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HIGHLIGHTS FROM EMERGE 2023


APSCo Australia's full-day, face-to-face conference for recruitment industry leaders and managers; Emerge 2023 was back with a bang! 

Held at Sydney's spectacular Museum of Contemporary Arts, one of Australia's most culturally significant and inspiring spaces, Emerge 2023 brought together legal and cyber-security expertsheads of industryprogressive thinkersbusiness leaders and technology masterminds who took attendees on a deep dive into the future of work, as well as contemplated the complexities of an uncertain economyrenewed cyber-security threats and changing workplace legislation.

Westpac's Besa Deda returned to Emerge this year and helped set an important back-drop for our conference by diving head frist into an up-to-date look at the economy. Following the success of Emerge last year, Emerge 2023 featured unique keynote presentationsdiscussion panels, and Q&A sessions - where attendees walked away with a roadmap to negotiate the evolving staffing and recruitment landscape.

Attendees also got the chance to witness local-Sydney artist, Don Paull, of Fangaroo.at work in the MCA, with highlights of Emerge 2023 visually documented on a canvas mural. We concluded the day with canapes and networking drinks overlooking Sydney's stunning harbour and also raised some funds for charity with the auction of the Emerge 2023 mural.


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Museum of Contemporary Art

 

APSCo Australia MD, Lesley Horsburgh

 

APSCo Australia Chair, Steve Smith

 

 

Joe Duffy from Major Sponsor, TargetRecruit

 

Westpac Business Bank Chief Economist Besa Deda shared her insights on the Economic Outlook
David Turvey, First Assistant Secretary
Jobs and Skills Australia

 

Attendees enjoying Morning Tea

 

Martin Richardson of Ready Set Recruit Legal

 

The Law in Order Panel

 

The Advisor, the Lawyer and the Sale Panel

 

Dudley Kneller, Partner, Gadens
facilitates the Cybersecurity Panel

 

Let's talk about risk: Cybersecurity and your business
Panel

 

Aaron McIntosh of Bullhorn

 

The Tech, Innovation and the Robots Panel

 

Vinney Brown of ManpowerGroup (left) and Thyago Liberali from SEEK (right)

 

Tariq Shaban of HireVue

 

Reanna Browne of Work Futures, presented on the Future of Work

 

Futures Mapping Workship with Reanna Browne

 

Volunteers up on stage for Futures Mapping Workshop

 

Mike Beeley of Lightbox Communications

 

Do you think like a Marketer? Here's why you should
Panel

 

APSCo Team and Don Paull with his Mural for Emerge 2023

 

Marc Princi from Xemplo our Networking and Drinks Sponsor

 

Colin Cuthbert of Xemplo

 

 

 

 

   
   
   


 

SPEAKERS


BESA DEDA

Chief Economist

Westpac Business Bank

GEORGE HAROS

Partner - Employment Law

Gadens

NICOLA MARTIN

Partner, Labour & Employment Practice Group

Squire Patton Boggs

REANNA BROWNE

Futurist & Director

Work Futures

 


 

ASHLEY ROSE

Partner

Squire Patton Boggs

DUDLEY KNELLER

Partner (Technology, Cyber, Privacy)

Gadens

MIKE BEELEY

CEO

Lightbox Communications

PAUL MASTERS

Managing Partner

Sovereign Private

 


 

 


 

LAURA REGAN

Legal Counsel

Davidson

AARON MCINTOSH

Managing Director APAC

Bullhorn

MARTIN RICHARDSON

Founder 

Ready Set Recruit Legal

LEE SHORTER

Practice Manager 

Aquent Australia 

 

 


 

GARTH QUINN

Head of People Experience

Healius

BLARE SUTTON

Partner 

McGrathNicol

RHYS RYAN

CEO

Porter Novelli Australia

DOUG PENMAN

CMO + Executive Creative Director

The Foreign Office

 

 

 

 


 

Vinney Brown

General Manager 

ManpowerGroup

Meagan Jeffery

Global Chief Information Officer

Talent International

David Turvey

First Assistant Secretary

Jobs and Skills Australia

Thyago Liberalli

Global Director of AI

SEEK

 

 

 

 


 

Tariq Shaban

Senior Assessment Consultant (APAC)

HireVue

Tracy Thomson

Managing Director

Finite Group

  

 

 

  

Click here for Emerge 2023 Speaker Profiles

 

AGENDA

 

8:20am

REGISTRATION OPENS

MORNING CONTENT sponsored by: Bullhorn

 

8:50am - 8:55am

 APSCo Australia Managing Director's Welcome

Lesley Horsburgh, Managing Director, APSCo Australia

Session 1

Economic Outlook - where's it all headed?

Besa DedaChief Economist, Westpac Business Bank
Session 2

The Future of Jobs and Skills - The Government Perspective

David Turvey, First Assistant Secretary, Jobs and Skills Australia 
 

 

10.20am - 10:50am

MORNING TEA Sponsored by SEEK

 

 

Session 3

Law in Order - The Legal Perspective

Our legal panel will cast an employment law and in-house lens on the changing IR landscape and its impact on the recruitment profession. Facilitated by Martin Richardson, a well known face among recruitment owners and operators, this discussion will cover proposed changes in legislation along with audience Q&A.

 

Facilitated by Martin Richardson, Founder, Ready Set Recruit Legal

Nicola Martin, Partner, Labour & Employment Practice Group, Squire Patton Boggs

George Haros, Partner - Employment Law, Gadens

Laura Regan, Legal Counsel, Davidson

Session 4

The Adviser, the Lawyer and the Sale - Due dilligence unpacked

The acquisition of digital and technology recruitment specialist Finite Group in July 2022 came during a buoyant period for the M&A market.

The sale of the business, which was established in 1998, was a special moment for its owners and the sector at large, and highlighted the strength of the brand and its position in the market.

Convened by Lesley Horsburgh, Paul Masters and Tracy Thomson will explore the challenges and pitfalls in pathing a profitable exit; and will also be joined by Squire Patton Boggs Ashley Rose who will cast a legal lens across the discussion, and provide important insights.

Lesley Horsburgh, Managing Director, APSCo Australia

Paul Masters, Managing Partner, Sovereign Private

Ashley Rose, Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Tracy Thomson, Founder and Managing Director, Finite Group

Session 5

Let's talk about risk

Cybersecurity and your business

Did you know recruitment is in the top 5 sectors to notify of data breaches? In a year with dozens of high-profile data breaches, this panel will provide insights into the world of cybersecurity and risk, and a roadmap to navigate how to respond if a data breach occurs in your business.

Dudley Kneller, Partner (Technology, Cyber, Privacy), Gadens

Rhys Ryan, CEO, Porter Novelli Australia

Blare Sutton,  Partner, McGrathNicol

Meagan Jeffery, Global Chief Information Officer, Talent International

 

12:40pm - 1:25pm 

LUNCH Sponsored by SEEK

AFTERNOON CONTENT sponsored by Platinum Workforce Management

 

Session 6

Tech, Innovation and Robots

We all know that AI and tech will shape the future of the industry, but how far will it go? Where will it stop? And what will it all look like?

 A panel presentation facilitated by Aaron McIntosh, Managing Director APAC, Bullhorn

Vinney Brown, General Manager, Manpower Australia

Thyago Liberalli, Global Director of AI, SEEK

Tariq Shaban, Senior Assessment Consultant (APAC), HireVue

Session 7

Keynote presentation: The Future of Work

In this one-of-a-kind presentation Emerge delegates will learn the key principles, mindset and frameworks of an academically trained and practising futurist.

  • Unlearning the future - challenging the way we think about the future of work so we can think differently about action today
  • ’New learning for new times’  - challenging key assumptions and ideas about the future of work, to unlock new ways of exploring action in the present. 

 Reanna Browne, Futurist & Director, Work Futures

 

3:10pm - 3:30pm 

AFTERNOON TEA Sponsored by SEEK

 

Session 8

 

Futures mapping: An interactive workshop

Reanna will walk through a futures framework (and mindset) that will help leaders make sense of the current and emerging futures of work(ers) landscape.

In small groups, our attendees will unpack and map the changing futures of work(ers) landscape, exploring emerging trends and issues, alongside declining systems and beliefs around work.  

Reanna will also walk through an action framework that will help Emerge delegates to explore new ways of thinking about action that help keep the lights on' and ensure viability beyond the now. An approach that helps leaders see first-hand how to manage the critical priorities of today, viable and aspirational visions of tomorrow and the ‘messy-middle’ of transformation in between.

  • This is about getting practical - taking the insights from the earlier keynote and applying this practically
  • Key outputs - in groups we will collectively develop an outside map that well use to identify some of the key changes that are occurring around work/recruitment. 
  • Reanna will then walk through the template of an inside map - a process that can be used to think about actions for your own organisation in the present 

Reanna Browne, Futurist & Director, Work Futures

Session 9

Do you think like a marketer? Here's why you should

 

A panel presentation facilitated by Mike Beeley, CEO, Lightbox Communications

Doug Penman, CMO + Executive Creative Director, The Foreign Office

Garth Quinn, Head of People Experience, Healius

Lee Shorter, Practice Manager,  Aquent Australia

 

5:00pm - 8:00pm 

NETWORKING DRINKS Sponsored by Xemplo

 

 

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Thank you to the following organisations supporting Emerge 2023 as official sponsors.

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MORNING SPONSOR
AFTERNOON SPONSOR
HOSPITALITY SPONSOR

 

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