This event aims to encourage a stronger female presence in the corporate sector, so prepare to be inspired by some of WA’s leading ladies of business.
Listen to Diane as she shares her throughts on leadership and diversity on boards.

Time: 7:00am-9:00am

Date: Thursday 20th September 2012

Location: The Old Brewery, Mounts Bay Road

Featured Speaker 

Diane Smith-Gander

Diane Smith-Gander has, over a successful twenty five year business career, focused her energies on situations where major change is needed – bringing a blend of strategic thought and operational experience to enable effective execution.
Diane is a Director of Wesfarmers Limited, Transfield Services Limited, CBH Group Limited and Deputy Chairman of the National Broadband Network Company Limited. Diane also sits on the University of Western Australia Business School Advisory Board.
She is a past Chairperson of the Australian Sports Drug Agency and of Basketball Australia Limited, the peak body governing the sport in Australia.
Prior to embarking on a career as an independent director, Diane held senior executive roles at Westpac Banking Corporation in retail bank management. Her last role at Westpac was as the Group Executive responsible for IT and Operations reporting to the CEO.
She was a partner at McKinsey & Company in Washington DC and New Jersey serving clients in diverse industries globally. Diane continues to provide advice to McKinsey in Asia on merger management topics.

    
Join us for an exclusive evening with Little Creatures as we explore the brewing process and sample a selection of beers & ciders. Enjoy the latest exhibition displayed at the Perth Centre for Photography whilst networking with industry professionals.

Time:  5:30 – 7:30pm

Date: Thursday 14th June 2012

Location: Perth Centre for Photography, 100 Aberdeen Street Northbridge

There are only40 spots available for this exclusive event so register now to secure your spot!

The CIO Symposium will host a number of panel discussions and industry experts throughout 2012, encouraging CIO’s to develop and foster ideasgenerated through the events.

This forum is held for leaders in the IT industry to share opinions, insights and knowledge, allowing them to implement the best possible practices within their organisation.

Cloud Computing is a buzz topic right now with a large number of companies moving towards the cloud.

Peter Carr (CEO of Longhaus) joins us to discuss over lunch for our first event in 2012.  Peter will explore the significant changes in this space over the past 12 months, what the future holds and what it means for business.

Time: 12:00 – 2:00pm

Date: Tuesday 29th May 2012

Location: The Marque Hotel, 24 Mount Street Perth

MC James Lush, 720 ABC and owner of Lush TV

Our Speaker- Peter Carr, Managing Director at Longhaus

Peter is the Managing Director of Longhaus which he founded in 2006 following over a decade in international market research. He previously held Vice President level positions with the ICT industry’s leading NASDAQ listed Advisory and Consulting firms Gartner and META Group.  As a respected industry analyst and commentator Peter has now worked for 18 years within the IT and media sectors where immediately prior to Longhaus he headed Forrester Research as the Australian and New Zealand Vice President for 2-years.

Peter’s research work is now primarily focused on the application of technology in the Australian and Asia Pacific region. Peter founded Longhaus in 2006 following over a decade in international market research, during which time he has participated in several thousand business and sales meetings, public and private presentations, and hundreds of significant research and business transformation projects.

In 2009 Longhaus broke new ground by becoming the first commercialisation partner of the Queensland State Government for the publicaiton of ICT related asset data, which had previously only been used for ministerial and parliamentary cabinet reporting.

The CIO Symposium will host a number of panel discussions and industry experts throughout 2012, encouraging those in the IT field to develop and foster ideas generated through the events.

This forum is held for leaders in the IT industry to share opinions, insights and knowledge, allowing them to implement the best possible practices within their organisation.

•  3 x Luncheons in 2012
• Covering topical issues affecting the industry
• Variety of keynote speakers sharing insight and experiences

Sponsorship Opportunities!

Brand messages are impacted upon by your people, their values and the culture. Brand reputation is also affected by the degree of a team’s internal alignment and engagement with the brand precisely why it’s so important to develop culturally-based brand.

Culture presents as a risk to strategy execution, it has direct cost impact upon productivity, discretionary effort, quality, stress, rework, wasted time and in particular customer service. In a less quantifiable but no smaller way, culture also impacts upon accountability, simplicity, collaboration, reputation, rigour and speed.

Join us for this very special event as our expert panel explores the challenges of implementing brand culture across the business, and discuss how Executives can use cultural drivers to more effectively foster engagement, motivation and ultimately competitive advantage.

Time: 7:00am-9:00am

Date: Thursday 17th May 2012

Location: The Old Brewery, Mounts Bay Road

Our Panelists:

Jo Woodfield, Director, Brand and Culture Services: Wrays

With over 23 years’ experience in strategic Branding,  Marketing and Management consulting, Jo has held several national and international positions, most notably as business and brand consultant in London for OTM Brand where she was actively involved in developing brand strategy, communications and campaigns for clients such as L’Oreal, Garnier, Swatch, Tourism Australia, Radisson Hotels and NCR.    Returning to Australia, Jo owned her own branding consultancy business for five years, followed by a role as Director of Projects for a national brand strategy and research firm where she consulted on projects with clients such as Leighton, BHP, FAST, Imdex Ltd, Orontide Group and Adelaide Brighton.

As Group Head of Brand and Culture services at Wrays, Jo rebranded and repositioned the firm, launched an entirely new stable of branding services to the market, and she energetically continues with her love of keynote speaking about brand and culture.   Jo is  currently Lead Consultant facilitating services to blue chip and crown clients for Wray

Asha Stabback, Independent Consultant  (consulting to companies such as Barrick Gold, Citic Pacific, Chevron)

Asha has worked as a strategic HR and Organisational Development professional for the last 10 years, focusing on enabling organisations to build the capability within their company to achieve their business objectives through a range of integrated talent management initiatives including Leadership Development, Performance Management, Succession Planning, the Employee Value Proposition and Training and Development.

Asha is very passionate about talent management and working with senior leaders to coach them on how to deliver business results through engaging their employees. Whilst it can be difficult to measure, there are some simple calculations to assess the effectiveness of the initiatives.

Asha completed a Masters in Strategic HR at the University of WA in 2007 and has worked across several industries however predominantly in mining. Asha is currently working as a freelance consultant and balancing motherhood and her career.

Craig Spencer, Head of Human Resources/Community Engagement at Bankwest

Craig has held the role of Head of HR for Group Support Divisions incorporating Finance, Strategy, Legal, Audit, Risk Management, Corporate Affairs and HR Divisions since 2006. He is also Head of Community Engagement for Bankwest, building, implementing and maintaining a bank programme incorporating colleague volunteering, building relationships with charity and community partners, developing community sponsorships and workplace  giving programmes.

May 30^th, July 5^th, October 25^th – Venue TBC

The Investor Hours series allows up to 5 ASX listed companies (per event) the chance to present in front of brokers and investors. The cocktail style event will be free for investors.

The Investor Hours Series gives delegates the chance to get the latest updates on companies they are familiar with, or may already have investments with, while connecting investors to new and exciting opportunities.

The intimate setting and exclusive guest list creates the opportunity for face to face investor to CEO/ MD conversation and the chance to network and have a drink within a relaxed and comfortable environment.

View the event Invitation here

Sponsorship Opportunities!

An abundance of investment opportunities in Africa for the resource sector has sparked a wave of interest for Western Australian mining companies. Foreign affairs minister Kevin Rudd states “Australian resource projects in Africa are worth more than AUD $20 billion with billions of dollars more in the pipeline”.

The booming economy of Western Australia has allowed the mining firms of the WA resource industry to venture out of the country and expand their operations to include Africa as a top choice for new projects and investment.

As the resource sector begins to explore the wealth of opportunities in African mining, the WA business space must consider the issues, risks and challenges of Australian mining in Africa.

The ‘Investing in Africa’ breakfast offers a forum for discussion, education and information presented in a unique and captivating environment thanks to Via Appia Networking WA.

Time: 7:00am – 9:00am

Date: Wednesday 20th June 2012

Location: Duxton Hotel, St. Georges Terrace

Sponsorship Opportunities!

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Networking WA loves holding their speed networking events as they are always a lot of fun and a great way to meet with other industry professionals. Each attendee has three minutes to speak and share ideas with an industry professional before changing to someone new and gathering as much information from the next person.

This event creates opportunities to meet new people, share contacts and generate more business ideas in one short evening.

Date: 8th March

Time: 5:30-7:30pm

Location: Universal Bar (Upstairs) Northbridge

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Networking WA offers a range of business development workshops; each workshop gives a small number of around ten to fifteen people the opportunity to help their business improve in a number of areas. In 2012 the business workshops that are being offered are:

Social Media simplified being held on the 25th May 2012

The event themed ‘Social Media’ will give intensive and interactive training to understand all there is to know about social media and ways in which this new form of technology can make your business more successful in many ways.

Presenting with Confidence being held on the 12th July 2012

Presenting with Confidence will assist attendees learn how to hold the confidence they desire when presenting to their clients and corporate bodies, to make the most out of their presentation.

Sales Mastermind being held on 18th October 2012

The workshop on the topic of sales will give attendees the chance to understand the ins and outs of how to make the most of sales and the training needed to make the most out of your business. With special guest speaker Brad Tonini.

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 Thursday 23rd February 2012, 5:30pm – 7:30pm 

turnergalleries, 470 William Street Northrbidge WA 6003

Sample The Crush Group’s amazing summer selection of wine and ciders, whilst networking in a relaxed environment and  experience a unique  range of artworks from Marion Borgelt with her exhibition ‘Musical Geometry’ displayed at turnergalleries.