AHEIA Conference 2025 | Program Day Two
9:05am - 10:00am
Ray Fleming
Chief AI Officer | Innovate GPT
Keynote 8 | Leading Through AI Disruption: Stability in Change
AI is already reshaping universities, bringing both disruption and opportunity in workforce management, compliance, and leadership. This keynote explores how institutions can embrace AI innovation while maintaining stability, drawing on lessons from Google and other fast-moving organisations to navigate change responsibly. With real-world examples—including why “starting with the monkey” accelerates innovation—this session will provide practical strategies to help leaders future-proof their workforce and turn AI-driven change into a competitive advantage.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
10:00am - 10:30am
Morning Tea and Networking
Please join us to network with your colleagues and enjoy morning tea.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
10:00am - 10:30am
Morning Tea and Networking
Please join us to network with your colleagues and enjoy morning tea.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
10:00am - 11:00am
Morning Tea and Networking
Please join us for morning tea with Anna Booth, Fair Work Ombudsman.
Nurse Ford Room
10:30am - 1:00pm
Eryk Korfel
Director | Innovations Accelerated
HR Imaginarium
Where problems meet possibilities
Transform real workplace challenges into innovative solutions in this dynamic, hands-on workshop. You'll collaborate to uncover hidden insights, craft creative solutions and build practical solutions that could revolutionise your university. No PowerPoints—just real problems, real solutions and real impact.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
10:30am - 1:00pm
Rohan Doyle
Partner - Melbourne | Herbert Smith Freehills
WR Directors Forum
Including Enterprise Bargaining Seminar
AHEIA's Director Enterprise Bargaining and Strategy Peter Branov will lead the first hour of this session with a round table update before handing over to Rohan Doyle from HSF to lead the enterprise bargaining seminar: Bargaining in a post 'Secure Jobs, Better Pay' and 'Closing Loopholes' world
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Nurse Egan Room
11:00am - 1:00pm
Craig Laughton
Executive Director | AHEIA
CPO Forum
CPOs or their nominated delegates
Participants will receive an agenda and further information via email for this session.
Nurse Ford Room
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch
Please join us to network with your colleagues and enjoy lunch.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch
Please join us to network with your colleagues and enjoy lunch.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Beth Bundy
Chief People Officer | Swinburne University of Technology
Keynote 9 | 'He aha te mea nui tea o? He tangata he tangata, he tangata!' What is the most important thing in the world, it is the people, it is the people, it is the people.
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Governor Bourke Ballroom
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Afternoon tea
Please join us for a short afternoon team before the final keynote.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Krisztina Barnett
Principal | Nous Group
Keynote 10 | University EVPs: What does it take to be an exemplary employer?
This session will present the external and internal drivers shaping university EVP’s. It will consider how social changes are impacting our perceptions of work, the rise of personal and professional growth as a sought-after benefit and what the university sector can learn from other sectors to reimagine what it takes to attract and retain the best. It will provide participants with practical takeaways for influencing their universities to reshape their EVPs and become an ‘exemplary employer’.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
3:45pm - 4:00pm
Craig Laughton
Executive Director | AHEIA
Conference Close
After a few closing words from AHEIA's executive director, delegates will have 10 minutes to drop off any personal items such as laptops to their rooms before the closing activities.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Conference closing activities
Please join us at the meeting point outside Governor Bourke Ballroom for an activity and closing drinks.
Governor Bourke Ballroom
Disclaimer: This conference program is confirmed at the date of marketing. However, AHEIA reserves the right to make changes to this program at any time as circumstances dictate. Speakers and topics were confirmed at the time of publishing; however, circumstances beyond the control of organisers may necessitate substitution, alternation, or cancellations of the speakers and/or topic. Every effort will be made to ensure any unavoidable changes provide a program of equivalent standard and value.