Program snapshot

Time Session

8.30 - 9.00

Registration and Exhibition opens

9.00 - 9.45

Opening address - AHRI: finger on the pulse
Serge Sardo, CEO, Australian Human Resources Institute

9.45 - 10.15

Keynote 1 - Hon Kevin Foley MP
Deputy Premier of South Australia
Treasurer
Minister for Industry and Trade
Minister for Federal/State Relations

10.15 - 10.45

Morning tea

10.45 - 11.30

Keynote 2 - People Strategies in a downturn - Focus to stay viable during a GFC!
Alexandrea Cannon, Chair, Power State Credit Union

11.30 - 12.30

Keynote 3 - Leadership in the work place of the future
Steve Vamos, President, Society for Knowledge Economics

12.30 - 1.30

Lunch

1.30 - 2.30

Keynote Panel 1 - Building sustainable workforces

  • Peter Vaughan, CEO, Business SA
  • Peter Malinauskas, Secretary, Shop Distributive and Allied Workers Union
  • Richard Blandy, Professor, University of South Australia

Chair: Serge Sardo, CEO, Australian Human Resources Institute

2.30 - 3.15

Keynote 4 - HR in the new Green Economy
Tony Innes, founding partner, Sustainable Directions

3.15 - 3.45

Afternoon tea

3.45

Exhibition close

3.45 - 4.45

Keynote Panel 2 - Preparing for the upturn

  • Phil Methofer, Business SA
  • Marian Whitaker, Senior Lecturer – HRM, Flinders University
  • Lachlan Bruce, Deputy Chief Executive, Department of Trade and Economic Development
  • Christine Steele, Deputy State Manager SA Office, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Chair: Samantha Wilkinson, President – South Australia, Australian Human Resources Institute