2014 Indigenous Business, Enterprise and Corporations Conference
Monday 1 December 2014 UWA Business School
(DRAFT PROGRAM – SUBECT TO CHANGE)
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8.00am
Registrations, Networking and Coffee
Session 1
Wesfarmers Lecture Theatre
8.45am –
10.30am
Chair: Winthrop Professor Paul Flatau, Director Centre for Social Impact, The Business School (UWA)
Welcome to Country: Adjunct Professor Richard Walley
Welcome to the UWA Business School: Professor Phil Dolan, Dean Business School, The University of Western Australia
Welcome to the School of Indigenous Studies: Winthrop Professor Jill Milroy, Dean School of Indigenous Studies (UWA)
Conference Address: Mick Gooda, “Why Human Rights matter for Indigenous business and economic development”
Conference Address: Marcia Langton, “Policies for a stronger future: Indigenous businesses and the role of government policies in ensuring a sustainable Indigenous engagement in the business sector”
Register for the Conference http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/ibecconference/register
10.30am 11.00am
Morning Tea
Session 2.1
Session 2.2
Session 2.3
Session 2.4
Session 2.5
Indigenous Business is
Big Business I
Indigenous Business is Big
Business II
Community and Social
Enterprises: Changing Lives
from the Ground Up
Education and
Leadership: The
Business of Strong
Futures
The Ties That Bind: Land, Let’s Get Creative
Law, Health and Culture
1 Josephine Cashman,
Managing Director, Riverview
Global Partners
It is about a mindset not capital
1. Vince Adams, Evan
Maloney, Ross Ranger,
Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation
Ltd - NYFL
Getting it done!
1. Indu Balachandran, Indigenous
Social Enterprise Fund Development
Manager, Social Ventures Australia
The social enterprise capital gap: Say
What? Learnings from the Indigenous
Social Enterprise Fund
1. Gordon Cole, Managing
Director, G Cole Consulting
Coaching, mentoring and
leadership
1. Ian Rawlings & Lindsey
Langford, Operational Managers,
Central Desert Native Title Service
Operationalising choice: Why
remote jobs don't stick and what
you can do about it
1. David Williams, CEO
& Amanda Lear, Managing
Director, Gilimbaa
Communication sharing and
celebrating Indigenous
culture in the 21st Century
2. David Collard, State
Aboriginal Natural Resource
Management Coordinator
Nyungar NRM Pathways
2. Nancia Guivarra,
Head of Communications,
National Centre of Indigenous
Studies
Communications and
marketing in the digital
world for business,
enterprise and
corporations
2. Toni Ah Sam, Director,
Ochre Business Consultants
Declaration on trade and
economic development of
Indigenous People
3. Debbie Barwick, CEO &
Chairperson, Hunter Indigenous
Business Chamber
12.30pm
-1.30pm
2.Heath Nelson, Manager Aboriginal Business Development,
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd
A billion opportunities
3. Michael Combs, Founder &
CEO, Career Trackers
Trends in indigenous tertiary
education and employment.
2. Laura Egan, Founder/CEO, Enterprise
Learning Projects
Business in the bush - how remote
Aboriginal entrepreneurs are building
local economies from the ground up
3. Zane Hughes, Brothaboy Clothing
Economic Development
2. Katherine Ryan, Principal
Consultant, Indigenous Talent
Culture-fair assessment for
education and career planning
3. Neil Jarvis, Polly Farmer
Foundation
The Supply Side of the
Equation
3. Kimberley Benjamin,
Reconciliation WA ambassador and
Peter Dawson, Youth Campaign
Coordinator
Constitutional recognition of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples
Lunch
Mark Olive's Indigenous Cooking Exhibition
Session 2.6
3. Grant Revell, UWA
School of Indigenous Studies
Mixing Up Extra-Ordinary
Design. Indigenous
business, education &
service from the Academy.
Session 2.7
Sessions 2.8 & 2.9
The Brains Trust:
Knowledge and Ideas
for Purpose
Getting Practical:
Workshops and
Business Clinics
1. Professor Dennis
Foley, Professor Indigenous
Research, The University of
Newcastle
Aboriginal business skills?
What they entail and how
important social capital
education is in developing
the ability to undertake
Aboriginal business
The Getting Practical
Sessions give Indigenous
businesses, enterprises and
corporations and Indigenous
people looking to go into
business opportunities for
practical business
development and advice
2. Professor Fiona
McKenzie, Professor, Cooperative Research Centre,
Remote Economic
Participation
Are there enduring
community benefits for
Aboriginal people from
mining?
3. Boyd Hunter, Senior
Fellow, Australian National
University
Indigenous employment
and businesses: Whose
business is it to employ
Indigenous workers?
Sessions 2.8
Emma Chinnery,
Jackson McDonald and
Luke Paterson, Jackson
McDonald
Indigenous business
development workshop:
How to spot a genuine
Indigenous Business
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Sessions 2.9
Mentoring session
with students sharing
in the conference
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Sessions 3.8
Session 3.1
Session 3.2
Session 3.3
Session 3.4
Session 3.5
Session 3.6
Session 3.7
Indigenous Business is Big
Business
Community Engagement
and Community
Empowerment
Community and Social
Enterprises: Changing
Lives from the Ground
Up
Feature Session: Working
Together
The Ties That Bind:
Land, Law, Health and
Culture
Feature Session: The
Business of Food and
Art
Feature Panel Session
on Financial
Governance
Getting Practical:
Workshops and
Business Clinics
1. Andrew Johnson, Director, RSM
Bird Cameron
Financial capacity through business
support programs:
Our experiences in supporting and
developing the financial management
mindset
1. John Galvin, Executive General
Manager, Georgiou Group Pty Ltd
Australia’s first RAP in the
construction industry: Has it
been a success?
1. Jason Glanville, CEO,
National Centre of Indigenous
Studies
Indigenous excellence and
social enterprise - Same but
different
1. Melissa Hartmann, Managing
Director, Morrgul Pty Ltd
Morrgul - Working Together: A
new model for Indigenous business
development
1. Professor Cairan
O'Faircheallaigh, Griffith
University
Native Title, Aboriginal
governance and Aboriginal
economic participation.
1.Mark Olive,
Celebrity Chef, Black Olive
Catering
The Business of food native Australian cuisine
Theuns Klopper, Director,
Nexia Australia, Fiona Allen,
Franklin Gaffney, CEO of
Kuruma Marthudunera
Aboriginal Corporation,
Jason Masters, CEO of
Kuruma Marthudunera
Limited and a traditional land
owner of the KM People
Session 8.8
Chris Pretorius,
Manager – Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
Connect
Tapping into the
resources and energy
sector workshop
2. Amanda Healy, Owner Maxx
Engineering
Growing Indigenous Business
Australia
3. Karen Ho, Executive Director
Service Delivery, Department of Training
& Workforce Development 'Joining the
dots' - Aboriginal Workforce
Development Centres
2. Suzanne Brown, Manager
Environment and Aboriginal Affairs,
Water Corporation
Increasing Aboriginal employment
and business involvement –
innovations at the Water
Corporation
3. Lena Constantine, Manager,
Workforce Development Services,
Chamber of Commerce & Industry
The road to Reconciliation- the
lessons learnt from implementing
a RAP at CCI
2. Zane Hughes, Brotha Boy
Not for profit to social
enterprise for profit in
Indigenous business
3. Kali Balint, CEO
Indigenous Consulting Group
How to create Indigenous
enterprises that actually work
2. Kerry Graham, Principal
Consultant, Collective Impact Australia
Collective Impact - a framework to
solve complex social problem
3. Winthrop Professor Harry
Blagg, Winthrop Professor of
Criminology, Faculty of Law The
University of Western Australia
2. Assistant Professor 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
2. Tim Acker, Principal
Research Leader, Curtin
University
Charting the changes: the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander art industry in
remote Australia
3. Linda Ford, Northern
Institute, Charles Darwin
University
Why worry about money?
The importance of financial
governance from the
perspectives of traditional
land owners, CEO’s and
accountants.
Session 3.9
Matthew Sargeant,
Principal Economist,
Chamber of Commerce
and Industry
Western Australian
economic update:
Trends and outlook for
the future
Presentations will be
followed by a panel
discussion
3.00pm 3.20pm
3.20-4.25
Afternoon Tea
Session 4.1
Session 4.2
Session 4.3
Session 4.4
Session 4.5
Session 4.6
Session 4.7
Session 4.8
Indigenous Business is Big
Business
Feature Panel Session
Bringing a Human Rights
lens to Indigenous
Engagement
TBA
The Ties That Bind:
Land, Law, Health and
Culture
Feature Session on
Health
The Brains Trust:
Knowledge and Ideas
for Purpose
Practical Session
Getting Practical:
Workshops and
Business Clinics
1. Ben Wyatt, Shadow Treasurer,
Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs,
Native Title, Cost of Living
Feature Session on
Culturally and
Economically
Sustainable Models of
Indigenous Enterprise
Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Social
Justice Commissioner;
Catherine Hunter, Head of
Corporate Citizenship, KPMG
Australia; and Alice Cope,
Executive Manager, Global
Compact Network Australia
1. Teena Forrest, Barbara
Bynder, Karda designs
Sustaining country, culture and
creativity
1. Ngiare Brown,
Executive Manager Research
and Senior Public Health
Medical Officer at the
National Aboriginal
Community Controlled Health
Organisation
1. Professor Jock Collins,
University of Technology
Sydney
Private and communityowned Indigenous
businesses in Australia: new
research insights
2. Judith
Katzenellenbogen,
Emma Haynes, Lyn
Dimer & other panel
members
Beyond heartbreak: the role
of businesses and
community organisations in
improving Aboriginal heart
health
2. Andrew Terry,
Professor of Business
Regulation & Cary Di
Lernia, Lecturer in
Accounting and Business Law,
University of Sydney Business
School
A franchising strategy for
Indigenous business
enterprise
2. Michael Hayden, Aboriginal
Engagement Manager, Calibre Global
Change, engagement and
empowering community
1. Rebecca Harcourt,
Program Manager Indigenous
Business Education, UNSW
Business School
Gravitating towards success building business acumen to
strengthen self-determination
2. Professor Ruth
Wallace, Director, Northern
Institute
Current planning and creation
of the 'Indigenous Enterprise
Hub'
2. Mihau Kamieniak, Shaman
Creative
Story Maps Travel Bureau: an
Indigenous-centric travel
bureau and mobile application
for the next generation
Chad Stewart,
Management Consultant,
Business Improvements
Partners PTY Ltd
Business process
improvement for social
enterprise
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Session 5
Wesfarmers Lecture Theatre
4.30pm 5.45pm
Conference Address: The Hon. Peter Collier, Minister for Education, Energy, Indigenous Affairs
Plenary Panel Session: The Way Forward for Indigenous Business and Enterprise in Australia
Warren Mundine, Chairman of the Australian Indigenous Advisory Council and Managing Director of NyunggaBlack; Ben Wyatt, Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Native Title;
Ngiare Brown, Executive Manager Research and Senior Public Health Medical Officer at the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation; Michael Hayden, Aboriginal Engagement
Manager, Calibre & Kristal Kinsela, Manager of Relationships and Engagement, Supply Nation
UWA University Club
Pre-dinner Drinks (7pm)
CONFERENCE DINNER (7.30pm)
Master of Ceremonies: Narelda Jacobs
Welcome to Country: Professor Richard Walley
Performance: Richard Walley & The Middar Dancers
UWA Welcome: Dr Michael Chaney, Chancellor, The University of Western Australia
7.00pm
Drinks
Performance: Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse
7.30pm
Dinner
Register for the conference dinner here: http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/ibecconference/register/dinner
After-dinner speaker: Warren Mundine
Getting Practical: Workshops and Business
Clinics
Session 4.8
Prina Shah, Business Adviser, Workforce Planning,
Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Business clinic - Workforce planning for small
businesses
2014 Indigenous Business, Enterprise and Corporations Conference
Tuesday 2 December 2014
UWA Business School
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Breakfast by the Bay
7am-9am
Indigenous Business and Enterprise Leadership
Jill Milroy, Dean, School of Indigenous Studies, UWA, Katina Law, CEO, East Africa Resources Ltd; Toni Ah-Sam, Director, Ochre Business Consultants; Debbie Barwick, Director/Chairperson, NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce
UWA University Club
Register for the Breakfast By the Bay here: http://www.universityclub.uwa.edu.au/uniclub_contact_us/events/RCC_event_bookings
Registrations, Networking and Coffee
8.45m
UWA Business School
9.20am 10.30am
Welcome Back
Wesfarmers Lectures Theatre
Conference Address: Leah Armstrong, Reconciliation Australia - Business Pathways to Reconciliation
Conference Address: Professor Colleen Hayward, Edith Cowan University Reconciliation Action Plans in Action
Conference Address: Joe Ross, Muway Constructions Pty Ltd - Black Tape: Every Black Entrepreneur’s Nightmare
10.30am 11.00am
Morning Tea
Session 5.1
Session 5.2
Session 5.3
Session 5.4
Session 5.5
Session 5.6
Session 5.7
Workshop and Clinic Sessions
Indigenous Business is Big
Business
Community Engagement
and Community
Empowerment
Feature Session:
Aboriginal
Corporations
Feature Session: The WA
Scene
Feature Session: Economic
and Social Change Through
Business
The Brains Trust: Knowledge and
Ideas for Purpose
1. Christine Coyne, Christine
Coyne and Associates, Aboriginal
Engagement Strategies
1. Regina Newland, Stacey
Petterson; Maggie Kavanagh,
Muntiltjarr Wurrgumu Group,
Wiluna
Story of the Wiluna Partnership
Agreement about barriers and
opportunities for employment
and enterprise development
1. Joe Mastrolembo,
Deputy Registrar of Indigenous
Corporations, ORIC
Report on the top 500
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
islander Corporations 201213
1. Deidre Willmott, CEO, Chamber
of Commerce & Industry
1. Kristal Kinsela, Manager of
Relationships and Engagement Supply
Nation
Creating social change through
Indigenous business
1. Dr Nicolas Biddle, Fellow, Australian
National University
The determinants of Indigenous student
expectations for a career in business and
potential barriers to achieving these goals
2. Bob Jones, Manager Customer
Care and Network, Indigenous Business
Australia
Indigenous Business Australia –
Enterprise program
2. Dr Richard Seymour, Program
Director, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, The
University of Sydney Business School
Developing entrepreneurial Indigenous
enterprises: The role of education and
research
2. Carol Vale, Consultant &
Facilitator, Vale Consultancy
11.00am –
12.30am
3. Richard Young
TBA
2. Patricia Dudgeon &
Professor Jill Milroy, UWA
School of Indigenous Studies
The National Empowerment
Project
3.Cheryl Godwell, Manager,
Away From Base (AFB) Funding
Program & Kim Robertson,
Australian Centre of Indigenous
Knowledges and Education (ACIKE),
Office Pro-Vice Chancellor
Indigenous Leadership, CDU
Change Drivers
2. Michael Meeghan,
Principal Legal Officer,
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal
Corporation & Michael
Prince, Founding Director,
Ashe Consulting
Life-giving corporations to
support community: What’s
possible?
2. Stuart Gunzburg, R&D
Enterprise Manager, Ashburton
Aboriginal Corporation
Lessons from Indigenous business
development and the future for
growth.
3. Julie Matheson, Certified
Financial Planner
Poverty in the Pilbara
3. Dr Daniel Schepis, Assistant Professor,
The University of Western Australia
Indigenous business development in the
mining industry: what can we learn and
what do we still need to know
Practical Session
Getting Practical:
Workshops and Business
Clinics
Getting Practical
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry Apprenticeship
Australia,
Employment and developing
Aboriginal apprentices
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12.30pm 1.30pm
Lunch
Session 6.1
Session 6.2
Session 6.3
Session 6.4
Session 6.5
Session 6.6
Session 6.7
Indigenous Business is
Big Business
Community Engagement and
Community Empowerment
Education and Leadership:
The Business of Strong
Futures
Feature Session: Aboriginal
Tourism
Thinking Big Panel
Session: Peak
Indigenous Bodies
The Brains Trust:
Knowledge and Ideas for
Purpose
Feature Session: Aboriginal
Business – Understanding the
state government
procurement process
1. Shane Devitt & Lee
Bevan, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Indigenous Consulting
PwC's Indigenous Consulting:
The New Frontier
1. Blaze Kwaymullina, Director,
Milli Milli Payla
Sustainable opportunities, Sustainable
futures: Self-determination and
Aboriginal engagement
1. Lockie Cooke, Founder/CEO,
Indigenous Communities Education &
Awareness (ICEA)
Reconciliation inspired by young
people
1. Darren "Capes" Capewell,
Business Owner, Wula Guda Nyiunda
Eco Adventures Eco tourism
Deidre Willmott, CCI
Gordon Cole, G Cole
Consulting
Debbie Barwick, Mandurah
Hunter Indigenous Business
Chamber
1. Elisa Birch, University of
Western Australia
What's driving the employment
outcomes of Indigenous
Australians? The importance of
access to transportation
2. Joe Proctor, Indi Energy
“Skin in the game” – real equity
partnerships.
2. Alan Carter & Jim Morrison,
Co-chair and Board Member,
Reconciliation WA
Reconciliation through collaboration
3. Shaz Rind, Indi Energy
Social licence in onshore shale
tight gas and Indigenous
stakeholder relationships Opportunities for both parties
3. Kia Dowell - Co-Founding Director,
and Chantal Harris, Co-Founding
Director, The Cultural Connection Code
Pty Ltd
Leadership through Aboriginal eyes
2. Jeremy Chetty, Network for
Teaching Entrepreneurship
The importance of embracing
entrepreneurship in the Indigenous
community & Liz Prescott, Network
for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
NFTE Australia Innovation Day
1.30pm 3.15pm
2. Simon Haigh, CEO, Western
Australia Indigenous Operators Tourism
Council (WAITOC)
Aboriginal tourism - the positive
economic, social and cultural impacts
2. Fiona Martin, Associate
Professor, UNSW Business School
The advantages and disadvantages
of using a charity for indigenous
development from mining
benefits.
3. 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
3.20pm4.30pm
Conference Plenary
4.00pm
Conference Closing Drinks
Nicole Hutchinson, Aboriginal
Business Development Officer, Small
Business Development Corporation;
Richard Adolphe, Assistant
Director Regional Programs,
Department of Finance & Alex
Taylor, Director Client Procurement
Services, Department of Finance