WEDNESDAY 23 JULY
Please note that this is a draft Program, which is subject to change.
Dinner
VENUE: Grand Ballroom, Shangri-La Sydney
- 6:30pm: Registration and pre-dinner drinks
- 7:00pm: Dinner commences
- 8:00pm: Speakers:
- 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 Corrections
- 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 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 Minister for Industry and Innovation, and Minister for Science
Session 1: The State of Australia’s Manufacturing Sector
- 9:30am: Rod Henderson Managing Director & CEO, AMP Control
- 9:50pm: Simon Terry CEO, Dux Hot Water
- 10:10am: Rebecca McPhee, Deputy Secretary, Investment NSW
- 10:30am: Q&A Session
Morning Tea (10:50am to 11:10am)
Session 2: Global Challenges and Opportunities
- 11:10am: Doug Luciani President and CEO, CWB Group
- 11:30am: Jim Stanford Industry Professor of Economics, McMaster University, Canada
- 11:50am: Speaker TBC
- 12:10pm: 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
- 2:00pm: David Shankey CEO, Net Zero Economy Authority (NZEA)
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2:30pm: Q&A Session
Session 4: Workforce, Skills & Training
- 3:00pm: Amanda Sonntag Executive Director, NSW Department of Education
- 3:20pm: Justin Spedding Senior Project Officer, Corrections Victoria
- 3:40pm: Q&A Session
Session 5: Close
- 4:00pm: Geoff Crittenden, CEO, Weld Australia
- 4:30pm: Summit Concludes
Please note that this is a draft Program, which is subject to change.
