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Keynote speakers

Professor Stephen Bartos - Director, National Institute of Governance

Professor Stephen Bartos was appointed Director of the National Institute for Governance in January 2005. He is the author of two books: Public Sector Governance Australia (CCH, Sydney , 2004); Against the Grain: the AWB Scandal and Why it Happened (UNSW Press, November 2006) and numerous articles on governance and public sector reform.  He was previously a visiting fellow in the Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University with research interests in governance, public sector budgeting, fiscal management, tax expenditures and public policy.

Stephen has worked in the Australian public service for some 25 years, and has been an economic and policy adviser to the Fraser, Hawke, Keating and Howard governments.  He worked not only in Finance but also departments of Transport, Communications, Housing and the Public Service Board, where he contributed to significant policy development and public sector reform.

Stephen is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Member of the Institute of Public Administration Australia.  He has been a member of the Board of a major public corporation, the Telstra Instalment Receipt Trust company and other governance boards and councils.

 

Professor Carol Adams - Professor of Accounting, La Trobe University

Professor Carol Adams joined La Trobe University in October 2005 as Professor of Accounting. Some of Carol's current research projects are concerned with: the integration of sustainability reporting into decision making, performance management and risk management; internal sustainability reporting processes; examining the use of the Internet as a medium for ethical, social and environmental reporting; and environmental management systems. Her research work has received national ( UK and Australia ) media coverage.  

Carol has served as a Director and Council Member of the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability and was involved in the drafting of the ‘AA1000 framework'(1999) and the ‘AA1000S Assurance Standard: Guiding Principles' (2002) both aimed at improving the accountability of organisations. 

She is a judge for the ACCA Australia and New Zealand Sustainability Reporting Awards and has provided advice to management teams and Boards of a number of companies on sustainability reporting processes and related issues.