Sunday 22nd April
ABC Building, Grey Street
ABC Board Room
River Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
Welcome to Country: Songwoman Maroochy of the Turrbal People
Welcome: H.E. Ms Penelope Wensley AC, Governor of Queensland
Welcome: Ms Moneeza Hashmi, President, CBA
Welcome: The Honourable James Spigelman AC QC, ABC Chairman
Entertainment: Ngaiire Joseph, the South Pacific Island Dance Group and Darky Roots
Dress code: Business Elegant
Monday 23rd April
Boulevard Level, BCEC, Grey Street
Boulevard Auditorium
Telling the Stories of the Future: Technology, Culture and What Really Matters
Dr Genevieve Bell, Intel
Chair: Mr Mark Scott AO, MD, ABC
Chair: Dr Julianne Schultz AM, Board Member, ABC
Mr Peter Cavanagh CEO and Editor in Chief, Radio NZ
Mr Murtaza Solangi, DG, PBC Pakistan
Mr Osamu Takahashi, Senior Manager, News, NHK
Mr Khun Anothai Udomslip, Director of Academic Institute, Thai PBS
Delegates will split into three smaller working groups to attend the following breakout sessions:
Mr Anthony Baxter, Google Crisis
Ms Gabby Shaw, Research & Strategic Lead, Innovation, ABC
Axel Bruns & Jean Burgess, QUT
Room B1
Dr Matthew Ricketson, Dart Center
Mr Arya Gunawan Usis, UNESCO
Ms Heather Forbes, ABC News
Room B2
Mr Shaun Filer, Senior Consultant, Dynamiq
Mr Nigel Brennan, Consultant, Dynamiq
Room B3
Boulevard Room
Chair: Dr. Jane Connors, Head Industry, Policy & Strategy, ABC
Mr Matthew Finn, Broadcast Infrastructure Manager, Radio New Zealand
Mr Mike Seery, Inmarsat
Mr Ian Mannix, Manager, Emergency Broadcasting, ABC Radio
Boulevard Auditorium
Repeat of Break Out sessions
Rooms B1, B2, B3
Repeat of Break Out sessions
Rooms B1, B2, B3
Meet outside South Brisbane train station at 1830 sharp
After dinner speaker: Mr Peter Kuruvita, Chef, Flying Fish
Supported by SBS
Dress code: Smart Casual
Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast
Tuesday 24th April
Boulevard Level, BCEC, Grey Street
Mr Peter Horrocks, Director, BBC Global News
Ms Joyce Mhaville, MD, ITV Tanzania
Ms Linden Clark, Manager, Radio New Zealand International
Dr. Mike McCluskey, Acting Director, ABC International & Mr. Memafu Kapera, MD, New Guinea Broadcasting Corporation
Mr Ferdinand Von Strantz, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Ms Sally Sara, Foreign Correspondent, ABC
Ms Sally-Ann Wilson, Secretary-General, CBA
Chair: John Barr, Communications Manager, RNZ. TBC
Mr Dave Cooke, Business Continuity, BBC
Mr Themis Themistocleous, DG, CYBC Cyprus
Mr Phil Harding, International Media Consultant
Mr Steve Flohr, ABC Business Continuity
Mr Yuji Inoue, Deputy Director, Office of Global Policy, Planning & Cooperation, NHK
Ms Nanise Fifita, General Manager, Tonga Broadcasting
Boulevard Room
Does Crisis & Disaster alter the Promise of a Public Service Broadcaster?
Mr Hubert Lacroix, President, CBC
Chair: Dr Julianne Schultz AM, Board Member, ABC
Chair: Murray Green
Mr Gary Allen, MD, RJR Communications Group, Jamaica
Mr Arya Gunawan Usis, UNESCO
Liese Coulter, Knowledge Communication Manager, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Ms Shona Pitt, Company Director, Elijah Communications Ltd, Cook Islands TBC
Mrs Faiesea Lei Sam-Matafeo, MD, Samoa Quality Broadcasting Corporation TBC
Chair: Mr Bruce Meagher, SBS
Mr Norman Gillespie, CEO UNICEF Australia
Mr Ivan O’Mahoney, Director, Go Back to Where You Came From
Ms Yalda Hakim, Dateline, SBS
Mr Anthony Hayes, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Queensland
Plaza Terrace Room, BCEC
After dinner speaker: Mr Peter FitzSimons, Author, broadcaster and former Wallaby
Music by Sarah Calderwood and Sunas (Courtesy of ABC Music)
Sponsored by ABC
Dress code: Business Elegant
Plaza Terrace Room, BCEC
Wednesday 25th April
Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square, Ann Street
ABC Building, South Bank
Building tours depart at 0900, 1000 and 1100 but you must register
Leadership Surgery: Mr Phil Harding, International Media Consultant
Social Media Surgery: QUT
DRM Demonstration: Mr Peter Streader, Thomson Broadcast
News Exchange Surgery: Mr Don Lange, ABC
Hostile Environments and conflict preparedness : Mr Shaun Filer, Senior Consultant, Dynamiq
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Mr Ferdinand Von Strantz, CEO, Highlight Event AG
Emergency Broadcasting Manual: Mr Anthony Frangi, UQ
Sponsored by Tourism Queensland
Dress code: Comfortable
Rendezvous at South Bank Pontoon (near the ABC Building) at 1200noon sharp
Conference closes






