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Monday 24 October 2011 – Pre-conference Workshop Program

Deakin University Waterfront Campus

10:00am - 4:00pm

Regional Development Australia Professional Development Workshop

Associate Professor Jeremy Buultjens, School of Business, Southern Cross University;

Kate Charters, SEGRA Convenor and Director, Management Solutions (Qld) Pty Ltd

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Researchers Gathering

Dr Peter Vitartas, Deputy Head, Teaching and Learning, School of Business, Southern Cross University

5:30pm to 6:30pm

City of Greater Geelong Welcome Reception

and Offical Welcome to Country

Hosted at Geelong City Hall

Day 1 - Tuesday 25 October 2011 - Advancing Regional Australia: the next 5 years

Deakin University Waterfront Campus

7:30 am – 8:30 am	Business Breakfast	The Hon. Dr Denis Napthine MLA, Minister for Major Projects, Minister for Regional Cities and Minister for Racing
	Plenary Session Aspirations for a regional Australia
8:30am	Fair Share: Country and City in Australia	Prof Judith Brett, Head of the School of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics at La Trobe University
9:00am	The Regional Advantage	Professor David Adams, Social Inclusion Commissioner for Tasmania
9:30am	Manufacturing Futures	Innes Willox, Director International and Government Relations, Australian Industry Group
10:00am	Building Productivity in regional Australia	Prof Lee Astheimer, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Deakin University
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Morning Tea
11:00pm - 12:30pm	Spotlight Sessions (details)
	Regional Cities: challenges, opportunities and transformation	Chair: Cassandra Stipanicev, Manager, Business Development, Shire of Cranbrook Moderator: Dr Susan Kinnear, Senior Research Officer, Centre for Environmental Management, CQUniversity
	Lobbying for regional, rural and remote Australia - getting organised	Chair: Paul Bini, Director, Government Relations Australia Advisory Pty Ltd
	Planning and Funding a Regionalised Australia	Chair: Joe Adamski, General Manager Strategy and Technology, Barwon Water
	Building regional SME's - from spare room to the boardroom	Chair: Prof Sue Kilpatrick, Research Professor of Regional Communities, Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30pm - 3:30pm	Concurrent Sessions (details)
	Regional Cities and Small Towns
	Regional Identity and Branding
	Small-Medium Enterprises
	Innovative Regional Development
	Meeting the Strategic Skills Agenda
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Afternoon Tea
	Dynamic Indigenous Entrepreneurs Panel Hosted by Indigenous Business Australia
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm	Networking Dinner Hosted by Barwon Water

Day 2 - Wednesday 26 October 2011 - Pursuing Opportunities for Regional Australia

Deakin University Waterfront Campus

7:30 am – 8:30 am	Business Breakfast	Senator Barnaby Joyce, Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Water
	Plenary Session Pursuing Opportunties for Regional Advantage
8:30am	New Paradigms for Regions and their Cities	Michael Knight, Senior Consultant, Pracsys
9:00am	Address from the Minister	The Hon. Simon Crean MP, Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government (subject to Parliamentary Commitments)
9:30am	Regional and Rural Industries of the Future	Claire Penniceard, Owner, The Pig Pen Pty Ltd
10:00am	The World’s Coolest App – Turning a Vision of Broadband Infrastructure into an implementation of success	Mark Keil, Chief Information Officer, City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Morning Tea
11:00pm - 12:30pm	Spotlight Sessions (details)
	Delivering services in regions – overcoming issues of scale and distance	Chair: Dr Chris McDonald, Policy Manager, Regional Economic Development, Policy and Planning Group, Regional Development Victoria, Department of Planning and Community Development
	Economic Growth after Extreme Weather Events	Chair: Simon Boughey, CEO, Cherry Growers Australia
	Angel Investors: financing new ideas	Chair: Cr Rod Macdonald, Portfolio for Economic Development, City of Greater Geelong Facilitator: Michael Campbell, Senior Consultant, AEC Group
	Future Proofing your Region	Chair: Assoc Prof Peter Waterman RFD, Faculty of Science, Health and Education, University of the Sunshine Coast
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30pm - 3:30pm	Concurrent Sessions (details)
	NBN
	RED Planning and Multiple Land-Use
	Regional Futures
	Small-Medium Enterprises
	Green Futures
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Afternoon Tea
	Closing Plenary
	Keynote Address Concluding Remarks Panel Announcement of SEGRA 2012 Host Region
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm	Conference Dinner

Day 3 - Thursday 27 October 2011

Deakin University Waterfront Campus or Offsite

7:30 am – 8:30 am	Business Breakfast	Dr Mike Hall, Principal Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science
Study Tours 9:00am to 1:30pm	Marine Industry: growing opportunties
9:00am to 1:30pm	Sustainable Development in Action
Workshops 9:00am to 1:30pm	Economic Development for Regional Towns Guest Speaker: Prof John Martin, Director, Centre of Sustainable Reginoal Communities, La Trobe University	Associate Professor Geoff Cockfield, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland
9:00am to 5:00pm	Sustainability Technologies	Associate Professor Peter Waterman, University of the Sunshine Coast
9:00am to 1:30pm	The Role of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Building Individual and Regional Economic Opportunity	Prof Jerry Engel, Founder, Centre of Entrepreneurship, University of California
2:00pm to 5:00pm	Developing Research Collaborations Guest Speakers: Ken Moore, Senior Research Manager, Resilient Communities, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) Dr Anthony Hogan, Director, National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia (NIRRA), ANU Sandra McClelland, Director, Research Partnerships Office, Deakin University Flyer	Dr Peter Vitartas, Deputy Head, Teaching and Learning, School of Business, Southern Cross University