CTO Conference 2017
 


TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER

2:00pm Registration Commences
Exhibition open to delegates
Light refreshments in the Exhibition Centre
3:00pm Tea and Coffee
3:30pm CTO AGM
4:15pm Participant Break
4:30pm CTO Ordinary Board Meeting
6:00pm Welcome Social Function
Live Entertainment - Grandpa Rock



WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER

8:00am Registration
8:30am Wakakulang Aboriginal Dancers
8:45am SESSION 1
8:45am Conference Welcome and Overview
Welcome to Country
Official Opening
9:15am Highlights of the CTO in 2016-17 (No presentation)
Bethany Simmonds - CTO Chairperson
9:25am Highlights of the CTO in 2016-17 (No presentation)
Dianne Hallett - CTO Chief Executive Officer
9:35am Introduction of 2017-18 CTO Board Members 
(No presentation)
Michael Pope - Conference MC
9:50am Keynote Address - Foodbank Australia (No presentation)
John Robertson - Executive General Manager
10:10am Keynote Address - Social Inclusion
Bethany Simmonds - ACTA Chair
10:30am Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:00am SESSION 2

Partner Presentations

Hopscotch Accounting
Matthew Knight - Director

Breaking New Ground
James Houstone - Director

Howsafe
Mark Howe - Managing Director

SESSION 2
11:30am Keynote Address - Transit Care Queensland
Terry O'Toole - Chief Executive Officer
11:50am Keynote Address - Link Community Officer
Rick Lawford - Chief Executive Officer
12:10pm Keynote Speaker - Innovation in the transport sector: SwiftFare
Martin Smyrk - Director
12:30pm Lunch and Exhibition

SESSION 3
1:30pm Keynote Address - Transport in South Australia
Harry Harun - Aboriginal Community Services

Partner Presentations

NSW Business Chamber
Daniel Farmer - Regional Manager

Routematch
Juan Carbonell - Managing Director

Universal Care Training
Craig Legender - National Business Development Manager

Cabcharge
Hem Prajapati - Senior Key Account Manager

AON Risk Solutions
Gavin Deadman - Client Director

Roe Mackenzie Lawyers
Andrew Mackenzie - Principal

SESSION 3
2:45pm Keynote Address - Skills for the Future
Professor Corinne Mulley - Chair of Public Transport
USYD Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
3:05pm Afternoon Tea and Exhibition

SESSION 4

Panel Discussion: Sector Solutions - Funding a Sustainable Tomorrow (No presentation)
4:30pm Afternoon Activities
6:30pm Welcome Drinks
7:00pm  Conference Dinner, Awards & Celebrations
MC Michael Pope
Live Entertainment - Fish Fry


THURDAY 16 NOVEMBER

8:30am Exhibition and Morning Coffee

SESSION 1
9:00am Conference Welcome and Overview
Conference MC - Michael Pope
9:20am Keynote Address - Transport for NSW
Barbara Wise - Commissioner - Point to Point
10:00am Keynote Speaker - My Aged Care - Region Assessment Service
Richard Briley - Acting Manager HACC & Disability Department
11:00am Morning Tea and Exhibition

SESSION 2
11:30am Keynote Speaker - The NDIS and transport: are we there yet?
John Carrigan - Senior Sector Support Consultant - National Disability Services
11:50am Keynote Speaker - The NDIS Provider Experience
Steven Paul - Manager - Community Transport Central Coast
12:10pm Keynote Speaker - NDIS, The Client Perspective: Plan Management and Case Study
Annette Messenger - President - Community Transport Port Stephens
12:30pm Michael Pope - Conference MC
12:40pm Keynote Speaker - Looking to the Future - Community Transport in the Digital Age
Isabella Wellington - Head of FuturGov Australia
1:00pm Lunch and Exhibition

SESSION 3 
1:50pm Keynote Address - Transport for NSW
Ross Elson - Director - Rural and Regional Service Delivery and Performance
2:20pm Keynote Speaker - Future Directions - The opportunity for transport in community care
Danielle Ballintine - Chief Executive Officer - Northside
3:00pm Conference Close
3:00pm Afternoon Tea and Exhibition