Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional AustraliaSEGRA 2010 Program
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Monday 18 October 2010 – Pre-conference Workshop Program
Jupiters Townsville 10:00am – 4:00pm
| 10:00 am – 4:00 pm | Regional Development Australia Professional Development Workshop | |
| 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Welcome Cocktails | Museum of Tropical Queensland |
| 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm | Pre-conference Dinner | The Townsville Brewery |
Tuesday 19 October 2010
Jupiters Townsville 7:30am – 5:00pm
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Business Breakfast Cr Les Tyrell OAM, Mayor of Townsville City Council |
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8:45 am – 12:30 pm |
Plenary Session |
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| Official Welcome to Country | ||
| Welcome from the SEGRA Steering Committee Kate Charters, SEGRA Convenor |
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| Regional Development: a national perspective Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development (subject to parliamentary commitments) |
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| Regional Australia as a Migrant Destination Mark Cully, Chief Economist, Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship |
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| Capital Flows In and Out of Regions Assoc Prof Paul McLeod, Economics, Business School, University of Western Australia (TBC) |
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| Global and National Sustainability Challenges: how big should australia be? Dr Graham Turner, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems |
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| Regional Development in Remote Australia Fran Kilgariff, Senior Executive Director, Local Government, Regional and Community Services, Department of Local Government, Housing and Regional Services, NT Government |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am | Morning Tea | |
Maritime Australia: links to regional Australia Associate Professor Marcus Haward, School of Government and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania |
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Regional Governance Arrangements: local service provision and shared service models Professor Brian Dollery, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Local Government, University of New England |
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| Innovative Regional Planning: G21 Geelong Region Alliance Elaine Carbines, CEO, G21 Geelong Region Alliance |
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| Growth Management in Queensland The Hon Anna Bligh MP, Premier of Queensland and Minister for the Arts |
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| 12:30 pm - 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 pm - 3:30pm | Concurrent Sessions | details |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00pm | Advancing the Regional Policy Agenda Chair: Associate Professor Geoff Cockfield, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland and Founding Member of SEGRA |
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| 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm | Happy Hour | The Australian Hotel |
| 7:00 pm - 10:00pm | Networking Dinner | Rydges Townsville, Palmer Street |
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Jupiters Townsville 7:30am – 5:00pm
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Business Breakfast Leader of the Opposition (subject to parliamentary commitments) |
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| 8:30 am – 12:30 pm | Plenary Session |
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| Communities: the challenges of change Dorte Ekelund, General Manager, Major Cities Unit, Infrastructure Australia |
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Connecting with Customers in Remote and Regional Communities Jim Chisholm, Executive General Manager, Energy Sustainability and Market Development, Ergon Energy |
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| Primary Production, Land and Water: opportunities for expansion Dr Peter Stone, Deputy Chief, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems |
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Community in Regional Centres: a defence perspective Lieutenant Colonel John Hathaway, Australian Defence Force |
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Advancing Productivity in SMEs in Regional Australia Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (to be confirmed) |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am | Morning Tea | |
| Northern Australia (to be confirmed) | ||
Developing and Emerging Indigenous Business Models: some success stories Panel Session Palm Island Council Enterprise |
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| Meeting the Challenges of Queensland's Regionalisation Strategy Ian Fletcher, Director General, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Qld Government |
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| 12:30 pm - 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 pm | Concurrent Sessions | details |
| 3:30 pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 4:00 pm - 4:55pm | Advancing the Regional Policy Agenda |
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| 4:55 pm - 5:00pm | Formal Close | |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Happy Hour |
Jupiters Townsville |
| 7:00 pm - 11:00pm | Conference Dinner | Jupiters Townsville |
Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 October 2010 – Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent sessions will emphasise case studies that demonstrate successful regional responses, and innovative thinking in the operating environment of regional Australia.
Topics addressed will include:
- Approaches to Regional Development
- Regional Planning
- Managing Natural Resources
- Regionalism
- Social Capital in the Spotlight
- Regional Development Strategies
- Sustainable Regions
- Cultural Capital in the Spotlight
- Developing Tools and Technologies
The concurrent session details can be found here.
Thursday 21 October 2010
Jupiters Townsville or Offsite
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Business Breakfast Professor Clive Palmer, Executive Chairman, Mineralogy |
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| 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Climate Change: adaptation strategies for regions and communities | details |
| 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Study Tour 1 - The Mineral Processing Chain Tour |
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| 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Study Tour 2 - Solar City Project Magnetic Island | |
| 9:00 am – 5:00 pm | Study Tour 3 - Advancing Maritime Industries in Australia | |
| 9:00 am - 1:30 pm | The Mobile Skilled Workforce: optimizing benefits for rural and regional communities | details |
| 9:00 am - 1:30 pm | Regional Economic Development Skills | details |
| 2:00 pm- 5:00pm | Developing Research Collaborations | details |