Program

The conference program provided delegates with a dynamic, interactive and stimulating experience with many opportunities for networking and discussion. It was mindful of work/ life balance issues in its duration and through the availability of childcare and health breaks. A fully qualified personal trainer attended for the duration of the conference.

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Wednesday 28 May 2008

Time Session
8:00am Registration
Collect your badge and conference satchel
Browse the list of attendees 
8:30am Plenary 1: Research Overview
Claire Braund, Women on Boards
Welcome and Introduction
8:45am Elizabeth Broderick
Sex Discrimination Commissioner HREOC
Perspectives and Attitudes of Corporate Australia: Results of my Listening Tour
9:10am Peter McGraw
Director Labour-Management Studies Foundation, Macquarie University
Gender Income Distribution of Top Earners
9:30am David Gonski
Chancellor University of NSW, Chair Coca-Cola Amatil
Board membership on a not for profit organisation - a joy, a duty or a nightmare
10:00am Panel Session
Chaired by Ruth Medd, Chair WOB
10:30am Healthy Break
Browse the exhibition
Organise a mini-personal training or coaching sessions 
11:00am Plenary 2: Moving Your Career Forward
Jane Allen
Egon Zehnder International
What executive search firms are looking for and what they can offer you?
11:20am Panel Session
  • Jane Allen, Egon Zehnder International
  • Jane Bridge, Boardroom Partners
  • Sean Linkson, Talent Partners
11:45am Perspectives from Australian businesspeople
  • Karen Lonergan, Qantas Airways
  • James Allt-Graham, Partner KPMG
  • Lynette Browning, University of South Australia
12:30pm Perspectives from Women on Boards
  1. Denise Aldous, Director Uniting Care
  2. David Stanton & Jennifer Dalitz, Directors Peer Support Foundation
1:00pm Healthy Break
Browse the exhibition
Organise a mini-personal training or coaching sessions
2:00pm

Board effectiveness: The director's cut 

Chair: TBC

  • John Meacock, Managing Partner NSW Deloitte
  • Ruth Medd, Chair Women on Boards
  Communicating in the boardroom
Chair: Patricia Gillard, Professor of Communication, Newcastle University
  • Mary Barrett, University of Wollongong
  • Fiona Mort, SA Office for Women
  Bridging the gap to the boardroom
Chair: Dr Sue Gould, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Newcastle University
  • Lyn Carson, University of Sydney
  • Rosanne Hawarden, Massey University, NZ
3:00pm Healthy Break
Browse the exhibition
Organise a mini-personal training or coaching sessions
3:30pm Interview 1 with Catherine Fox
  • Leon L'Huillier, Director Woolworths
  • Tony Shepherd, Chairman Transfield Services
  • Emma Stein, Director DUET, Integral Energy
  Interview 2 with Helen McCombie
  • Graham Bradley, Chairman Stockland
  • Eileen Doyle, Director Onesteel, Chair Port Waratah
  • Melanie Willis, Director Hydro Tasmania
  Interview 3 with Margot Saville
  • David Herilhy, Chairman Mosiac Oil
  • Jenny Hill-Ling, Chairman Hills Industries
  • Peter Scott, Director Sinclair Knight Merz
  • Lynn Wood, Director HSBC Bank Australia
5:30pm Director's Cocktails
Networking event with directors and other invited guests.
Guest Speaker from WOB Sponsor, UBS 
7:30pm Close for the day
 

Thursday 29 May 2008

Time Details
6:30am Healthy Body - Sharp Mind
Hosted walk and stretching around Bondi Beach
Simone Martin, Physical Wellbeing 
8:15am Registration
Collect you badge and delegate satchel 
8:45am Plenary 3: Courageous Conversations
Claire Braund, Director Women on Boards
Welcome and summary of Day One 
9:00am Sarah Cornally
Cornally Enterprises
Leveraging leadership effectiveness
9:30am Panel Discussion
  • Sarah Cornally (Chair)
  • David Williams, Executive Coach Hewsons International
  • Judith Chapman, MD Executive Succession
  • Helen Lang, CEO Transitions
10:30am Healthy Break
Browse the exhibition
Organise a mini-personal training or coaching sessions 
11:00am Workshop 1: Positioning your career for board success
Sue Zablud, Human Asset Development Group 
  Workshop 2: Delivering high impact presentations
Judeth Wilson, Up-front Communication 
  Workshop 3: Your CV - how to do yourself justice?
Kerry Chater, Consultant 
 

Workshop 4: Marketing yourself - Product you!
Carmen Parnos, The Australian Coaching Academy
Helen Robinett, Image Quest
12:30pm Healthy Break
Browse the exhibition
Organise a mini-personal training or coaching sessions 
1:30pm

Workshop 1: Positioning your career for board success
Sue Zablud, Human Asset Development Group 
  Workshop 2: Delivering high impact presentations
Judeth Wilson, Up-front Communication 
  Workshop 3: Your CV - how to do yourself justice?
Kerry Chater, Consultant 
  Workshop 4: Marketing yourself - Product you!
Carmen Parnos, The Australian Coaching Academy
Helen Robinett ,Image Quest 
3:00pm Healthy Break
Browse the exhibition
Confirm appointments / follow-up meetings post conference 
3:30pm Board Discussions
Not For Profit Boards
  • Michael Traill, CEO Social Ventures Australia
  • Wendy McCarthy, Chair Sydney Community Foundation
  • Carole Renouf, CEO Garvan Research Foundation
  SMEs & Start-up Boards
  • Brookes McTavish, Managing Director Australian Small Scale Offerings Board
  • John Allen, Executive Director Carlisle Partners Pty Limited
  • Robert Sakker, Executive Director Globalstar
  Rural & Infrastructure Boards
  • Christine Hawkins, Director Cinnabar International
  • Georgie Somerset, Member National Rural Advisory Council
  • Paul Binstead, Chairman Sydney Ports, MD Lazard Bank
  • Andrea Staines, Director Gladstone Ports & Australian Rail Track Corporation
5:00pm Conference Close
Confirm appointments / follow-up meetings post conference
7:00pm Gala Dinner
Guest speaker: Catherine Brenner, Director Coca Cola Amatil & Centennial Coal
MC: Julie McCrossin
Charity: NAPCAN