HIGHLIGHTS FROM EMERGE 2022
EVENT RESOURCES
SPEAKERS
AGENDA
SPONSOR EMERGE 2023
HIGHLIGHTS FROM EMERGE 2022
Emerge 2022 marked the much-anticipated return of APSCo Australia's full-day, face-to-face conference for recruitment industry leaders and managers.
Held at the iconic Sydney Opera House, one of Australia's most culturally significant and inspiring spaces, Emerge 2022 brought diverse panels of experts and influencers, together from some of the world's leading organisations, and featured a robust lineup of honest and engaging conversations that delved deep into the complexities of hiring in today's unchartered waters.
We dived head-first into the state of the nation with an up-to-date economic outlook from Westpac's Besa Deda and explored this year's most pressing legislative issues, with our 'Legislation and what lies ahead' panellists. Some of recruitment's best-known faces challenged and explored our new world of work and shared stories of innovation, and new ways of working, plus robust conversations on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging.
We concluded with some long-awaited networking drinks - overlooking Sydney's stunning harbour.
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EVENT RESOURCES
Attendees can now view PowerPoint presentations from some of our key presenters.
To access the presentations, you must be logged in to the website. If you do not have log-in details for the APSCo Australia website, please contact Carly Fordred to arrange this for you.
Once logged in, the presentations can be found via the blue My Portal button on the top right hand side of the page.
Please navigate down the left-hand side to My Content > Event Resources.
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Attendees enjoyed networking drinks to conclude the day.
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SPEAKERS
BESA DEDAChief Economist Westpac Business Bank | ROSS CLENNETTHigh-performance recruitment coach and recruitment industry blogger and commentator. RossClennett.com | MARTIN RICHARDSONFounder Ready Set Recruit Legal | GEORGE HAROSPartner - Employment Law Gadens |
 Besa has been with the Group as a Chief Economist since 2009. As the Bank’s economic spokesperson, Besa is responsible for research on the economy and financial markets. Read more |  Since 2003 Ross has run his own business, RossClennett.com, providing a range of services to the recruitment industry in Australia and New Zealand, predominantly high-performance coaching in addition to online recruitment and leadership programs. Read more |  He has plenty of war stories, and he's seen all the things that (should) keep you up at night. But he's also delivered real success and results to agencies everywhere because he goes beyond 'magic pills' and generic legal documents and advice, to get to what matters to agencies, and why. |  |
GREG SAVAGEAdvisor, consultant, mentor, investor and trainer to the recruitment, staffing, professional services, and social media sectors. | EMILY McLEODCo-Founder and Director WOW Recruitment | SIMON HAIRManaging Director Precision Sourcing | MARK SMITHGroup Managing Director people2people |
 Greg founded Recruitment Solutions in 1987 and rapidly built the start-up across Australia and New Zealand, culminating in its successful listing on the Australian Stock Exchange, with Greg as both Executive Director and COO. Read more |  sales, marketing, digital, and business support. In five short and eventful years, (punctuated by a pandemic) Emily and her team have won the trust of some of Australia’s most recognisable brands, recruiting at some serious scale whilst retaining a commitment to WOW’s founding principle – to make clients, candidates, and recruiters happy. Read more |  Starting his recruitment career 22 years ago in London working for some of Europe’s largest corporate staffing businesses Simon moved to Sydney in 2009 with the goal of establishing Precision Sourcing as Australia’s stand-out recruitment experts in SAP, Data and Project Services. Read more |  In February 2005, Mark, alongside, Manda Milling, Simon Gressier, and Greg Savage founded people2people. They believed there was a gap in the market for an agency that values long-term relationships. Read more |
LISA ANNESECEO The Diversity Council of Australia | RANI NANDANDiversity & Inclusion Director APAC PageGroup | MARK NIELSENGlobal CEO Talent International | MAROUN ELIASSenior Manager, Global Immigration Ernst & Young |
 Under her leadership, DCA delivers innovative diversity practice resources for Australian businesses and supports in them improving their inclusion capability. Read more
|  Since joining PageGroup in 2015, Rani has been the driving force behind progress in diversity and inclusion for the Australian business. Read more
|  Over a career spanning more than 25 years, Mark has held C-level roles across start-ups, turnarounds and multinational corporations. This experience included organisations in Australia, South Africa, China, the United Kingdom, and the USA, and across the recruitment, technology, resources, retail and medical device sectors. Read more
|  Collaborating with organisations across a myriad of industries and sectors, Maroun incorporates workforce planning and talent acquisition strategies to develop mobility solutions, with an entrenched focus on immigration requirements. Read more
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NICOLA MARTINPartner, Labour & Employment Practice Group Squire Patton Boggs | SIMON HAMMONDChairman 50 Crates | NICK KAMPERCEO Purpose Bureau | STEPHANIE ZUNIGA-MAHERDiversity and Inclusion Talent Partner Canva |
 Nicola’s focus is on how she can best support her clients in their strategic objectives, while navigating a heavily regulated environment. She is not only reactive to their issues, but also particularly enjoys rolling out proactive training to boards, management, HR teams and employees on employment issues. |  At his heart, Hammond is a cultural anthropologist, stemming from his earliest training as an investigative journalist, to the last 30 years of making sense of modern consumerism, branding and customer connection. Read more |  Frequently covered in international and national media, Purpose Bureau’s novel intelligence on every business in Australia is used by policymakers, corporates, and fintechs to better understand the stakeholder economy.
|  Prior to moving into her current role as a Talent Inclusion Partner, Stephanie worked across many roles in the Australian Recruitment Industry. Read more
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AGENDA
8:30amREGISTRATION OPENS
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| 9:00am - 9:05am | APSCo Australia Managing Director's Welcome | Lesley Horsburgh, Managing Director, APSCo Australia |
| 9:05am - 9:10am | APSCo Australia Chair Opening and Introductions | Stephen Smith, Director, Sirius People |
| 9:10am - 9:15am | From our Major Sponsor | Mark Gilham, Engagement Director APAC, Vincere |
| 9:15am - 10:00am | Opening Keynote: Economic Outlook 2022 and beyond | Besa Deda, Chief Economist, Westpac Business Bank |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Presenter Ross Clennet takes a deep dive into the challenges of the industry | Ross Clennett, High-performance recruitment coach and recruitment industry blogger and commentator, RossClennett.com |
10.30am - 10:50amMORNING TEASponsored by SEEK
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| 10:50am - 11:30am | Legislation and what lies ahead. Hear the experts discuss the current legislative challenges that face the professional recruitment industry as workplaces navigate an evolving backdrop of hybrid models and changes in regulation, compliance and Immigration.
| Facilitated by Ross Clennett Nicola Martin, Partner, Labour & Employment Practice Group, Squire Patton Boggs George Haros, Partner - Employment Law, Gadens Martin Richardson, Founder, Ready Set Recruit Legal Maroun Elias, Senior Manager, Global Immigration, Ernst & Young |
| 11:30am - 11:45am | Audience Q&A with Ross and the Panel |
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| 11.45am - 12.10pm | Presentation from Greg Savage | Greg Savage, Advisor, consultant, mentor, investor and trainer to the recruitment, staffing, professional services, and social media sectors. |
| 12:010pm - 12:55pm | There's few people who can boast decades of leadership and influence in the recruitment profession quite like Greg Savage. So who better to dig into the details behind 3 very different businesses - all responding to changing market conditions with some fascinating approaches.
| Facilitated by Greg Savage Mark Smith, Managing Director, people2people Simon Hair, Managing Director, Precision Sourcing Emily Mcleod, Co-founder, and Director of WOW Recruitment |
12:55pm - 1:40pmLUNCHSponsored by SEEK | ||
| 1:40pm - 2:40pm | Lectern Rock | Simon Hammond, Chairman, 50 Crates |
| 2:40pm - 3:10pm | Simon and his special guests discuss the social experiment that helped unsuspecting recruiters understand what it really means to Make People Matter. | Simon Hammond and special guests |
| 2:50pm - 3:10pm | Audience Q&A with Simon and special guests | |
3:10pm - 3:30pmAFTERNOON TEASponsored by SEEK | ||
3:30 - 3:50pm
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Nick Kamper Presentation
| Nick Kamper, CEO, Purpose Bureau |
| 3:50pm - 4:35pm | Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging - A Panel discussion This facilitated panel discussion will explore what’s happening within recruitment firms that have implemented D&I initiatives, what impact it’s having, and the lessons learned. It will also dive into how clients are approaching D&I in their hiring and how has EDI&B has evolved since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. | Facilitated by Nick Kamper, CEO, Purpose Bureau Rani Nandan, Diversity & Inclusion Director APAC, PageGroup Stephanie Zuniga-Maher, Diversity and Inclusion Talent Partner, Canva |
| 4:40pm - 5:00pm | Brianna Cattanach and Danielle Johnson – fireside chat |
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| 5:00pm - 8:00pm | Emerge 2022 Cocktail Evening |
Proudly sponsored by The Ayers Group |
SPONSOR EMERGE 2023
To express your interest in Emerge sponsorship, please contact Carly Fordred at APSCo Australia.
Opportunities are exclusive and limited. Get in touch with Carly today.
