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Monday 30th September – Wednesday 2nd October 2024
The Adelaide Oval. South Australia
The Annual ACCA Conference & Trade Exhibition is the largest gathering of industry professionals and product and service suppliers in Australia. This year the Conference is being held in Adelaide and the theme is ‘Shaping the Future Together’
This year’s venue is the famous Adelaide Oval, just outside the city CBD and near the gardens – it is a venue sure to impress.
Monday 30 September
8 am – 12 noon; Trade show bump in
12 noon – 2:45 pm; Registration – Exhibition drinks and sneak-peak
2:45 – 3:15 pm; Buses to Enfield – departing South Gate Entrance off War Memorial Drive
3:30 – 4:00 pm; Conference Official Open at Enfield Memorial Park
4:00 – 6.30 pm; Tours, Talks , Trade exhibit and Welcoming drinks/ food
6:30 – 7:00 pm; Buses back to Hotel Buses back to Adelaide Oval Hotel
7:00 pm; Free night to explore Adelaide
Tuesday 1 October
8:00 – 9:00 am; Trade show – Wander through and meet our sponsors and suppliers.
9:00– 9:15 am; Welcome
9:15 – 9:30 am; Platinum Sponsor – Arrow Bronze Sponsor Update
9:35 – 10:35 am; Keynote Costa Georgiadis – Gardening Guru
10:35 – 11:05 am; Morning Tea – Sponsored by Facultatieve Technologies Australasia
11:10 – 11:40 am; Break out 1 Session A Samuel Holleran PHD – The Cemetery and the Park: Public Participation in the Planning of Green Spaces
11:40 am –12:20 pm; Break out Room 1 -session B Jeff Chancellor Let’s Start An Argument
11:10 – 12:20 pm; Break out Room 2 – Relationship Australia Victoria Working with Diversity and Culture
12:20 – 1:20 pm; Lunch and Trade Show; Lunch sponsored by Worssell & Co PTY LTD
1:20 – 1:35 pm; Gold Sponsor Update – Phoenix Foundry
1:35 – 2:00 pm; Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW; Jennifer Hickey – NSW cemetery Licensing scheme
2:00 – 2:30 pm; Panel Discussion – Limited Tenure
2:30 – 3:20 pm; Keynote – Good Mourning
3:20 – 3:30 pm; Bronze Sponsor Update – Final Touch Australia Sponsor update and thank you
3:30 – 3:50 pm; Afternoon Tea and Trade show – Afternoon tea sponsored by National Granite
3:50 – 4:00 pm; Silver Sponsor update – Facultatieve Technologies Sponsor update
4:00 – 4:45 pm; Panel Discussion International findings and OrthoMetals Sponsor update
4:45 – 4:55 pm; Sponsor update Plotbox Sponsor update
4:55 – 5:00 pm; Close out of Day End of Day 2
6:30 pm; Pre-dinner drinks overlooking Adelaide Oval.
7:00 – 11:00 pm; Arrow Bronze Gala dinner. The dress code is after 5/evening wear
Wednesday 2 October
8:00 – 9:00 am; Trade show
8:00 – 8:45 am; AGM – ACCA Annual General Meeting including voting on vacant board positions
9:00 – 9:15 am; Welcome and introduction to ACCA Board and Safety Talk
9:15 – 9:50 am; Compassionate Communities Dr Julieanne Hilbers
9:50 – 10:20 am; ACCA Training 2025 Launch
10:20 – 10:30 am; Sponsor update – OpusXenta Sponsor update
10:30 – 10:40 am; Sponsor Update – Fu Shou Yuan
10:40 – 11:10 am; Morning Tea and Trade show – Morning Tea sponsored by Facultatieve Technologies Australasia
11:10 – 11:50 am; Breakout room 2 Part A Asset Trac – Silent Sentinels: A Digital Solution for Cemetery Safety
11:55 – 12:35 pm; Breakout room 2 Part B XYST – Cemeteries Moving Towards Excellence
12:35 – 1:15 am; Breakout room 2 Part C McGregor + Coxall
11:10 – 11:50 am; Breakout room 1 Part A – Simon Barnett Morgan Financial
11:55 – 12:35 am; Living Legacy Forests – Warren Roberts
12:35 – 1:15 pm; Breakout room 1 Part C – Natural Organic Reduction project update
1:15 – 2:30 pm; Lunch and Trade show – Lunch sponsored by National Granite
2:30 – 3:00 pm; Kosha Gada – Memories Group -Digital Phoenix: how the digital era is unleashing new revenue for a centuries-old industry”
3:05 – 4:05 pm; Keynote Speaker – Jeff Chancellor – Afterlife
4:05-4:15 pm; 2025 conference announcement and end of conference
4:15 – 4:45 pm; Afternoon Tea and Trade show – Afternoon tea sponsored by National Granite
