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Date
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Program - ATEC Symposium 29 April - 2 May |
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Friday 2nd May |
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8.45am-10.00am |
A range of breakout sessions help you grow your business
Conference breakout sessions 1
Future Customers
Facilitator: Gary O'Riordan, Deputy Managing Director, ATEC
Anna Guy, Young ATEC NSW Chair
'Ways to attract and engage youth into the tourism industry'
Anna Guy explains the latest thinking behind efforts to attract and retain young recruits to the travel industry - are kids looking for a rewarding career, or are they just obsessed with salary?
Future Technology
Michael Walmsley - General Manger - Competitive Intelligence and Search Marketing Services, Hitwise
This session will examine expert insights on your company's online branding, search marketing, content strategies, and online partnerships. |
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8.45am-10.00am |
Conference breakout sessions 2
Food & Wine Tourism
Facilitator: Margaret Wilson, WA Branch Manager, ATEC
Will Creedon, General Manager, Hunter Valley Gardens
Phillip Hele, General Manager, Hunter Resort Country Estate
Andrew Montague, Chief Executive Officer, Hunter Wine Country Tourism
The Hunter region is famous for producing some of the world's best food and wine. The Hunter Resort's Phillip Hele, Andrew Montague of Hunter Wine Country Tourism and Will Creedon from Hunter Valley Gardens lead a discussion on how the Hunter became a food and wine leader.
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8.45am-10.00am |
Conference breakout sessions 3
Personal Development Session
Advanced Sales & Negotiation skills
Don Jolly, General Manager, Global Tourism Solutions
It's one thing to have great product - it's another to convert it into sales. Don Jolly explains the realities of advanced sales and negotiation skills.
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Conference Breakout sessions 4
Leaders Forum - invitation-only session |
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10.00am - 10.30am |
Morning Tea
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10.30am - 12.00pm |
Conference Breakout sessions 5
Practical Business skills
Industrial Relations
Alice De Boos, Senior Associate, Ebsworth & Ebsworth Lawyers
Understand the key changes in workplace relations under the new government.
Practical taxation - Tax issues for the tourism industry
Aryk Bechler, Senior Manager, KPMG, Middle Market Advisory Division
This session will guide you through the recent changes to the Small-Business capital gains tax roll-over relief rules and explain how you can benefit from them. It will also examine the issues and administration behind any international withholding-tax issues which may affect your business. A general discusion will follow, covering other relevant taxation matters, while the session will conclude with an open forum in which you can ask questions relevant to your own business circumstances.
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10.30am - 12.00pm |
Conference Breakout sessions 6
Regional tourism
The Hunter region is a shining example of successfully creating an inbound regional destination. Newcastle Airport CEO Paul Hughes, Hunter Regional Tourism Organisation's Andrew Fletcher and TTNQ's Rob Giason recount their experiences in building regional destinations.
Rob Giason, Chief Executive Officer, TTNQ
Paul Hughes, Chief Executive Officer, Newcastle Airport Limited
Andrew Fletcher, Chief Executive Officer, Hunter Regional Tourism Organisation
Conference Breakout sessions 7
Sensational Seven Presentatons |
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12.00pm - 1.05pm |
Lunch |
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1.05pm - 2.50pm |
Plenary Conference
Corporate Partner Presentations
Keynote Address:
Our Ageing Markets
Bernard Salt, Partner, KPMG
At Meeting Place 2007 Bernard Salt gave us food for thought when he pointed out that the ageing of our key markets contradicted the accepted view that we will be able to import labour in the future to ease capacity constraints. At Symposium, Bernard digs further into this issue with a long and overdue examination on marketing and infrastructure in an ageing world.
Health Tourism
Matt Hingerty, Managing Director, ATEC
Brett Wilson, Business Development Director, Australian Health Export Industry Council
As our key markets age and those in developing countries encounter pollution issues, health services are becoming a key driver of international travel. Held as a breakout sesson last Symposium, we had a strong feedback suggesting that this be the topic of a plenary. Find out how Australian tourism can benefit from the growth of the "global health economy".
Distribution
Moderator: John King
Matt Cameron-Smith, General Manager, Trade Marketing, Tourism Australia
Donna Meredith, Managing Director, Keystone Corporate Positioning
Distribution is the fastest-changing area of the travel industry. This session will explore the key trends and opportunities in distribution and the emergence of the power of the consumer. The key findings from the recent Tourism Directions and Distribution conference will also be presented.
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2.50pm - 3.15pm |
Afternoon Tea |
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3.15pm - 4.45pm |
Conference Closing plenary
Future Competition
Chris Flynn, Regional Director - Pacific, Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
Australia may be the Lucky Country, but it can't afford to rest on its laurels. Find out what the competition is doing - and see why you should be afraid of the Dubai and Macau 'billion-dollar behomeths'.
The new strategy for Indigenous Tourism
Aden Ridgeway, Executive Chairman, Indigenous Tourism Australia and John King, Chairman, ATEC
With the launch of the new Indigenous Tourism Strategy, find out what ATEC is doing to support this new initiative - and what it means for your business.
The Future of ATEC
John King, Chairman, ATEC
Matt Hingerty, Managing Director, ATEC
ATEC is currently undergoing a review of its corporate and business plans. Managing Director Matt Hingerty will update delegates on progress thus far.
Closing Speaker
Jean Kittson
All work and no play is a terrible idea. Watch comedian Jean Kittson take aim at a few of the sacred cows of tourism and remind us all why the inbound industry is the best fun in town
Final words
John Mangos, Master of Ceremonies
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7.30pm - 11.00pm |
Gala Dinner |
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11pm - late |
Club Qantas |