Conference Timings
Day 1 - Wednesday, 10 April
11.00am - Group activities (various locations)
1.00pm - Registration, Lunch & Check-in opens
2.00pm - Conference commences
5.00pm - Conference concludes.
5.00pm - Welcome Reception at the Akoya Beachfront at The Langham until 7.00pm.
Program highlights:
- An explorer’s mindset in the corporate world - James Castrission, Extreme Adventurer
- SodaStream – a turnaround driven by insights, innovation, and the courage to challenge the status quo - Laura Wilson, Managing Director, SodaStream Australia, in conversation with David Walter RITP, Partner, Allen & Overy
- Sources of stress in the economy - Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist, Ray White
- ARITA update - Rachel Burdett RITF, ARITA President & Partner, Cor Cordis and John Winter, CEO, ARITA
Day 2 - Thursday, 11 April
8.30am - Check-in opens
9.00am - Conference commences
5.00pm - Conference concludes.
6.00pm - Dinner takes place at The Star Events Marquee until 10.30pm. Shuttle buses depart The Langham from 5.45pm, pre-dinner drinks from 6.00pm, dinner concludes at 10.30pm with shuttle buses back to The Langham from 10.00pm.
Program highlights:
- Does single touch payroll trump lockdown DPNs & safe harbour ATO eligibility requirements? Michael Fingland RITF, Managing Director, Vantage Performance (moderator); Scott Butler RITF, Partner, Hall & Wilcox Lawyers; Scott Guthrie RITP, Partner, Thomson Geer Lawyers; Mike McCann RITF, ARITA Life Member & Partner, Grant Thornton; and Kelly Trenfield RITF, ARITA Board member & Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
- Dealing with s 561, s 556 and liquidator remuneration - Ben Katekar SC RITP, New Chambers
- Consumer markets update & the impact of tightening discretionary spending - Gayle Dickerson RITP, Partner, KPMG and Phil Quinlan RITF, Partner, KPMG
- Balancing professional duties - Jason Bettles RITP, Principal, Worrells; Dr David Goldman RITP, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia; and Paul McQuade KC RITP, Level Twenty Seven Chambers
- In the matter of … Case updates - Melissa Jeremiah RITP, Partner, Maddocks; Wendy Jones RITP, Partner, Dentons; and Ingrid King RITP, Barrister, Tenth Floor St James Hall Chambers
- Leadership, resilience and change - Shane Fitzsimmons AO AFSM, former Head of Resilience NSW and Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, in conversation with John Winter, CEO, ARITA
- Shifts in regulation - Tim Beresford, Chief Executive, Inspector-General in Bankruptcy and Registrar of Personal Property Securities, AFSA and Kate O’Rourke, Commissioner, ASIC
- Global trends in insolvency law - Scott Atkins RITF, ARITA Life Member, President, INSOL International & Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
- The value of diversity - Marie Festa, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Women
- What good law reform looks like - Matthew Corrigan, Executive Director—QLRC, QSAC and PTAMB, Department of Justice and Attorney-General QLD
Day 3 - Friday, 12 April
8.30am - Check-in opens
9.00am - Conference commences
1.00pm - Conference concludes. Lunch served
1.00pm - McGrathNicol Women's Networking Lunch takes place until 2.00pm. Guest speaker: Marie Festa, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Women. RSVP essential.
Program highlights:
- Takeaways from the frontline: 3 Property Group 13 - Stephen Hundy RITP, Principal, Worrells
- Takeaways from the frontline: Barilla v Barilla - Tony Lane RITF, Director, Beacon Advisory and Graeme Blank RITP, Blackburn Chambers
- Takeaways from the frontline: Sara Lee - Breanna Davies, Partner, Gadens and Vaughan Strawbridge RITP, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
- Financiers and financial distress: financial hardship, vulnerable customers and hard decisions - Diane Tate, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Finance Industry Association, Cameron Poolman, Chief Executive Officer, OnDeck and Rachel Burdett RITF, ARITA President & Partner, Cor Cordis
- Keynote address: Everyday ethics - Dr Simon Longstaff AO, Executive Director, The Ethics Centre