2011 ASGA Conference

When: Thursday, 29 September, 2011

Where: Kew Golf Club, 120 Belford Road, East Kew.

Ket note speaker: AFL Premiership Player, Coach, author and sports identity Kevin Sheedy.

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As the retail sector grapples with a rapidly changing marketplace and new and divergent consumer demands, how can sporting goods and active lifestyle businesses foster growth and drive better performance? How can we influence change, what are the opportunities and how can we ensure best practice?

The Australian Sporting Goods Association (ASGA) invites you to attend its annual conference with a focus on best practice.

The 2011 Conference will discuss the challenges and opportunities in the industry and explore new developments in the market place. The conference will focus on key topics such as; retail, sustainability, trends and market analysis, the digital economy, advocacy and opportunity.

This conference is for everyone involved in the industry, for CEO and General Managers, Financial Controllers, logistics, marketing, sales and retail staff.

Register before 15 September for the early bird price.

Conference Program

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8:30am     Registration

9.00am     Opening and Welcome TBC

9:15am     Best practice supply chain and data management in the sporting goods and leisure industry.

Bonnie Ryan
Industry Manager
GS1 Australia
www.gs1.org.au

1000:am     Kicking goals for sustainability in the sporting goods industry
Tara Allsop
Managing Director
Green for Retail
www.greenforretail.com.au

10:45am     Morning tea

11:15am     Action based advocacy, voices for sport
Andy Turnball
Sports Hydrant
http://sportshydrant.com

11.45 am    The Australian sporting goods market - trends, analysis and opportunities
Ian Krawitz
10ThousandFeet
www.10thousandfeet.com.au

12:30pm     Lunch

1:30pm     An industry standard for best practice packaging
Stan Moore
The Australian Packaging Covenant
www.packagingcovenant.org.au

2:00pm     Key Note Speaker
Kevin Sheedy

3:00pm     Harnessing opportunities in the digital economy
Reid Elliott
Dept of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy
www.dbcde.gov.au

3:30pm     Afternoon tea

4:00pm     Cultivating your point of difference using technology
Mark Fletcher
Tower Systems
www.towersystems.com.au

4:30pm     Annual ASGA Annual General Meeting

5:30pm     Drinks