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2009 Functions
Members, please refer to 'Member Benefits' for Member Only and other events.
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 December 15, Tuesday 6-8pm Christmas Drinks at The Royal Exchange of Sydney
Christmas is fast approaching and Women in Finance would like to invite you to join fellow members to celebrate the festive season. This year we are holding our Christmas event at The Royal Exchange Club - the original site of the first Australian Stock Exchange. Please join us for our final event of the year as we reflect on the past year, announce some exciting initiatives and farewell 2009 in style. Please click here for further details and registration.
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November 19 FPA & WIF Breakfast, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
 Start your experience of the FPA 2009 National Conference over a delicious breakfast, and join us in welcoming our inspirational exclusive speaker, retired indigenous Australian magistrate, Dr Sue Gordon AM. Born in Western Australia in 1944, Dr Gordon was separated from her mother and family at the age of four as one of the stolen generation.The FPA and Women in Finance breakfast is a great opportunity for WIF members and delegates at this year's FPA conference to network, while supporting a good cause as the proceeds will be donated to Future2. The event is open to all. Please click here for further details and registration.
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October, Thursday 29th 12.15pm for 12.30-2pm Lunch Forum:"Reporting the GFC"
Join us on 29 October at The Westin Hotel, for a lively lunch on the media and the GFC. The session will begin with the findings of a report from Media Monitors. The report covers leading messages, beliefs, predictions and sentiments in Australia, and compares the response to six other markets in the Asia Pacific region. The report will be followed by a Q&A panel which includes some of Australia's leading print and broadcast journalists, including Elizabeth Knight from The Sydney Morning Herald, Desley Coleman from ABC Lateline Business, Clive Mathieson from The Australian and Jeni Porter from The Australian Financial Review.The session will be moderated by Jane Schulze, publisher of the Standard Media Index, and formerly a business journalist covering the media sector with The Australian. Please click here for details and registration.
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 September, Thursday 24th 5.30pm for 6.00pm to 8.30pm
Museum of Contemporary Art, 140 George St, The Rocks, Sydney
Annual Forum & Cocktail Event proudly hosted by Deutsche Bank SOLD OUT!
Women in Finance and Deutsche Bank are proud to bring you a panel discussion featuring four leading women who have achieved significant success on the local and global stage. Panel members include:
- The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Employment & Workplace Relations, Minister for Education, and Minister for Social Inclusion;
- Kylie Kwong, chef, restaurateur, author and television presenter;
- Catherine Martin, designer of costume, production and homewares, Art Director, and two time Academy Award winner; and
- Margaret Jackson AC, Chairman of FlexiGroup Limited and Director of Billabong International Limited.
This special event will include cocktails and an exclusive viewing of the Primavera 09 exhibition. Please visit the MCA website for further details. Please click here registration and full details. Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
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September Networking Cocktail Events at The Royal Exchange Sydney
Women in the Dealing Room - Success on your terms, September 10.Following the success of our previous functions, please join us to network and hear from our guest speaker, Celia Rountree, Head of Credit Sales at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Celia will share her insights and thoughts on what it takes to be successful in the financial markets. This event provides an excellent opportunity to discuss your experiences and build relationships with other women in financial markets. Please click here for further details and registration.
WIF & FPA present: Moving Forward and Unleashing your Value Proposition, September 23. Have a drink, meet your Peers and hear from Industry Specialists:
Louise Biti, Board Member of the FPA and Director of Strategy Steps; and Leyla Banaei, Managing Director of Adviser Quest. The advice enironment is changing. Are you ready to evolve and take the next step to add a new dimension of value to your advice process? Leave this presentation with Your Unique Value Proposition and put into action immediately. Please click here for further details and registration.
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August 19 Lunch at The Westin Sydney: Annual Economic Roundtable
The state of the real economy, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, our highly regarded panel will share their thoughts on what the Australian economy really looks like. Our panel includes: Nigel Lake, Co-Head Pottinger, Tanya Cox, COO DEXUS, Mary Ploughman, Director RESIMAC, and Joshua Williamson, Senior Economist at Citi. The panel will be facilitated by award-winning journalist Sheryle Bagwell. Please click here for further details and registration.
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 June, Wednesday 10th
12.15pm for 12.30-2pm Luncheon at The Westin Sydney
Cheryl Bart "Yes, you can!"
In 2008, Cheryl Bart and her 23 year old daughter Nikki Bart were the first ever  mother/daughter duo to reach the world's tallest summit, Mount Everest, and complete the "Seven Summits" challenge: climbing the highest peak of every continent. Cheryl also climbed Cho Oyu in the Himalayas, the sixth highest mountain in the world, as well as many high altitude peaks around the world. In addition to many mountaineering challenges, Cheryl is a lawyer and company director. She is Chairman of the South Australian Film Corporation, the Adelaide Film Festival and the EPA. She is also a non-executive director on a number of boards. Please click here for further details and registration.
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May, Wednesday 20th
6pm for 6.30-8pm at The Royal Exchange of Sydney
"Taming the Turmoil" Have a drink, meet your peers and hear from our Industry Specialists:
Jo-Anne Bloch, CEO Financial Planning Association & Erica Bagshaw, The Alignment Group
Proudly presented by Women in Finance (NSW) and the Financial Planning Association The old curse 'May you live in interesting times' is upon us and business is struggling with ways to help staff maintain good composure and keep up the service levels under increasingly uncertain circumstances and pressure from stressed clients. Hear about proven strategies and walk away from this workshop with the tools to be more resourceful, focused and motivated. Click here for details and registration.
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May, Thursday 7th
6-8pm at The Royal Exchange of Sydney
Women in the Dealing Room - Insights on Success
Guest speaker: Melissa Babbage, a Managing Director and the Head of Global Finance & Foreign Exchange for Australia and New Zealand at Deutsche Bank.
Following a successful event in October 2008, Women in Finance (NSW) is proud to invite you to the second networking event specifically for women in Financial Markets. Join us to network with other women in financial markets, and to hear from our guest speaker Melissa Babbage as she discusses her career and the lessons she learnt along the way. Click here for details and registration.
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 April, Thursday 30th : Launch of 2009 Mentoring For Success Program
Noon for 12.15-1.45pm at The Westin Sydney
"Why GFC could also be Good For Change"
In launching our seventh mentoring program for women in the finance industry we have invited Catherine Fox, Deputy Editor of AFR BOSS Magazine to chair a discussion around leadership with a panel of Senior Executives, David Gonski, Karen Moses and Chum Darvall. The panel will discuss how the Global Financial Crises and economic downturn is a chance to consider new leadership styles. The panel will discuss the problems that have emerged in the way some businesses have been run, the pitfalls of homogenous executive groups and the chance to look for different ways of running organisations. Click here for further details and registration. Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
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 February, Tuesday 17th
12.15pm for 12.30-2pm Luncheon at The Westin Sydney
Rory Robertson "An Update on US and Global Economies and Markets"
In a decade and a half as a market forecaster, Rory has built a strong reputation with a wide range of investors and observers. He's seen as an authoritative central-bank watcher whose understanding of policy frameworks and economic fundamentals regularly generates useful insights on interest rates, equity markets and exchange rates. In particular, since the "music stopped" in money and credit markets in August 2007, Rory has been more bearish than most on the US and global economies, and more bullish than most on (sharply lower) global policy rates. Click here for more details and registration.
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August 4 is our annual Book Review & Launch with drinks and canapes at the historic State Library
Leigh will be launching her new release On Doubt. In this personal
essay, one of Australia's most respected journalists argues in favour of a doubtful mind. Catherine Taylor will be telling her own enthralling experience in Once Upon a Time in Beirut, about her experience as a journalist living in the Middle East over a five period between 2001 and 2006.