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Event: Consumer Credit Forum 2009
Venue: Sir Stamford at Circular Quay, Sydney
Date: 23-24 June 2009

Background:Consumer Credit Forum 2009 is a forward looking event aiming to enhance the debate on consumer protection. The forum has a strong focus on the national consumer credit reform with an insightful update from the Consumer Credit Unit within Commonwealth Treasury. 

This highly interactive and practical forum will give you a rare insight into the latest developments with the National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009, exploring how to manage credit risk, how to use EDR in resolving credit disputes, examine predatory lending practices and how to minimize risk from unfair consumer contracts.

Registration:To find out more or to register please email to consumercredit@unionlink.com.au or call us on 02 9411 6142

Event Supporter:Finance Brokers Association of Australia Ltd

Event: 2009 Australian Retail Symposium
Venue: Sydney, Australia
Date: 29th – 30th April, 2009

Background: Having endured a horror 2008 because of the Global Economic Crisis, Australian retailers now face a nation of shoppers worried about their jobs and their investments. The tough times suffered by retailers this year will only get worse in 2009. The risk for Australian retailers is that a return to higher savings now occurs chaotically and rapidly across the next year or two, rather than more steadily across a number of years. Access Economics is forecasting retail sales to fall 0.1 per cent in 2008-09 compared with 4.5 per cent growth in 2007-08. In 2009-10 it expects anaemic growth of 0.9 per cent.

Introduction: The Australian Retail Symposium is a two day conference assembling influential Australian retailers, consultants and strategists, who will provide their unique and invaluable insight into this dynamic industry offering delegates the tools and techniques for achieving retail excellence. This is the first event in 2009 that will bring together, on one stage, a high calibre and variety of speakers to address the future of the Australian retail sector. It is a time of uncertainty, threats and opportunities for everyone involved. Let’s use this platform to look at the global trends, successes and failures drawing on the speakers’ expertise in the industry to identify the ways forward for retailing in Australia.

Who should attend: All CEOs, CIOs, COOs, EVPs, SVPs, Managing Directors, Heads of Loyalty, CRM, Data, Marketing and Corporate Planning and business heads of specialist retail technology providers and specialist consultants.

Event: 2009 Asia IT Summit
Venue: Bangalore, India
Date: 30th March – 1st April, 2009

Background: With the outbreak of the U.S. subprime home loan crisis, the impact spread into the global economy. The IT industry, which is closely linked with the American economy, could not escape the effects. From Bangalore, India, to Hong Kong, China, most Asian economies were influenced by this crisis. In such a tough time, how can all these Asian IT companies help themselves, to find a better way to survive, and grow, through these influences?

Introduction: This is the only indispensable IT summit in Asia, there will be large numbers of CEO, CIO and other senior management personnel from international IT companies, seated together trying to find the best way of sustainable development for the Asian IT industry. This summit is supported by Asian local government; organizations and associations, there will be case study and workshop from successful IT companies overseas as well.