Melbourne: Thursday, 14 June 2012 

Navigating for Success is an interactive and informative workshop that addresses career success factors in your early years of employment. For any young aspiring financial services professional, this is a not to be missed career skills workshop.


This workshop will share with you:

• Qualities of high achievers in the industry
• How to develop a personal brand
• What senior managers are looking for in employees
• How to be recognised for the right reasons and be promoted from within

... Also hear from Elio D’Amato F Fin, Chief Executive Officer, Lincoln Indicators, as he shares his story and tips for succeeding in the early years of your career...

Monash University Prato Centre, 24-25 September 2012

The Taxation Law and Policy Research Institute's 2012 biannual Prato company and tax seminar will explore issues arising in company and tax law systems as the impact of the GFC era continue to ripple through legal systems.

On the company law side, corporate regulators face impossible to reconcile demands for controls on remuneration and risk-taking to constraint socially damaging corporate governance at the same time they are told to deregulate and cut red tape so business can create jobs.

Tuesday 17th – Wednesday 18th July 2012 | Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel at Circular Quay

www.banktechsummit.com.au

Today, with dramatic changes in business being brought about by the recession, one way to secure and grow your business is through reliability and capability of modern technology. 

The banking and financial service industries have undergone radical transformations over the past decade largely due to technological advancements.  This has fuelled greater challenges as customers today are pampered with choices – they can change banks by just a click of the mouse.

As bankers, regulators and politicians struggle to understand the causes of the global financial crisis and try to figure out a way to help the industry recover and return to growth, the role of IT is, if possible, more important than ever. Banks are under tremendous scrutiny to quickly deliver leading-edge solutions to improve risk management, regulatory compliance, payments processing and invention of card payments.

Thursday 14th June 2012, The Westin Sydney

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The Australian Private Banking and Wealth Conference will be held in Sydney in June 2012. As the Australian High Net Worth (HNW) sector continues to grow the Conference will focus on what the HNW client requires from their private wealth manager and how the trusted adviser can both retain and adopt new clients.

The Conference will provide an opportunity for delegates, speakers and partners to meet and share thoughts on the challenges private wealth advisers and their personnel face as the challenges and requirements of their clients change.

About the LGMA NSW Local Government Finance Professionals Conference

Now in its 12th year the LGMA NSW Local Government Finance Professionals Conference continues to be the preferred conference of choice for local government sector finance professionals.

This year’s conference theme is Going for Gold and will focus on the current issues confronting local government in New South Wales, including:

• Destination 2036 – A roadmap for NSW local government
• Long term financial planning and the integrated planning and reporting framework
• Carbon price
• Australia and the global economy
• GST and Division 81 changes
• LGMA, IPART, ACELG and ICAC
• The auditing landscape

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We look forward to welcoming you to the Resource Stocks Mine-Invest Summit.

300+ delegates
30+ company investment spotlights & exhibition booths

In the tradition of Mines and Money Australia and Excellence in Mining and Exploration, the ResourceStocks Mine-Invest Summit is focused on providing up to the minute market insight on junior and midcap mining activity here and abroad, plus lucrative investment opportunities.

With market conditions remaining robust yet volatile, the Mine-Invest summit provides critical information for both the mining and investment communities.

Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that the Board of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) formally invites you to attend the 2012 Annual Conference at the Crown Limited, Melbourne, Australia from 1-3 July 2012.

The AFAANZ Conference continues to provide a variety of outstanding speakers and topics including keynote addresses from Lee Parker, Professor in Accounting in the School of Commerce, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia; and Stephen J.

Brown, David S. Loeb Professor of Finance at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, United States of America.

There will also be a panel session with invited speakers on Academic Updates on Teaching and Research issues.

The number of excellent papers submitted from Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the USA is indicative of continued international interest. Over three days, the conference offers you a brilliant opportunity to network with colleagues from around the globe, as well as giving you an update on the latest developments in the accounting and finance disciplines.

The AFAANZ Accounting History; Accounting Standards; Accounting Education; and Public Sector and Not-for-profit Accounting special interest groups (SIGs) will be holding their forum/symposium on Saturday, 30 June. The Qualitative Research in Accounting; and the Auditing and Assurance special interest groups will be holding their forum/symposium on Sunday, 1 July.

The AFAANZ conference continues to offer a quality program, renowned speakers and enjoyable social functions. We are looking forward to welcoming you to the 2012 AFAANZ Conference in Melbourne.

Sue Wright                                                          David Lont
AFAANZ President (Australia)                         AFAANZ President (New Zealand)