INDIGENOUS ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS CONFERENCE 26–27 October 2016

Deakin University Geelong Waterfront Campus 1 Gheringhap Street Geelong, Victoria Australia

Deakin Business School is pleased to announce its second Indigenous Accounting and Business Conference to be held on 26–27 October 2016 at the Geelong Waterfront, Victoria, Australia.

Established as a forum for business owners and leaders, finance professionals, researchers and policymakers, the conference encourages the exchange of information and knowledge related to the impact of financial and business skills and their role in Indigenous success.

This year, the two-day conference will feature keynote speakers Robynne Quiggin, Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner; Laura Berry, Chief Executive Officer, Supply Nation; Professor Mark Rose, Executive Director, Office of Indigenous Strategy and Education, La Trobe University; and Amanda Young, Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Foundation.

Building on last year’s inaugural conference and encompassing Russell Taylor’s (2015 keynote speaker) statement that ‘cultural competence is just as important as professional competence’, the 2016 theme is ‘Cultural inclusion in business’.

The conference will deliver a range of sessions:

Indigenous businesses – national and international

Government initiatives and outcomes

The professions: embedding of cultural knowledge

Embedding culture in business

The perspectives of Indigenous business students

Indigenous not-for-profit organisations

The role of financial literacy in Indigenous communities

Supporting Indigenous employment in the field of business

The overarching aim is to provide a positive, interesting and culturally safe forum, where we continue to raise awareness regarding the role business and finance can play in economic development.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Laura Berry CEO, Supply NationLaura was appointed CEO of Supply Nation in May 2015, having been involved with the organisation since its inception through her work with two founding member companies, Leighton Holdings and Qantas Airways.With two decades of experience in stakeholder management, risk mitigation and reputation management, Laura’s career has spanned the private and public sectors, including Federal and State politics, public affairs and roles with top ASX listed companies. Laura joined Supply Nation following four years at Qantas, where she led the Qantas Group’s Corporate Community Investment Program, encompassing the Qantas Reconciliation Program, Qantas Foundation, Indigenous and Community Partnerships, Workplace Giving, National Arts Sponsorships and the Qantas Brand Ambassadors Program.Laura is currently the Chairperson of CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program, a Director of Indigenous Business Australia’s Indigenous Tourism Asset Management Division, and a former director of Supply Nation and Engineering Aid Australia. Laura holds a Graduate Certificate in Management from the University of Technology, Sydney and is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Born and raised in Canberra, Laura proudly identifies with her Aboriginal and Italian heritage.

Robynne Quiggin Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice CommissionerRobynne Quiggin is a Wiradjuri lawyer, based in Sydney. she has worked across a number of legal and policy areas of relevance to Indigenous Australians including consumer issues, human rights, governance, the arts and heritage. She is currently the Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission.Robynne has served on a number of boards including the Arts Law Centre of Austalia and Gadigal Information Services. She is currently deputy chair of the board of Bangarra Dance Theatre, a Trustee of the Australian Museum, chair of Westpac’s Reconcilliation Action Plan Committee, a director of the board of the Lowitja Institute and a member of the Indigenous Law Bulletin’s Editorial Panel. ** Due to the recent appointment as Co-commissioner of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory our Keynote Speaker Mick Gooda has now been replaced by Robynne Quiggin.

Mark Rose Executive Director, Office of Indigenous Strategy and Education, Latrobe UniversityMark is traditionally linked to the Gunditjmara Nation of western Victoria. With a forty-year career in education, he has contributed to a broad range of educational settings at state, national and international levels. At a state and national level, and with community endorsement, Mark has sat on five ministerial advisory committees. Between 2003 and 2005 Mark co-chaired the Victorian Implementation Review of Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. In 2009 he assumed the position of Chair of Indigenous Knowledge Systems at Deakin University, and moved to La Trobe University as Executive Director of the Office of Indigenous Strategy and Education in 2013.In ministerially appointed arrangements he advised ministers Nelson, Bishop, Gillard and Garrett, co-chaired Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Review, sat on numerous government task forces, represented community at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, and is a delegate to the National Congress of Australia’s First People.Mark is currently:• Chair/Chancellor of Batchelor Indigenous Institute of Tertiary Education Darwin• Vice President VAEAI (Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated)• Chair Koorie Academy of Excellence (KAE).• Chair ACARA (National Curriculum) Indigenous Advisory Group• Chair Toorong Marnong.

Amanda Young CEO, First Nations Foundation

Amanda Young has been working as a lawyer, public servant and business consultant in the Indigenous space for over 20 years. She began her career as a criminal defence lawyer at the Queensland Aboriginal Legal Service, then moved into a series of strategic government roles including policy, justice and economic development in both Queensland and Victoria. In 2000, when Amanda was working as the strategic adviser to the Queensland Government on the Indigenous Stolen Wages litigation, she developed a full understanding of the issue and so she was excited to take up the role as CEO of First Nations Foundation, where she could make a difference. To her it felt like closing a circle, being able to teach First Nations people the money-management skills they had been denied for two centuries. She is passionate about seeing First Nations people achieve economic freedom.Amanda has qualifications in law, was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1993, holds several coaching and leadership qualifications and is currently studying psychology part-time. She also holds a director role on the board of Indigenous Architects and Design Victoria.

PROGRAM Day one: Wednesday 26 October 2016

9.30-9.45 am Welcome to Country ceremony

ROOM D3.211 Level 3

Corrina O’Toole and Norm Stanley

9.45-9.50 am Conference welcome

Dr Luisa Lombardi Conference Chair, Deakin Business School

9.50-10.00 am Vice-Chancellor welcome

Professor Jane den Hollander

10.00 am- 10.35 am

Keynote speaker Robynne Quiggin Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

10.35 am- 10.50 am

Indigenous Accountants Australia

Richard Hurst Relationship Manager, Indigenous Strategies

10.50 am- 11.15 am

Morning tea Gallery Space Level 2

11.15 am- 12.30 pm

Indigenous businesses: national and international

ROOM D3.211 Level 3

CHAIR Benson Saulo

Shawn Andrews Founder and Managing Director, Indigicate, AustraliaPhillip Tane Principal of Tane & Associates, New ZealandMinakhi Chand Community Micro Finance Group, IndiaJean Paul Gladu President and CEO, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, Canada

12.30-1.50 pm Bus to Institute of Koorie Education (IKE), lunch and tour of IKE

1.50-2.00 pm Director, Institute of Koorie Education welcome

Institute of Koorie Education

Professor Liz Cameron

2.00-2.35 pm Keynote speaker Professor Mark Rose Executive Director, Office of Indigenous Strategy and Education, La Trobe University

2.35-3.50 pm Government initiatives and outcomes

Institute of Koorie Education

CHAIR Cheryl Peate

Karen Milward Victorian Aboriginal Economic Development Board Sarah Richards PwC Indigenous ConsultingPhil Usher Department of Human ServicesIan Hamm Economic Inclusion, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources

3.50-5.05 pm The professions: embedding of cultural knowledge

Institute of Koorie Education

CHAIR Professor Brian Martin

Miriam Cavanagh Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Educator (Medicine and Nursing)Peter Seidel Partner, Public Interest Law, Arnold Bloch Leibler (Law)Rueben Berg Executive Officer, Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria (Architecture)Sally Clark Manager, PwC Indigenous Consulting (Accounting)

5.05-5.30 pm Bus back to Geelong Waterfront Campus

6.30-7.15 pm Pre-dinner drinks, entertainment – Western Beach Front Room, Level 6 (Please meet in Gallery Space, Level 2, Conference Registration Area)Address by Professor Mike Ewing, Executive Dean, Deakin Business School

7.15 pm Dinner – Waterfront Kitchen

Day two: Thursday 27 October 2016

9.00-9.10 am Welcome to day 2 ROOM D3.211 Level 3

Professor Barry J Cooper Associate Dean, Industry Engagement and Partnerships Deakin Business School

9.10-9.45 am Keynote speaker Laura Berry Chief Executive Officer, Supply Nation

9.45-11.00 am Embedding culture in business

ROOM D3.211 Level 3

CHAIR Sally Clark

Christian Lugnan Regional Manager, Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, Coffs HarbourRebecca Harcourt Program Manager, Indigenous Business Education, UNSW Business School Shawn Andrews Founder and Managing Director, Indigicate

11.00 am-11.30 am

Morning tea Gallery Space Level 2

11.30 am- 12.45 pmSimultaneous break-out session

The perspectives of Indigenous business students

ROOM D2. 211 Level 2

CHAIR Rebecca Harcourt

Lisa De LaHaye Deakin University Matthew Jones Deakin UniversityLeanne Howard UNSW Business SchoolMitchell Heritage UNSW Business School

Day two (continued)

11.30 am- 12.45 pmSimultaneous break-out session

Indigenous not-for-profit organisations

ROOM D2.212 Level 2

CHAIR Professor Barry Cooper

Jean Paul Gladu President and CEO, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, Canada Ellery Blackman Assistant Manager, Enterprise, KPMGPhil Usher Department of Human Services

12.45-1.20 pm Lunch Gallery Space Level 2

1.20-1.55 pm Keynote speaker ROOM D3.211 Level 3

Amanda Young Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Foundation

1.55-3.10 pmSimultaneous break-out session

Supporting Indigenous employment in the field of business

ROOM D2.211 Level 2

CHAIR Adrian Williams

Kyle Leong Indigenous Career Acquisition Consultant, CBA Andrew Olsen Indigenous Employment Consultant, KPMG Damian Shannon Employee Relations Coordinator, People Performance, John HollandMark Dingle Director, Indigenous Sector Practice, EY

The role of financial literacy in Indigenous communities

ROOM D2.212 Level 2

CHAIR Ellery Blackman

Mere George Executive member of Nga Kaitatau Maori o Aotearoa, GHA Chartered Accountants & Management consultantsAmanda Young Chief Executive Officer, First Nations FoundationChristian Lugnan Regional Manager, Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, Coffs Harbour Nathan Boyle Policy Analyst, Indigenous Outreach Program, ASIC

3.10-3.35 pm Afternoon tea Gallery Space Level 2

3.35-5.00 pm Academic Papers ROOM D3.211 Level 3

CO CHAIRS Professor Barry Cooper Dr Simona Scarparo

Annette Gainsford and Michelle Evans Indigenising curriculum in business educationDr Justine Ferrer and Dr Paul Turner The devil is in the detail: Representation, diversity and inclusion for Indigenous persons on AFL club websitesDr Roslyn Carnes A case for trauma informed legal practitionersAssoc Prof Gabrielle Fletcher A narrative of literacies: Re-centring Indigenous business as cultural practiceMatthew Jones Could the creation of an Indigenous Sovereign wealth fund assist in closing the gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous Australians

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