Concurrent Sessions
Presentations from the concurrent sessions at the Work Life Balance Conference 2006
Presentations and papers from the concurrent sessions are available here as pdf documents.
Please note that not all speakers have electronic presentations available.
1A - Managing 24/7 operations: a work-life perspective
Shelley Kalms, Alinta Limited
Angela Kearney, Australian Hotels Association.
1B - Health and wellbeing for work-life balance
Andrew Kikeros, FishUnlimited
Ann Zubrick , Re-vision (no presentation available)
1C - Work-life balance: fathers in focus
Reg Howard-Smith, Director, Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA
Tim Marney, Under Treasurer, Western Australia (no presentation available)
2A - Attraction and retention strategies
Dr Renu Burr, RAC of WA
Melissa Morris, Transfield-Worley
2B - The legal perspective on work-life balance
Yvonne Henderson, WA Commissioner for Equal Opportunity
Kathy Reid, Senior Associate, Freehills
2C - Flexible work practices – deregulation’s impact on female workers
Dr Joan Eveline, Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia Presentation Paper
Helen Creed, Vice-President, ACTU
3A - Ageing and employment
Louise Rolland, CEO Business Work and Ageing, Swinburne University
John Taya, Executive Director Human Resources, Main Roads WA
3B - Federal labour relations changes: implications for work-life balance
Dave Robinson, Secretary, UnionsWA (no presentation available)
Sandra Thorp, Employer Relations Adviser, CCI WA
3C - Work-life balance in remote areas
John Kirwan, Commissioner for Public Employment, Northern Territory
Christine O'Farrell, CEO WA Country Health Service (no presentation available)
4A - Work-life harmony – Singapore and Australia in focus
Andrew Fung, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
Dr Patricia Todd, Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia
4B - Driving cultural change in organisations: the New Zealand experience
Trudi McNaughton, Expertise Limited, New Zealand
Heather McDonald, Department of Labour, New Zealand
4C - Getting serious about work-life balance: managing a changing workforce
Professor Linda Duxbury, Carleton University, Canada