14 IBECC Conference Program Highlights The 3rd Indigenous Business, Enterprise and Corporations Conference (IBECC14) The University of Western Australia Business School 1– 2 December 2014 The Business of Strong Futures Opportunities to speak at the Conference, run a stall or workshop or do a business clinic are still available Visit the Conference website to register and for regular updates http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/ibecconference The Draft Conference Program will be released on 17 October 2014 Monday 1 December 8.00am – onwards Registration and Coffee 8.45am – 10.30am Welcome and Plenary Conference Addresses 10.30am – 11.00am Morning Tea Check out the stalls 11.00am – 12.30pm Six concurrent sessions 12.30pm – 1.30pm Lunch (Mark Olive’s Indigenous Cooking Exhibition) 1.30pm – 3.00pm Concurrent Sessions, Workshops, Business-to-Business Groups and Clinics 3.00pm – 3.30pm Afternoon Tea 3.30pm – 4.55pm Concurrent Sessions, Workshops 5.00pm – 5.45pm Plenary Session 7.00pm – 7.30pm Pre-Dinner Drinks 7.30pm Conference Dinner Tuesday 2 December 7.00am – 9.00am Breakfast by the Bay (Join with over 200 from Perth’s Business Community) 9.20am – 10.30am Welcome Back and Plenary Conference Addresses 10.30am – 11.00am Morning Coffee 11.00am – 12.30pm Concurrent sessions 12.30pm – 1.30pm Lunch (Book Launch) 1.30pm – 3.00pm Workshops, Business-to-Business Sessions and Clinics 3.00pm – 3.20pm Afternoon Tea 3.20pm – 4.45pm Concurrent Roundtables 4.45pm Conference Close and final remarks Headline Speakers • The Hon Peter Collier MLA, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs • The Hon. Ben Wyatt MLA, Shadow Minister Aboriginal Affairs and Native Title • Nyunggai Warren Mundine, Chairman, Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council • Professor Marcia Langton AM, Foundation Chair Australian Indigenous Studies, The University of Melbourne • Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner • Michael McLeod, CEO, Message Stick • Leah Armstrong, CEO, Reconciliation Australia • Jason Glanville, CEO, National Centre of Indigenous Excellence • Mark Olive, Celebrity Chef • Michael Hayden, Chairman of the Western Australian Aboriginal Advisory Council • Toni Ah-Sam, Director, Ochre Business Consultants and Indigenous Business Council of Australia • Jock Collins, Professor of Social Economics, Management Discipline Group, UTS Business School • Cairan O'Faicheallaigh, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University • Josephine Cashman, Managing Director, Riverview Global Partners • Debbie Barwick, Chairperson and Executive Officer, NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce • Dennis Foley, Professor of Aboriginal Studies, University of Newcastle A Focus on Reconciliation and Business Keynote Address: Leah Armstrong, Reconciliation Australia Business Pathways to Reconciliation Colleen Hayward, Edith Cowan University Reconciliation Action plans in Action - Literally Building Organisational Sustainability with Respect to Indigenous Themes and Changing Organisational Culture in the Process Alan Carter & Jim Morrison, Co-Chair and Board Member, Reconciliation WA Reconciliation through Collaboration Suzanne Brown, Water Corporation Increasing Aboriginal employment and business involvement – innovations at the Water Corporation (promoting reconciliation) John Galvin, Georgiou Group Pty Ltd Australia’s first RAP in the construction industry: Has it been a success? Social Enterprise, Community Owned Enterprises and Remote Jobs Keynote Address: Jason Glanville, National Centre of Indigenous Studies Indigenous Excellence and Social Enterprise— Same but different Laura Egan, Enterprise Learning Projects Business in the bush - how remote Aboriginal entrepreneurs are building local economies from the ground up Jock Collins, University of Technology Sydney Private and Community-owned Indigenous businesses in Australia: new research insights Ian Rawling & Lindsey Langford, Central Desert Native Title Service Operationalising Choice: Why remote jobs don't stick and what you can do about it. Indu Balachandran, Social Ventures Australia The Social Enterprise Capital Gap: Say What? Learnings from the Indigenous Social Enterprise Fund Tim Acker, Curtin University Charting the Changes, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art industry in remote Australia Key Business Speakers Debbie Barwick, CEO and Chairperson, Mandurah Hunter Indigenous Business Chamber Noel Bridge, Managing Director, First Acuity Management Enterprises Nigel Browne, Larrakia Development Corporation Gordon Cole, Managing Director, G Cole Consulting Theuns Klopper, Director, Nexia Australia Adam Levin, Partner, Jackson McDonald Legal Native Title Keynote Address: Marcia Langton, Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, Griffith University Native Title, Aboriginal Governance and Aboriginal Economic Participation Ian Murray, University of Western Australia The Native Title, Indigenous Economic Development and Tax Reform Agenda: A Tax Stocktake of What Has Been and What May Be Michael McLeod, Chief Executive Office, Messagestick Joe Proctor, Indi Energy Joe Ross, Bunuba inc Robyn Sermon, General Manager, Communities, Rio Tinto Carol Vale, Consultant and Facilitator, Vale Consultancy Deidre Willmott, CEO, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Richard Young, Manager, Indigenous Affairs, John Holland Group Featured Review of Indigenous Corporations Joe Mastrolembo, Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations A Report on the top 500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations 2012-2013 Mark Olive – Cooking Exhibition and Talk Mark Olive, Black Olive Catering, The Business of Food – Native Title Cuisine What has been the Benefit of Mining to Indigenous Development? Fiona Martin, UNSW Business School The advantages and disadvantages of using a charity for Indigenous development from mining benefits Stuart Gunzburg, Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation Lessons from Indigenous business development and the future for growth Aileen Hoath, Co-operative Research Centre— Remote Economic Participation The socio-economic implications of FIFO workforce arrangements for mine workers, families and community in Geraldton and the Mid-West with particular reference to Aboriginal participation in the mining industry Fiona Haslam McKenzie, Co-operative Research Centre—Remote Economic Participation Are there enduring community benefits for Aboriginal people from mining? Daniel Schepis, University of Western Australia Indigenous Business Development in the Mining Industry: what can we learn and what do we still need to know? Health Nelson, Fortescue Metals Group How Fortescue awarded $1.6billion in contracts in the past 3 years Julie Matheson, Certified Financial Planner Poverty in the Pilbara IBECC 14 Conference Dinner Join us for an evening of celebration, thought-provoking speeches, song, humour and wit and dine at the University Club of Western Australia. Mix with fellow delegates and visitors and experience an elegant evening of superb food, wine and inspiring entertainment. Numbers are limited, so don’t leave this until the last minute! Date: Monday, 1 December 2014 Time: 7pm pre-dinner drinks,7:30pm dinner Venue: University Club of Western Australia, Hackett Drive, Crawley, 6009 Cost: $175.00 per person Register at: 2014 IBECC Dinner Reservation - 1st December UWA Host Chancellor Michael Chaney Richard Walley and the Middar Dances After Dinner Speaker Nyunggai Warren Mundine, Chairman, Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse Breakfast by the Bay - "Indigenous Business and Enterprise Leadership Download the flier here: Breakfast by the Bay "Indigenous Business and Enterprise Leadership". Date: Tuesday, 2 December 2014 Time: 7am – 9am Cost: Members $49 / Guests $59 Or $550 for a table of ten Register at: Bookings for this event will be taken through the University Club of Western Australia. Indigenous businesses and community enterprises are thriving around Australia. More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are taking CEO and higher level management positions in a variety of different companies and organisations. This breakfast brings together a panel of Indigenous leaders to discuss their own journeys in business. The panel will also address the challenges and opportunities for Indigenous business and enterprise and for Indigenous people in business. Winthrop Professor Jill Millroy, Dean of the School of Indigenous Studies, Katina Law, CEO East Africa Resources Ltd, Toni Ah-Sam, Director/Owner of Ochre Business Consultants and Debbie Barwick, CEO and Chairperson, Mandurah Hunter Indigenous Business Chamber Tourism and Travel Darren “Capes” Capewell, Wula Guda Nyiunda Eco Adventures Eco Tourism Simon Haigh, Western Australian Indigenous Operators Tourism Council (WAITOC) Aboriginal Tourism - the positive economic, social and cultural impacts Mihau Kamieniak, Shaman Creative Story Maps Travel Bureau: an Indigenous centric travel bureau and mobile application for the next generation A Focus on WA: Sustaining Country, Empowering Communities and Indigenous Knowledge Michael Hayden, Western Australian Aboriginal Advisory Council Change, engagement and empowering community David Collard, State NRM Office, Nyungar National Resource Management Pathway Regina Newland, Stacey Petterson & Maggie Kavanagh The story of the Wiluna Regional Partnership Agreement Martu Attitudinal Survey about the barriers and opportunities for jobs, training and enterprise development for Aboriginal people in the Wiluna region Barbara Bynder, Artist, Karda Designs & Tenna Forrest, Restaurateur, Outlaws Mexican Restaurant Sustaining Country, Culture and Creativity W/Professor Jill Milroy, Dean, School of Indigenous Studies, UWA Associate Professor Grant Revell, School of Indigenous Studies, UWA Bringing a Human Rights Lens to Indigenous Engagement: Panel Discussion Alice Cope (Executive Manager, Global Compact Network Australia) Catherine Hunter (KPMG and Global) Mick Gooda (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner) The Aboriginal Business Directory Nicole Hutchinson, Small Business Development Corporation Richard Adolphe and Alex Taylor, Department of Finance Aboriginal business – Understanding the State Government procurement process Indigenous Business Research Andrew Terry & Cary Di Lernia, University of Sydney Business School A Franchising Strategy for Indigenous Business Enterprise Rebecca Harcourt, UNSW Business School Gravitating towards success - building business acumen to strengthen self – determination Education and Career Paths Elisa Birch, University of Western Australia What’s driving the employment Outcomes of Indigenous Australians? The importance of access to transportation Boyd Hunter, Australian National University Indigenous employment and businesses: Whose business is it to employ Indigenous workers? Nick Biddle, Australia National University The determinants of Indigenous student expectations for a career in business and potential barriers to achieving these goals Michael Combs, CareerTrackers Trends in Indigenous Tertiary Education and Employment Karen Ho, Department of Training and Workforce Development ‘Joining the Dots’ - Aboriginal workforce Development Centres Katherine Ryan, Indigenous Talent Culture-fair Assessment for Education and Career Planning Working Together Blaze Kwaymullina, Milli Milli Payla Making Joint Ventures Work: Pitfalls, Solutions and Milli Milli Palya Melissa Hartmann, Morrgul Pty Ltd on Morrgul Working Together: A new model for Indigenous Business Development Kerry Graham, Collective Impact Australia Collective Impact—a framework to solve complex social problems Media and Communication Nancia Guivarra, National Centre of Indigenous Excellence Communications and Marketing in the digital world for business, enterprise and corporations David Williams & Amanda Lear, Gilimbaa Communications sharing and celebrating Indigenous culture in the 21st Century Ivo Burum, Burum Media P/L Citizens and the business of journalism Keynote Addresses Toni Ah-Sam, Ochre Business Consultants Declaration on Trade and Economic Development of Indigenous Peoples Josephine Cashman, Riverview Global Partners ‘It is a about a mindset and not capital’ Indigenous Consulting and Business Support Programs Shane Devitt & Lee Bevan, PricewaterhouseCoopers Indigenous Consulting PwC’s Indigenous Consulting: The new Frontier Andrew Johnson, RSM Bird Cameron Financial Capacity through business support programs: Our experiences in supporting and developing the financial management mindset