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IPAA runs a comprehensive events program on the big issues and challenges faced by Australia’s public sector.
Here’s a taste of what’s coming up over the next month or two.
Making a Difference: Real Outcomes
Be inspired by the work of your public sector colleagues that changes our citizens lives.
The Making a Difference series showcases the work of public servants like you – delivering exceptional outcomes in their teams and making a difference to the people of New South Wales.
In this unprecedented time of pandemics, natural disasters and other challenges, this series celebrates the great impact public servants have on our state, no matter their level or specialisation
4 April 2023
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Online
Skills for Success: Managing change
Understand the fundamentals of change management to support yourself in our evolving workplace.
Would your work benefit from a deeper understanding of how to manage through change?
Our Skills for Success series helps you develop the foundational skills you need to succeed in your public sector career.
This series gives you the tools to thrive in our changing working environment. Designed in collaboration with your public sector leaders, our six-part series covers topics that help you do your job more successfully and knowledge to support you to manage better in your responsibilities.
IPAA’s Skills for Success webinar series is delivered for free as part of our Cluster partnership arrangements.
6 April 2023
10:00AM – 11:00AM
Online
2023 CHIEF EXECUTIVES AND EMERGING LEADERS BREAKFAST
IPAA Queensland is delighted to invite the public purpose sector once again to our annual flagship event, the Chief Executive and Emerging Leaders Breakfast.
Formally known as the Chief Executives and Young Professionals Breakfast, this event will see hundreds of public purpose leaders (both current and emerging) come together to hear the latest insights in the field of public purpose practice.
There is an inter-generational shift currently taking place in our world, and Holly Ransom will take to the stage to share the latest on this shift, and how it will apply to the public purpose sector.
20 April 2023
7:00AM
Brisbane City Hall
SEAMLESS SERVICE DELIVERY: EVERY SERVICE POINT MATTERS
Please join us as we welcome the Department for Health and Wellbeing’s new Chief Executive, Dr Robyn Lawrence
28 April 2023
9:15AM – 4:30PM
TBC
On the Couch with Susan Pearce
Your opportunity to learn more about what inspires and motivates the Secretary of Health
This informal interview will explore Susan’s influences and priorities, and her views on the future of NSW and the public sector.
Susan is responsible for the management of the NSW health system to ensure the provision of world class, patient centred care to the people of NSW. Prior to this appointment, Susan was Deputy Secretary, Patient Experience and System Performance Division, which she held since 2015..
Don’t miss this event if you want personal insights from our public sector leaders on what makes them tick.
3 May 2023
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Online
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DATA FORUM: PATHWAYS, PERSPECTIVE AND PRACTICE
The Australian Government Data Forum is your opportunity to hear from an impressive line-up of senior thought leaders and academics from the public and private sector on how data can be used to inform the delivery of policy and programs that accurately reflect current trends within the Australian community. This full day forum program offers a mixture of keynote addresses, Q&A sessions, data presentations and panel discussions open to graduates and new starters within the data sector nationwide.
17 May 2023
9:00AM – 4:30PM
Rex Hotel, Canberra
SEAMLESS SERVICE DELIVERY: EVERY SERVICE POINT MATTERS
The APS Data Awards Dinner 2023 is a celebration of achievements across the data landscape. The awards highlight innovative and resourceful solutions implemented across the APS which use data to make a difference to the Australian community. The awards also recognise outstanding APS leadership in improving the representation of data professionals from diverse cohorts.
17 May 2023
6:00PM – 9:00PM
Rex Hotel, Canberra
13th NIS Conference Registration
The 13th National Investigations Symposium (NIS) will be held in May 2023 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney. Since it began in 1996, this premium biennial event has attracted the participation of several hundred delegates from across Australia and abroad.
The two-day symposium is an opportunity for a range of practitioners – including investigators, internal auditors, lawyers, senior police officers and complaint-handlers – to increase and share their investigative knowledge, skills and techniques. The NIS also offers networking opportunities that allow delegates to foster and establish new contacts and maintain existing ones, and while accessing the latest products and services from the exhibitor stalls.
The NIS is a joint initiative of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, the NSW Ombudsman and the Institute of Public Administration Australia NSW.
23-25 May 2023
8:00AM – 6:00PM
Skills for Success: Writing for government
Learn how to draft clear purposeful professional government documents.
Writing for government now has an emphasis on clarity and accessibility for readers in a digital environment. In this presentation, Helen Portillo-Castro will guide you through a plain language approach so you can produce documents that are clear, inclusive, accessible and findable.
7 June 2023
10:00AM – 11:00AM
Online
13th Annual Budget Briefing Breakfast
Your opportunity to hear directly from the Secretary of Treasury about how the budget will affect your work in the year ahead.
Held within days of the new budget being tabled in Parliament, our annual Budget Briefing Breakfast is your exclusive opportunity to network with your senior executive colleagues while learning about the government’s priorities and investments for the new financial year.
29 March 2023
7:30AM – 8:55AM
Sydney NSW 2000