Senator Jane Hume, Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, has been confirmed as the opening keynote speaker at The AFA’s VISION Conference while Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman OAM is the closing keynote speaker.
The conference will be broadcast from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney on 14-15 October, 2020.
AFA CEO, Philip Kewin, says in a statement that over the past year Senator Hume has spoken with many advisers and AFA is looking forward to hearing more from her about the Government’s future plans for financial advice.
In a pre-conference video message to the advice community, Senator Hume acknowledged that financial advice is an essential service during the current period and publicly thanked the advice industry for helping Australians to face current financial challenges. (Scroll down to view the video).
The opening keynote speaker on day two of the conference is Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, MP.
Kewin says the AFA is also looking forward to welcoming Cathy Freeman to conference saying she is “.. an inspiring Australian who will be sharing the story of her journey to Olympic gold, and the mindset that ultimately made her a champion”. Freeman is brought to the conference by TAL.
Other keynote speakers include futurist Dr Catherine Ball, high-performance manager, Darren Burgess, gold medallist and five times Olympian, Natalie Cook, OAM, OLY and Chicago-based Head of Decision Sciences at Morningstar, Ryan Murphy.
The statement says that:
- Ball will speak on the ethics of automation in the digital age and future technology challenges and opportunities. She is brought to the conference by AIA.
- Burgess will share his thoughts on how advisers can build resilience and manage teams for optimal performance, especially during tough conditions. AFA says he has a wealth of experience within the domestic and international sporting landscape, having worked with Arsenal in the English Premier League, Liverpool Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club. He is brought to the conference by Zurich and OnePath.
- As well as being a sporting hero, Cook is an international award-winning wellness coach who, in line with this year’s conference theme, will inspire delegates to set their own vision to achieve gold medal outcomes.
- Morningstar’s Murphy will be looking at goals-based risk and presenting a better approach to managing client risk preferences.
The statement adds that the AFA Conference will also feature five panel sessions, including a regulators’ panel, an economists’ panel, an insurers’ CEO panel, a technology panel and a licensee panel.
Keynote and panel sessions from the conference will be hosted on a main stage in a state-of-the-art television-style Sydney studio and broadcast live to delegates across the country.
The live component of the AFA Conference will be complemented by more than 25 on-demand industry presentations, all of which will be CPD-accredited.
It adds that the conference also includes a virtual exhibition of partners and sponsors and a virtual community event on the evening of 14 October.
Delegates will have four-months access to the conference sessions, and associated content including the virtual exhibition, meaning they will be able to tailor their own viewing schedule.
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