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Time	Topic	Speaker
8.30 – 9.00am	Registration and Arrival Tea & Coffee Atlantic Room
9.00 – 9.15am	Opening Remarks from the Chair	JEFF BRESNAHAN SUPERRATINGS
9.15am – 10.30am	“SUPER POST ELECTION AND POST REPORTS” Why the landscape will change forever	TBA
10.30 – 11.00am	Morning tea break Atlantic Room
11.00 – 12.00pm	“YOUR BALANCED OPTIONS STINK” What’s wrong with your asset allocation	TBA
12.00 – 12.45pm	“WITHOUT CREATIVITY, YOU’RE HISTORY” Why your fund needs creativity. Why you don’t have it. How to get it. A world leader on creative thinking, Dr Wayne Lotherington explains how creativity is the key that will allow your fund to become innovative, to differentiate itself from competitors and, ultimately, to flourish. He exposes the common creativity-blockers and reveals the tools that great creative thinkers use to generate their brilliant ideas.	DR WAYNE LOTHERINGTON
12.45 – 1.45pm	Lunch Break Atlantic Room
1.45 – 2.45pm	“ IF YOU DON’T TOUCH MY HEART, YOU WON’T GET MY MONEY” A super fund isn’t a charity, but should it think like one? Can’t see the similarity between a super fund and a charity? You will by the end of this session. The CEOs of 3 of Australia’s largest charities discuss the important role of emotion in persuading sponsors to open their wallets – and what this means for super funds. They reveal how not-for-profit entities compete in a non-competitive arena. And they discuss the common goal that’s shared by super funds and charities.	TBA
2.45 – 3.30pm	“HOW TO STAY OFF THE SCRAP HEAP” Survival techniques of the best leaders. Rationalisation in the super industry is inevitable. The funds that survive will be the ones with the strongest leaders, inspiring the best performance from their staff and loyalty from their members. What are the secrets of the world's best leaders? Steve Vamos honed his leadership skills at iconic brands Apple, ninemsn and Microsoft. He now runs the leadership think tank, the Society for Knowledge Economics.	STEVE VAMOS
3.30 – 4.00pm	Afternoon tea break Atlantic Room
4.00 – 5.00pm	“IF SMSFs ARE A JOKE THEN WHY AREN’T WE LAUGHING?” Six powerful strategies for fighting SMSFs. And one really dumb one. SMSFs continue to grow at an extraordinary rate. Nobody seems to have any ideas to stop the spread. Nobody until now. In this challenging session, one of the best marketing strategists working in Australia uses examples from other industries in examining a number of strategies that could beat SMSFs – and one strategy that will ensure they continue to thrive unabated.	TBA
5.00 - 5.05pm	Close