WEDNESDAY 23 JULY

Please note that this is a draft Program, which is subject to change.

Dinner

VENUE: Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Sydney

  • 6:00pm: Registration and pre-dinner drinks
  • 6:30pm: Dinner commences
  • 7:30pm: Speaker: TBC
  • 10:00pm: Dinner concludes

THURSDAY 24 JULY

Summit

VENUE: Grand Ballroom II, Shangri-La Sydney

Welcome

  • 8:00am: Registration and coffee
  • 8:45am: MC Ellen Fanning, Journalist and Host of ABC TV’s The Drum
  • 8:55am: Speaker TBC
  • 9:10am: The Hon Tim Ayres, Federal Assistant Minister for Future Made in Australia

Session 1: The State of Australia’s Manufacturing Sector

  • 9:30am: 
    • Rod Henderson Managing Director & CEO, AMP Control
    • Simon Terry CEO, Dux Hot Water
    • Speaker TBC
    • Q&A Session

Morning Tea (10:20am to 10:50am)

Session 2: Global Challenges and Opportunities

  • 10:50am:
    • Doug Luciani President and CEO, CWB Group
    • Jim Sandford Industry Professor of Economics, McMaster University, Canada
    • Speaker TBC
    • Q&A Session

Lunch (12:30pm to 1:30pm)

Session 3: Getting Industry Policy Right & Building Capacity

  • 1:30pm:
    • Tim Buckley Founder and Director, Climate Energy Finance
    • David Shankey CEO, Net Zero Economy Authority (NZEA)
    • Speaker TBC
    • Q&A Session

Session 4: Workforce, Skills & Training

  • 3:00pm:
    • Amanda Sonntag Executive Director, NSW Department of Education
    • Justin Spedding Senior Project Officer, Corrections Victoria
    • Speaker TBC
    • Q&A Session

Session 5: Close

  • 4:00pm: Geoff Crittenden, CEO, Weld Australia

Please note that this is a draft Program, which is subject to change.