable buildings. He also chairs the Global civil Society Forum (Asia Pacific). Trevor Pascall Trevor is a partner in KPMG’s Tax practice based in Brisbane, and has over 30 years taxation experience. As a Tax Partner, Trevor has a broad range of clients across a number of industry groups, including a number in the property industry and in the not-for-profit sector. He provides advice across the wide spectrum of tax issues, including specialist taxation advice on structuring business, investment and financing transactions, with a principal focus on income tax and fringe benefits tax matters. Trevor has presented at numerous professional tax and accounting seminars, due diligence committees and audit committees on various tax topics. He is also actively involved with internal training within KPMG.

Kate Costello Kate Costello is a lawyer and was previously an academic at the University of South Australia and in management with a commercial law firm before establishing a management consultancy. Kate has 20 year’s experience in corporate governance and strategy through her consulting work with the boards of client organisations, her directorships and her previous involvement as a facilitator in the Company Directors’ Course offered by the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She was involved in inaugural governance programs in Thailand and China. In governance consulting, Kate works with boards and executive management on strategy, restructures, skilling programs, and board evaluations. Kate is an executive director of Governance Matters, a company which develops governance programs for institutes of directors in Australia and South East Asia, undertakes board evaluations and benchmarking and develops governance – related products: board policies and “How To” governance publications. Kate’s board experience includes directorships and chairmanship of a number of organisations. Kate is a member of the Independent Selection Committee, University of Adelaide. She was a committee member for the independent review of the governance of soccer in Australia and is a steering committee member of the OECD’s “Creating the Future” project.

Gary Bugden Gary Bugden’s name has been associated with strata titles since 1973. In the past 30 years he has actively participated in all sectors of the industry – as a strata manager, specialist lawyer, academic, development consultant, government consultant, author, commentator and law reformer. The breath and depth of this experience has resulted in him being described as Australia’s leading authority on strata titles. Following extensive overseas travel and research in the early 1980’s, he pioneered air space development in Australia and was the driving force behind the introduction of community titles to this country. He was the external consultant to the Queensland Government on the 1997 community titles legislation and has consulted to various Australian and overseas Governments on strata titles and land law reforms. In 1996 he was appointed by the Dubai Government in the United Arab Emirates to develop a strata titles system for the unprecedented development, both in terms of scale and complexity, which is occurring in that Emirate. The Dubai Strata Law commenced on 1 April 2008. Late last year he was also appointed by the Abu Dhabi Government to develop a comprehensive real estate regulatory system, including new strata title laws, for that Emirate, which is expected to be the “next Dubai”. Gary joins the Conference from the UAE where he is currently resident.

Mark Stephens

Tim Sheehan

Tim Sheehan has worked with Stewart Silver King and Burns since May 2000, with the last 5 years as the managing director.

Prior to joining Stewart Silver King and Burns, Tim spent 5 years as a solicitor practicing in the areas of strata development, management rights and body corporate law. During this time he was a regular contributor to the community living industry journals. Tim has also spent 18 months working in management rights.

With Stewart Silver King and Burns Tim has travelled overseas studying the various applications of governance in land development. Tim has consulted on all of Stewart Silver King and Burns’s premier land development communities.

Established in 1995, Stewart Silver King and Burns is a “boutique” personalised community management and property services company servicing bodies corporate in large high-rise buildings, medium density townhouse properties, industrial subdivisions, mixed use projects, integrated resorts, residential communities, and townships. Mark Stephens is a Development Manager for Stockland which is one of the top 50 ASX listed companies and one of Australia’s largest, most diversified property groups. Mark’s primary focus is the Caloundra Downs development on the Sunshine Coast. This future city is one of Australia’s largest projects catering for a forecast population of 100,000 people. Prior to joining Stockland, Mark developed the Pacific Harbor Golf and Country Club development for QM Properties. This project has won numerous awards for its sustainability initiatives which are managed via the development’s community title structure. Mark has a passion for sustainable development and believes this is best achieved through community title.

Social Events

Thursday 7th August

“Taste of Darwin” dinner & drinks at Mindil Beach

Dress: Casual Cost: included in Full Registration.

Additional tickets: $105 per person

Saturday 9th August

Dinner on the lawns of Cornucopia Restaurant

Dress: Black Tie Cost: included in Full Registration.

Additional tickets: $255 per person.

Friday 8th August

Dinner at Crustaceans on the

Wharf Dress: Cocktail

Cost: included in Full Registration.

Additional tickets: $165 per person.

Thursday 7th August

9 holes of golf – teeing off at 7am at Gardens

Golf Course Dress: Collared shirt and appropriate shoes. Cost: $30 per person incl. green fees and club hire.

Full and half day fishing tours… the ideal R&R activity. There are 3 options for NCTI delegates: Full day fishing tour - Wed 6th August - including rods, reels, lines & lures as well as lunch and drinks. Dress: Super-casual Cost: $270 per person Half day fishing tour - morning of Thurs 7th Aug - as above but no lunch included. Cost: $140 per person. Full day fishing tour - Sunday 10th August – as above.

Provisional Program DAY 1 – Thursday 7th August 2008 3.00 Delegate registration at Holiday Inn, Esplanade – Lobby Lounge/Bar (near Reception desk) 5.00 Coach transfer from Holiday Inn Esplanade to “Taste of Darwin” dinner & drinks at Mindil Beach 9.30 Coach transfer back to hotels

DAY 2 – Friday 8th August 2008

8.30 Final delegate registration – pre-function area outside Conference venue (Ballroom at Holiday Inn, Esplanade)

9.30 Welcome to Larrakia country 9.45 Official Opening 10.00 Session 1: Inspirational Leadership – Matt Church 11.00 Session 2: Seeing & building the preferred future today – Dr Peter Ellyard Noon Casual networking lunch

1.30 Session 3 : State Comparison Matrix – Vol 2 – Francesco Andreone

2.30 Session 4: Good Governance - Kate Costello

3.30 Afternoon Tea

4.00 Session 5: Mapping the industry landscape– moderated panel discussion – Dr Peter Ellyard

6.30 Coach transfer from CBD hotels to dinner – Crustaceans on the Wharf (Return 10pm)

DAY 3 – Saturday 9th August 2008

9.00 Session 6: High density living - sustainable Development – Dr Deo Prasad UNSW

9.50 Session 7: Development Vision for the 21st Century – Mark Stephens (Stocklands) & Tim Sheehan (SSKB)

10.40 Morning Tea

11.00 Session 8 : Taxing Times – Trevor Pascall - (KPMG)

11.50 Session 9: Legal trends – panel discussion - Kate Costello

12.30 Lunch with guest speaker (TBC)

2.00 Session 10: NCTI Education Update

2.30 Session 11: Unfolding the Masterplan for Dubai – Gary Bugden

3.20 Session 12: Defining Best Practice - TBC

4.00 Wrap up & Close

5.30 Coach transfer from CBD hotels to dinner – Cornucopia Restaurant lawns

11.00 Official Conference close Coach transfers back to CBD hotels

DISCLAIMER : The program is preliminary at this stage and subject to acceptances by speakers noted. The Committee reserves the right to change / alter the program as deemed appropriate.

Delegate Registration

A range of registration options are available, including:

Before 5th June After 5th June NCTI Member (sole registration) � $ 850 � $950

NCTI Member (4 or more registering at same time) � $ 850 � $850

Non Member � $ 1080 � $1200

Non Member (4 or more registering at same time) � $ 1080 � $1080

Accompanying Partner (social events only) � $ 499 � $499

Exhibitor (conference registration & social events only) � $ 750 � $750

Sponsorship & Exhibition

A range of sponsorship opportunities are available in conjunction with the 2008 NCTI National Conference, including an exhibition will be held in conjunction with the Conference in a dedicated area close to the Conference sessions. Morning teas, lunch and afternoon tea will be held within this exhibition area. Exhibition sites are booked on a first-in, first-served basis following the confirmation of major sponsors’ site(s). For information on this and other sponsorship opportunities please visit www.ncti.org.au and download the Sponsorship Proposal.

Platinum Sponsors

Andreones is Australia’s leading strata law firm, specialising in the provision of legal services to the burgeoning strata and community title sector. Andreones continues to contribute to the success of their customers and stakeholders and the development of strata laws in Australia and around the world.

The Macquarie group offers a diverse range of banking, financial, advisory and investment services. Macquarie has been consistently associated with a stream of major financial innovations, which have underpinned its reputation as a market leader.

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Exhibition Sponsors

• Andreones • Austar • CHU • Macquarie Bank • O’Brien Glass

• Poolwerx • Rockend • Strata Unit Underwriters • Solutions Ie • Trades Monitor

Session Sponsors

• Aussie Made Software

• Finlease

• Lannock Strata Finance

Flights & Accommodation We recommend booking your flights and accommodation early as the 2008 NCTI Conference will be held in peak tourism season.

Flights Qantas, Virgin Blue, Jetstar and Tiger fly into Darwin. Tentative flight schedules for these carriers as at February 2008 is available from the website www.ncti.org.au

Accommodation

Accommodation has been reserved for delegates and partners at various Darwin venues. Discounted rates will be available only by booking through Events NT. Please book early to secure your accommodation, using the online registration form or the downloadable pdf version hosted at www.ncti.org.au

Take advantage of the discounted accommodation available to NCTI delegates as shown in the list below. All prices are ROOM ONLY, NETT rates for per night (single, twin or double) and include 10% GST. All other expenses will be on guest’s own account. The hotel will issue a tax invoice upon departure. Please note: The discounted accommodation rates are not offered to delegates who book directly with accommodation venues. To access the discounted rates accommodation bookings must be made as part of your registration and must be guaranteed with a credit card. Your credit card details will be passed onto the venue to secure your booking. The account is to be settled directly with the venue by the delegate upon checkout from the venue. Please note neither the NCTI nor the Conference Organiser accepts payment for accommodation on behalf of the accommodation venues. Your credit card details must be supplied at time of registration to secure your booking. Your room will be available from 2.00pm. All cancellations and alterations to your booking must be made in writing to admin@eventsnt.com.au No penalty will be incurred if accommodation cancelled more than 90 days before the first night. After this date, or if the room is not occupied on the advised date of arrival, amendment/cancellation or ‘no show’ penalties may be incurred at the discretion of the hotel. A limited number of hotel rooms are available. Book early to avoid disappointment. For hotel details, see hotel websites.

Mantra Pandanus (4.5 star) 43 Knuckey St Darwin www.mantraresorts.com � Water view hotel room $243.00 � Studio apartment city view $243.00 � Studio apartment water view $283.00 � 1 bedroom apartment city view $293.00 � 1 bedroom apartment water view $333.00

Mantra on Esplanade (4 star) 88 The Esplanade Darwin www.mantraresorts.com � Harbour view hotel room $225.00 � Studio apartment $245.00 � 1 bedroom apartment $265.00 Crowne Plaza (5 star) 32 Mitchell St Darwin www.ihg.com � Standard room $270.00

Holiday Inn Darwin (4.5 star) 122 The Esplanade Darwin www.ihg.com � Standard room $220.00 Palms City Resort (4.5 star) 64 The Esplanade Darwin www.citypalms.com � Duplex villa $185.00 � Superior Motel room $180.00

General Information Temperature: the mean daily minimum and maximum temperatures for Darwin during August are 22 and 27, respectively. Typically known as the ‘Dry’… Darwin enjoys a winter from June to August inclusive which is the envy of thousands of interstate and overseas visitors. Dress standards: During the conference, delegates are encouraged to wear either business or smart casual attire. For the social events: o Thurs 7th August : “Taste of Darwin” dinner & drinks at Mindil Beach. Dress: Casual o Fri 8th August : Dinner at Crustaceans on the Wharf. Dress: Cocktail / ‘After 5 ‘ o Sat 9th August : Dinner on the lawns of Cornucopia Restaurant. Dress: Black Tie (Men: tuxedo or

waistcoat & bow tie; Women: long dress)

Non smoking policy: for the comfort of all delegates, this conference will be smoke free, except during snack / meal breaks and in designated areas set aside for smoking.

Baby sitting: Please contact your chosen hotel to arrange a baby-sitting service. Name Badges: Names will be issued when registering at the conference. For security purposes the badge must be worn at all times during the conference and social functions. To register: Delegates may register using the registration form which forms part of this document or access the website www.ncti.org.au for online registration. A tax invoice will be issued on receipt of your registration. Liability: Neither the NCTI nor the Conference Organiser include provisions for the insurance of participants against personal injury, sickness, theft or property damage. Participants and guests are advised to arrange for the insurance they consider necessary. Registration Desk: The registration desk will be located in the lobby lounge area directly opposite the Reception of the Holiday Inn, Darwin and will be open at the following times: Thurs 7th Aug 3pm – 5pm / Frid 8th Aug 8am – 9.30am / Sat 9th Aug 8am – 9am

For more information contact: 2008 NCTI Conference Organiser

PO Box 955 Palmerston Northern Territory 0831 T: +61 0407 271 357 F: +61 8932 6429

E: admin@eventsnt.com.au www.ncti.org.au