Brian Lovell, Chief Executive Officer, AFIF

Fritz Heinzmann, Chairman, AFIF

TRADE FACILITATION AND BORDER PROTECTION:
A VIEW OF THE FUTURE

Michael Carmody, CEO, Australian Customs Service

AIRFREIGHT FORUM

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With major changes continuing to face the industry, take this opportunity to hear from the major airlines in Australia, the airports and IATA. The airfreight forum will be made up of 3 parts. The first discussion will focus on global developments, followed by a panel discussion, including the latest on the ACCC Review of IATA and trends in the market. This will then be followed by a presentation from the major east-coast airports updating us on planned infrastructure developments. The floor will be open to questions.

This Forum will be moderated by Paul Golland.

There was a time when companies appointed specialist sales-people, and soon they learned that everyone in an organisation can make-or-break a sale, so in effect, we were all sales people. Then the same was discovered with customer service managers.

Companies will soon learn that every staff member ought to be a security officer.

Terrorists take advantage of the gaps that eventually emerge. Despite extensive training, most staff members would not have a clue if something suspicious were to happen right under their nose,and that's because we tend to train by telling. Jonar advocates training by 'teaching' and this means that staff members and security personnel not only learn, but also believe, understand, accept and adopt. More importantly, they must do these four things consistently - and herein lies the challenge if we are ever to overcome the scourge of terror and crime.

Customs and Dotars will detail their new and expanded roles in working with commerce and industry to develop a secure supply chain, using methods aimed at minimising disruption to the flow of cargo whilst heightening security. How is this possible and what benefits will industry derive?
This session will be moderated by Brian Lovell.

Do you divide your day into work, rest, and play? Is work something you do out of obligation? Is rest something you do because you are exhausted? Is play something you do to forget about work? This is not a pleasant cycle.

Job satisfaction depends on relationships amongst colleagues. Managers push teamwork to foster workplace harmony and in doing so espouse misguided mantras about workplace diversity. Diversity of values, ethics and culture should not be encouraged, where negative traits materialise. Diversity should only be tolerated when people are morally decent, yet have issues beyond their control.

Staff members struggle to trust and are afraid to speak up. The likelihood is that they will suffer in silence, lose enthusiasm and eventually leave.

Jonar will outline how to live a life where work, rest and play can be effectively combined. Only then can organisations promote excellence to create expertise and dynamic, challenging and rewarding work environments, where geniuses are born and organisations grow. Teamwork is about constructing teams that work – not about pleading for people to tolerate each other’s differences.

2006 saw a continuation of the merger and acquisition activity that dominated 2005. In addition 2006 heralded the introduction of a brand new line commencing operations in Australia - a rare event indeed. Hear first hand from the players involved in these landmark changes and have your say in the sea freight forum which every year proves to be one of the most popular and often controversial discussions at the conference.

This is a topic that everyone has an opinion on! Join this entertaining session and see the men vs the women. You will see debating tactics you did not think possible. The battle of the sexes is on!

Moderator: John Law, CEO, Law Rexstraw Lawyers

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CONFERENCE DINNER

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The dinner will be held at the Cairns Convention Centre, a short walk from the hotel.