Bus Transfer from Rendezvous Scarborough to ECU Joondalup Campus

TBC: Pre-Conference Discussion Group - HERDC Reporting

David Wright, Director, Financial Control and Treasury, Financial Services Operations Portfolio,
The University of Sydney

Bus Transfer from Rendezvous Scarborough to ECU Joondalup Campus

Registration and light lunch

Delegates welcome

Brad Francis, Chief Financial Officer, Edith Cowan University (2018 AUSFOG Chair)

Welcome to Country

Shaun Nannup, Director, WISDOM in your life

Welcome to delegates

Scott Henderson, Vice-President (Corporate Services), Edith Cowan University

UniForum update

Trish Birtles, Managing Director ANZ and Ken Lee, Consultant, Cubane Consulting

Universities Australia update

Mike Teece, Policy Director, Academic, Universities Australia

Macro-economic and investment markets update

David Colosimo, Senior Investment Analyst, Unisuper

Afternoon tea

Integrated reporting at Deakin University

Kerrie Parker, Chief Financial Officer, Deakin University and
Michael Bray, KPMG Fellow in Integrated Reporting at Deakin University

Higher Education Services (HES) overview and service proposition

Andrew Trnacek, CEO, HES

The sustainability and structure of AUSFOG

Travis Walker, Vice President (Finance), Southern Cross University

Closing comments and dinner arrangements

Brad Francis, Chief Financial Officer, Edith Cowan University (2018 AUSFOG Chair)

Bus transfer from ECU Joondalup Campus to Rendezvous Scarborough Hotel

Bus transfer from Scarborough Rendezvous Hotel to Matilda Bay Restaurant, Crawley

Pre-dinner drinks and canapes

Conference Dinner
Guest speaker:  Trevor Nisbett, CEO, West Coast Eagles

Bus transfer to Scarborough Rendezvous Hotel

Bus transfer to Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus

Opening remarks

Brad Francis, Chief Financial Officer, Edith Cowan University (2018 AUSFOG Chair)

University of Melbourne’s finance services transformation

John Demagistris, Director, Financial Accounting and Budgeting and
Minay Lodhiya, Associate Director, Financial Performance, University of Melbourne

Australian university risk financing: Current and future trends

Harry Rosenthal, General Manager Risk Management Services

“Going offshore” – a different case study.  Career transition to COO of a university
in the United Arab Emirates.

Matt Easdown, Vice Chancellor for Financial and Administrative Affairs,
University of Sharjah

Morning tea

As a finance professional, why would I choose a career in higher education?

Matthew Rainbow, Deputy Director, People Business Improvement and
Sara Brown, Project Manager, People Business Improvement, Curtin University

Education Australia Limited

Greg West, Chairman, Education Australia Limited

Light lunch

Strategic Treasury – Dollars and sense

Dean Sharrar, Director, Barrington Treasury Services Pty Limited

WA Auditor General

Sandra Labuschagne, Deputy Auditor General, Office of the Auditor General,
Western Australia

Merger update: University of South Australia and University of Adelaide

Peter Prest, Chief Financial Officer, University of South Australia

Closing remarks; Handover to Griffith University; Date of next conference

Brad Francis, Chief Financial Officer, Edith Cowan University (2018 AUSFOG Chair)

Bus Transfers to Perth Airport (Qantas and Virgin terminals)