PROGRAM

FRIDAY 1 MAY
09:50 - 10:00

Conference Open

Fiona Corbett - National Manager Workplace Advice, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors, IRSNSW President

10:00 - 11:30

What’s happening in the State system?


Session Chair – Dr Mihajla Gavin, Senior Lecturer, UTS Business School


Commissioner Anthony Howell, Industrial Relations Commission of NSW

Ross Nassif, Manager Workplace Relations, Local Government NSW

Christa Lenard, Partner, Kingston Reid

11:30 - 11:50

Morning Refreshments

11:50 - 12:40

Political Opinion


Session Chair – Zoe McQuillan, Associate Director, Cowell Clarke


The Hon Sophie Cotsis MP, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Work Health and Safety

Mr James Wallace MP, Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations

12:40 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:40

Maintaining Workplace Culture & Compliance Amidst Automation


Session Chair - Leah Brown, Partner, Deloitte


Natasha de Silva, Founder and Principal, Intersection

Luis Izzo, Managing Director – Sydney Workplace, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors

Nicole McPherson, National Assistant Secretary, Finance Sector Union of Australia

14:40 - 15:10

Federal Court of Australia Update


Session Chair – Professor Rae Cooper, Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations, University of Sydney


The Hon Justice Robert Bromwich, Federal Court of Australia

1510 - 1530

Afternoon Refreshments

15:30 - 17:00

Panel Session – AI in the Workplace: Opportunities, Risk & the Future of Work


Session Chair – Joe Murphy, Partner, Cowell Clarke


Shelley Burger, CEO, LawY

Joseph Mitchell, Assistant Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions

Professor Barney Glover AO, Jobs and Skills Commissioner, Jobs and Skills Australia

Associate Professor Penny Williams, Faculty of Business & Law, Queensland University of Technology

18:30 - 23:30

Gala Dinner

Dinner Speaker - Matt Bevan, Journalist, ABC

SATURDAY 2 MAY
10:00 - 11:15

Masterclass: Advocacy


Session Chair – Christa Lenard, Partner, Kingston Reid


Deputy President Alexandra Grayson, Fair Work Commission

Deputy President Michael Easton, Fair Work Commission

11:15 - 1140

Morning Refreshments

11:40 - 12:40

Tribunal Update


Session Chair – Nicole Hart, Chief People Officer, Northcott


The Hon Justice Chin, Vice President, Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales and Judge of the Industrial Court

of New South Wales

Commissioner Phillip Ryan, Fair Work Commission

12:40 - 13:20

Lunch

13:20 - 14:20

Debate

Moderator - Christa Lenard, Partner, Kingston Reid

18:30

Drinks and Dinner

Dinner Speaker - Phil Boncardo, Barrister, Year in Review

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