CEO & Leadership Forum
CEO & Leadership Post Budget FORUM May 2024
20 & 21 MAY 2024 | SYDNEY (TBC)
NESA anticipates the 2024 – 2025 Federal Budget will include significant measures for the employment services sector.
This 2 Day Symposium will include various speakers offering insight into the measures outlined in the Budget and their potential significance and impact on employment services and opportunities for participants to exchange views on the implications for our sector.
Subject to Confirmation – Proposed dates 20 & 21 May – Sydney
NESA First Nations
Employment Conference 2024
Better Together – Connecting for First Nations Employment
As the gateway to the Great Barrier reef, Cairns is the perfect setting for our First Nations Employment Conference at the Pullman International Cairns on 18 and 19 June 2024.
Important conversations and strong, connected voices are important in shaping the future of First Nations Employment. Our conference program will provide opportunities to have these important conversations and connections, in addition to hearing from some of Australia’s leading First Nations experts in policy, service design and evidence.
Event Details
VENUE
PULLMAN CAIRNS INTERNATIONAL
17 Abbott Street
Cairns Qld 4870, Australia
T: + 61 7 4031 1300
MASTERCLASS
Tuesday 18 June 2024
9.00am - 12.00pm
CONFERENCE DAY 1
Tuesday 18 June 2024
1.00pm - 5.00pm
NETWORKING DRINKS
Tuesday 18 June 2024
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Daintree Pool
CONFERENCE DAY 2
Wednesday 19 June 2024
9.00am - 4.15pm
Topics
** Subject to change **
Building Strong Capability
Economic Development
Youth
Care Careers
Co-Design for Working with Communities
Literacy (Digital and LLN)
Employer Engagement
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Meet our Speakers
** More coming soon **
MICK GOODA
Mick Gooda’s people are the Ghungalu from the Dawson Valley in Central Queensland on his mother’s side and Yiman from around Taroom on his father’s side. He has spent the last 30 years advocating for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. He was appointed the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in February 2010 and held that position until September 2016 when he was appointed Co-Commissioner on the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.
He has undertaken work a wide range of roles such as the CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Native Title Consultant with the Western Australian Aboriginal Legal Service and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, ATSIC.
He chaired the Queensland Stolen Wages Reparation Taskforce and the National Centre of Indigenous Genomics and has been a member of the Expert Panel and the Referendum Council which were convened to advised the Federal Government on the Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Australian constitution.
More recently, he was a Co-Chair of the Interim Truth and Treaty Body which is tasked with maintaining the momentum on the Path to Treaty here in Queensland previous to this he Co-Chaired the Treaty Advancement Committee which recommended the next steps in the Queensland treaty and truth telling process.
PROFESSOR VALERIE COOMS
Professor Valerie Cooms is a Quandamooka woman and is the Director of CAEPR. Professor Cooms has had many years’ experience working in Indigenous affairs, within the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, the then Departments of Education Employment and Training, as well as Social Security delivering services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
More recently Professor Cooms was the CEO of Queensland South Representative Body Aboriginal Corporate and Queensland South Native Title Services, as well as a Member of the National Native Title Tribunal.
Professor Cooms is currently the Chair of the Quandamooka Yoolooburabee Registered Native Title Body Corporate and is the Deputy Chair of Aboriginal Hostels Limited and also the Chair of the Aboriginal and Islander Independent School in Brisbane for five years and set up the Wadja Wadja High School in Woorabinda Aboriginal community.
Pricing
NESA Member
1 - 2 DELEGATES-
Attendance to the Pre-Conference Masterclass | Tues 18 June
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Attendance to Day 1 and 2 of the First Nations Employment Conference | Tues 18 - Wed 19 June
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Networking Drinks | Evening of Tues 18 June
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Prices are inclusive of GST
NESA Member
3+ DELEGATES-
Attendance to the Pre-Conference Masterclass | Tues 18 June
-
Attendance to Day 1 and 2 of the First Nations Employment Conference | Tues 18 - Wed 19 June
-
Networking Drinks | Evening of Tues 18 June
-
Prices are inclusive of GST
Non-Member
1 - 2 DELEGATES-
Attendance to the Pre-Conference Masterclass | Tues 18 June
-
Attendance to Day 1 and 2 of the First Nations Employment Conference | Tues 18 - Wed 19 June
-
Networking Drinks | Evening of Tues 18 June
-
Prices are inclusive of GST
Non-Member
3+ DELEGATES-
Attendance to the Pre-Conference Masterclass | Tues 18 June
-
Attendance to Day 1 and 2 of the First Nations Employment Conference | Tues 18 - Wed 19 June
-
Networking Drinks | Evening of Tues 18 June
-
Prices are inclusive of GST
Accommodation
Book your hotel room at a special rate, exclusive to our event. Bookings must be made before 19 May 2024.
PHOTO CREDIT: Pullman Cairns International
Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities
Join us in our mission to empower and support disadvantaged Australians in their journey towards employment and inclusion.
By placing your organisation in the spotlight of our large and diverse audience, you can associate your brand with the outstanding work done by the sector. Together, we can create meaningful change and pave the way for a brighter future for all Australians.
Contact Us
SPONSORSHIP/EXHIBITOR ENQUIRIES
Annette Gill
annetteg@nesa.com.au
T: + 61 409 551 182
REGISTRATION ENQUIRIES
Bec Game
becgame@nesa.com.au
+61 468 441 316