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Program snapshot

Pre conference - Tuesday, 8 November

11.30am Conference golf day (Brookwater Golf Club)
Registration 11.30am. Shotgun start 1.00pm.
All day Expo setup

Day 1 - Wednesday, 9 November

7.00am Conference Registration open
7.30 - 8.45am Communications Awards breakfast presentation
8.00am Super Expo open
9.00 - 10.45am Pre-event forums (by invitation only)
• National Thinktank (CEOs)
• National Compliance Discussion Group
9.30 - 10.30am Women in Super / ASFA networking forum (by invitation only)
11.00am - 1.05pm Welcome by Tony Lally, ASFA Chair
Brisbane state official opening

Plenary 1 & 2
Making the BIG connection – with change comes challenge and opportunity
The Hon Alexander Downer, former foreign minister and UN Envoy to Cyprus
General Peter Cosgrove AC MC, Director, Qantas Superannuation Limited
Q&A with these leaders

(Communications forum participants to attend)
1.10 - 2.00pm Opening lunch in Super Expo
2.05 - 3.15pm Concurrent 1A-1E
(Communications forum participants to attend marketing concurrent session)
3.20 - 3.50pm Afternoon tea in Super Expo
3.55 - 4.55pm Plenary session 3
Making the BIG connection – Superannuation is not just about selling your brand, but selling the brand of “super” as an industry
Janine Allis, Founder, Boost Juice
Naomi Simson, CEO and Founder, RedBalloon

(Communications forum participants to attend)
5.00 - 6.30pm Welcome reception – "Strum up a connection"

Day 2 - Thursday, 10 November

6.45 - 7.45am Boot camp (Partnered by Russell Investments)
7.30 - 8.15am FASFA/AASFA breakfast (by invitation only)
8.00am Super Expo open serving tea and coffee / delegate connection
8.30 - 9.30am Plenary session 4A
Making the BIG connection – Investment and economic update
Facilitator: Kerry O’Brien, Journalist
Panellists:
Mark Thirlwell, Director International Economy Program, Lowy Institute for International Policy
Warren Hogan, Chief Economist, ANZ
9.30 - 9.55am Plenary session 4B
Making the BIG connection – Political update
Facilitator: Kerry O’Brien, Journalist
Speaker:
The Hon. Bill Shorten MP, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation; Assistant Treasurer
9.55 - 10.20am Morning tea in Super Expo
10.25 - 11.40am Plenary Session 5
Making the BIG connection – Future industry challenges and opportunities from a Chair’s perspective
Panellists:
Neil Cochrane FASFA, Chairman, Commonwealth Bank Officers’ Superannuation Fund
Elana Rubin, Chair, AustralianSuper
Lynn Ralph, Chairman, BT Funds Management
Chris Cuffe, Chairman, UniSuper
11.45am - 12.55pm Concurrent sessions 2A-2D + Participation roundtable 2E
12.55 - 1.05pm Delegate connection
1.10 - 2.00pm Lunch in Super Expo
1.10 - 1.30pm Annual General Meeting
2.05 - 3.15pm Concurrent sessions 3A-3D + Participation roundtable 3E
3.15 - 3.25pm Delegate connection
3.30 - 4.00pm Afternoon tea in Super Expo
4.05 - 5.15pm Concurrent sessions 4A-4D + Participation roundtable 4E
7.00pm - midnight Conference dinner – "the BIG dinner" (Partnered by QIC)

Day 3 - Friday, 11 November

8.30am Super Expo open serving tea and coffee / delegate connection
9.00 - 10.00am Plenary session 6
Making the BIG connection – Promoting confidence in the industry
Facilitator: Pauline Vamos FASFA ASFA AIF, ASFA CEO
Speakers:
Part 1: Ross Jones, Deputy Chairman, APRA
Part 2: Senator Mathias Cormann, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation
10.00 - 10.15am Delegate connection
10.20 - 10.50am Morning tea in Super Expo
10.55am - 12.05pm Concurrent sessions 5A-5E
Includes one minute silence for Remembrance Day
12.10 - 1.30pm Gala luncheon with plenary session 7 and conference summary
Making the BIG connection: Like totally super moments in science
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
1.30pm Conference close / delegates leave for flights