CANBERRA | MARCH 13, 2025
8:30am
Registration and refreshments
9:00 AM
Welcome address
9:10 AM
KEYNOTE
Building Australia's future: The essential role of the public service
Katy Gallagher, Public Service and Government Services Minister
9:40 AM
PANEL
Skills and capabilities public service agencies require in 2025 and beyond
Karen Blake, RVP Public Sector Australian Federal Government & New Zealand, Salesforce
Jody Broun, CEO, National Indigenous Australians Agency
Barney Glover, Commissioner, Jobs and Skills Australia
MODERATOR: Kate Driver, Chief Executive Officer IPAA ACT and Executive Director IPAA National
10:30 AM
MORNING TEA BREAK
11:00 AM
PRESENTATION
The APS Academy’s approach to capability development
Subho Banerjee, APSC deputy commissioner
11:30 AM
PANELHow the APS can attract and retain the best talent
Dr Marianne Broadbent, Managing Partner, Future Leadership
Alex Caruana, President, Australian Federal Police Association
David Schmidtchen, Professor of Practice in Public Sector Management, UNSW Canberra
MODERATOR: Stephen Bartos, Professor in Public Sector Governance, University of Canberra
12:15 PM
LUNCH BREAK
1:15 PM
Chaos as usual: How public servants can learn from crises
PANELLISTS
Alison Frame, Secretary, Department of Veterans' Affairs
Sean Innis, Principal, Damala St Consulting
Brenton Prosser, Professor, Public Policy & Leadership and Director, UNSW Public Partnerships & Impact Hub
MODERATOR
Melissa Coade, News Editor at The Mandarin
2:00 PM
How the APS must overcome ‘the expertise deficit’
Marcus Wigan, Professor Emeritus Edinburgh Napier University, Transport and Information systems
Pia Andrews, Public sector transformer and reformer
2:40 PM
Harnessing the power of AI in government
Glenn Archer, Hon Associate Professor, School of Computing, ANU and Industry Fellow, QUT
Chris Fechner, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Transformation Agency
Jim Freeman, CTO, Kyndryl
Julian Bajkowski, Senior Journalist at The Mandarin
3:20 PM
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
3:45 PM
INTERACTIVE SESSION
Capability with purpose - The ethical foundation of public service
Matt Beard Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership
4:30 PM
How government should prepare for tomorrow’s biggest challenges
Melissa Donnelly, CPSU National Secretary
John Glenn, Principal John Glenn and Associates
Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy in the Research School of the Social Sciences at ANU
Andrew Metcalfe AO, National President, Institute of Public Administration Australia
5:15 PM
Closing notes
5:20 PM
DRINKS RECEPTION
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