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17th Annual CEO and Young Professionals Breakfast

17th Annual CEO and Young Professionals Breakfast

Friday 22 March 2019
7:15 AM to 9:00 AM
Registrations open at 6:45 AM
Level 5, Grand Ballroom
ICC Sydney
14 Darling Drive, Sydney 2000
Table of 5 - $700
Table of 10 - $1300


Registrations are now closed.

If you have any name changes, please go to the registration desk on the day and our friendly IPAA staff will assist. 


The 17th Annual CEO and Young Professionals Breakfast theme is: What is the best predictor of your future career success - your performance or your potential?

ABOUT THIS EVENT 

Each year, the Institute of Public Administration Australia, NSW, holds its very popular annual CEO & Young Professionals Breakfast. This renowned event provides a perfect opportunity for CEOs from across the NSW public sector to invest in the talent of the future and recognise young professionals in their organisation.

The Breakfast, which attracts more than 800 people each year, is also an important platform for young professionals to network across organisations and to better understand the issues the contemporary public sector faces. 

In the style of ABC’s Q & A, two teams of speakers will present ideas about the difference between potential and performance and how they might impact an individual’s future career.  Speakers will also share thoughts on how performance and potential might be developed in all young professionals to create a stronger talent pipeline and a stronger NSW public sector. 

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

The 2019 Breakfast will be a thought-provoking event that offers a great opportunity for CEOs to support the development of their young employees and share ideas about how to build a world class public sector. 

Post-debate, CEOs and Young Professionals have the opportunity to engage in a table discussion about the attributes and behaviours of high potential and high performance individuals and how they might be identified and developed.

All IPAA events include purposeful networking which allows you to:

• Build relationships with the speaker/s and fellow guests
• Develop your capabilities 
• Establish connections across the NSW public sector.

HOSTING PARTNER

This event is presented with the support of our partner Bendelta.



HOST & MC

Gabrielle Puskas 
Project Officer, Culture and Engagement
People and Culture, People Strategy  
Corporate Services
Transport for NSW


Gabrielle is a young professional and aspiring leader. She is currently working as a Project Officer within the People and Culture branch, where she is delivering one of the largest recognition award programs for the Transport cluster. Gabrielle joined Transport as part of their Graduate Program in January 2016, where she led and implemented projects across multiple disciplines, including diversity and inclusion, innovation, entry level talent, and information technology. During the breakfast, Gabrielle will reflect on her journey as a young professional in the public sector. 
 
Prior to joining Transport, Gabrielle worked in the private sector for Westpac and Pacific Magazines. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business degree from the University of Technology Sydney, where she majored in Marketing and Information Technology.  
 
Gabrielle enjoys a work life balance that allows her to spend time with her partner, family and friends, play netball and binge-watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

THE DEBATE PANEL

Sonja Stewart
Deputy Secretary, Social Policy
NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet 


Sonja Stewart is the Deputy Secretary, Social Policy Group at the Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC). Prior to taking up this role in October 2018 she was responsible for the Department’s government, corporate and regional coordination functions.  This included People & Culture, Finance, ICT (for the Department, Premier and Ministry), communications and major events such as Australia Day and New Year’s Eve.  
 
Before joining NSW DPC, Sonja was Deputy Commissioner at the NSW Public Service Commission, delivering strategies and projects aimed at improving workforce performance across the NSW Public Sector.  Sonja has extensive experience across state and commonwealth governments, including family and community services, the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission and the Australian Trade Commission.
 
She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has been involved in Government, Academic and Not for Profit Boards for over 20 years.  Sonja is the current Chairperson of the Lord Howe Island Board and a Board member of the GO (Goodes O’Loughlin) Foundation.

Ken Kanofski
Chief Executive
Roads and Maritime Services


Ken was appointed Chief Executive of Roads and Maritime Services in August 2016. As Chief Executive, Ken is responsible for leading and managing the performance of the road and maritime networks to meet customer needs. This includes delivery of a record infrastructure building program, as well as maintaining, operating and regulating the networks.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, Ken spent three years as the Roads and Maritime Chief Operating Officer. 
 
Bani Singh
Digital Government, Policy and Innovation
NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation



Bani is currently working in the Digital Government branch of DFSI in the Policy Lab team. Prior to this, she was working on the ICT procurement transformation project with buy.nsw. Bani is new to Government, joining in May last year. She was brought on as Secretary for DFSI’s YPN shortly after joining DFSI and became Chair of the group at the end of last year. 

Bani’s background is in social justice. She has spent time volunteering with Amnesty International where she was the Chair of the Youth Advisory Group, a university group coordinator, and spent time teaching high school students about human rights. Her passion and drive for human rights and social justice is carried into her work at DFSI where she uses human-centred design to ensure her projects benefits the citizens of NSW.

Bani is passionate about human-centred design and agile development and bringing those together to make just and equitable outcomes for NSW citizens.

Alex Kirkpatrick
A/ Senior Project Officer
COPP Policy Unit
Custodial Corrections
NSW Department of Justice 



Alex graduated from a double degree in Law and Arts at Western Sydney University in December 2016. He walked away from University with a Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence award. He is an alumni of the NSW Government Graduate Program.

As part of the program he undertook policy projects in the Office of the Secretary in the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation, risk and fraud prevention in Revenue NSW and a significant policy project in Corrective Services NSW. He is currently acting as a Senior Project Officer in the Custodial Operations Policy Team of Corrective Services NSW where he is responsible for policy and procedures for the custodial environment.


Terms and Conditions

Cancellation policy
  • Cancellation must be in writing. 
  • Cancellation received more than 10 business days prior to the event running — no penalty will be incurred.
  • Cancellation received within 5–10 business days prior to the event running — 50% of the event fee will be payable.
  • Cancellation received within 1–5 business days prior to the event running — 100% of the event fee will be payable.

Penalties may be waived in exceptional circumstances, work commitments do not count as exceptional circumstances.

Substitute nominees may attend in your place where deemed appropriate; however, if a member wishes to substitute a non-member in their place the full fee will be payable.

Note: If you do not cancel and do not attend, 100% of the event fee must be paid.

Program Changes 
IPAA NSW reserves the right to change programs/speakers/venue, or to cancel programs if the enrolment criteria are not met or when conditions beyond our control prevail. All registrants will be notified in the event of cancellation and their registration will be refunded. 

Contact

Feel free to contact our office on 02 8223 8418 or email [email protected] for any questions and/or clarifications.

When
22/03/2019 7:15 AM - 9:00 AM
AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Where
Level 5, Grand Ballroom ICC Sydney 14 Darling Drive Sydney 2000 AUSTRALIA
Terms and Conditions
Payments

Payment is required prior to attending the event or course. Please contact an IPAA NSW staff member if an exception is required.

Payments - Online Events

If you have an outstanding invoice for the event, you will not receive a link to the live event. 

Online Events

Only people registered to the event can access the content. Do not share login details with people who have not registered to the event

Cancellation policy - Events
  • Cancellation must be in writing and confirmed by an IPAA NSW staff member
  • Cancellation received more than 10 business days prior to the event – no penalty will be incurred
  • Cancellation received within 6-10 business days of the event – 50% of the fee is payable
  • Cancellation received less than 6 business days prior to the event – 100% of the fee is payable
  • No show – 100% of the fee is payable
  • Registrations received less than 6 business days prior to the event are non-refundable.
Cancellation policy - Scheduled Courses
  • Cancellation must be in writing and confirmed by an IPAA NSW staff member
  • Cancellation received more than 10 business days prior to the start date – no penalty will be incurred
  • Cancellation received within 6-10 business days of the start date – 50% of the fee is payable
  • Cancellation received less than 6 business days prior to the start date – 100% of the fee is payable
  • No show – 100% of the fee is payable
  • Registrations received less than 6 business days prior to the start date are non-refundable.
Cancellation policy - Self-paced Courses
  • Cancellations are not permitted.

Note: If you do not cancel and do not attend and event or course, 100% of the fee must be paid.

Transfer policy - Events
  • All requests for transfers must be in writing
  • Substitute nominees may attend in your place where deemed appropriate; however, if a member wishes to substitute a non-member in their place the full fee will be payable.
Transfer policy - Scheduled Courses
  • All requests for transfers must be in writing
  • Your course registration can be transferred to another course without penalty if requested more than 10 business days prior to the course start date. Otherwise, the above cancellation policy applies. Transfers can only be requested when the course fee has been paid in full.
  • Transferring your registration to another person can be done at any time without penalty if nominee details are provided within a minimum of 2 business days prior to the course start date. Transferring from a member to a non-member will result in a fee increase in line with the non-member course fee.
Transfer policy - Self-paced Courses 
  • Transfers to another course are not allowed for self-paced courses.
We may in our discretion waive cancellation charges in exceptional circumstances, but we will not waive cancellation charges on account of work commitments.

Program Changes

IPAA NSW reserves the right to change programs/speakers/venue, or to cancel programs if the enrolment criteria are not met or when conditions beyond our control prevail. All registrants will be notified in the event of cancellation and their registration fee will be refunded.

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