Day One
Tuesday 9th February, 2010

8:30: Registration, coffee & networking
9:00: Welcoming remarks from the Chair Professor Mark Evans,
Director,
ANZSOG Institute for Governance
A WHOLE OF SYSTEM APPROACH
9:10: The role of federalism in changing governance structures

  • Delivering collaboration in practice
  • Achieving long term strategic planning and fiscal responsibility through strong governance across all levels of government
  • Setting boundaries and responsibilities: Where does accountability start and finish?
Mary Ann O’Loughlin*, Executive Councillor & Head of Secretariat,
COAG Reform Council
*Subject to Availability
CREATING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS
9:50: Delivering inclusive governance through greater stakeholder engagement

  • The role of stakeholder and community engagement in governance
  • Defining the goals and parameters of engagement
  • Seeking engagement whilst retaining control of the decision making process
Andrew Metcalfe,
Secretary,
Department of Immigration & Citizenship
10:30: Good governance: A critical component of a good health system

  • A good health system is agile, self-improving and sustainable
  • Governance vs management
  • Accountability, engagement and innovation
Hon Rob Knowles AO,
Former Commissioner,
National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission
11:10: Morning tea & networking
11:40: Indigenous governance: The road ahead

  • Defining roles and responsibilities of communities and Government
  • New ways of working together including participatory governance
Barbara Livesey,
Group Manager, Indigenous Strategies Group,
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
12:20: Reflections on the set-up of the Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority (ACCRA)

  • Setting up good governance structures
  • Challenges and opportunities
Geoff Leeper,
Deputy Secretary, ACCRA Group,
Department of Climate Change
1:00: Lunch
2.10: The role of governance in the National Broadband Network (NBN)

  • Defining the legislative frame work for governing the NBN
  • The role of governance in delivering success
  • Co-ordination with stakeholders and within government
Colin Lyons,
Deputy Secretary Infrastructure,
Department of Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy
2:50: Improving service delivery through effective governance

  • The meaning of governance – its use and overuse; and its role in ensuring conformance with external requirements
  • Issues and challenges with governance and how to grapple with, and resolve, organisational issues
  • Governance and its role in ensuring ethical behaviour and transparency – the use of accountability statements
Darren Box,
General Manager, Audit, Governance & Assurance,
Centrelink
3:30: Afternoon tea & networking
4:00: Governing in a collaborative environment: Defining responsibility between multiple stakeholders

  • Allocating accountability between public and private sector interests: Why the current absence of guidelines is making life tough
  • Making shared ownership work in practice
  • Case studies of best practice models including Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
Tom McDonald,
Director, Legal and Insurance Policy,
ACT Treasury
4:40: Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and the role of governance in achieving success

  • Formalising workable governance structure
  • Allocating accountability and responsibility
  • Keys to success
Glenn Maguire,
Director, Commercial Division,
Department of Finance & Treasury, VIC
5.20: Closing remarks from the Chair
5.30: Cose of day one
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