Australian Services Roundtable – Summit 2014

ASR’s annual services summit provided a platform to review the key issues and opportunities for the Australian services industries.

Wednesday July 16th, 2014

In 2014 the summit had 3 key themes:

> Services trade and investment
> Domestic services sector policy review
> Unleashing services innovation.

Each theme featured a high-profile guest speaker and a panel of subject matter experts.

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ASR SUMMIT 2014 PROGRAM of EVENTS:

 

Platinum sponsor of entire event was IBM Australia

10:00am Welcome by ASR President James Bond

10:15am Summit opening address by Senator Penny Wong, Shadow Minister for Trade and Investment.

SUMMIT THEME 1 – DOMESTIC SERVICES POLICY

Sponsor of this stream was KPMG

10:30am Theme Introductory Address by Glenys Beauchamp PSM, Secretary Department of Industry – The importance of Services Industry policy.

10:55am Australia’s Competitiveness – Presentation by Bryce Prosser, Chief Economist at CPAAustralia.

11:20am Open Contestability of Government service delivery – presentation by Cath Ingram, Chair, KPMG Canberra.

11:45am Services Policy Panel discussion including Kevin Keith (Consult Australia), Belinda Robinson (CEO – Universities Australia), Bryce Prosser (CPA Australia), Dr. Byron Keating (University of Canberra), Cath Ingram (Chair KPMG Canberra).

SUMMIT THEME 2 – SERVICES TRADE AND INVESTMENT

 

Sponsor of this stream was Austrade

12:30pm Lunch address – Trading Nation – Australian services trade perspectives past, present and future – Nicolas Brown.

1:00pm New frontiers in services trade negotiations – presentation by Helen Stylianou (Assistant Secretary, Office of Trade Negotiations, DFAT)

1:30pm Services Trade panel discussion – Driving services exports into the Asia Pacific region – Kaaren Koomen (IBM), Michael Mugliston (DFAT), Phillipa Dawson (Austrade), James Bond (Financial Services Council), Mike Adams

SUMMIT THEME 3 – SERVICES INNOVATION IN THEDIGITAL AGE

 

Sponsor of this stream was Australian Computer Society

2:00pm Theme Introductory Address By Phil Robertson, Chief Technology Officer at National ICTAustralia (NICTA) – Services transformation by technology.

2:30pm Harnessing the bang – Stories from the digital frontline 2014 – presentation by Ric Simes, Director at Deloitte Access Economics.

3:00pm Presentation re outcomes of ASR’s Services Innovation Research Project – Dr Ralph Kerle

3:30pm Services Innovation Panel discussion – Services Innovation Panel discussion – Phil Robertson (NICTA), Alan Patterson (ACS), Ric Simes (Deloitte), Vivianne Arnold (Franklin Phillips), Dr. Ralph Kerle

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6:30pm Dinner event with address by keynote speaker, Minister for Trade and Investment, The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP