ASIC Annual Forum 2025

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Annual Forum 2025: Day 1 program

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Opening address by ASIC Chair, Joe Longo

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Keynote by Mike Burgess AM, Director-General of Security, ASIO

 

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Plenary session 1: State of the economy

  • Joe Longo, Chair, ASIC
  • Dr Raphael Arndt, CEO, Future Fund
  • Dr David Gruen AO, Australian Statistician, ABS
  • Jaki Virtue, Chief Operating Officer, Soul Patts

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Plenary session 2: Consumer trust in dynamic times

  • Alan Kirkland, Commissioner, ASIC
  • Michele Levine, CEO, Roy Morgan
  • Steve Johnston, Group CEO and Managing Director, Suncorp
  • Erin Turner, CEO, CPRC

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Plenary session 3: Structural transformation in Australia's financial services sector

  • Kate O’Rourke, Commissioner, ASIC
  • Anthony Miller, CEO, Westpac Group
  • Melanie Silva, Vice President and Managing Director, Google Australia and New Zealand
  • Karl Durrance, Managing Director, Stripe Australia and New Zealand

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Plenary session 4: Cyber security and operational resilience

  • Simone Constant, Commissioner, ASIC
  • Hamish Hansford, Head of National Security, Department of Home Affairs
  • Rob Bedwell, CEO, JP Morgan Australian and New Zealand
  • Craig Dunn, Chair, Telstra

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Elective session 1A: Designing for good 

  • Kate O’Rourke, Commissioner, ASIC
  • Vicki Doyle, CEO, Rest
  • Catherine Fitzpatrick, Founder and Director, Flequity Ventures
  • David Locke, Chief Ombudsman and CEO, AFCA

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Elective session 1B: Unlocking the potential of distributed ledgers in financial markets and payments

  • Alan Kirkland, Commissioner, ASIC
  • John O’Loghlen, Regional Managing Director APAC & Country Director Australia, Coinbase
  • Prof Tālis Putniņš, Co-CEO & Chief Scientist, Digital Finance CRC
  • Sandra Ro, CEO, GBBC

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Elective session 1C: Investing: Not all fun and games

  • Calissa Aldridge, Executive Director – Markets, ASIC
  • Chandni Gupta, Deputy CEO and Digital Policy Director, CPRC
  • Jon Howie, Former CEO, Stake
  • Prof Angel Zhong, Director of Research - Regenerative Futures Institute, RMIT University
  • David Singleton, Analyst, ASIC

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ASIC Annual Dinner

  • Joe Longo, Chair, ASIC
  • Hon. Arthur Sinodinos AO, Chair - United States Studies Centre, USYD

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Annual Forum 2025: Day 1 gallery

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Opening address and Keynote

Plenary session 1: State of the economy

Plenary session 2: Consumer trust in dynamic times

Plenary session 3: Structural transformation in Australia's financial services sector

Plenary session 4: Cyber security and operational resilience

Elective session 1A: Designing for good

Elective session 1B: Unlocking the potential of distributed ledgers in financial markets and payments

Elective session 1C: Investing: Not all fun and games

ASIC Annual Dinner

Annual Forum 2025: Day 2 program

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Keynote (Recorded address) by Mathias Cormann, Secretary-General, OECD


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Plenary session 5: Enforcement priorities

  • Sarah Court, Deputy Chair, ASIC
  • Therese Chambers, Executive Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight, FCA

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Plenary session 6: Meet the regulators

  • Joe Longo, Chair, ASIC
  • Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair, ACCC
  • John Lonsdale, Chair, APRA

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Plenary session 7: The future of capital markets

  • Simone Constant, Commissioner, ASIC
  • Andrew Fraser, Chair, ART
  • Simon Rothery, CEO, Goldman Sachs Australia and New Zealand
  • Jason Collins, Head of Australia, BlackRock

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Plenary session 8: Global deregulation and simplification

  • Joe Longo, Chair, ASIC
  • Nicola Wakefield Evans AM, Non-executive Director, Viva Energy, Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Sonic Healthcare
  • Jo Masters, Chief Economist, Barrenjoey Capital Partners
  • Prof Graeme Samuel AC, Monash University

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Annual Forum 2025: Day 2 gallery

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Keynote (Recorded address)

Plenary session 5: Enforcement priorities

Plenary session 6: Meet the regulators

Plenary session 7: The future of capital markets panel

Plenary session 8: Global deregulation and simplification

 

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