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21 August 2001
0815 Arrival Coffee & Registrations
0845 Official Opening - Mr George White, Aboriginal
Elder
0850 Welcome & Order of Events - Chaired By:
Jock Douglas AO, Chair of the
Board Rural Extension Centre, UQ; Member of the Land
& Water Sector Advisory Committee, CSIRO
0900 Official Address & Setting the Scene - Mayor
of Dalby, Warwick Geisel
0920 Regional Overview - Dr.
Peter Brain, Executive Director, National Institute
of Economic & Industrial Research
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0945-1020 - Panel Discussion
Dr. Peter Brain, Executive
Director, National Institute of Economic & Industry
Research; Rick Ada, Principal
Royal Development Officer, Department of Primary Industries;
Colin Higginson, Principal,
Colin Higginson Town Planners; Chris
Kopittke, Managing Director, Regional Financial
Services Ltd
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1050 Issues & Challenges (Social, Environmental,
Economic, Regional Development) - Geoff
Cockfield, Lecturer & Unit Leader for Political Theory,
Economics & Environmental Politics and Policy, USQ
1130 Social Issues - Building Hope & Creating
Choices - Margaret Bridgeford,
Deputy Chairman of the Agricultural College Board &
Chairman of the AgAware Group
1150 Local Positive: 'Positive Futures for Our
Youth' - Cassandra Taylor, Youth
Representative, Queensland Rural Ministerial Advisory
Council, Ambassador and Queensland State Steering Committee
Member, Year of the Outback 2002
1155 Environmental Sustainability - Dr.
Allan Dale, General Manager Resource Policy, Department
of Natural Resource and Mines
1215 Local Positive: 'Integrating Agriculture
& Aquaculture' Paul McVeigh,
Cotton & Grain Farmer, Loch Eaton, Nandi
1220 Economic Growth -
Professor Steve Garlick, Director of Research, Southern
Cross Regional Research Institute
1240 Local Positive: 'Bringing Professional Services
to the Region' - Reuben Lawrence,
Economist & Manager Toowoomba Office, AEC Group Limited
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1245-0115 - Panel Discussion
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0115 Luncheon
0215 The Regional Development Process & Working
Case Study: Outlining the Regional Development Framework-
Steve Mill, Executive Director,
Office of Regional Development
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0245-0400 Working Group & Poster Presentation
How Can We Take Advantage of the Trends?
Facilitator: Bill Andrew, Director
Organisational Consulting, AEC Group Limited
0400 Solutions / Case Study: 'Making it Happen
- Critical Success Factors' - John
Spence Thomas, Chairman, Gibsons Group
0425 Afternoon Tea
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22 August 2001
0830 Chaired By: Vince
Henderson, Acting Chair, SIQACC
0835 Recap on Yesterday's Proceedings
Solutions / Case Studies:
0845 Winning Structures for the Future of Agriculture
- James Howard, Executive Director,
Cooperative Foundation of Queensland
0905 Smart Communities: Building Wealth Online
- Glen Donoghoe, CEO, MENA
(Maleny Enterprise Network Association)
0925 Business Development & Attracting Investment
- Jenny DaRin, Executive Officer,
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Executive
Director, Australia Made Campaign
0955 Creating Jobs & Prosperity in Regional Australia
- Bill Sheehan, Managing Partner,
Statham Cheesman Pty Ltd, Chartered Accountants, Member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants National Six
- Member Rural and Regional Issues Group
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1015-1035 - Panel Discussion
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1100-0100
MAPPING & VISIONING DESIRABLE OUTCOMES
Facilitator:
Sohail Inayatullah, International Futurist
0100 Luncheon - Leadership:
This Is What You Must Be Prepared To Do - Dr.
Jim Cavaye, Principal Rural Development Officer, Department
of Primary Industries
0200 Rural Options for a Sustainable Rural Future:
The Southland New Zealand Experience - Gary
Hutchinson, Managing Director, Topoclimate Services
Limited & Project Manager, Topoclimate South (New Zealand)
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0230-0400 Plenary Session
Recommendations To Effect Positive Change - How Can
Those Priorities Be Addressed Effectively? - Change
Agents - Who Are They?
Facilitator: Bill Andrew, Director
Organisational Consulting, AEC Group Limited
0400 Closing Comments - Chair
0415 Afternoon Tea
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