0900 

 0905

 0955

 PLENARY SESSION - Proudly Sponsored by Suncorp

 Introduction by MC Toby Travanner

 Industry Leaders' Panel

 Facilitator: Jim Hazel

 Panel:       Russell Halpern (St. Ives Group)      Derek McMillan (Australian Unity)

                 Christine Ku (Babcock & Brown)      Marcus Willison (Ernst & Young)

                 Richard Gates (ANZ Bank)

 Housing Trends in Australia, with a focus on those over 65 Ben Phillips HIA

 1100
 

 1145 

 PLENARY SESSION

 Web Marketing to Seniors Kaye Fallick Your Life Magazine & @boutSeniors Website
 

 Creating Vibrant Senior Communities Allan Tranter Creating Communities 
 

 Lunch
 Venue: Trade Exhibition

1330 - 1400

 DEVELOPMENT STREAM

  - Sponsored by MacroPlan

 The Cost of Not Building Sustainably John Brodie
 VIM Sustainability
 

 MANAGEMENT STREAM

 - Sponsored by Cavalier Bremworth
 

 Living Longer Living Stronger David Reed

 Council on the Ageing    

 
 Feasibilities Jane O'Connor 55 Plus Marketing

 Risk Management: Sink or Swim Diane Doust

 PoolWerx Corporation

 
 Affordability - How will this affect likely future demand?

 John McNamara Suncorp

 Brain Fitness for Retirees: The next frontier in

 healthy ageing David Gribble Alzheimer’s

 Australia WA
 

 Afternoon Tea - Sponsored by Riley Shelley
 Venue: Trade Exhibition

 1530
 

 1610

 
 1615

 PLENARY SESSION

 Strategic Planning - Obligations and Opportunities Russell Halpern St. Ives Group

 
 Conference Prize Presentations

 
 Big Vision - Small Steps Tim Macartney-Snape
 

Village Tour 3

• St Ives Murdoch

• Arcadia Waters, Maddington

• Bethanie Waters, Port Kennedy

0900

1000

1700

Village Tour 4 - Overnight Margaret River

Friday 14th November 2008

St Ives Mandurah

Novacare Busselton - Lunch

Overnight at Abbey Beach Resort Busselton

Saturday 15th November 2008

Visit the following attractions:

• Melting Pot Glass Blowing Studio

• Cullen Wines - Lunch & Wine Tasting

• Rivendell Wines

• Margaret River Chocolate Factory

Return to Perth

R.E. (Toby) Travanner is a highly sought after and unforgettable master of ceremonies (MC), facilitator, moderator and conference host. With global experience of business and personal cultures, Toby brings a resonating dimension to any corporate event. Toby is both an entertaining and challenging facilitator with a reputation for a high-energy, high-contact approach.

Noeline Brown is one of Australia’s best loved actors. In 1962 she was “discovered” at Sydenham’s Pocket Playhouse and her professional career began. Two years later she featured in the popular TV hit, the Mavis Bramston Show, which made her a household name. She also starred in such memorable programs as Blankety Blanks and The Naked Vicar Show. In 1978, Ms Brown received a Logie award. Ms Brown recently appeared in the film 'Razzle Dazzle' and the TV series “Dancing with the Stars”. In 2005 she wrote her autobiography, Noeline Brown – Longterm Memoir. Throughout her career, Ms Brown has received numerous awards and she has always maintained an interest in social, political and community issues. On 12 April 2008 the Federal Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, announced the appointment of Ms Brown as Australia’s first Ambassador for Ageing.  A major aim of this important role is to promote positive ageing.

Russell Halpern is a joint founder of the St Ives Group and acknowledged innovator in the provision of retirement accommodation and community care for older Australians since 1982. As a Director of St Ives, Russell has overseen the development of the company from a builder of retirement villages, into a diversified provider of everything from housing, residential and community care to industry specific information systems. His influence has led the Group to embrace current information technology and management systems and innovative partnerships between private sector providers, government and academia. Russell has taken an active leadership role in the Australian Retirement Village and Aged Care Industry. He is a past President of the Retirement Village Association and Founding President of the Retirement Village Association of WA. Russell's recent achievements include participation in Consultative Committees with the Commonwealth to establish the Retirement Village Care Pilot and participation as a Reference Group Member for the Review of Community Care.

Tim Macartney-Snape is a veteran of pioneering mountaineering routes in remote regions of the Himalaya, but became known for his attempts of Mount Everest on two very different pioneering expeditions. Remarkably he reached the summit on both occasions, without the use of bottled oxygen and in a lightweight style quite distinct from the realm of the heavyweight guided ascents so popular in recent times. Tim trained as a biologist at the Australian National University, but has been active in promoting outdoor activities and their benefits for over thirty years. He is the author of several books, is a director and shareholder of the outdoor equipment business Sea to Summit, is a member of the Fred Hollows Foundation, is chair and trustee of Leave No Trace Australia and as a director of the Foundation For Humanity’s Adulthood, is active in promoting the biological explanation of the human condition.

Jim Hazel is a company director whose current appointments include Chairman of Elders Rural Bank Limited, Chairman of Valex Group Pty Ltd, Director of Terramin Australia Limited and Impedimed Limited, and board member of COTA (SA) Inc. He has a long involvement in the retirement village industry, most recently as Managing Director of Primelife Corporation Limited, where he led the reconstruction and recapitalization of that company. Jim is a former Chief General Manager of Adelaide Bank Limited, and during his time there he conceived and executed the strategy that saw the bank become a major funder to the retirement village industry. His current industry involvement includes the position of non executive director of Becton Property Group and Chairman of Becton Living. Jim has been a regular contributor to industry forums over many years.

Clinical Professor Fiona Wood is currently Director of the Burns Service of Western Australia and co-founder and Director of Clinical Cell Culture. She is a consultant Plastic Surgeon and Chair and co-founder of the McComb Research Foundation, as well as being a mother of 6. Fiona has been involved in a number of education and disaster response programs associated with her interest in burns and published a variety of papers over the years.  Her numerous awards include:  2003 Australian Medical Association ‘Contribution to Medicine’ Award and an Order of Australia Medal for work with Bali bombing victims.  She was also awarded West Australian of the Year in 2004 and 2005 and received the honour of being named Australian of the Year in 2005.

Peter McMullen is the National Director of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Health and Aged Care Services. He provides consultancy advice, transaction support services, risk analysis, feasibility studies, valuations and market research services to the firm’s clients in this specialist sector, with a particular strength in conducting market studies within the healthcare, aged care and retirement living sectors.  With over 30 year’s experience in real estate, Peter has accrued an impressive portfolio of case studies, having developed a specialization within health and aged care for over 13 years.  Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle in July 2006, Peter held senior positions with Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. He is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute, and through Jones Lang LaSalle is a member of the Retirement Village Association and the Aged Care Association of Australia.

Kaye Fallick trained and worked as a fashion designer, her first career choice, for fourteen years. She caught the writing bug during two years time out for travel, working as a features assistant on a London magazine. On her return to Australia, she embarked on further study. No one could accuse Kaye of quick career changes – a part-time arts degree took the maximum ten years to complete, as did the Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing, which followed. During this time Kaye worked in the family publishing business, most recently (since 1999) as publisher on Your Life magazine, a pre-retirement guide for 45-65 year olds. As well as writing and presenting on life planning and retirement funding in Australia, Europe and North America, Kaye has been a regular broadcaster on Southern Cross Radio 3AW and 2UE. In 2004 her company purchased the www.aboutseniors.com.au website, the largest non-government seniors portal in Australia. Kaye is also author of Get a New Life, a life change manual published by Allen & Unwin in 2004.

David Lane. As one of Australia’s best known architectural specialists in the industry, David has worked on significant domestic projects across the private, public and charitable sectors.  He has directed work on major international projects throughout Asia and is currently involved with projects in the Middle East, United Kingdom and new initiatives in India. David has been a Principal of Thomson Adsett Architects since 1986 and was appointed as Group Chairman in 2004.  He has been instrumental in developing Thomson Adsett’s reputation as a Specialist Consultancy Practice by expanding the Retirement and Aged Care divisions in key growth markets around Australia. David serves on several boards and is involved with the Australian Masters in Aged Care Services and The Salvation Army’s Aged Care Future Committee.  His passion for issues impacting on the elderly and their built environment is reflected in his highly regarded guest lectures at regular Australian and international conventions.

Allan Tranter is a Director and co-founder of Creating Communities and maintains a very hands-on role in the concept/strategy phases of major projects. He has a broad background in the public sector having been the Director of Recreation in WA and consultant to numerous public agencies on a wide range of issues. Allan also has extensive experience in the private sector and spent several years working in Asia.  Allan has served on many boards over the years the most recent being the Urban Development Institute of Australia Council, Western Australian Technology Precinct, Barking Gecko Theatre Company and the WA Athletics Association. 

Ben Phillips has over 10 years experience in the Economics field working in both the public and private sector. Ben started his career at the Australian Bureau of Statistics where he worked for four years as a research economist. Ben spent the next six years at the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) as an economic and social researcher where he specialised in the construction of economic models particularly in the fields of tax, social security and housing. Ben joined the Industry Policy area of the Housing Industry Association in early 2007 where he specialises in housing policy and economic analysis. Ben played an integral role last year in assisting the development of policy solutions in respect to housing affordability and continues to work closely in this area.