2019 Conference Agenda

Monday 14 October 2109

Day 1 Recycling / Reuse

Sponsored by:

TIME	PROGRAM DETAILS	SPEAKER / PANELISTS
9:00am	WELCOME	Omer Soker, CEO, NACRO
9:10am	OPENING ADDRESS	Hon Lily D’Ambrosio, Minister for Energy, Environment & Climate Change
9:30am	KEYNOTE The Collaborative Circular Economy Future for Charitable Recyclers Click here to see notes on Keynote Abstract	Steve Morriss, Head of Circular Economy Development, Planet Ark & Founder, Close the Loop
10:15am	PANEL Elevating Charity Reuse and Recycling to the Forefront of Government Circular Economy Policies Click here to see notes on the panel discussion	Steve Morriss, Head of Circular Economy Development, Planet Ark Angela Hoefnagels, Senior Manager, Waste and Resource Recovery, DELWP Natalie Alves, Senior Policy Officer, NSW Environment Protection Authority Matt Davis, National Director, Salvos Stores and Chair, NACRO
11:00am	MORNING TEA
11:15am	Sustainability in Fashion and Textile Reuse and Recycling Solutions	Camille Reed, Founder, Australian Circular Fashion Conference & Australasian Circular Textile Association (ACTA)
11:45am	Product Stewardship Scheme for Clothing and Textiles	Peter Allan, Founder, Sustainable Resource Use
12:15am	Media Messaging: Make the Media Work for You	Catriona Dixon, Top Bird, Toothless Parrot Communications
1:00pm	LUNCH
2:00pm	Product Stewardship Principals, Revenue and Risk Minimisation for e-Waste and More	Warren Overton, CEO, Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform (ANZRP)
2:30pm	PANEL Reuse, Repair and Resource Recovery – How Can We Do it Better	Warren Overton, CEO, ANZRP Ryan Collins, Head of Sustainable Resource Programs, Planet Ark Sam Sondhi, CEO, Outlook Victoria Darren Andrews, Co-Founder, Green Collect
3:15pm	AFTERNOON TEA
3:30pm	Aligning Staff and Volunteers with Charitable Mission, Purpose and Strategic Objectives	Nina Mapson Bone, Managing Director, Beaumont People
4:00pm	NACRO Annual General Meeting
5:00pm	End of Day 1 Sessions
7:00pm	CONFERENCE DINNER Pullman Albert Park Melbourne (Conference Dinner now sold out)

Tuesday 15 October 2109

Day 2 Retail/Responsible Donating

Sponsored by:

TIME	PROGRAM DETAILS	SPEAKER / PANELISTS
9:00am	KEYNOTE Turning Donors into Shoppers	Yasmin Grigaliunas, Co-Founder, World’s Biggest Garage Sale
9:30am	PANEL Improving the Instore Customer Experience and Integrating Donors	Yasmin Grigaliunas, Co-Founder, World’s Biggest Garage Sale Edwina Wagland, Executive Officer, St Vincent de Paul Society Debbie Cameron, Executive CDS & New Recycling Ventures, Good Samaritan Industries
10:15am	Online Retailing – The Past, Present and Future for Charities	Nerada Stern, eBay Charities Consultant and CEO, Bid for Good Peter Knock, Director, Peter Knock Advisory Lucas Ferrier, e-Commerce Manager, Salvos Stores
10:40am	Young Innovators – Revolutionising the Second Hand Economy Online	Michael Lee, CircEx Project Led, UNSW Enactus
10:45am	MORNING TEA
11:00am	Outperforming Mainstream Retail to Grow the Charity Op Shop Market Share	Brian Walker, CEO, The Retail Doctor Group
11:30am	Young Innovators – Reimagining the Charity Bin	Molly Dixon, HSC Student, Wenona High School
11:45am	Global Trends in Charitable Impact Measurement	Matt Allen, Program Manager, NACRO and former Executive Director Zero Waste Network
12:00am	Retail Growth, Market Expansion and Innovative Collection Strategies	Richard Wood, Head of Retail, Australian Red Cross
12:30pm	PANEL Smart Strategies to Reach More Retail Consumers	Victoria Featherlake, Founder, I Love to Op Shop Barbara Gill, General Manager, Garage Sale Trail
1:00pm	LUNCH
2:00pm	Promoting Trust and Donations to Registered Charities	Jessica Horey, Acting Director of Compliance, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
2:30pm	Global Trends in the Second Hand Economy	Edwina Morgan, GM Customer Strategy Aife O’Loughlin, Customer Experience Manager, Salvos Stores
3:00pm	Elevating Impact and Communicating the Retail Experience	John Elliott, Founder, Save Our Soles
3:30pm	Conference Closing Address	Matt Davis, Chair, NACRO
4:00pm	NETWORKING DRINKS
5:00pm	CONFERENCE CLOSES

Conference agenda subject to change

Due to venue deposits already paid, any requests for registration cancellations after 15 August 2019 will be actioned at 50% only, and no refunds can be entertained after 30 September 2019.