AIST Conference Primer- "Optional Extra" - For more information please click here!

Speakers: Kristian Fok, Senior Consultant, Frontier Investment Group; Allison Minchinton, Consultant, Frontier Investment Group

Proudly sponsored by AIST

Welcome Lunch - For more information please click here!

Special Guest Speaker: Adam Elliot, Academy Award winning Director

Proudly sponsored by Challenger Financial Services Group

Conference Opening

Speaker: Garry Weaven, Chair, Industry Fund Management & Director CMSF

Global Climate Chance - Politics And Energy - For more information please click here!

Speakers: Rob Grant, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Hydro; Alan Tate, former ABC Journalist, Director, Environmental Business Australia and the Earthwatch Institute

Alpha/Beta Separation – As A Trustee Why Am I Still Confused? - For more information please click here!

Speakers: Dr Stephen Garth, Portfolio Manager International Equities, Dimensional Australia Limited; Kristian Fok, Senior Consultant, Frontier Investment Consulting

The Mayne Update - For more information please click here!

Speaker: Stephen Mayne, Shareholder Activist and Crikey Founder

Welcome Dinner

Proudly sponsored by Dimensional

Geo Political Tensions And Their Impact - For more information please click here!

Speakers: Kumar Palghat, Head of Portfolio Management, Asia Pacific, PIMCO;
Dr Keith Suter, Social Commentator, Writer and Broadcaster, Channel 7 "Sunrise", Foreign Affairs Editor;

Commodities as a Portfolio Diversifier – A Fool's Gold or a Silver Lining?- For more information please click here!

Panel:

Alan Heap, Managing Director, Citigroup Investment Research; Tim Ridley, Senior Consultant, Frontier Investment Consulting; Stefan Weiser, Executive Director, Head of Asian Commodity Investor Sales, Goldman Sachs (Singapore)

Venture Capital - A Global View - For more information please click here!

Speaker: Gareth Adams, Investment Manager, Industry Funds Management

Moving the Environmental, Social and Governance("ESG") Debate Forward:
Practical Implementation Perspectives - For more information please click here!

Facilitator: Andrew Gray, Head of Quantitative Research, Goldman Sachs JBWere

Panel: Erik Mather, Head of Governance Advisory Service, BT Financial Group;

Amanda McCluskey, Manager Sustainability, Portfolio Partners Limited; Tim Williams, Senior Advisor, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Westpac Banking Corporation

Can Generation X Afford To Grow Old…? And what about Gen Y?- For more information please click here!

Speaker: Mark McCrindle, Director, McCrindle Research Pty Ltd

India – Is it the next China?- For more information please click here!

Speaker: David Shearwood, Chief Executive Officer, Indian Ocean Rim Asset Management

BRICs – The Rise Of the New Super Powers – Different Approaches To Harnessing The Momentum - For more information please click here!

Panel: Australian Equities: Peter Greentree, Head of Australian Equities, Challenger Financial Services Group; Emerging Markets: TBC; International Equities: William S Patzer, CFA, Vice President, The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC (US)

Practicalities of International Investing - For more information please click here!

Speaker: Gabriel Szondy, Trustee Director, CARE Super, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia

Open Forum - The Speeches Are Over and Finally It's Your Chance To Talk!

Panel: Kristian Fok, Senior Consultant, Frontier Investment Consulting; Rob Fowler, CFA, Investments and Governance Manager, HESTA Super Fund; Kumar Palghat, Head of Portfolio Management, ASIA Pacific, PIMCO; Garry Weaven, Chair, Industry Funds Management