2015 PROGRAM

Wednesday 11th November Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa - Marriot Ballroom

Sponsor of the Day – Commonwealth Bank

9.00 Welcome from IAG President Liz Wells and Introduction of Facilitator Bruce Sullivan

9.10 Welcome to Country

9.20 Economic Overview – John Peters, CBA

10.00 Learning to Leverage – Andrew Greaves, Auditor General

10.40 Morning Tea including minute of silence at 11.00am

11.10 Business Productivity Presentation – Roger Perry, Bevington Group

11.55 Our Journey: Pathways for Indigenous Accountants – Damian Foley, Indigenous Accountants Australia

12.40 Lunch – Garden Terrace

1.30 Disruptive Influence: How digital technology is changing everything – an insider’s perspective – Adjunct Professor David Fagan, QUT (sponsored by Crowe Horwath)

2.15 State Economic and Financial Update and the role of accountants in managing State growth – Jim Murphy, Under Treasurer

3.00 Afternoon Tea

3.30 The Four Things Modern Effective Leaders Do and the Eight Things They Don’t – Bruce Sullivan

4.45 Facilitator Wrap Up – Bruce Sullivan

5:00 Close

6.30 Pre-Dinner – Foyer of the Ballroom

7.00 Dinner in the Ballroom: Theme – The Silver Screen (Formal) Sponsored by Commonwealth Bank

CHARITY OF THE DAY

Thursday 12th November - Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa Sponsor of the Day – Charles Kendall Australia

Waianbah Room Elston Room Hinterland Room

9.00 World Class Financial Management in the Public Sector - an insight into the latest Financial Management Best-Practice - Des Pearson (sponsored by CPA Australia)

9.45 A Government actuary and an accountant walked into a bar . . . – Wayne Cannon, State Actuary

10.30 Morning Tea

11.00 Gender Equity – Why Aren’t We Getting It Right? - Kathy

Kostyrko

Critical Accounting Standards Update – Yannick Maurice and

Adele Wrigley, PwC Shaping the Future through Customer

Centric Innovation (including an

Interactive Design Thinking Workshop) –Steve Brown, CBA 11.45

Being the Right Candidate for the Future– Justine Eden,

Eden Ritchie

Key Tax Changes – Jamie Towers, Chartered Accountants

Australia & New Zealand

12.30 Lunch – Garden Terrace

1.30 Service Concession

Arrangements – David Hardidge

Social Engineering: Would you fall for their deception? –

Mark Scales, Crowe Horwath

DIY Analytics: How disruptive business intelligence is ending the reign of Excel –

Brett Thebault and Marty Conneely, Aginic

2.15 Grants Accounting – David Hardidge

Effective Contract Management: signing the contract is only the beginning – Greg Edmonds,

Charles Kendall Australia

Self-Managed Super – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – Audrey Dawson,

Super Confidence

3.00 Afternoon Tea

3.30

CFO Forum The attitude of the future finance professional Facilitator: Richard Chapman, CPA Australia

Malcolm Wilson (Queensland Health) Adam Black (Department of Education and Training)

Katrina Platt (Department of Natural Resources and Mines)

4.15 Leadership and Management for 21st Century Success – Dr Peter Ellyard

5.00 Close

6.30 Pre-Dinner – Foyer of the Ballroom

7.00 Dinner in the Ballroom: Theme – Wacky Wigs and Magnificent Manes (smart casual) Sponsored by Crowe Horwath

CHARITY OF THE DAY

Friday 13th November – Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa Sponsor of the Day – Randstad

Waianbah Room Elston Room Hinterland Room

9.00 Keynote presentation – Hon Shannon Fentiman, Minister for Communities, Women and Youth, Minister for Child Safety and Minister for Multicultural Affairs (sponsored by Robert Walters)

9.45 Shaping the Future Through Creativity and Innovation – Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw

10.30 Morning Tea

11.00

Online and on time for state revenue – influencing client behaviour through systems,

processes and people – Helen Wootton,

Queensland Treasury

The Role of the Finance Department in the Future of

Work – Steve Shepherd, Randstad

Changing Traditional Thinking in the Workplace – Gerard Kerr,

Kingston Human Capital

11.45 Innovative Payment

Channels – Robert Thorley, Queensland Treasury

Queensland State School Resourcing Review – Jayenne Conroy and

Boyd Paties, Department of Education and Training

Women In Leadership – Susan Middleditch, Queensland Health

12.30 Lunch – Garden Terrace

1.30 Mao’s Last Dancer – Li Cunxin

3.00 Closing address from IAG Vice-President – Minnie Trieu

3.15 Close

CHARITY OF THE DAY

Platinum Sponsor

Diamond Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

In Kind Sponsors

*Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand is a trading name for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ABN 50 084 642 571) and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants – see charteredaccountantsanz.com for further information.