1. #FOLG15 The Future of Local Government 28 - 29 May 2015 Municipal Association of Victoria

2. #FOLG15 Welcome Cr Bill McArthur President, Municipal Association of Victoria

3. #FOLG15 The Future of Local Government journey: the evolution and the challenges: update John Hennessy Municipal Association of Victoria

4. #FOLG15 Responding to the biggest wake- up call in history Richard A Slaughter Director of Foresight International

5. #FOLG15 Virtual local government Professor Percy Allan Percy Allan and Associates

6. #FOLG15 Morning tea

7. #FOLG15 City of Melbourne: the people's panel Cr Stephen Mayne Councillor, City of Melbourne

8. #FOLG15 newDemocracy – why and how to innovate in democracy: sharing hard decisions with your community Iain Walker Executive Director, The New Democracy Foundation

9. #FOLG15 Lunch

10. #FOLG15 Lessons and insights I’ve learnt in local government and elsewhere Kelvin Spiller Leadership Thinking Australia

11. #FOLG15 The future of local public services and implications for local government Professor Helen Sullivan University of Melbourne

12. #FOLG15 Afternoon tea

13. #FOLG15 Transformation to a new smarter way of working Di Ashton Project Director, Activity-Based Working, Cardinia Shire Council

14. #FOLG15 Change, innovation, and frugality: what works? Kate Delaney Delaney Foresight

15. #FOLG15 Re-imagining government in the digital age Barry Quirk CEO, Lewisham Council, UK (Virtual)

16. #FOLG15 Informal networking session

17. #FOLG15 The Future of Local Government 28 - 29 May 2015 Municipal Association of Victoria

18. #FOLG15 Local government and Federal government – the importance of the direct relationship, now and into the future Mayor Troy Pickard President, Australian Local Government Association (ALGA)

19. #FOLG15 Thames-Coromandel’s community boards and how they drive Council planning David Hammond Chief Executive, Thames-Coromandel District Council (NZ)

20. #FOLG15 Morning tea

21. #FOLG15 Engaging your community in city council decision-making: lessons learned from 40 years of community governance in Portland, Oregon Dr Paul Leistner

22. #FOLG15 The need for councils to transform their business model Professor Peter Grant IBRS

23. #FOLG15 The challenge of change: implications for local government John Walker CEO, Richmond Valley Council (NSW)

24. #FOLG15 Next Steps John Hennessy Municipal Association of Victoria

25. #FOLG15 Lunch

26. #FOLG15 City of Greater Geraldton’s (WA) participatory budgeting journey Ken Diehm CEO, City of Greater Geraldton

27. #FOLG15 Places for people, by people: how to do it Lucinda Hartley CEO and co-founder, CoDesign Studio

28. #FOLG15 The Perth Councils amalgamation process: what happened? Peter Kenyon Founder of the Bank of IDEAS and local activist

29. #FOLG15 Wrap up….. Next steps

30. #FOLG15 Conference close