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