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EVENTS
Climate Change Advisors who provided an update on
the climate challenge and Satyajit Das, a risk consultant
and author who delivered a very interesting session on
the GFC, all rated very highly.
The 2010 Exhibition held in conjunction with CMSF also
attracted a record number of exhibitors, several exhibiting
at CMSF for the first time. In line with our carbon
neutral project, the ’Green Award’ for the exhibitor who
demonstrated a commitment to excellence and leadership
in environmental performance went to Colonial First
State Global Asset Management. AIST also congratulates
Superpartners, winners of the ‘People’s Choice Award’
for the second time.
Debi Bruce, Events Manager
AIST organises conferences and luncheons to build
on industry knowledge by securing expert speakers to
address current topics and to encourage debate and
idea-sharing within the industry.
AIST’s commitment to offsetting our carbon footprint
continued in 2010, with an additional saving of 70,000
tonnes. This project was sponsored by Deutsche Asset
Management. AIST will continue to reduce CMSF’s
carbon footprint wherever possible and we encourage our
attendees to purchase offsets for their flights to assist.
Each year at CMSF we publicly acknowledge the commitment
and dedication of trustee directors through the
Trustee of the Year Award. We congratulate David Leggo,
Chair of AvSuper and recipient of the 2010 Award.
CONFERENCES
A total of 2,345 people attended our conferences and their
feedback was highly positive. This is the largest number
of attendees and the highest representation of trustees
and fund staff to date for AIST conferences.
CMSF
The Annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds
(CMSF) was held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition
Centre from 15 – 17 March and we celebrated its 20th
Anniversary. This conference is an important event on the
superannuation calendar and attracts international and
local experts, government representatives and industry
regulators. Our speakers stimulated plenty of debate
from the floor and contributed to on-going discussion on
everything from Cooper and climate through to shareholder
activism and fund manager fees.
Feedback from our conference survey was extremely
positive: Justice Michael Kirby, who discussed social
inclusion and the ageing workforce, Mark Fulton, Global
Head of Climate Change Investment Research at DB
“Our speakers stimulated plenty of
debate from the floor on everything
from Cooper and climate through
to shareholder activism and
fund manager fees”
SPECIALIST ONE DAY CONFERENCES
In 2010 AIST held four specialist one day conferences:
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Fund Governance Conference
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Superannuation Administration Symposium
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Inaugural Member Services Symposium
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Superannuation Insurance Symposium
Over 570 delegates attended these specialist one day
events. Feedback was extremely positive and we are
pleased to advise that all events will continue in 2011,
with the Fund Governance Conference to be held in
Sydney for the first time.
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