2040club Business Summit at Moonee Valley
- Tuesday, 29 January 2013 22:05
Paul RoosThe 2040club is super excited to announce the running of our inaugural business summit set for Friday the 1st of March 2013.
We have assembled a Group 1 line up of special guest speakers which include AFL premiership coach *Paul Roos*, highly successful business leader and former CEO of Toll Holdings *Paul Little*and last but not least, *Danny Rogers* co-founder of the now global Laneway Festival and manager of massive music acts Gotye and The Temper Trap.
Held in conjunction with the Moonee Valley Racing Club and promoted as 2040club "Best of Breed" Business Summit, the day is being pitched at small/medium sized business owners, senior business managers and professionals throughout Melbourne.
The Business Summit is the first of it's kind for the 2040club and judging by the attendance and participation success of all events we have held to date, we expect participation to be at a high level which will grow exponentially in the coming years. Expected numbers for this year's summit will exceed 250 influential like-minded businesswomen and men. Our vision is to create a dynamic Business Summit that will become a 'must go to' annual fixture.
The event will conclude with summit attendees accessing a room on course with a view of the racetrack for the more social and netowrking aspect of the event. Here everyone will enjoy a night at the Moonee Valley Racing Club. During the races attendees will enjoy refreshments and canapés, an MC will manage a punters club and keep attendees up to date on what is happening on the racetrack. Other entertainment will be provided on the night.
Here's a bit more on our very special guests.
*PAUL ROOS*
Sydney Swans coach and 2005 Australian Sports Coach of the Year is one of Australia's most admired sporting personalities whose leadership skills are transforming the way coaches approach their work. Newspaper columnist, television host and commentator, author and professional speaker, he is regarded as one of Australia's leading motivational keynote presenters.
Paul will discuss;
- Creating a winning team culture
- Delivering results under pressure
- Finding a way to win against the trend
- Succession planning – for long term continued success
- Finding and nurturing talent
- The importance of winning in the Sydney market to grow AFL
*PAUL LITTLE*
Mr Paul Little became Toll Holdings' Managing Director in 1986. Under Paul's leadership, Toll grew to become the Asian region's leading provider of logistics services, including road, rail, air, sea freight and warehousing.
Toll was floated in 1993 with a market capitalisation of $60 million and peaked in size in 2007 at $16 billion.
Mr Little won the inaugural Trans-Tasman Business Leader Award in 2005, the CA / Zurich Business Leader Award in 2002, and has led a team that has achieved significant growth for all Toll Holdings shareholders since well prior to the Group listing in 1993. In 2008, Mr Little was awarded the Doctor of Business honoris causa by RMIT University.
Paul will discuss;
- The secrets to growing Toll
- Winning in business
- Lessons learnt from many complex deals
- Transferring your knowledge from one sector to another
- What makes a good acquisition
*DANNY ROGERS *
Danny Rogers is co-founder and promoter of the hugely successful St Jerome Laneway Festival which is now in its ninth year. Laneway festival is held in three countries across seven cities selling over 75,000 tickets a year.
The growth of the event has been extraordinary considering the first
Laneway Festival, held in Melbourne, sold just 1400 tickets.
In addition to this Danny is manager of two of Australia's most successful international and local artists of the past 30 years: Gotye (with John Watson) and The Temper Trap.
Under Rogers management, collectively they have sold over 6 million albums and 17 million singles worldwide. Other awards include 21 ARIA awards, 4 grammy nominations, number 1 single for "Sweet Disposition" and "Somebody I Used To Know" in over 37 countries and a record 8 weeks at number 1 for Gotye's "Somebody I Used To Know" SIUTK, which was also the highest selling single in the world in 2012.
Danny will discuss;
- Taking an Australian artist global
- How we used YouTube, iTunes and social media to grow
- The importance of delivering a great live experience
- Building a loyal fan base
- Being true to your brand - what you say no to as much as what you say yes to
For more information on this event click here.
