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Strata and Community Title in Australia for the 21st Century III
Strata and Community Title
in Australia for the 21st Century 2011
Strengthening partnerships through debate and research
Conference 2011
7th - 9th September
Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa
158 Ferny Avenue, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Conference objective
The over-riding objective of the conference is to stimulate debate and research consistent
with building and strengthening partnerships across the spectrum of stakeholders.
The conference programme has been formulated in the spirit of advancing cohesiveness
and informing longer-term development, lifting the sector’s prominence and performance,
and highlighting the role of strata and community title structures in the delivery of more
sustainable outcomes in urban living and working environments.
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Program
Strata and Community Title in Australia for the 21st Century 2011
III
Following extensive industry consultation, the conference
programme sub-committee, has very deliberately mapped
out a cumulative, “building block”, agenda designed to
inform the industry’s direction. The programme comprises
a structured blend of speaker presentations (designed to
expose issues), panel discussions (designed to reflect on,
and provide a range of perspectives on issues identified in
the preceding presentation), and a debate.
Day 1: Wednesday, 7th September 2011
Time
Activity/Presentation
11:30am - 1:00pm
Conference Greeting and
Registration
12:00 - 1:00pm
Light Lunch
1:00 - 1:05pm
Conference Orientation
Speakers / Discussants
Professor Chris Guilding
(Griffith University)
1:05 - 1:15pm
Official Welcome
Professor Ian O’Connor
(Vice Chancellor & President, Griffith University)
1:15 - 1:45 pm
Key strata title issues confronting
governments: Policy makers forum
outcomes
The Honourable Max Trenorden MLC
(Chair, WA Legislative Council Standing Committee on Public Administration)
1:45 - 2:25 pm
A SWOT analysis of strata titling
50 years after its inception in
Australia
• Howard Stewart (main presenter)
• Gary Bugden (licensed to interject)
2:25 - 3:25 pm
Strata title complex design:
reflective case studies
• Carole Hardin (Strata Choice): Kings Street Wharfe (Sydney).
• Paul Wood (Stewart Silver King & Burns): Towers of Chevron
Renaissance (Gold Coast)
3:25 - 3:55 pm
Afternoon Tea
3:55 - 4:10 pm
Building a better partnership
between the executive committee
and the strata manager
(Director, Stewart Silver King & Burns)
Building a better partnership
between the executive committee
and the strata manager
ACT)
4:10 - 4:55 pm
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Tim Sheehan
Chair: Gary Petherbridge (President, Owners Corporation Network,
• Colin Archer (Director, Archers Body Corporate Management)
• Adrian Emery (CEO Bright & Duggan)
• Tim Sheehan (SSKB)
• Wayne Stevens (President, Unit Owners Association Queensland)
Conference Opening Cocktail function
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Day 2: Thursday, 8th September 2011
Time
Activity/Presentation
Speakers/Discussants
9:00 - 9:40 am
Insights arising from the web-site
discussion forum
Chair: Dr Sacha Reid (Griffith University)
Discussants:
• Matthew Amber (NCTI President)
• Gerry Chia (Secretary, Owners Corporation Network)
• Kim Cox (National Chairman, ARAMA Industry Advisory Committee)
• Matthew Derrick (Partner, Norton Rose Australia & UDIA representative)
9:40 - 10:10 am
A bigger strata footprint: are we
aware of the implications?
Cathy Sherry (Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales)
10:10 - 10:35 am
The interface between strata title
and local government
Bill Chandler (Chandler Consulting Services & Past President Planning
Institute Australia, Victoria)
10:35 - 11:05 am
Morning Tea
11:05 - 11:55 am
How well are front end controls
and procedures performing in
terms of delivering long term
sustainable and harmonious strata
title living environments?
Chair: Bob Browne (Strata title lawyer and consultant)
• Simon Barnard (Principal, Hartley’s Body Corporate Management)
• James Freestun (Managing Director, Solutions IE)
• Aaron Thompson (Howard Group)
• Robert Walker (Commissioner for Body Corporate and
Community Management, Queensland)
11:55 - 12:35
How well is legislation keeping up
with evolving owner needs?
Chair: Michael Courtney (Office of Fair Trading, NSW Government)
• Stephen Goddard (Goddard & Co Solicitors; Chair, Owners
Corporation Network)
• Nicole Johnston (Lawyer, Body Corporate Committee Chair & Strata
Title researcher)
• Michael Teys (Teys Lawyers)
12:35 - 1:50 pm
Lunch
1:50 - 2:25 pm
Strategies employed by
multinational hotel chains in the
face of increased strata titled
ownership
Dean Dransfield
(Managing Director, Dransfield Hotels & Resorts)
2:25 - 3:25 pm
DEBATE with motion:
Purchasers are insufficiently
protected in the strata title unit
sale process
3:25 - 3:55 pm
Afternoon Tea
3:55 - 4:30 pm
An examination of government run
strata title mediation and dispute
resolution
(State Administrative Tribunal, WA)
Should governments do more to
educate executive committee
members?
(Office of Fair Trading, NSW Government)
4:30 - 5:00 pm
6:30 - 7:00pm
Pre-dinner Drinks
7:00pm
Conference Dinner
Chair: Simon Libbis (Subdivision Lawyers)
Debaters:
• Ken Greenaway (Purchase Strata Inspections)
• Peter McGrath (Real Estate Institute of Queensland)
• Jimmy Thomson (Flat Chat editor)
• Nelson Wockner (Wockner Lawyers)
Dr Bertus de Villiers
Michael Courtney
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Day 3: Friday, 9th September 2011
Time
Activity/Presentation
Speakers/Discussants
09:05 - 9:30 am
Outcomes of web-based discussion
forum on Long Term Service,
Utility and Management Contracts
(Urban Research Program, Griffith University)
When does a Long Term Service,
Utility or Management Contract
work well?
(CEO, Sanctuary Cove Principal Body Corporate)
9:30 - 10:00 am
10:00 - 10:25 am
What are the Practical Options to
Regulate Long Term Contracts?
10:25 - 10:55am
Morning Tea
10:55 - 11:40 am
Long Term Service, Utility and
Management Contracts
Prof Paul Burton
Susan Minnekeer
Dr Gary Bugden OAM
(Chairman, Mystrata)
Chair: Michael Allen (Allen Partners & President Australian College of
Community Association Lawyers)
• Ron de Wit (Chairperson Large Owners Corporation & Consultant
Deloitte Australia)
• Col Myers (Partner, Small Myers Hughes)
• Paul Ring (Executive Hotel Manager, Oaks Hotels and Resorts)
• Carol Wright (Managing Director, BCATS Australia)
11:40 - 12:30 pm
Law reform round-up
12:30 - 1:40 pm
Lunch
1:40 - 2:15pm
Law, Power and Practice in MultiOwned housing: The International
Experience
2:15 - 2:45 pm
2:45 - 3:25 pm
Chair: Francesco Andreone
• Mark Atkinson (Atkinson Legal)
• Tim Graham (HWL Ebsworth Lawyers)
• Frank Higginson (Hynes Lawyers)
• Michael Teys (Teys Lawyers)
Associate Professor Ann Dupuis
(Massey University)
Banks and strata titling: activities,
impacts and evolving opportunities
(Macquarie Bank)
Insuring strata title complexes
against large disasters
Services)
Tim MacKenzie
Chair: Hugh Beutel (Qld State Manager, Cambridge Management
• Luke Hsu (Honans Insurance Group)
• Paul Keating (CHU)
• Brad Robson (National Manager, Strata Unit Underwriters)
3:25 pm - 3:55 pm
Afternoon Tea
3:55 - 4:50 pm
How will strata title living and
management evolve into the
future: a visionary perspective
4:50 pm
Conference Conclusion
Chair: Professor Chris Guilding
• Patrik Bruhlmann (CEO, Vesture)
• Mark Davis (Managing Director, Stonehenge Group)
• Associate Professor Dianne Dredge (Southern Cross University)
• Mark Lever (NCTI Executive Officer)
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