Opening Keynote

Layne Beachley AO, 7 x World Champion Surfer, Chair of Surfing Australia and Chief Awakening Officer at Awake Academy by Layne Beachley

Sponsored by the Y NSW

8.45am - 10am Merlot Room

Facility Design to Optimise Community Use

Simon Duck, Senior Manager for Sport and Recreation, Inner West Council

10.30am - 10.50am Merlot Room

Understanding Social Return on Investment - what does it mean and does it really matter?

Facilitated by James Ellender, Chief Executive Officer, ActiveXchange
Panelists include:
Susannah Le Bron, Chief Executive Officer, Y NSW
Nick Cox, Chief Executive Officer, Belgravia Leisure
Todd McHardy, Chief Executive Officer, BlueFit
Dr Lindsey Reece, Affiliate Academic, University of Sydney



11.05am - 12pm Merlot Room

Pre-Dinner Drinks

4pm Exhibition Centre

Sponsored by Para Mobility

Equity, Access and Trends in Physical Activity - issues and focus areas to getting people active

Dr Lindsey Reece, Director Sport, Recreation, Intervention and Epidemiology, Sydney University

9.00am - 9.40am Merlot Room

Morning Tea

10.20am - 10.40am Exhibition Centre

Child Safeguarding in the Aquatics and Recreation sector

How to make the most of training packages to get the best employment outcomes?

Innovating for Drowning Prevention

Meredith Porte, Research Assistant and Programmer, Macquarie University
Mel Rahtz, Quality and Compliance Manager, Y NSW

12.05pm - 12.30pm Merlot Room

Universal Facility Design and Accessibility

Nick Morris, Director, Morris Goding Consulting

1.30pm - 2.00pm Merlot Room

Conference Close and Thank You

Matt Griffiths, Chairpersion, Aquatic and Recreation Institute

4.20pm - 4.30pm Merlot Room