Program

WEDNESDAY 23 JULY

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

Welcome Dinner

VENUE: Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Sydney

  • 6:00pm: Registration, pre-dinner drinks and networking
  • 6:45pm: Dinner commences
  • 6:50pm: Geoff Crittenden, CEO, Weld Australia
  • 6:55pm: Ellen Fanning, Journalist
  • 7:00pm:  The Hon Anoulack Chanthivong, New South Wales Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Minister for Building, and Minister for Correction
  • 8:00pm: Richard Denniss, Executive Director, Australia Institute
  • 10:00pm: Dinner concludes

THURSDAY 24 JULY

Summit

VENUE: Grand Ballroom II, Shangri-La Sydney

Welcome

  • 8:00am: Registration, tea, coffee and networking
  • 9:00am: MC Ellen Fanning, ABC Journalist
  • 9:05am: The Hon Tim Ayres, Federal Minister for Industry and Innovation, and Minister for Science

Session 1: The State of Australia’s Manufacturing Sector

  • 9:20am: Rebecca McPhee, Deputy Secretary, Investment NSW
  • 9:40am: Dr Jens Goennemann, Managing Director, Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC)
  • 10:00am: Simon Terry, CEO, Dux Hot Water
  • 10:20am: John Titchen, Director, Goldwin
  • 10:40am: Q&A Session

Morning Tea (11:00am to 11:30am)

Session 2: Global Challenges and Opportunities

  • 11:30am: Jim Stanford, Industry Professor of Economics, McMaster University, Canada
  • 12:00pm: Doug Luciani, President and CEO, CWB Group
  • 12:30pm: Q&A Session

Lunch (1:10pm to 2:00pm)

Session 3: Getting Industry Policy Right & Building Capacity

  • 2:00pm: Tim Buckley, Founder and Director, Climate Energy Finance
  • 2:20pm: David Shankey, CEO, Net Zero Economy Authority (NZEA)
  • 2:40pm: Phil Toner, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney

  • 3:00pm: Q&A Session (Joined by Sheree Taylor, Major Projects – Olympics and Renewables, BlueScope)

Session 4: Workforce, Skills & Training

  • 3:20pm: Amanda Sonntag, VET Curriculum Advisor, NSW Department of Education
  • 3:40pm: Justin Spedding, Senior Project Officer, Corrections Victoria
  • 4:00pm: Q&A Session

Session 5: Close

  • 4:20pm: Geoff Crittenden, CEO, Weld Australia
  • 4:30pm: Post Summit Networking Drinks
  • 5:15pm: Event Concludes

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