The 2024 program will provide presentations on a wide range of subjects.

Wednesday 7 August
TimeActivityVenue
7.00 amBuffet breakfast will be served from 6am (included in the price of your room)
Alcove Restaurant
8.00 amRegistration opens
Pick up your name badge
Lakeview Foyer
8.30 amOfficial Opening of the 
27th Annual LGWA Conference and Expo
Honourable Hannah Beazley, MLA
Minister for Local Government; Youth; Minister Assisting the Minister for Training and Workforce Development

Chairperson: Judd Hobson
Grand Ballroom
8.45 amKEYNOTE SPEAKER
Steve Sammartino

Co-founder; AI & Robotics firm Macro3D
AI- The Future is Now 
Grand Ballroom
9.45 amNew Ground - Nick Clayton
Effective Water Use and Savings / Soil Testing and Using the Results for Turf and Gardens
Grand Ballroom
10.15 amExtended Morning Tea
Please visit our exhibitors
Inside & Outside Exhibitor areas
11.15 amBen Cousins
Former AFL star, News reporter and Dancing with the stars participant

Chairperson: Phil Burgess
Grand Ballroom
12.15 pmGretchen Lumsden, R.N. Dip Educ
Institute of Weight & Life Management
Mens Health
Grand Ballroom
12.45 pm
Extended Lunch Break
Please visit our exhibitors

Inside & Outside Exhibitor areas
1.45 pmPanel Discussion - 
Sprayed seals using rubber binder; why, how and issues
Steve Halligan - Road Surfacing Solutions
Andrew Romero - Fulton Hogan
Mark Burgess - Shire of Kondinin
Allister Butcher - Rural Infrastructure Services

Chairperson: John Carbone
Grand Ballroom
2.30pm
Craig Stone, Westrac
Digital Manager
Caterpillar Digital Technology
Grand Ballroom
3.00–4.30 pmRoaming mic session
Drinks will be provided outside only

Chairperson: Mark Burgess
External Exhibition area
6.30pm Pre Dinner Drinks
Lakeview Foyer Area
7pmFawlty Towers Dinner ExperiencePoolside Marquee
10pmDay 1 concludes

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Thursday 8 August
TimeActivity
Venue
7.00 amBuffet breakfast will be served from 6am (included in the price of your room)
Alcove Restaurant
8.30 amGren Putland
Wheatbelt Regional Main Roads
Issues of road/rail interface and other regulatory functions

Chairperson: Peter Vlahov
Grand Ballroom
9.30 amPaul Read
Commercial Director - Brain Box
LGWA e-learning platform
Grand Ballroom
10.00 amPaul Fleay, Greg Thrupp and Laurie Jerome
Intelife
Enabling Independence
Grand Ballroom
10.30 amMorning Tea, Last chance to visit the exhibitors
Inside and Outside
11.30 amExhibitors Presentation of Prizes, Please register at registration desk
Grand Ballroom
11.30 amAnnual General MeetingGrand Ballroom
12.30 pmJudd Hobson - President, LG Works Inc
Closing remarks
Grand Ballroom
12.45 pmDon't forget to grab your packed lunch to take with you!

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