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Corporate Governance Summit Making sense of the changing regulatory framework 26 – 27 November 2002 – Hilton Sydney KEY CONTRIBUTIONS from: Government and regulatory perspectives from: Dick Warburton, Senator The Hon Helen Coonan, Chairman, David Jones, Caltex Australia Minister for Revenue John Ralph, Assistant Treasurer Chairman, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deputy Chairman, Telstra Senator The Hon Ian Campbell, Parliamentary Secretary to the M John Phillips, Treasurer Chairman, AGL, Chairman, IBJ Australia Bank Ltd The Hon Bob McMullan MP, Anne Keating, Director, S.T.W. Shadow Treasurer Communications Ltd, Macquarie Leisure Management Ltd and Omni Leisure Operations Ltd. Member, advisory boards of Professor Berna Collier, ABN Amro and E.Piphany Asia Pacific. Commissioner, Former board member, NRMA Australian Securities and Investments Commission The Hon Nick Greiner AC, Chairman, Baulderstone Hornibrook, Professor Allan Fels AO, Chairman, British American Tobacco. Chairman, Former Premier and Treasurer of New South Wales ACCC Tom Pockett, Chief Financial Officer, Supported by Official Publication Woolworths Ltd Dieter Adamsas, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO, Leighton Holdings Doug Bailey, Chief Financial Officer, Woodside Australia Energy REGISTER NOW ☎ (+61 2) 9080 4307 www.ibcoz.com.au/corpgov (+61 2) 9290 3844 [email protected] Making sense of the chang DAY 12:20 Evolution of the CFO One: 26th November 2002 ❖ The evolution of the role from accountant to financial manager 8:00 Registration & Morning Coffee ❖ The implications of recent corporate governance issues 8:45 Opening remarks from the Chair on the role Dieter Adamsas, Chief Financial Officer and 9:00 Keynote Ministerial Address Deputy Chief Executive Officer, ❖ The role of taxation changes in supporting Australia’s Leighton Holdings, economic performance and good corporate CFO Magazine’s CFO of the Year governance 13:00 Lunch Senator The Hon Helen Coonan, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer 14:20 Outcomes of The Ramsay Report: An Update of the Impact of the Report on 9:30 Ensuring Sound Governance and Corporate Governance Responding to Pressures for Board ❖ Issues impacting on the role of the auditor Composition and Structure Changes ❖ The role of the audit committee in ensuring unbiased, ❖ How does a company ensure it is identifiable as well independent auditing governed? Professor Ian Ramsay, Director of the ❖ Keeping shareholder value a top priority of the board Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation & ❖ Forming a board to ensure sound governance and Dean of the Law School, happy shareholders The University of Melbourne, Head of the Federal Government's Inquiry The Hon Nick Greiner AC, into Auditor Independence Chairman – Baulderstone Hornibrook, Chairman – British American Tobacco, 14:50 A Commentary on the Ramsay Report: Deputy Chairman – Stockland Trust Group, Director – QBE Insurance, Roundtable Response to the Suggestion of Director – McGuigan Simeon Wines, Auditor Independence Former Premier and Treasurer of New South Wales Professor Ian Ramsay, Director of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities 10:10 Policing Corporate Activity: The ACCC Regulation & Dean of the Law School, and the Review of the Trade Practices The University of Melbourne Act Domenic Martino, Chief Executive Officer, ❖ The role of the ACCC and the Trade Practices Act in Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu corporate governance Doug Bailey, Chief Financial Officer, ❖ The potential outcomes of the Trade Practices Act Woodside Australia Energy review and what it means for corporate governance in Australia Professor David Boymal, National Director of Accounting and Auditing Standards, ❖ A review of corporate justice and co-operation Ernst and Young between the governing bodies 16:00 Afternoon tea Professor Allan Fels AO, Chairman, ACCC 16:15 The Pathway to IASB Standards in 2005 10:50 Morning tea ❖ Coming soon – new and revised standards ❖ The objective – high quality, transparent and 11:10 Keynote Address comparable financial reporting ❖ Federal opposition perspective ❖ Managing the change - transition or “big bang”? ❖ A critical review of the current debate ❖ Will SMEs cope? The Hon Bob McMullan, ❖ Influencing the future accounting standard setting Shadow Treasurer process 11:40 The Role of the CFO Keith Alfredson, Chairman, ❖ Strategist or bean counter? A look at the potential Australian Accounting Standards Board effects of scandal and regulatory change on the 16.:55 Closing remarks from the Chair role of the CFO Tom Pockett, Chief Financial Officer, 17:10 Close of day one Woolworths National President Group of 100 REGISTER NOW BY CALLING (02) 90 ging regulatory framework DAY TWO: 27th November 2002 14:10 Roundtable Discussion: The Future of Corporate Governance and Director’s Disclosure 8:15 Registration & Morning Coffee Anne Keating, Director, S.T.W. Communications 8:50 Opening remarks from the Chair Ltd, Macquarie Leisure Management Ltd and Omni Leisure Operations Ltd. Member 9:10 Keynote Address Advisory boards of ABN Amro and E.Piphany ❖ A review of audit regulation and the wider corporate Asia Pacific. Former General Manager, United Airlines. disclosure framework Former board member, NRMA ❖ A framework for the new regime Dick Warburton, Chairman, David Jones, Caltex Australia Ltd, Aurion Gold and ❖ Ensuring Australia’s competitiveness is enhanced and Board of Taxation. Director, Reserve Bank of not hampered Australia, Southcorp Ltd, Tabcorp Holdings Ltd Senator The Hon Ian Campbell, and Nufarm Ltd Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer John T Ralph AC, Chairman, Commonwealth Bank of 9:50 Economic Outlook in a Changing Australia; Pacific Dunlop Ltd; Deputy Regulatory Environment Chairman, Telstra Corporation Ltd; Member, Board of Melbourne Business School and Board ❖ An overview of Australia’s economic prospects in light of Advisers of the Global Corporate Governance of the recent debate over corporate governance Advisory Board Egon Zehnder International Dr Chris Caton, Chief Economist, M John Phillips, Chairman, AGL; IBJ Australia Bank BT Funds Management Ltd, Foreign Investment Review Board; 10:30 Morning tea Chancellor of the University of Western Sydney and Chairman of Australian Charities Fund; 10:50 The Role of the Financial Reporting Formerly Deputy Governor and Deputy Council and the Move to IASB Chairman of the Reserve Bank of Australia Standards 15:30 Afternoon tea Jeffrey Lucy, Chairman, 15:50 Expensing Executive Options and Financial Reporting Council Remuneration and Independence of the 11:30 Continuous Disclosure Obligations Board ❖ ❖ The role of ASX in corporate governance Expensing executive options and remuneration and independence of the board ❖ The purpose and objectives of the Corporate ❖ A review of accounting practices Governance Council ❖ Responding to demand for disclosure of executive ❖ Improvements in the quality and delivery of payments information to investors – changes to ASX’s disclosure ❖ Maintaining the right to reward framework. Ted Rofe, Chairman, Susan Bray, National Coordinator – Market Australian Shareholders Association Integrity, Australian Stock Exchange 16:30 Closing remarks from the Chair 12:10 Lunch 16:40 Close of conference 13:30 The Role of ASIC in Corporate Register Online: Governance www.ibcoz.com.au/corpgov ❖ Continuous disclosure and the civil penalty regime ❖ Corporate governance in Australia – ASIC enforcement action and its impact on developing a culture of SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES compliance If our delegates are your clients there are exceptional ❖ US corporate governance reactions – are US branding opportunities for your corporation at this conditions/developments replicable here? premium event. ❖ The auditing debate - part of the broader corporate To find out how your company can participate and governance issues build your business opportunities please contact: Professor Berna Collier, Commissioner, Deborah Bocock on (02) 9080 4348 Australian Securities and Investments Commission Email [email protected] 080 4307 OR FAXING (02) 9290 3844 © INFORMA Australia Pty Ltd Corporate Governance Summit 26 – 27 November 2002 – Hilton Sydney ▲ ▲ BOOK NOW TO ENSURE YOUR PLACE! 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