2011 LGMA National Congress and Business Expo Program

Sunday 22 May
6.00pm	Welcome reception \| welcome by the Cr. Val Schier, Mayor, Cairns Regional Council.
Monday 23 May
9.00am	Welcome and opening sessions: Official welcoming by Paul West, National President, LGMA and CEO, Kingborough Council, TAS.
10.00am	Keynote Address \| From Best Practice to Next Practice \| Graham Sansom, Director, Local Government Centre, University of Technology Sydney
11.30am	Keynote Address \| Local Government in the Big Picture \| Lindsay Tanner, Former Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation -Presentation not available for download
12.15pm	Keynote Address \| Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone (Korea) \| Mia Kim, Project Manager and Public Relations Officer, Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone Authority
12.30pm	Lunch - Business Expo Sponsored by Crown Castle
1.30pm	Concurrent sessions
	Attraction and Retention \| Cairns Regional Council (QLD) Attraction and Retention of a new generation of local government employees Presentation by Lyn Russell PSM, CEO, Cairns Regional Council (QLD) was cancelled on the day due to illness. However, the slides are available for viewing.	Financial Sustainability and Infrastructure \| Maddocks Lawyers (VIC) Delivering local government projects – effective partnerships with the private sector -Click here to download paper. Presented by Greg Campbell, National Infrastructure Sector Leader, Maddocks Lawyers	Population Growth and Community \| Rural and Regional Statistics and National Centre and Australian Bureau of Statistics Regional population – what is sustainable? Presented by Lisa Conolly, Director, Rural and Regional Statistics National Centre and Andrew Howe, Senior Demographer, Regional Population Unit, Australian Bureau of Statistics
2.30pm	Concurrent sessions
	Attraction and Retention \| City of Boroondara (VIC) Aligned and strategic staff retention at the City of Boroondara Presented by Catherine Dale, CEO and Ken Wallis, Manager Learning & Development,City of Boroondara	Financial Sustainability and Infrastructure \| Town of Vincent (WA) Leederville Masterplan Presented by John Giorgi, CEO, Town of Vincent	Population Growth and Community \|Wakool Shire Council and Ochre Health Delivering rural health services – opportunities are in partnerships Presented by Chris Chapman, General Manager, Wakool Shire Council, NSW and Dr. Ross Lamplugh, Chairman, Ochre Health
4.00pm	Keynote Address \| Skilling Australia: Regional solutions \| Philip Bullock, Chairman, Skills Australia
Tuesday 24 May
9.00am	Concurrent sessions
	Attraction and Retention \| Towards Gender Equity - Holroyd City Council women's development program. Presentation by Lisa Oldridge, Corporate Planner,Holroyd City Council, NSW	Financial Sustainability and Infrastructure \| Department of Infrastructure & Planning (QLD) Financial sustainability and integrated approaches to planning Presented by David Dobbs, Director, Local Government Performance Measurement & Reporting, Department of Infrastructure & Planning (QLD)	Population Growth and Community \| The McDonald’s public library system of 2020 Presented by Robert McEntyre, Director, McEntyre & Associates, (NSW)
10.00am	Attraction and Retention \| Gold Coast City Council A Gold Coast case study Joe McCabe, Director City Governance, Gold Coast City Council (QLD)	Financial Sustainability and Infrastructure \| IPWEA National Engineers & Accountants speaking the same language??? Presented by Chris Champion, CEO,IPWEA National	Population Growth and Community \| City of Melville (WA) Customer Intentions in an Ongoing Service Context Presented by Dr. Shayne Silcox, CEO, City of Melville (WA) For more information please contact: shayne.silcox@melville.wa.gov.au
11.30am	Keynote Address \| Infrastructure Australia working with Local Government \| Michael Deegan, Infrastructure Coordinator, Infrastructure Australia -Presentation not available for download
1.30pm	Keynote Address \| Community Governance \| Peter McKinlay, Director, Local Government Centre, AUT University, New Zealand - Also available: paper on Community Governance.
2.15pm	Keynote Address \| Constitutional Recognition of Local Government: What we can do \| Cr. Genia McCaffery, President ALGA and Professor George Williams, leading Australian constitutional lawyer and Foundation Director, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales. -Presentation not available for download
3.30pm	Panel session \| Local Government insights by 2011 Management Challenge Teams: Logan City Council , City of Salisbury, East Gippsland Shire Council and Wollongong City Council. - To obtain copies of Salisbury, East Gippsland and Wollongong's presentations please contact marketing@lgma.org.au
Wednesday 25 May
9.00am	Concurrent sessions
	Attraction and Retention \| Mornington Shire Council (QLD) Why money isn’t everything: Attraction and retention in remote councils Presented by Christopher Francis, CEO, Mornington Shire Council, QLD	Financial Sustainability and Infrastructure \| Centre for Local Government, University of New England (NSW) Alternative approaches to ameliorating the infrastructure backlog in Australian local government Presented by Brian Dollery, Professor of Economics & Director of the Centre for Local Government, University of New England (NSW)	Population Growth and Community \| Brewarrina Rural and Remote Dental Plan Presented by Belinda Colless, Economic Development Officer,Brewarrina Shire Council
10.00am	Attraction and Retention \| International City/Council Managers Association (USA) Where is the next generation? Presented by David Childs, President, ICMA (USA)	Financial Sustainability and Infrastructure \| Claremont North East Precinct Project(WA) Presented by Brian Kavanagh, Manager Strategic Projects, Town of Claremont (WA).	Population Growth and Community \| Department of Infrastructure and Planning and Townsville City Council (QLD) Townsville - the answer to sustainable regionalisation? Presented by Gary White, Deputy Director General, Department of Infrastructure and Planning (QLD) and Ray Burton, CEO, Townsville City Council, (QLD)
11.30am	Keynote Address \| The Great Barrier Reef \| Beyond the tourist brochures and grim headlines \| James Woodford, Lecturer, James Cook University (QLD) and Author
12.30pm	Keynote Address \| Good Governance \| from public companies to local government \| Stephen Mayne, founder of Crikey.com.au
2.30pm	Workshop 1 \| Attraction and Retention, facilitated by Allan Preiss, Senior Consultant, McArthur Talent and Architect Division
	Workshop 2 \| Dealing with the media, facilitated by Geraldine Doogue, renowned Australian journalist and broadcaster.
Thursday 26 May
9.00am	Study tour \| Cairns Regional Study Tour incldes Lake Morris, Copperlode Falls Dam Lookout, Cattana Wetlands Environmental Project and Tanks Arts Centre and Visitor Information Centre.