ASFA Conference's Inspiring Superannuation Excellence 2017 | The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Limited | 29 November 2017 | International Convention Centre , 14 Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, Sydney

The ASFA Conference is the largest pensions event in the world. Now in its 55th year, this annual event continues to bring the Australian superannuation industry together under one roof. With an outstanding range of high calibre speakers, this is an unmissable opportunity to hear from leading local and international thought leaders.

A diverse program has been curated to inspire strong leadership, challenge the industry’s thinking and build the resilience, motivation and knowledge that is needed to deliver a sustainable retirement system.

Join us for thought-provoking keynote sessions, topic-specific parallel sessions (such as workshops and case studies) as well as less formal networking events. The 2017 ASFA Conference aims to challenge the status quo, explore emerging trends and look outside the superannuation industry for fresh inspiration.

The ASFA Conference is like no other – you’re sure to be challenged, informed and inspired throughout the three days.
❯ Be inspired by over 100 prominent international and local experts

❯ Deepen your knowledge personally and professionally, with 35+ sessions to choose from

❯ Maximise networking at 10+ official networking events

❯ Experience the latest innovations at the ASFA Super Expo with over 50 exhibitors

❯ Gain up to 18 CPD points

2017 Speakers:

Deng Adut
Refugee lawyer and 2017 NSW Australian of the Year

Prof. Dan Ariely (USA)
James B Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics, Duke University

David Atkin
Chief Executive Officer, Cbus

Glenn Barr
Implementation Leader (Engagement Manager), McKinsey & Company

Hon Kim Beazley AC
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Australian Ambassador to the United States of America

Gabrielle Bell
Director, VicSuper

David Blanchett (USA)
Head of Retirement Research, Morningstar Investment Management

Anna Bligh AC
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Bankers’ Association and former Premier of Queensland

Dr Adrian Blundell-Wignall (France)
Special Advisor to the OECD Secretary-General on Financial and Enterprise Affairs

Rachel Botsman
Author of forthcoming book, Who Can You Trust?

Hon Steve Bracks AC
Chairman, Cbus and former Premier of Victoria

Rod Bryan
Lead Partner, Solution 49x, KPMG Australia

Nick Callil
Head of Retirement Solutions Australia, Willis Towers Watson

Scott Charaneka
Head of Superannuation and Wealth Management, Thomson Geer Lawyers

Kylie Charlton
Chief Investment Officer, Australian Impact Investments

Matt Church
Founder and Chairman, Thought Leaders

Michael Clancy
Chief Executive Officer, Qantas Super

Brett Clark
Group Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, TAL

John Cleese (UK)
Actor, Screenwriter, Producer, Comedian

Dr Martin Cohen
Deputy Commissioner, Mental Health Commission of NSW

Jeremy Cooper
Chairman, Retirement Income, Challenger Limited

David Cowan
Chief Information Security and Technology Officer, Link Group

Paul Curtin
Chief Financial Officer, Executive General Manager, Strategy, PMO & Investment Operations, Telstra Super and Chair, ASFA VIC Risk & Compliance Discussion Group

Louise Davidson
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors

Emma Douglas (UK)
Head of Defined Contribution, Legal & General Investment Management

Vicki Doyle
Director Superannuation, Retirement & Investments, AMP

Michael Dwyer AM
(Fellow of ASFA), Chief Executive Officer, First State Super

Dr Michael Easson AM
Independent Chair, ASFA

Linda Elkins
Executive General Manager, Colonial First State, ASFA Director and Chair, ASFA Consumer & Industry Outcomes Policy Council

Sophie Elsworth
Personal Finance Writer, News Corp Australia

Ben Elton
Comedian, Author, Playwright, Director

Dr Martin Fahy
Chief Executive Officer, ASFA

Rachel Farrell
Chief Executive Officer and Country Head, J.P. Morgan Asset Management Australia

Rod Finch
Director Strategic Marketing & Customer Experience, AMP

Madeleine Fitzpatrick
General Manager Marketing Supermarkets and General Manager IGA Xpress, Metcash

Kathryn Forrest
Executive General Manager, TelstraSuper

David Galbally AM QC
Partner, Madgwicks

Yossi Ghinsberg
Adventurer, Author, Entrepreneur and Humanitarian

Maged Girgis
Partner, MinterEllison

Former Vice President Al Gore (USA)
Co-founder and Chairman, Generation Investment Management

Matt Griggs
High Performance Coach

Ben Hallam (USA)
Head of Marketing, Airbnb

Emma Herd
Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate Change

Chris Hitchen (UK)
Chief Executive Officer, Railways Pension Trustee Company

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC
Senior Counsel; Director, Club Plus Super

Suzanne Holden
Chief Executive Officer, Link Group Fund Administration and ASFA Director

Cambell Holt
Chief Customer Officer, Pacific, Mercer

Andrew Howard
Chief Operating Officer, REST Industry Super

Jane Hutcheon
Broadcaster, Journalist and Author

Mitch Ison
Senior Solutions Consultant, Decimal

Caroline James
Head of Assurance and Compliance – Pensions and Investments, ANZ Wealth

Robert Jeremenko
Head of the Retirement Income Policy Division, Department of the Treasury

Major Matina Jewell
(Retired)

Peter Jolly
Global Head of Research, National Australia Bank

Dean Joscelyne
Founder & Executive Director, IXUP

Katherine Kaspar
Chief Executive Officer, Kinetic Super

Peter Kell
Deputy Chair, ASIC

Kelly Kerr
Senior Strategy and Solution Design Manager, Public Policy and Technical Services, BT Financial Group

Steve Killelea AM
Founder & Executive Chairman, Integrated Research Ltd; The Charitable Foundation; Institute for Economics & Peace

Analisa Kirby
General Manager, Intermediary Marketing, National Australia Bank and member, 2017 Conference Committee

Martin Lindstrom (Denmark)
International Consumer Branding Expert, Best-Selling Author, Brand Futurist

Jason Lucchese
Assistant Commissioner, ATO

Don Luke
Chair, QIC Limited

Hayley Lyons
General Manager – Client Services & Business Management, QIC and Chair, ASFA QLD Emerging Leaders Committee

Josh Manning
Chief Executive Officer, Manning Asset Management and member, ASFA NSW Emerging Leaders Committee

Russell Mason
(Fellow of ASFA), Lead National Superannuation Partner, Deloitte, Deputy Chair, 2017 Conference Committee and member, 2017 Keynote Advisory Group

Graeme Mather
Director, Schroders

Craig Matthew
Director, Asia Principal Capital and member, 2017 Conference Committee

Tom May
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Australian Ethical

Glen McCrea
Chief Policy Officer, ASFA

Gerard McDermott
Group Executive, Managed Funds EML

Alexandra McGuigan
Chair, ASFA NSW Emerging Leaders Committee and Institutional Sales Director

Darren McShane
Former Chair IOPS Technical Committee and Executive Director, MPFA Hong Kong

Dr Ashby Monk (USA)
Executive and Research Director, Global Projects Center, Stanford University

Mary Murphy
Chief Digital Officer, First State Super and member, 2017 ASFA Conference Committee

David Neal
Chief Executive Officer, Future Fund

Erik Norland (USA)
Executive Director and Senior Economist, CME Group

Sarah O’Brien
Executive Officer, Gateway Network Governance Body

Anne-Maree O’Connor (NZ)
Head of Responsible Investment, NZ Super Fund

Hon Kelly O’Dwyer MP
Minister for Revenue and Financial Services

James O’Halloran
Deputy Commissioner, Superannuation, Australian Taxation Office

Ian Patrick
Chief Investment Officer, Sunsuper

Liza Pavlakos
Entrepreneur, Author, Philanthropist

Michael Pennisi
Chief Executive Officer, QSuper

Brian Peters
Chief Executive Officer, IQ Group

Gideon Rachman (UK)
Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times

Joe Rogers
Chief Executive Officer, The Contenders

Helen Rowell
Deputy Chairman, APRA

Nicolette Rubinsztein
Nicolette Rubinsztein, Chair, 2017 Keynote Advisory Group, member, ASFA Super System Design Council and Non-executive Director, UniSuper, OnePath Insurance, Class Limited and SuperEd

Bernard Salt AM
Managing Director, The Demographics Group

Paul Schroder
Group Executive – Engagement, Advocacy and Brand, AustralianSuper

Hon Nick Sherry
Chief Executive Officer, Sherry & Associates International

Judith Sloan
Contributing Economics Editor, The Australian

Allan Sparkes CV, OAM, VA
Deputy Commissioner, Mental Health Commission of NSW

Simon Stefanoff
Director, Deloitte Digital

Darren Stevens
Director, Product Management & Strategy, Bravura and member, 2017 Conference Committee

Deanne Stewart
Chief Executive Officer, MetLife Australia

Michael Stutchbury
Editor-in-Chief, The Australian Financial Review

Wayne Sullivan
(Fellow of ASFA), Director of Marketing and Business Development, Frontier Advisors and member, 2017 Conference Committee

Mike Taylor
Managing Editor, Money Management and Super Review

Christopher Thorn AM
Partner, Impact Investment, Social Finance, Philanthropy, Ernst & Young

Wendy Tancred
Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Super

Leeanne Turner
Chief Executive Officer, MTAA Super and member, 2017 Keynote Advisory Group

Roger Urwin (UK)
Global Head of Investment Content, Willis Towers Watson

Nicholas Vamvakas
Chief Executive Officer, Equipsuper

Hans van Daatselaar
(Fellow of ASFA), Executive Officer, ASP Services, ASFA

Graham Vidler (UK)
Director of External Affairs, Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association

Damien Walsh
Managing Director, Bank Australia

Shemara Wikramanayake
Head of Macquarie Asset Management

Laura Wright
Senior Manager Governance, NGS Super

Carlene York
Assistant Commissioner, NSW Police

2017 Partners:

MAJOR PARTNERS
• Link group
• Nab
• TAL
• Mercer

SUPPORTING PARTNERS
• Bravura
• Metlife
• MorningStar

PROGRAM PARTNERS
• Challenger Leadership Symposium partner
• KPMG Leadership Symposium venue partner
• Legal & General Investment Management

GLOBAL PENSIONS SUMMIT PARTNER
• MinterEllison

TRUSTEE BRIEFING PARTNER
• Thomson Geer Lawyers

NETWORK PARTNERS:
• PWC

INDUSTRY LEADERS PRE-DINNER DRINKS AND CONFERENCE DINNER PARTNER
• EY Building a better working world

NETWORKING HUB SPONSOR
• OnePath

ASFA LIVE SITE PARTNER
• QIC

NETWORKING DRINKS PARTNER
• BNP Paribas

THE BANK FOR A CHANGING WORLD
• MLC Life Insurance

ASFA/WOMEN IN SUPER BREAKFAST PARTNER
• GBST

EVENT ESPRESSO PARTNER
• Goal

GOLF DAY PARTNER
• LCP
• CME Group

INNOVATION PARTNER:
• KPMG

RESOURCE PARTNER:
• IQGroup

TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS:
• Creativa Videos

VIDEO PRODUCTION PARTNER
• Decimal

DIGITAL ADVICE PARTNER

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA PARTNERS:
• FT Financial Times

EMERGING LEADERS NETWORKING PARTNERS:
• Tribeca Investment Partners
• IFAA Administrator & Advisors