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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30

12.30 – 1.00 REGISTRATION AND LIGHT LUNCH

1.00 – 1.05 WELCOME Colin Tate, chief executive, Conexus Financial

1.05 - 2.00 ROYAL COMMISSION FALLOUT The final report of the Hayne royal commission is due at the completion of the conference.

This session will examine the expected recommendations and strategic questions fund chairs

should be addressing, including how this disruption can be useful, a five-year outlook on

areas of focus, where chairs should be looking to better focus their strategy on members’

best interests, and whether a fund should continue to exist.

SPEAKERS

Martin Fahy, chief executive, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia

Paul Howes, partner in charge, customer, brand and marketing adviser; national sector

leader, asset and wealth management, KPMG

Moderator: Colin Tate, chief executive, Conexus Financial

2.00 - 3.00 ETHICS For the third year in a row, banking, finance and insurance made up the lowest-ranked

category in the Governance Institute Ethics Index; 55 per cent of respondents consider the

sector unethical and only 28 per cent view it as ethical. What are the origins of ethical

failure and how can leaders build institutions that resist ethical failure? How can the financial

services sector, including the superannuation sector, restore much-needed trust?

SPEAKERS

Meegan George, acting chief executive, Governance Institute of Australia

Dennis Gentilin, director, governance, regulation, and conduct practice, Deloitte;

author, The Origins of Ethical Failures; whistleblower on NAB forex scandal


3.00 - 3.30 AFTERNOON TEA

3.30 - 4.15 THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AND APRA’S EXPECTATIONS This session will cover the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s expectations for

superannuation fund chairs and boards, along with its key areas of focus for 2019.

SPEAKERS

Geoff Summerhayes, member, APRA


4.15 - 5.45 CRISIS MANAGEMENT Explore how boards and executives can handle a crisis with confidence. This session will

cover the leadership and skills required to build, protect and maintain an organisation’s

reputation in the face of a crisis. Participants will also examine messaging, dealing with the

media and mitigating fallout.

SPEAKERS

Peter Wilkinson, managing director, Wilkinson Group; chair, Alliance for Journalists’

Freedom


6.00 - 9.00 BBQ

THURSDAY JANUARY 31

8.50 – 9.00 WELCOME Colin Tate, chief executive, Conexus Financial

9.00 - 10.00 GEOPOLITICS AND TRADE TENSIONS: WHAT IT MEANS FOR GROWTH This session will explore the impact of the Trump administration’s trade policies on the

economic outlook, and the impact on markets.

SPEAKERS

Libby Cantrill, managing director, head of public policy, PIMCO

Dr John Edwards, fellow at the Lowy Institute; adjunct professor of the John Curtin Institute

of Public Policy at Curtin University; independent director, Cbus Super

Moderator: David Hartley, chair of investment committee, Australian Catholic

Superannuation and Retirement Fund

10.00-10.30 COMBATING SHORT-TERMISM The investment ecosystem is biased towards the short term. How can all the players in the

system, including asset owners and managers, shift the focus to the long term? New data

from State Street Center for Applied Research shines a light on the role of ESG in disrupting

the way managers think and construct portfolios.

SPEAKERS

Rick Lacaille, global chief investment officer, State Street Global Advisors

Moderator: Amanda White, director of institutional content, Conexus Financial

10.30 - 11.00 MORNING TEA

11.00 - 11.45 RETIREMENT STRATEGY How can defined-contribution funds deliver an experience to members that is as close as

possible to a defined-benefit offering? This session will look at the developments in

retirement regulation, the options for retirement products, including CIPRs, and how to

design a portfolio to reduce volatility.

SPEAKERS

Graeme Arnott, chief executive, StatePlus

Jamie Jenkins, head of pensions strategy, Standard Life Aberdeen


11.45 - 12.45 THE FUTURE OF GROUP INSURANCE

What is the sustainability of group insurance and how should the industry respond to its

challenges, including handling claims, governance, and the erosion of member benefits?

SPEAKERS

Brett Clark, chief executive, TAL

Damien Mu, chief executive, AIA Australia

Geoff Summerhayes, member, APRA


12.45 - 1.45 LUNCH

1.45 - 3.15 GOVERNANCE AND RISK WORKSHOP This interactive session will guide chairs through three areas of enquiry:

What should a superannuation trustee board’s accountability and responsibility

mean in practice? In light of the royal commission, there may be a need to address

anticipated class actions, tougher regulators and deterrents, and heightened

community expectations and scrutiny.

How is the fund positioned to act in members’ best interests and how do its existing

governance and risk frameworks, policies and procedures stack up? What are the

benchmarks?

What tools and steps do chairs need to drive the evolution of a fund’s governance

and risk framework so the trustee and all product and service providers are acting in

members’ best interests and managing all risks of conflicts of interest?

SPEAKERS

Josef Pilger, global pension and retirement leader, EY

Moderator: Amanda White, director of institutional content, Conexus Financial

3.15 - 3.45 AFTERNOON TEA

3.45 - 4.45 BOARD SKILLS AND REVIEWS What does an ideal board look like from a skills and knowledge perspective? How should

that be monitored and maintained?

SPEAKERS

Louise Davidson, chief executive, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors

Judith McCormack, managing director, BoardFocus; visiting fellow, Australian Graduate

School of Management, University of New South Wales


4.45 - 5.30 SELF-LEADERSHIP It is often believed that leadership requires ‘followship’. What is less understood is that all

great change and leadership start with being able to lead yourself. It’s true whether you are

in a village in India or a leader of a large global organisation. This keynote will draw on

global experience, case studies and the latest research to explore what self-leadership is

and why it is the essential foundation for building organisations and movements of lasting

depth, resilience and impact. Participants will also hear principles for nurturing self-

leadership in all people – irrespective of job title.

SPEAKERS

Cathy Burke, author and speaker on leadership; former chief executive, The Hunger

Project


5.30PM CONFERENCE CLOSE

6.30PM OFFICIAL CONFERENCE DINNER – OAKRIDGE WINERY

9.30PM DINNER CLOSE

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1

8.00-9.30 CHAIRS-ONLY BREAKFAST

9.30-10.30 GOVERNING STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS A panel of ASX-listed chairs, in association with AICD, discuss the challenges of governing

stakeholders, and community expectations.

SPEAKERS

Eileen Doyle, chair of sustainability and risk committee, The GPT Group

Peter Hay, chair, Newcrest Mining

Moderator: Christian Gergis, head of policy, Australian Institute of Company Directors

10.30-11.00 MORNING TEA

11.00-11.30 DISRUPTION A fireside chat will cover some of the tectonic shifts for US pensions, including disruption in

advice, digital strategy and the structure of the industry. This is not a matter of industry versus

retail funds; it’s about the potential for Google or Spaceship to disrupt the whole industry.

SPEAKERS

Frank Kolimago, managing director, Vanguard

Moderator: Amanda White, director, institutional content, Conexus Financial

11.30-12.15 DISRUPTORS – SUPERANNUATION FOR MILLENNIALS What are the communication, marketing and engagement tools for dealing with members

that are millennials? What is the potential disruption to existing superannuation providers of

new entrants that cater for these members?

SPEAKERS

Paul Bennetts, chief executive and co-founder, Spaceship

Andrew Fraser, chair, Sunsuper

Geoff Lake, chair, Vision Super


12.15-1.00 A DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGY At board level, data analytics and AI solutions aren’t just there to validate corporate

knowledge. They have the power to extend the vision of directors beyond their combined

experience and reorient the discussion to the changing needs of customers. This session will

examine why customer-centric businesses need data in their boardrooms.

SPEAKERS

Jonathan Davey, executive general manager, digital and innovation, NAB

Tim Trumper, adviser, Quantium; chair, NRMA

Moderator: David Knights, executive general manager, asset servicing, NAB

1.00 CONFERENCE CLOSE

BOXED LUNCH TRANSFERS TO MELBOURNE CBD AND AIRPORT

NOTE: ALL SESSION TIMES, CONTENT AND SPEAKERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

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