CANBERRA  |  MARCH 13, 2025

Program

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

PANEL
How 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

PANEL

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

PRESENTATION

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

PANEL

Harnessing the power of AI in government

PANELLISTS

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

MODERATOR

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

PANEL

How government should prepare for tomorrow’s biggest challenges

PANELLISTS

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

MODERATOR

Andrew Metcalfe AO, National President, Institute of Public Administration Australia

5:15 PM

Closing notes

5:20 PM

DRINKS RECEPTION

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