Thursday, 17 May 2018 – Sydney Hilton

TIME SPEAKERS

08.30AM Conference registration: refreshments served

Conference Opening Margy Osmond | CEO | TTF

Chairman’s Welcome Katie Lahey AM | Chairman | TTF

Opening Address Plenary 1 – High Alert: Impact of Terrorism on

Tourism

How to manage new and emerging security threats for

hotels and major events in a brave new world

Speaker: Mac Segal | Head of Hotel Security Consulting |

AS Solution

Keynote Address

Plenary 2 – Managing Overtourism

From Barcelona to Berlin, is Australia next to suffer from

tourism fatigue

Speaker: Luigi Cabrini | Chairman | Global Sustainability

Tourism Council

Keynote Address

Plenary 3 – Tourism & the Shared Economy

The rise of the shared economy: challenges and

opportunities for the tourism sector

Speaker: Sam McDonagh | Country Head – Australia and

New Zealand | Airbnb

10.30 – 10.55AM MORNING TEA

10.55AM Panel Session Unlocking our Great Outdoors

Opening up indigenous opportunities in nature-based and

scenic tourism

Speakers:

Rick Allert AO | Chair | Voyages

Gary Brown | Managing Director | Delaware North

Matthew Jackson | CEO | Parks Victoria

Justin O’Brien | CEO | Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corp

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Panel Session Australia – Sporting Capital of the World

How to maximise our love of sport and major events to

grow tourism

Moderator:

James Paterson | Partner | MI Associates

Speakers:

David Gallop AM | CEO | Football Federation Australia

Umberto Mecchi | Chief Marketing Officer | Hostplus

Kate Palmer | CEO | Australian Sports Commission

Panel Session Business Events – the Super Growth sector

Why we need to focus on this high yield, long term growth

sector

Speakers:

Joyce DiMascio | CEO | Exhibition and Events Association

of Australia

Phillipa Harrison | Executive GM International | Tourism

Australia

Michael Matthews | Chief Executive Officer | Canberra

Convention Bureau

Panel Session If you Build it, They will Come!

Building the 21st Century infrastructure Australian tourism

needs

Speakers:

Rachel Argaman | CEO | TFE Hotels

Andrew Lezala | CEO | Metro Trains Australia

Sture Myrmell | President | Carnival Australia

Thursday, 17 May 2018 – Sydney Hilton

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Panel Session Australia’s Cultural Renaissance

The continued rise of culture, heritage and the arts in tourism

Speakers:

Terese Casu | CEO | Mardi Gras Arts

Louise Herron AM | CEO | Sydney Opera House

John Kotzas | CEO | Queensland Performing Arts Centre

1.35 – 2.20PM LUNCH

2.20PM Panel Session Aviation: enhancing growth beyond tourism

We all know about the boom in visitor numbers between Asia

and Australia, but what other initiatives is the aviation sector

investing in to diversify their revenue streams and protect

against risk

Speakers:

Simon Gandy | Chief of Aviation | Melbourne Airport

David Goh | GM Cargo ANZ | Singapore Airlines

Amanda O’Brien | CEO | Xtreme Freight

Doug Robinson | VP Distribution and Industrial | IBM Asia

Pacific

Keynote Address

Plenary 4 – The Scotland Example

From the highlands to one of the hottest tourism destinations

worldwide – lessons the Scottish experience has for Australian

tourism

Speaker: Marc Crothall | CEO | Scottish Tourism Alliance

Panel Discussion The Global Skills Shortage

How to combat the global labour and skills shortage in the

tourism and hospitality industry

Speakers:

Serge Dansereau | Chef & Owner | The Bathers’ Pavilion

John Fink | Creative Director | Fink Group

4.00 – 5.00PM CLOSING DRINKS