LOGAN & REDLANDS

Program

Sirromet Winery, 850-938 Mount Cotton Rd, Mount Cotton (Venue details)

9:00am – 4:00pm, Thursday, 29 September 2022 

8.30am

Registration desk opens

9:00am

Welcome

Leisa Goddard – MC : Founder & Managing Director, Adoni Media; and Media Commentator, Australian News Channel (Sky News)

9:10am

Welcome to Country

Elder Bernice Fisher - Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-in-Council

9:15am

Setting the Scene

The Hon Gary Hardgrave Chair, Regional Development Australia Logan & Redlands

9.30am

Keynote Speaker

The Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP – Treasurer of Australia and Member for Rankin

9:45am

Themed Session 1: Identifying and addressing regional infrastructure gaps

Facilitated by Ross Elliott – Chair, Better Suburbs Initiative; Director, Suburban Futures; Director, Faction Consulting

Paul Kahlert – Chief Executive Officer, All Purpose Transport

Stephen Beckett – Head of Public Affairs, Brisbane Airport Corporation

Ian Murray – Head of Queensland Communities, Lendlease

11.00am

Morning Tea and Networking

11:30am

Themed Session 2: Opportunities for regional investment

Facilitated by Scott Smith – Chief Executive Officer, Council of Mayors (SEQ)

Robert Sobyra – Director, Research and Digital, Construction Skills Queensland

Andrew Barker – Senior Economist, Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)

Dominique Kitching – Redlands Coast Year 12 Student Representative

12:45am

Lunch and Networking

1:45pm

Themed Session 3: What are investors looking for?

Facilitated by Peter Gleeson – Sky News / Courier Mail

Martin Fahy – Chief Executive Officer, The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia

Dr Tom Gole – Executive Vice-President, Strategy, Go1

Toby Boettcher – Director, Capital & Debt Advisory, Ernst & Young

3:00pm

Break and Networking

3:30pm

Plenary and Closure

Summary of the key messages from the 3 themes with suggested KPIs to be further developed and agreed.

4:00pm

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