Workshop & Conference Program

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• The WOB WAY - Ruth Medd, Chair Women on Boards
• Director's Duties - Fiona Shand, senior facilitator AICD
• Making the most of your CV - Kerry Chater, business principal
• UBS Boardroom Briefing Lunch - Caroline Gurney, MD Corporate Communications UBS
• Marketing and Branding - Judeth Wilson, Up-Front Communications
• Hear from a Director - Denise Aldous, professional NED

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Welcome and Opening Session

• Claire Braund, Executive Director Women on Boards
• Ruth Medd, Chair Women on Boards

Plenary Session 1: Is there merit in quotas?

Session Chair: Claire Braund, Women on Boards

• Arni Hole, Director General Ministry of Children & Equality, Norway
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• Elizabeth Broderick, Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner

Plenary Session 2: Where are the women?

Session Chair: Catherine Fox, Deputy-Editor BOSS Financial Review

• David Gonski AC, Chair ASX, Coca-Cola & Westfield
• Katie Lahey, Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia
• Chris Thomas, partner Egon Zehnder

Concurrent Session 1: Getting Started on Your Board Career

Session Chair: Denise Aldous, NED

• Pip Downes, Director Swimming Australia
• Jennifer Reynolds, Director Melanoma Instiute of Australia
• Monique Beedles, Health Quality & Complaints Commission

Concurrent Session 2: Getting Serious about Your Board Career

Session Chair: Ruth Medd, Chair Women on Boards

• Pauline Carr, Chair Newmont Australia Superannuation Plan
• Helen Wiseman, Chair Shine for Kids
• Jane Toohey, Director Mini Movers

Concurrent Session 3: Interview with company directors

Interviewer: Margot Saville, journalist & author

• Peter Shergold, Chair Centre for Social Impact, director AMP, former head Prime Minister & Cabinet
• Joanne Grainger, Chair Cotton Australia
• Melinda Snowden, director Vita Group

Concurrent Session 4: Interviews with company directors

Interviewer: Helen McCombie, Citadel (corporate communications)

• Paul Binsted, Chair Sydney Ports Corporation
• Rebecca Davies, partner Freehills
• Lynn Ralph, director Sydney Swans Ltd

WOB Mentoring Dinner - "Harvesting Talent"

MC: Jean Kitson

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Plenary Session 3: Gender is a business issue

Session Chair: Narelle Hooper, Editor BOSS Financial Review

• Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of 20-First & Honorary President European Professional Women’s Network
• Renee Adams, Professor of Finance - University of Queensland

Plenary Session 4: Why women matter: A resources industry perspective

Session Chair: Narelle Hooper, Editor BOSS Financial Review

• Peter McCarthy, Managing Director of AMC Consultants
• Emma Wimberley, Queensland Resources Council
• Erica Smyth, Chair Toro Energy Ltd & Screen West

Plenary Session 5: Strategies for advancing women

Session Chair: Jeanne Vida Douglas, Business Review Weekly

• Megan Dalla-Camina, Director Strategy Australia & New Zealand, IBM
• Kate Rimer, Executive Director Mallesons Stephen Jaques
• Liz Cacciottola, CEO UBS Wealth Management Australia
  

Plenary Session 6: Cultural change in the boardroom

Ninety minutes with Sarah Cornally

When leaders are looking for the extraordinary they come to Sarah Cornally. With more than 20 years as a leadership and management consultant, Sarah specialises in improving the performance culture of organizations through professional development coaching, facilitation and keynote speaking services. She is a leading expert in organisational dynamics, examining the culture and strategy of senior executives and leadership at boardroom level.

Plenary Session 7: Time for Action - Getting the message across

Session Chair: Claire Braund, Women on Boards

• Jane Caro, author, educationalist & regular on The Gruen Transfer
• Jeanne Vida Douglas, jourmalist BRW
• Ruth Medd, Chair Women on Boards