2018 Conference Review w/ EOA Chair Ben Morris
What a day! It’s hard to believe that this years conference has already come and gone.
From Start-ups and SMEs right through to broad based share plans and government advocacy, our speakers delivered a wonderful variety of insights and perspectives.
There was also no shortage of talent on offer – once again, the conferece and awards night was host to some of the most accomplished professionals and champions of employee ownership in Australia.
If you missed the conference you can download and view a copy of the presentation slides on our website by clicking here. You can also view live updates and pics from the day here.
As has been the case each year, the Awards Night was a personal highlight. It was fantastic to hear about the hard work, dedication and ingenuity that each of our award winners put into making their employee share plan a success.
Congratulations again to our 2018 Award Winners…
OFX Limited Best New Employee Share Plan
Redgum Cleaning Cooperative Best SME/Succession Plan
Ricegrowers Limited (SunRice) Most Effective & Innovative Communications
Northern Star Resources Limited Fostering ownership under 1,000 employees
Computershare Limited Fostering ownership over 1,000 employees
Ricegrowers Limited (SunRice) People’s Choice Award
More info on all our award winners can be found by clicking here.
Lastly a big thank you to all of our attendees – no doubt I’ll be seeing you all again soon.
Kind regards,
Ben Morris,
EOA Chair
For more pics from the event click here.
Keynote Speaker: Jon Williams
Leading Business Advisor on People and Performance
Session: Employee Ownership & The Future of Work
Jon has spent the last 30 years consulting to organisations around the World on issues connecting their people to their business results. In the past few years Jon’s focus has sharpened on leadership and culture and the importance of those two connected concepts for organisational survival as the world of work moves towards being significantly disrupted by technology in the next five to ten years.
Through his proffessional engagements Jon has earned a reputation for his compelling and thought-provoking addresses. The EOA team are anticipating his session on the Future of Work will be one to remember.
Bill Withers
Entrepreneurial Leader at Adapt By Design
Session: Employee Equity Arrangements in Small-Medium Enterprises
Bill is an experienced and successful SME owner and passionate advocate for employee ownership in Australia having experienced the positive impact of employee share scemes in his own businesses first-hand. Bill made the trip from WA to Canberra with EOA earlier this year to share his experience interacting with the current legislative framework in his position as both a business owner and consultant to other SME’s.
Bill will joined by EOA Expert Panel member Sandra Buth (Principal, Global Equity &Rewards at Deloitte) for a session on Employee Equity Arrangements in Small-Medium Enterprises.
Luke Hendrickson
Australian Federal Government
Presentation & Panel Discussion of ‘The Performance & Characteristics of Australian Firms with ESS’ Research Paper
Luke was the lead author of the in-depth research report ‘The performance and characteristics of Australian firms with Employee Share Schemes’ in his tenure at the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Luke will be sharing the major take-aways from this comprehenseive research project over a panel discussion, giving attendees a unique opportunity to engage with one of the largest emperical studies on the effects of employee ownership in Australia’s history.
Luke will be joined by EOA Board Member Mathew Ronald (Director, People Advisory Services at EY) and EOA Expert Panel Member Sally Mulligan (Director, Business Development at Solium).
Andrew Curcio
Partner at PwC
Session: Impact of Share Ownership – The Psychology of Incentives
Andrew has deep experience in the human resources, particularly in the area of reward and performance.
Andrew will be presenting the latest research on the psychology of incentives and how this information might be best utulised in creating and managing successful employee share schemes.
Global Equity Organisation (GEO) Session
EOA is fortunate to be hosting GEO Board Members Joanna Mak (Senior Manager, Brambles Share Plan) and Hamish Wallace (Tax partner at MinterEllison) to discuss the latest international developments and best practice in employee ownership.
Joanna and Hamish will be joined on a panel with EOA Board Members Micaela Costello (Head of Executive Compensation and Equity at CSL) and Tom McCarty (General Manager, Equity Plan Solutions at Link Group).
The Global Equity Organization (GEO) is a member-founded and member-driven not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of equity compensation worldwide through a global community of well-informed professionals.
> The 2018 EOA Conference & Awards Night (to be held at PwC in Sydney) promises to be another fantastic and must attend event for those with a passion for employee ownership. Business tier members please note that you will have received a code to unlock your free tickets. Agenda and more information on our speakers can be found below.
> Address: PwC Australia, One International Towers Watermans Quay, Barangaroo, NSW 2000
Awards Night Agenda
Wednesday 22nd August
> 5:30pm | Drinks & Canapés
> 6:15pm | Awards Commence
> 7:00pm | Awards Conclude
Conference Agenda
Thursday 23rd August
> 8am | Registration
> 8:30am | Welcome
> 8:40am | EOA Update | Ben Morris
> 9:00am | Keynote: Employee Ownership & The Future of Work | Jon Williams
> 9:45am | Presentation of ESS Research Paper | Author Luke Hendrickson
> 10:15am | Panel Discussion of ESS Research Paper | Luke Hendrickson, Sally Mulligan & Mathew Ronald
> 10:55am | Morning Tea
> 11:15am | Impact of Share Ownership – The Psychology of Incentives
Andrew Curcio
> 12:15pm | Lunch
> 1:15pm | Employee Equity Arrangements in Small-Medium Enterprises | Bill Withers & Sandra Buth
> 2pm | Global Equity Organisation (GEO) presentation | Joanna Mak, Hamish Wallace, Micaela Costello & Tom McCarty
> 2:45pm | Afternoon Tea
> 3pm | Check-in on EOA Priorities | Andrew Clements
> 3:30pm | Concluding Remarks | Ben Morris
> 3:45pm | Conference Concludes
Testimonials
From EOA Chair Ben Morris
‘The EOA conference is always an amazing opportunity to network (and make friends!) with other leading professionals in the employee ownership space. We’re lucky to have so many passionate members and there is no better place than the EOA conference for our community to come together and connect with each other.
This years speaker line-up is testimony to the talent and experience on offer for what promises to be another fantastic event.’
From current EOA Board Member Angela Perry
‘With its important Awards component, EOA’s annual conference is the largest of its type in Australia and is routinely the ‘must attend’ event for HR professionals, employment lawyers, share plan advisors, finance directors, communicators and company secretaries.
It provides the ideal opportunity for like-minded senior executives from both the private and public sectors to exchange their own experiences of running Employee Ownership programmes and hear from leading advocates in this space’.
From past attendees:
“A great range of perspectives, I found the links to innovation and governance very thought provoking.”
“Enjoyed the networking and learning from other organisations that presented – great guest speakers.”
“Focus on innovation was brilliant, much more interesting and engaging than similar conferences.”
