Program

8.00 am Registration
8.50 am Facilitator - Ian Doyle
9.00 am Peter Barnes, President, Winemakers' Federation of Australia
Welcome
9.10 am The Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration
Official Opening

Pathways to Profitability

Session sponsor: Fuller Communications
9.30 am David Trebeck, Managing Director, ACIL Consulting
Pathways to Profitability for Small and Medium Wineries
10.00 am Stephen Harvey, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Financial Performance of Australian Wineries.
10.25 am Questions
10.45 am Morning Tea

Insights, assessments and projections in key markets

Session sponsor: Beston Wine Industry Trust
11.15 am Richard Gibbs, Division Director and Head of Economics, Macquarie Bank Ltd
The Global Economic and Business Outlook: A Little More Wine and Song in 2003.
11.35 am Andrew Fraser, London School of Economics
The Challenges in Europe for Australian Wine.
12.10 pm Jon Fredrikson, President, Gomberg, Fredrikson and Associates, California, USA
Trends and Opportunities in the US Market
12.45 pm Questions
1.15 pm Lunch

Oversupply: Myth or Reality

Session sponsor: AWX: Australian Wine Exchange
2.45pm Lawrie Stanford, Manager - Information and Analysis, Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation
Has the Supply Challenge Peaked?
3.15pm Panel session, including earlier speakers
Philip Laffer, Chief Winemaker/Director, Orlando Wyndham Group
David Crawford, Director, CMV Farms
Jamie Odell, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Trade, Beringer Blass Wine Estates
4.15 pm Summary and close
4.20 pm Drinks

Disclaimer: The conference organisers take no responsibility for unforeseen changes to the speaker program.