Special Events
CSIRO Environmental Sustainability Seminar
The teams which received funding under the 2009 CSIRO Environmental Sustainability grants scheme are required to participate in a seminar on Wednesday 8 July and further details will be provided separately. The seminar is to be held at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney.
HSBC Bank Financial Literacy Projects Seminar
The teams which received funding under the 2009 HSBC Bank Financial Literacy Grants scheme are required to participate in a seminar that will run from 12:00 to 17:00 on Thursday 9 July at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney.
The purposes of the seminar are:
- to enable best practice benchmarking and sharing of results of projects;
- to ensure that teams with are prepared for timely lodgement of their project report, and
The seminar will include one or more keynote presentations and two sessions of team presentations on the projects carried out using the grant funding, as follows:
11:45 - 12:00 Registration
12:00 - 12:15 Assemble and Introductions
12:15 - 12:30 Keynote Address
12:30 - 13:30 Panel Discussion
13:30 - 15:00 Team Presentations Session 1
15:00 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 16:45 Team Presentations Session 2
16:45 - 17:00 Summary
Each team is required to present a written report of two pages maximum, supported by a further two pages of financial or other tabular/graphical data. Each team may have only two presenters who may speak for a total of seven minutes and must face five minutes of questions.
Each team may illustrate their presentation with no more than two power point slides. These are to be saved on a memory stick with a filename that identifies the team and will be loaded onto the computer provided prior to the start of each session. These slides will be retained by SIFE Australia to assist with reporting on the seminar outcomes.
All presenting team members must attend the entire seminar, as a matter of professional courtesy to each other and to ensure the validity of their rankings of the team presentations. All participants are expected to wear business attire.
Presentations will be judged by combining the popular vote of all attendees with rankings made by a panel of finance industry executives, chaired by a senior HSBC executive. Presentations will be judged on a 10 point scale against the following criteria
- Part I How effectively did the SIFE team develop a program or activity:
- Goals and Objectives: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic
- Program Overview: what demand or gap needed to be met or filled?
- Learning Content: proof of providing direct financial education
- Skills Development: proof of contribution to long-term financial literacy
- Audience/Reach: nature, number geographic dispersion
- Part II In the development of the project, did the SIFE team effectively include the following:
- Curriculum/Content
- Hands-on/Mentoring Experience
- Teaching
- Program Assessment/Evaluation Tools
- Budget
In their presentations, teams should ensure that prominence is given to such matters as:
- corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues covered or highlighted by their project
- problems that had to be overcome to enable project implementation including completion
- key outcomes that their project achieved
- key issues that their project identified as suitable to be the basis of future projects, given the availability of funding
Both the official judges and peer assessors will be required to provide a list ranking the five teams which they feel best achieved the criteria. The aggregate rankings of the official judging panel and those of the peer assessors will be weighted equally to give the overall results. Based on the results, up to three teams will be chosen for meritorious program recognition.
Grant recipient teams travelling to Sydney from interstate are required to arrive in time for the start of the event at 12:00 on Thursday. Teams are required to nominate attendees as part of their on line registration.
Faculty Advisors' In Service 2009 Seminar on Enterprise Education
Faculty Advisors' In Service 2009 Seminar Program
IS09 will be held on Thursday 9 July between 13.30-17.00 at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney. While attendance by all current and prospective faculty advisors is a requirement of the conditions of being a SIFE Faculty Advisor, there are many professionally related reasons why attendance will be beneficial for faculty advisors.
IS09 will this year host three interactive panel sessions:
‘Best Practice' in working with SIFE teams.
The 2008 recipient of the SIFE Faculty Advisor award will be invited to present their perspective of ‘what' constitutes ‘best practice' in working with SIFE teams.
Promoting SIFE-related research.
Current faculty engaged in SIFE-related research will be invited to present their projects and ideas as to how to broaden SIFE-related research activity.
Funding for SIFE activities.
Current faculty who have been successful in securing external funds (e.g. grants and/or sponsorship) will be invited to present the ‘lessons learnt' in engaging in this activity.
As always, IS09 provides the additional opportunity for faculty to submit papers for consideration for future publication.
Finally, IS09 will include a presentation by the newly-appointed UniSA DASA Program Manager, Jennie Hayes, on the implementation of the DASA grant.
Student Career Development Seminar
Objectives
The 2009 Student Career Development Program will give students an opportunity to:
- hear in detail about the recruitment and selection processes of and career opportunities with some of Australia's most successful companies, in a panel discussion forum.
- address specific questions to panel members.
- have a one on one discussion with prospective employers.
The program will comprise two activities:
1. Seminar - Thursday 9 July 14.00 - 17.00
Thursday afternoon will be used to conduct a panel with selected key partner representatives, where each of the panellists will outline:
- what they look for in graduates - general qualities, skills & competencies
- their recruitment processes and the timeline
- the types of roles the company offers and in what departments/specialisations
- career paths that are open to graduates throughout their careers
- further developmental and educational opportunities offered by the company both internally and externally.
- how their company is committed to Corporate Social Responsibility
Panellist will include senior HR executives from the following companies:
- Coca Cola Amatil
- Fonterra
- HSBC Australia Bank
- Kimberly-Clark Australia
- KPMG
- QANTAS Airways
- Visy Industries
- Woolworths
The panel session will open up at each topic for questions from students.
2. Individual and Small Group Discussions - Friday 10 July 10.00 - 15.00
Participating companies will have their representatives available to meet with interested students to have one on one or small group discussions.
Make sure you register for the Careers Seminar and the meetings on Friday. The Careers Seminar is to be held at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney.
Top to Future Top Seminar
The Top to Future Top Seminar will be conducted between 09.15 and 11.45 on Saturday 11 July at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street, Sydney. It provides a forum for interaction between CEOs/MDs of some of Australia's leading corporations and selected SIFE students.
As part of on-line Team Registration, each team maynominate one student who is seen, by their FA and their peers,as a ‘future leader'. All nominees shouldprepare for the seminar by considering the discussion topics and reading aselection of the references for the Seminar prior to the National Conference.
Students from the teams which do not advanceto the Semi Final Round will be allocated priority in participation. It is advisable that the nominated student isalso not required for any of the team's ITC presentations, because the seminarwill be held on Saturday morning at the same time as the ITC Business InterviewRound and national championship Semi Final Round.
Students nominated to attend are expected to participatein discussion, ask thoughtful questions and take the opportunity to representthemselves, their team, their university and their community at the highestlevel. It is expected that they willbring resumes and/or business cards. Attendance will be confirmed at the conclusion of the Regional RoundAwards Ceremony on Friday 10 July.
Organisation
Total attendanceis limited to 12 CEO/MDs and 24 student leaders. Attendees will be divided into six tableseach of six, each group comprising two executives and four students. Group composition will be changed for eachsession to maximize interaction.
Groups will benumbered from 1 to 6. All participantswill be assigned a number in their first group and will move to a differenttable for the second session based on this number.
There will be twofacilitators whose function is to stimulate discussion and ensure that allparticipants have an equal opportunity for participation in their group's discussion. During the final section of each discussionperiod, selected students will present their table's conclusions to the plenarygroup.
Program
09:15 - 09:30 Assemble & introductions
09:30 - 10:30 Global Financial Crisis -issues for discussion
10:30 - 10:45 Morning Break & students change table
10:45 - 11:30 Climate change - issuesfor discussion
11:30 - 11:45 Conclude & disperse
Objectives
- to stimulate interaction between participants
- to enable students and CEOs to learn from each other.
- to discuss subjects which are:
- meaningful
- relevant
- understandable
- to appreciate that the process is more important than the end result
- to learn to focus on listening and discussion, rather than just talking
- to summarise and present complex and ambiguous issues
Discussion Topics
ClimateChange
Each group is to discuss the following questions:
- What outcomes will be good for business?
- What outcomes will be bad for business?
- Why should I do something about it?
- Will it happen anyway?
- What are the priorities for business?
- What are the national priorities?
Online Resources
Students are encouraged to conduct their own research, using thefollowing as a guide:
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/sternreview_index.htm- Stern review
http://www.garnautreview.org.au/domino/Web_Notes/Garnaut/garnautweb.nsf- Garnaut review
http://unfccc.int - United Nations
http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-syr.htm- good report on climate change
http://www.climatechange.gov.au/ -Australian Government
http://www.carbonplanet.com/ - a carbonretailer
Global Financial Crisis(GFC)
Each group is to discuss the following questions:
- What impact has this had upon global growth?
- What impact has this had upon national growth?
- Will the Australian economy recover more quickly than other economies? If so, why?
- What social impacts will the GFC have in Australia?
- What financial impacts will the GFC have in Australia?
- Has the Australian government's response to the GFC been appropriate?
Online Resources
Students are encouraged to conduct their own research, using thefollowing as a guide:
http://www.rba.gov.au/Speeches/2009/sp_so_150409.html- Reserve Bank of Australia
http://imf.org/external/pubs/ft/books/2009/globalfin/globalfin.pdf- International Monetary Fund
http://www.pm.gov.au/media/Speech/2008/speech_0523.cfm- Prime Minister of Australia
http://www.research.commbank.com.au/cbaresearch_display/0,2209,NI3335%255FCH3335,00.html- Commonwealth Bank
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/indepth/section/0,5018063.html- The Australian
http://www.ft.com/indepth/global-financial-crisis- Financial Times