SATURDAY 20 MARCH 2021

8:00am Registration Open

Emerging Leaders Welcome with Catherine Clark For delegates 30 years and younger this is a great opportunity to kick off your weekend and meet like-minded leaders in our community.

Welcome Morning Tea Enjoy this time to reconnect or make new contacts within our community.

10:00am Acknowledgement to Country & Welcome Mel Bennett MC and General Manager Delivery Network

10:15am Opening Address

10:45am KEYNOTE: 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Jane Fernandez Head of 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup

11:15am PANEL SESSION: Beyond 2020 – Lessons from COVID for Chad Anderson Sport Executive Director, Sport and Recreation In this session industry leaders will explore the learnings of Department of Tourism, Innovation and Sport 2020 and how we can use them to grow sport. Rob Cavallucci Chief Executive Officer, Football Queensland Mark Handley Chief Executive Officer, Tennis Queensland Facilitated by Catherine Clark Chief Executive Officer, Netball Queensland

12:15pm LUNCH

1:00pm KEYNOTE: Leading in Unprecedented Times Dr Jeannette Young PSM Dr Young will take us through her leadership journey in Chief Health Officer, Queensland Government 2020 including the mindset she adopted, the skills required, Patron, HART Sapphire Series 2020 and the most fulfilling aspects of her role.

1:45pm PANEL SESSION: Building Thriving Community Sport Mel Bennett During this discussion Member organisations will share General Manager Delivery Network, Netball Queensland insights and lessons on building thriving Associations and Graham Burns Clubs. Chief Executive Officer, Basketball Queensland Facilitated by Kieran Marsh, Media Manager, Netball Ryan Fett Queensland General Manager – Participation, Clubs & Community, Football Queensland

2:45pm AFTERNOON TEA

3:15pm PRESENTATION Catherine Clark Chief Executive Officer, Netball Queensland

4:15pm WORKSHOP: Growing our Capability WORKSHOP: Netball Connect WORKSHOP: Retaining Teenagers Sport Australia’s Game Plan is an This workshop is an opportunity for This is an opportunity to have a online platform designed to provide you to learn more about our new focused conversation on how netball volunteers and club administrators with registration platform. The team will be can retain teenagers in the sport. insights into their current capability and answering your questions and sharing The session will cover: provides access to resources to tips and tricks. Please bring along your support improvement in areas such as mobile or tablet device with Netball • What does the evidence and Governance, Strategy, Finance and Connect installed. research tell us? • What are the barriers to keeping Workforce. Please bring along your Marissa Cooper teen girls playing netball? (e.g. mobile or tablet device so you can get Co-owner & CEO, World Sport Action started on your association or club other sports, study load, part-time Kelly Harrison ‘Game Plan’. work, leaving school)? Technology Lead, Netball Queensland • What do teens need from their Deb Eastlake Sian Jackson Netball experience to keep Delivery Network Lead, Netball playing? (club-based opportunities; Queensland Delivery Network Support Coordinator pathway opportunities) Laura Rathgerber • Share and discuss as a group the Delivery Network Lead, Netball NetX concept and draft Queensland competition ideas for the 2022 Tanya Ward season. Delivery Network Lead, Netball Simone Waugh Queensland NQ Board Director & Mother of a teenage Netballer Demelza Fellowes High Performance Director Netball Queensland, Queensland Firebird and Australian Diamond

5:00pm Wrap up and Day 1 Close Mel Bennett MC and General Manager Delivery Network

6:30pm NQ Awards Night Hosted by Demelza Fellowes

SUNDAY 21 MARCH 2021

7:00am PRESIDENTS BREAKFAST: Meet the NQ Board Hosted by Eugenie Buckley (Association Presidents or their representative only) Chair, Netball Queensland

9:00am Welcome Mel Bennett MC and General Manager Delivery Network

9:05am PANEL SESSION: Netball on the Big Stage: SSN and the Bronwyn Klei World’s Best Netball League Chief Executive Officer, Adelaide Thunderbirds This session will explore the journey of netball into the Catherine Clark professional sport entertainment world. We have a Panel of Chief Executive Officer, Club CEOs to discuss learnings from Danielle Smith the extraordinary 2020 SSN season and how they see Chief Executive Officer, Sunshine Coast Lightning netball navigating growing professionalism, the changes in Rosie King the sports broadcast landscape, commercialisation and the Chief Executive Officer, growing number of women’s national leagues. Facilitated by Kieran Marsh, Media Manager, Netball Queensland

9:45am KEYNOTE: My Coaching Story Megan Anderson Queensland Firebirds new Head Coach Megan Anderson will Head Coach Queensland Firebirds unpack her coaching journey sharing her learnings along with way.

10:15am MORNING TEA

10:45am PANEL SESSION: Queensland’s PANEL SESSION: Netball WORKSHOP: Growing our Commercial Netball Pathway Queensland’s Digital Roadmap. and Sponsorship Capability This session will build on the This panel will discuss Netball Building on the Game Plan session, presentation in 2020, discussing and Queensland’s newly formed Digital and this workshop is designed to facilitate a unpacking what the Queensland netball Technology Board Sub Committee, discussion on how your Club or pathway needs to look like for the next their priorities and plans for the future. Association can seek to build revenue generation of talent coming through. Changing customer expectation means through commercial or sponsorship Facilitated by Australian Diamond and that technology enabled netball activities. Please bring along some Netball Queensland High Performance experiences must become the norm in basic business data and financial Director Demelza Fellowes, panellists coming years. This will mean investing information on your Club or will discuss topics such as balancing more in technology and training for Association. the workload of young athletes, the these technology solutions across our Tanya Ward importance of early coaching and club workforce. The panel will unpack and Delivery Network Lead, Netball netball in HP success and how we can discuss key considerations such as the Queensland all play a role in creating pathways for importance of having an online Sophie Smith Sapphires and Diamonds to be presence, cyber security, privacy law, Commercial Partnerships Manager, discovered and nurtured from club clean data and how data/business Netball Queensland netball to the SSN court. analytics will inform our decision

Demelza Fellowes making for the future. High Performance Director Netball Simone Waugh Queensland, Queensland Firebird and Director, Netball Queensland and Australian Diamond Managing Director, Publicis Worldwide Ben Sorensen Member of Digital & Technology Board Sub Committee, Netball Queensland Kelly Harrison Technology Lead, Netball Queensland Facilitated by Chanah Balcomb, General Manager Customer & Brand, Netball Queensland

11:30am PANEL: Building a Thriving WORKSHOP: Aboriginal and Torres WORKSHOP: Uniforms and Community Club Strait Islander Advisory Committee Merchandise During this session panel members Members of the Netball Queensland This is an opportunity to have a from various sporting codes will share Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander focused conversation in the operational information about their clubs’ structure, Advisory Committee will discuss the area of uniforms and merchandise. fee formation and priorities to ensure committee’s priorities and current Items for discussion include: their sustainability. projects. Attendees will also gain • Identifying current challenges and insights about what they can be doing Brad Harbeck issues for clubs and associations President Virginia United Football Club now to improve engagement with First Nations peoples in their community. • Assessing the demand and interest Cathie Roberts in non-dress apparel options General Manager Basketball, Northside Lee Wilson • Discussion and feedback on a joint Wizards Manager - Diversity and Inclusion, Netball Queensland tender process for 2022. Facilitated by Mel Bennett General Chanah Balcomb Manager Delivery Network, Netball GM Customer and Brand, Netball Queensland Queensland

12:15pm WORKSHOP: Netball Connect WORKSHOP: Competitions Advisory WORKSHOP: Coach and Official This is workshop is an opportunity for Committee Workforce you to learn more about our new During this session, the Competitions Coaches and Officials are essential to registration platform. The team will be Advisory Committee will share the the delivery of positive and inclusive answering your questions and sharing insights about the characteristics of a netball experiences in our clubs and tips and tricks. Please bring along your ‘good’ competition, gathered at last associations. In this session we will mobile or tablet device with Netball year’s conference and discuss their discuss how to plan for the Connect installed. priorities for 2021, including a focus on recruitment, development and retention Marissa Cooper gathering insights on participation in of your coaches and officials. Co-owner & CEO, World Sport Action competitions. Karen Topp Kelly Harrison Jo Kerr Coach Development Advisor, Netball Technology Lead, Netball Queensland Chair, Netball Queensland Competitions Queensland Advisory Committee Sian Jackson Paula Toonen Delivery Network Lead, Netball Delivery Network Support Coordinator Queensland Cameron Williamson Officials Development Officer, Netball Queensland

12:45pm LUNCH

1:30pm PRESENTATION: How to play your part in Netball United This session presented by Mullins Lawyers and Netball Queensland’s internal legal counsel and will focus on the Netball Queensland Constitution and the responsibilities of both Netball Queensland and Member Associations. John Mullins Partner, Mullins Lawyers Ana Croger Company Secretary and General Manager Business Services, Netball Queensland

2:15pm SHOWCASE: Member Associations and Clubs will share Steven Curr, President interesting and innovative programs and initiatives that QLD Suns Men's & Mixed Netball Association are happening in community. Facilitated by Jo Kerr Chair, Netball Queensland Competitions Advisory Committee

2.45pm Wrap up and Close Mel Bennett MC and General Manager Delivery Network