FinPro Conference 2016 – Sharing Solutions

On behalf of the FinPro Executive Team I warmly invite you to attend the 2016 FinPro Conference.  This year the conference will be held at the picturesque Mantra Lorne from Wednesday 19 – Friday 21 October.

The Conference theme is ‘Sharing Solutions’, whether they be ideas, innovations, staff, policies, learnings.  We hope that, through this year’s conference presentations, you will gain an insight into other organisations work practices and also take the opportunity to build on your professional networks.  Both of these are crucial to working ‘better and more efficiently’ and we understand that both are also enormously important to us all as Local Government Finance Professionals.

We are privileged this year to have Dr Kathy Alexander provide our Key Note Address at the Conference Opening Dinner on Wednesday 19 October.   Kathy is the Chair of the Panel of Administrators at the City of Greater Geelong, a role she has held since May of this year.  Kathy has a wealth of experience in Local Government, having previously held the role of CEO Melbourne City Council.  She has also held leadership roles in other large organisations including the Health Care Sector.  She is learned in the area of community participation and stakeholder engagement and brings to the Conference a myriad of ideas on how we can ‘share solutions’.

Many other fantastic speakers will share their knowledge with delegates throughout the Conference including Juliana Roadley from CommSec.  Juliana will provide our annual ‘Economic Outlook’ presentation, a timely reminder that Budget Preparation is right around the corner.  Delegates will hear from Local Government practitioners themselves, from the CEO of Mornington Peninsula Shire, Carl Cowie, through to a number of our own members who have offered to share their knowledge.  Vaughan Williams (Northern Grampians Shire) is a great innovator in all things ‘technical’ and Peter Swabey (Glen Eira City Council) will share how Glen Eira have dealt with data security when it comes to accepting Credit Cards.

The Conference will end on a high with what is shaping up to be an amazing and entertaining presentation from Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. Dr Karl is renowned for his ability to discuss anything science and will share his take on ‘amazing and accidental solutions in the history of Science’.

The conference is not only about learning though. It also provides opportunities for delegates to develop their skills, share best practice initiatives between fellow delegates and it promotes professional networking opportunities.

I encourage you to make the most of this opportunity to learn, network with fellow delegates, to meet and talk to our sponsors and to participate in the discussions. Most of all share your valuable experiences with other delegates throughout the conference.

I would like to thank our many sponsors for their support of FinPro and of our Annual Conference. Their support is vital to the success of the conference and enabling FinPro to offer a wonderful program.  I strongly encourage you to visit each of our sponsors during the Conference to hear about what products and services they provide to the Local Government Sector.

On behalf of the Executive I sincerely hope that you are able to join us at what will be a very informative and enjoyable conference and I look forward to your company in Lorne from 19 – 21 October 2016.

A copy of the program is downloadable here:  FinPro-2016-Conference-Program

Registrations have now closed for this event.  If you would like to make an enquiry about attending please contact Gabrielle Gordon, FinPro Executive Officer, on 0400 114 015 or via email: [email protected]

Registrations closed on Monday 3 October 2016.  After that date registrations will be accepted subject to availability.

Shane Marr

President – FinPro