2008 Event Sponsors

David Liddy, CEO, Bank of Queensland | 29 February, Sydney
Michael Smith, CEO, ANZ | 7 March, Melbourne
Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham, UK Minister of State for Trade & Investment | 31 March, 2008 | Sydney and 2 April, 2008 | Melbourne
Chris Woodruff, CEO, Melbourne Airport | 16 April 2008 | Melbourne
How's the economy? Business Lunch with Alan Kohler, Publisher of Eureka Report and Business Spectator; Saul Eslake, Chief Economist, ANZ; Hamish Douglass, Chairman, Magellan Financial Group Ltd and Riccardo Briganti, Head of Research, Macquarie Private Wealth | 30 May | Sydney
David Willis, CEO HBOS Australia | Financial services, global turmoil: A new environment | 20 June | Sydney
Ralph Norris, CEO, Commonwealth Bank | The changing face of Australian banking | 24 July | Sydney
Jonathan Metcalfe, Chairman, Connex Melbourne | Managing Melbourne's Rail Renaissance | 30 July | Melbourne
Lynton Crosby AO, MD & Co-founder, Crosby|Textor | How Australian political strategist Lynton Crosby masterminded the campaign that unseated London Mayor Ken Livingstone | 15 August | Sydney
John Lenders MLC, Treasurer of Victoria | Financing the Government"s Infrastructure Program | 2 September | Melbourne
ABCC Annual Rugby Lunch with guest speakers Stu Wilson, Pat McDermott & Rod Kafer as MC | 12 September | Sydney
James Squire Beer Tasting with Chuck Hahn, Brewmaster | 17 September | Sydney
Nicholas Moore, MD & CEO, Macquarie Group Ltd | ABCC Private Boardroom Lunch Series | 17 September | Sydney
Beyond the cost of carbon: emerging climate change policy and what it means for your business | 2 October | Sydney
Andrew Michelmore, CEO, OZ Minerals | The newly created OZ Minerals outlines plans for a mid-tier resources company | 10 October | Melbourne
Jamie Odell, MD, Foster's Australia & Asia & the Pacific | Innovation, know-how and sustainability in an evolving wine industry | 24 October | Sydney
Richard Evans, CEO, Sydney Opera House | Sydney Opera House: An asset or a headache? | ABCC Private Lunch - Invitation Only | 5 November | Sydney
Paul Skinner, Chairman, Rio Tinto and Business Ambassador for the UK | The global economy, the challenge for governments and companies and the impact on commodities | 24 November, Melbourne & 26 November, Sydney

Melbourne Partners

Sydney Partners
Year in Review: A business wrap | 28 November, Sydney & 5 December, Melbourne

Sydney Partners