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The
conference program is listed below to assist delegates with
planning travel and accommodation arrangements. Please note the
conference program is subject to change. Any amendments will be
updated on the conference website and a final conference program
will be issued to all registered delegates on arrival at the
conference.
Sunday 12th
September 2010
2.00pm -
5.00pm BEC Australia
Managers Meeting and AGM
4.00pm -
7.00pm Delegate Registration -
Foyer of Reef Hotel and Casino
6pm -
8pm Welcome Reception -
Reef Hotel and Casino
Monday 13th
September 2010
7.00am -
4.30pm Delegate Registration -
Foyer of Reef Hotel and Casino
7.15am -
7.45am Breakfast
Served
7.45am -
8.30am Breakfast
Presentation: Key Note Speaker - Richard Peters, Head of
Community Finance and Development, National Australia
Bank
8.45am -
9.00am Conference Welcome -
Combined Session
9.00am -
10.00am Combined Session:
Keynote Speaker - Justin Herald,
A Story with Attitude
10.00am
- 10.30am Morning Tea with
Sponsors and Exhibitors
10.45am
- 12.15pm Combined Session:
Straight from the Horse's Mouth... The ATO, ACCC and
IP Australia share with facilitators the top five things they
need you to pass to clients to assist businesses to survive in the
current economic climate. Featuring Thomas Ryan, ATO Assistant
Commissioner Debt, Dr Michael Schaper, ACCC Deputy Chairman
and Peter Willimott, IP Australia Director of
Marketing.
12.15pm
- 1.15pm Lunch with Sponsors and
Exhibitors
1.30pm -
3.00pm Concurrent Professional
Development Sessions
Meeting Room 1
Safe Business is Good Business (Creagh
Moore, Workcover NSW)
Dr
Geoff Lee, University of Western Sydney showing the UWS
business
portal
Meeting Room
2 DEEWR Session on NEIS
Meeting Room
3 Peter Harmon, Incubation UK hosts a Round
Table Summit
3.00pm -
3.30pm Afternoon Tea with
Sponsors and Exhibitors
3.45pm -
5.00pm Professional
Development Sessions Continue
Meeting Room
1 Grant Cleary - Using Technology in
Business
Steve
Davis - Twitter and Your Small Business
Meeting Room
2 Cross Cultural Awareness in Training and
Business
NNA AGM
Meeting Room
3 How to Work with Inventors, featuring
Peter Baron
6.30pm -
11.00pm Networking event -
Beachside @ Bondi on the roof of the Swiss Grand, featuring
entertainment by the 9th Endless Summer Beach Party.
Tuesday 10th
November
7.00am - 4.30pm Delegate
Registration
7.15am -
7.45am Breakfast available in Hotel Dining
Room (included in registration)
7.30am -
8.30am BIIA AGM (Meeting Room
1)
8.45am -
9.00am Welcome, Day Two Overview
9.00am -
10.15am Combined Session: Keynote
Speaker - Ross Greenwood "Shape of Things to
Come"
10.15am
- 10.40am Morning Tea with Sponsors and
Exhibitors
10.40am
- 12.15am Concurrent Sessions
Meeting Room
1 Dennis Chiron Showcases Caboolture Moreton
Bay Region BEC's
Community
Timebank Project
Susan
Devine (Inner West BEC) and Tony Sander - Capturing
Corporate
Knowledge, The Wiki Solution
Meeting Room
2 Andrew Mayes - The Growth Assumption (and
What We Should be
Doing
Now)
Mike
Sibly - New Developments and Products from
business.gov.au
Colin
Dunn (AIEF) - Why Professional Development is Important
Meeting Room
3 Darren Whitford - New Directions in
Incubation in Regional and
Outback
Australia
Ann
Nelson - Turning Virtual Incubation Into Reality
12.15pm
- 1.00pm Lunch with Sponsors and
Exhibitors
1.00pm -
2.30pm Keynote Presenter - Darren
Flanagan"The
Gun"
2.30pm -
2.50pm Afternoon Tea with Sponsors and
Exhibitors
2.50pm -
3.40pm Plenary Session - Taking Control over the Future of our
Organisations
Meeting Room
1 BEC Australia, facilitated by Peter
Murray
Meeting Room
2 NNA, facilitated by Tom Budgen
Meeting Room
3 BIIA, facilitated by Phil Kemp
3.40pm -
4.00 Group Facilitators report back to all
delegates on outcome of plenary session. Conference evaluation and
SBDC 2010
4.00pm -
4.45pm Combined Session: Keynote Speaker -
James O'Laughlin from the New Inventors
4.45pm -
5.00pm Conference Close: The Hon Dr Craig
Emerson, MP
6.30pm -
11.00pm Gala Dinner and Awards Presentation
- Swiss Grand Ball Room
MC -
James O'Laughlin, The New Inventors and featuring the band One Hit
Wonders
Wednesday 11th
November 2009
9.00am - 3.00pm
Business and
Cultural Tour - Sydney Technology Park followed by a Harbour Cruise
Luncheon
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