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Conference Program Overview - Monday, 25 June 2007

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE: Lecture Theatre South 1, Building 64, Clayton campus

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8.30am Conference Registration, Arrival Tea & Coffee
9.00am Welcome & Introduction
Mr Peter Marshall
Vice President (Administration), Monash University
9.15am Official Opening of the Conference
Professor Richard Larkins
Vice-Chancellor & President, Monash University
9.30am Keynote Address
Mr Bernard Salt
Partner, National Markets, KPMG
10.15am Morning Tea & Information Stands
10.45am Beating the working blues; if I don't look after me, I can't look after youse!
Ms Beth Wilson
Health Services Commissioner, Victoria
11.30am Performance Development
Professor Edwina Cornish
Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Vice President Research, Monash University
12.00pm Performance Management: Prevention is better than cure
Mr Stuart Pill
Partner, Trindade Farr & Pill (Workplace Relations Lawyers)
12.30pm

Creating a high performance organisation - Panel Discussion
Panel members:
Facilitator - Karen Haywood, Divisional Director, Human Resources
Mr Bernard Salt
Ms Beth Wilson
Professor Edwina Cornish
Mr Stuart Pill
Professor Ron Weber
Dr Graham Smith

1.15pm Lunch & Information Stands
2.15pm Concurrent Workshops 1 - Delegates attend either Session A, B, or C
Session A Mastering HR Information
1. What to do with Staff Attitiute Survey Results
Dr Peter Langford
Director, Voice Project 
Ms Louise Metcalf
Principal Consultant, Voice Project
Mastering HR Information
2. Measuring the value of Human Resources – HR Metrics at Monash University
Ms Andrea Heyward
Director, HR Planning & Performance, Human Resources Division, Monash University
Session B Workforce Planning
1. Ageing in the Workforce: Understanding its impacts and smart ideas to maximise strengths
Mr Damien Woods
Manager, Business Advisory Services Unit, Ernst & Young
Workforce Planning
2. Workforce Planning for taking Action
Ms Tess Walton
Founder, Aruspex
Session C Wellness, Work Life Balance
1. Work/Life Crossroads:  A collision course or complement   to business strategy?
Ms Wendy Lundgaard
Director, Win-Win Workplace Strategies
Wellness, Work Life Balance
2. It’s About Time: Women, men, work and family
Ms Cassandra Goldie
Director, Sex Discrimination Unit, Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
3.15pm Afternoon Tea
3.45pm Concurrent Workshops 2 - Delegates attend either Session D, E or F
Session D Emotional capitalists - The new leaders
Dr Martyn Newman
Director, RocheMartin®
Session E Conflict Management
Mr Andrew Carnegie
Acting General Manager / Psychologist, Counselling Appraisal Consultants
Session F Staff Engagement
1. What do higher education workers want?
Mr David Waite
Manager, Early Stage Markets, SEEK
Staff Engagement
2. Strategies for effectively using agencies and agency workers
Ms Robyn Cochrane
PhD student, Department of Management, Monash University
4.45pm Summary and Close
Ms Karen Haywood
Conference Chair & Divisional Director, Human Resources Division, Monash University
5.00pm Drinks & Nibbles