Program

6 October 2009 – Day 1
Day 1 | Dinner | Day 2
Time Event
7:45 am Registrations
8:30 am Breakfast at the Expo
9:15 am Welcome to Country

9:30 am

9:40 am

Official Opening, Karl Hampton MLA, Minister for Regional Development

Presentation to Sponsors
9:55 am Platinum Sponsor Address – Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Platinum Partner Address – Indigenous Land Corporation
10:00 am IED Strategy Overview - Plan on a Page - Leeanne Caton, Director Indigenous Economic Development, Department of Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and Resources
10:15 am

Keynote #1 - Development at what cost; "Livelihood and well being of Indigenous  People in Northern Australia" - Joe Ross,  Chairman of the Prime Ministers Northern Australia Land and Water Taskforce

10:35 am Keynote #2 - Outsider Looking In – Insider Looking Out - Dr Sivaram Vemuri, Associate Professor of Economics, Charles Darwin University
10:50 am MORNING TEA – BUSINESS EXPO
11::20 am Panel  Discussion - ‘Women in Small Business'– various Indigenous businesses
12:00 pm Keynote #3 - Making Money, Creating Jobs – From a Grant Funded Mindset to a Business Mindset - Chief Clarence Louie,  CEO of the Osoyoos Indian Band Centre and National Aboriginal Economic Development Board Chair, Canada
12:30 pm Introduction to Day 1-  Break Out Sessions
12:40 pm LUNCH – BUSINESS EXPO
Entertainment - Drum Atweme
1:30- 4:00 pm

Break Out Sessions –  including Case Studies

Getting Started in Business
Suitable for people with a business idea and/or thinking of starting a business, micro enterprises and Home Based Businesses

1. Case Study – TAS Consulting, Toni Ah Sam
2. Developing a Business Idea, including a Thinking of Starting a Business Self Assessment exercise
3. Case Study – Batji Tours, Darwin
BREAK 2:30 pm
4. Case Study – Kungkas Can Cook, Alice Springs
5. Overview of Business Programs and Services for New Business
6. Talk with individual providers of business programs and services

Developing Small to Medium Business
Suitable for businesses who have been operating in business for more than 12 months

1. Revising a business plan – Peter Shepherd, Director, Business & Community Developments Pty Ltd
2. An Introduction to Intellectual Property, Terri Janke, Director, Terri Janke Pty Ltd
3. Case Study – Desart, Alice Springs
BREAK 2:30 pm
4. E-Commerce, doing business on the world wide web - Georgia Symmons , General Manager, National Indigenous Directorate, Telstra Country Wide
5. Case Study, Bima Wear, Tiwi Islands
6. Marketing Plan, Peter Shepherd, Director, Business & Community Developments Pty Ltd
7. Case study – Bawaka Cultural Experiences, Arnhem Land

Working in Indigenous Economic Development
Suitable for people who work directly with Indigenous communities in economic development

1. IED Strategy – Leeanne Caton, Director Indigenous Economic Development, Department of Regional Development, Primary Industry, Fisheries and Resources
2. Working Future Initiative including 20 Growth Towns & Outstation and Homeland Policy – Department of Chief Minister
BREAK 2:30 pm
3. Arrernte Workforce Solutions Overview
4. Enterprise Connect, Paul Ah Chee & Elizabeth Dodd, Remote Enterprise Centre
5. Can Government support social change through hard-dollar contracts? The case of SIHIP and employment outcomes - Dr Laga Van Beek, Department of Local Government and Housing
6. SIHIP Alliance Presentation - Working with the community to achieve job and training outcomes - Alliance representatives 

3:00 pm AFTERNOON TEA
4:15 pm Close of Day 1

 

Please note the content of this program may change leading up to the Forum

 

Dinner Program 6th October 2009
6:30 pm Forum delegates meet  at Convention Centre Bus Stop, Bus Transfer to ‘Dinner Under the Stars’
6:45 pm Registration
7:05 pm Welcome to Country
7:10 pm Opening  Address - Hon. Paul Henderson MLA, Chief Minister
 7:20 pm 3 Course Meal Commences
8:00 pm Andrew Forrest, CEO of Fortescue Metals Group and Founder of the Australian Employment Covenant - Please note this is a pre recorded presenation
8:30 pm –
10:00 pm

ENTERTAINMENT

  • Warren H. Williams Band
  • Auction: Yidaki (Didgeridoo)– crafted by Samuel Gurruwiwi, Galiwinku, Elcho Island
10:30 pm Bus Transfer to Convention Centre