The Conference Program

Day 1

7.45am Registration - Arrival tea and coffee
8.45am

Welcome: Andrew Podger AO, National President, IPAA

Welcome to Country: Allen Madden, Metropolitan Land Council 

9.00am -10.00am

The future of public service: future models of governance from an international perspective

Chair: Patricia Faulkner AO, National Leader of State Government Sector and Global Lead Healthcare, KPMG.


Keynote speaker:  Hon Jocelyne Bourgon OC, Canada 

10.00am -10.30am

Introducing "The future of public service: striking the right balance" and the 4 Conference themes (Primed)
10.30am -12.30pm

A. Organisational Capacity Building

Futures Forum 1: People and culture

Patricia Faulkner AO, National Leader of State Government Sector and Global Lead Healthcare, KPMG.
Focus:Capable organisations.

James Purtill, Queensland Public Service Commissioner.
Focus: Workplace practice, innovation, leadership and culture: beyond the rhetoric.

(continuous morning tea)

B. Partnership

Futures Forum 2: Collaboration inside out

Dr Meredith Edwards AM, Emeritus Professor, National Institute of Governance, University of Canberra

                                        Tim Farland, Senior Project Manager, NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet
Focus: Multi agency regional service delivery: collaboration or calibration?

Jo Lawrence, Director, Service Programs Branch, NSW Department of Housing

Focus: Creating a common agenda

(continuous morning tea)

C. Models of Service Delivery

Futures Forum 3: Delivering on state plans

Ben Keneally, Deputy Chief of Staff, NSW Premier’s Office Focus: Reflections on the delivery of state planning in NSW.

Tanya Smith, Deputy Chief Executive, Cabinet Office, SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
Focus: Reflections on the delivery of state planning in South Australia.

(continuous morning tea)

D. Communities

Futures Forum 4: Community strengthening

Professor David Adams, Professor of Management and Innovation, University of Tasmania
Focus: Can communities be organised - government and community strengthening.

David Thompson AM, Chair, National Roundtable of Nonprofit Organisations
Focus: Partnership or control?

(continuous morning tea)
12.30pm -1.30pm Lunch
1.30pm -3.30pm
A. Organisational Capacity Building

Futures Forum 5: Change management

Dr Sue Vardon AO, Chief Executive, SA Department for Families and Community Services. (TBC)

Dr Garrick Stanley, WA Department of Housing
Focus: Organisational culture: the holy grail of sustainable change.		 B. Partnership

Futures Forum 6: Partnering for Sustainability

Simon Smith, Deputy Director General, NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change Focus: Partnering with the business and community sectors to achieve climate change outcomes in NSW.

Gary Hodge, Director, Advanced Leadership Program, The Pacific Institute. Focus: Government, industry and communities - partnering to improve rivers and coastal waterways.
 C. Models of Service Delivery

Futures Forum 7: Evidence-based delivery

Catherine Argall PSM, CEO, Medicare Australia.

Dr Randal Stewart, Director, Timmins Stewart Pty Ltd.
Focus: Using evidence to improve services.
 D. Communities

Futures Forum 8: Social inclusion and working with diverse communities.

Dr John Falzon, CEO, National Council, St Vincent de Paul Society.

Focus: Ensuring social inclusion is not sought at the expense of social security

 

John Kirwan, CEO, Launceston Hospital

Focus: Improving indigenous participation in non-traditional occupations 
3.30pm -4.00pm Afternoon tea
4.00pm -5.00pm

Introduction to the Garran Oration: Andrew Podger AO, National President, IPAA

Plenary session: Garran Oration: Prof Glyn Davis AC, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Melbourne.
5.00pm -5.15pm

Summing up Day One: Carolyn Burlew, Deputy National President, IPAA and Deputy Director General, NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care; IPAA NSW Councillor 

5.15pm -5.30pm Session feedback: Primed: Real time
6.30pm -7.30pm

Cocktails - Crystal Ballroom

FIPAA Awards: Andrew Podger AO, National President, IPAA.
7.30pm

Conference Dinner – Big Top Auditorium

Master of Ceremonies: John Lee, President, IPAA NSW, Director General, NSW Department of Commerce