NatStats 2010 Conference

NatStats 2010 Program

15 September 2010 11:00:00

NatStats 2010 Program - "Measuring What Counts: Economic Development, Wellbeing and Progress in 21st Century Australia"
	Wednesday 15 September 2010
17:00-19:00	Registration Desk Open- Sydney Convention Centre, Bayside Terrace
18.00 - 19.00	Welcome Reception - Sydney Convention Centre, Bayside Terrace Hon. Ms Carmel Tebbutt BEc MP NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Health
DAY ONE	Thursday 16 September 2010
08.00 - 17.00	Registration Desk Open
08.45 - 09.20	1. Welcome & Opening Watch Video Indigenous Welcome to Country Mr Brian Pink Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics The Hon Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer
09.20 - 10.30	2. Morning Session - Plenary: Ensuring Effective Policies For Australia: A Public Service Challenge Watch Video Dr Ken Henry AC Secretary, Department of the Treasury Mr Paul McClintock AO Chairman, COAG Reform Council
10.30 - 11.00	Morning Tea
11:00 - 12:30	3. Concurrent Session: Productivity and Australia's Future
	3A. Concurrent: Better Financial Markets For Better Productivity Watch Video Mr Saul Eslake Program Director, Grattan Institute Mr Michael Schur Secretary, NSW Treasury Mr William H. Evans Chief Economist, Westpac	3B. Concurrent: Towards A Brighter Future: The Role Of Innovation And Technology In Productivity Watch Video Dr Terry Cutler Principal, Cutler and Company Dr Ralph Lattimore Assistant Commissioner, Productivity Commission Dr David Skellern CEO, National ICT Australia	3C. Concurrent: Labour, Education and Skills: Building A Clever Australia Watch Video Professor Barry McGaw AO PhD Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute, Melbourne Graduate School of Education Mr Tim Lyons Assistant Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Mr Phillip Chindamo Chief Economist, Australian Industry Group	3D. Showcase: Planning For A More Productive Future Watch Video Ms Dorte Ekelund Executive Director, Major Cities UniT, Infrastructure Australia Mr Peter Achterstraat NSW Auditor-General, The Audit Office of NSW Mr Jeremy Nott Director, Social Policy, Insurance and Infrastructure Branch, Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria)



12:30 -13:30	Lunch and Poster Sessions


13:30 - 13:45	4. Introduction to Conference Recommendations Mr Geoff Allen AM Chairman, Australian Statistics Advisory Council

13:45 - 15:00	5. Afternoon Session - Plenary: Australia In The Global Economy: 'Punching Above [Our] Weight'? Watch Video Dr Philip Lowe Assistant Governor, Reserve Bank of Australian Ms Martine Durand OECD Chief Statistician and Director, Statistics Directorate

15:00 - 15:30	Afternoon Tea
15:30 - 17:00	6. Concurrent Session: Global Impacts: How Australia Weathers Change
	6A Concurrent: Australia's International Trade and Investment: The 'Pay-Offs' And 'Trade-Offs' Watch Video Mr Tim Harcourt Chief Economist, Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) Mr Reg Howard-Smith CEO WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy Dr Doug McTaggart CEO, QIC Dynamic Investment Solutions	6B Concurrent: Local Action For A Sustainable Global Community Watch Video Mr Rob Freeman CEO, Murray-Darling Basin Authority Dr Peter Newton Research Professor, Sustainable Urbanism, Swinburne University Mr Richard Neville Futurist	6C Concurrent: Immigration, Ageing and the Changing Population Watch Video Professor Graeme Hugo Director, National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems, University of Adelaide Mr Mark Cully Chief Economist, Department of Immigration and Citizenship	6D Showcase: Measuring Community Well-being: Global Themes And Local Responses Watch Video Mr Hayden Jones Assistant Director, Tasmania Together Progress Board Ms Mary Doherty General Manager, Sanctuary Energy Ms Bernice Steinhardt Director, Strategic Issues, US Government Accountability Office


19.00 - 22.00	Dinner - Dockside, Darling Harbour

DAY TWO	Friday 17 September 2010
08.00 - 14.30	Registration Desk Open
08:45 - 09:00	7. Welcome Watch Video Professor Paul Cheung Director, Statistics Division, United Nations
09.00 - 10.00	8. Morning Session - Plenary: 'Australians' Wellbeing - What does it mean? Hon. Dr Geoff Gallop AC Professor and Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney
10:00 - 10:30	Morning Tea
10:30 - 12.00	9. Concurrent Session: Improving Well-being: Measurement, Collaboration and Delivery
	9A. Concurrent: Statistics for a Healthy Nation Watch Video Ms Jane Halton PSM Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing Mr Mark Cormack CEO, Health Workforce Australia Mr Harold Scruby CEO and Chairman, Pedestrian Council of Australia	9B. Concurrent: Statistics And Social Inclusion Watch Video Ms Patricia Faulkner Chair, Prime Minister’s Social Inclusion Board Ms Mary Ann O’Loughlin Executive Councillor & Head of Secretariat, COAG Reform Council Mr Simon Schrapel CEO, Uniting Care Wesley Adelaide and President , Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)	9C. Concurrent: Measuring Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Professor John Taylor Director, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) Australian National University Mr James Christian CEO, NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs Ms Carol Ey Branch Manager, Research and Analysis Branch, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs	9D. Showcase: Wellbeing: Collaboration, Understanding and Delivery Mr Andrew Stevens Managing Partner, IBM Global Business Services, Growth Markets Unit Dr Siu-Ming Tam First Assistant Statistician, Integrated Collection and Dissemination Services, Australian Bureau of Statistics Dr Sharleen Forbes General Manager, Statistical Education and Research, Statistics New Zealand



12.00 - 13.00	Lunch and Poster Sessions
13:00 - 14:00	10. Afternoon Session - Plenary: Measuring Progress Watch Video Mr Brian Pink Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics Professor Enrico Giovannini President, National Institute of Statistics (Istat)

14:00 - 15:30	11. Panel Discussion: Measuring Progress: From Theory to Practice Watch Video Professor Joseph Stiglitz Mr Brian Pink Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics Ms Martine Durand OECD Chief Statistician and Director, Statistics Directorate Associate Professor Geoffrey Woolcock Urban Research Program, Griffith University Professor Paul Cheung Director, Statistics Division, United Nations Dr David Gruen Executive Director, Macroeconomic Group, Treasury


15.30 - 16:00	Afternoon Tea
16:00 - 16:30	12. Conference Recommendations: Beyond The Numbers: Strengthening Our National Statistics Mr Geoff Allen, AM Chairman, Australian Statistics Advisory Council
16:30 - 17:00	13. Closing Address Watch Video Mr Brian Pink Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics

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NatStats 2010 Program

15 September 2010 11:00:00

Hon. Ms Carmel Tebbutt BEc MP NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Health

Indigenous Welcome to Country

Mr Brian Pink Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Hon Bill Shorten, Assistant Treasurer

Dr Ken Henry AC Secretary, Department of the Treasury

Mr Paul McClintock AO Chairman, COAG Reform Council

Mr Saul Eslake Program Director, Grattan Institute

Mr Michael Schur Secretary, NSW Treasury

Mr William H. Evans Chief Economist, Westpac

Dr Terry Cutler Principal, Cutler and Company

Dr Ralph Lattimore Assistant Commissioner, Productivity Commission

Dr David Skellern CEO, National ICT Australia

Professor Barry McGaw AO PhD Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute, Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Mr Tim Lyons Assistant Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)

Mr Phillip Chindamo Chief Economist, Australian Industry Group

Ms Dorte Ekelund Executive Director, Major Cities UniT, Infrastructure Australia

Mr Peter Achterstraat NSW Auditor-General, The Audit Office of NSW

Mr Jeremy Nott Director, Social Policy, Insurance and Infrastructure Branch, Department of Treasury and Finance (Victoria)

Mr Geoff Allen AM Chairman, Australian Statistics Advisory Council

Dr Philip Lowe Assistant Governor, Reserve Bank of Australian

Ms Martine Durand OECD Chief Statistician and Director, Statistics Directorate

Mr Tim Harcourt Chief Economist, Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)

Mr Reg Howard-Smith CEO WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy

Dr Doug McTaggart CEO, QIC Dynamic Investment Solutions

Mr Rob Freeman CEO, Murray-Darling Basin Authority

Dr Peter Newton Research Professor, Sustainable Urbanism, Swinburne University

Mr Richard Neville Futurist

Professor Graeme Hugo Director, National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems, University of Adelaide

Mr Mark Cully Chief Economist, Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Mr Hayden Jones Assistant Director, Tasmania Together Progress Board

Ms Mary Doherty General Manager, Sanctuary Energy

Ms Bernice Steinhardt Director, Strategic Issues, US Government Accountability Office

Professor Paul Cheung Director, Statistics Division, United Nations

Hon. Dr Geoff Gallop AC Professor and Director, Graduate School of Government, University of Sydney

Ms Jane Halton PSM Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing

Mr Mark Cormack CEO, Health Workforce Australia

Mr Harold Scruby CEO and Chairman, Pedestrian Council of Australia

Ms Patricia Faulkner Chair, Prime Minister’s Social Inclusion Board

Ms Mary Ann O’Loughlin Executive Councillor & Head of Secretariat, COAG Reform Council

Mr Simon Schrapel CEO, Uniting Care Wesley Adelaide and President , Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)

Professor John Taylor Director, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) Australian National University

Mr James Christian CEO, NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs

Ms Carol Ey Branch Manager, Research and Analysis Branch, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Mr Andrew Stevens Managing Partner, IBM Global Business Services, Growth Markets Unit

Dr Siu-Ming Tam First Assistant Statistician, Integrated Collection and Dissemination Services, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Dr Sharleen Forbes General Manager, Statistical Education and Research, Statistics New Zealand

Mr Brian Pink Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Professor Enrico Giovannini President, National Institute of Statistics (Istat)

Professor Joseph Stiglitz

Mr Brian Pink Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Ms Martine Durand OECD Chief Statistician and Director, Statistics Directorate

Associate Professor Geoffrey Woolcock Urban Research Program, Griffith University

Professor Paul Cheung Director, Statistics Division, United Nations

Dr David Gruen Executive Director, Macroeconomic Group, Treasury

Mr Geoff Allen, AM Chairman, Australian Statistics Advisory Council

Mr Brian Pink Australian Statistician, Australian Bureau of Statistics

The video recordings available here are those for which the conference participant gave permission. If the video is taking a while to load or an error message appears, please try again later.

The video recordings available here are those for which the conference participant gave permission.
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