Future Focus and Resilience for Friendly Societies
Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600
Presented by the Australia Friendly Societies Pharmacies Association (AFSPA), the annual Friendlies Conference brings together representatives of Friendly Society owned pharmacies and their associated stakeholders.
The Programme
Back face-to-face for 2022 in Canberra with the theme Future Focus and Resilience for Friendly Societies. We are thrilled to present a series of valuable updates from pharmacy representatives and advisers as well as rebooting the Hackathon day with Associations Expert, Belinda Moore.
Initially dedicated to IT and software development, a Hackathon is an event which brings together a group to quickly develop new approaches to existing scenarios and new areas for innovation. Hackathons typically start with a presentation that mentions the background and objectives of the event. At the end of Hackathons, there are a series of demonstrations in which each group presents their results. All the great ideas and work-in-progress is captured and shared after the event to generally make it possible for people to share, learn from and possibly build from the ideas generated and initial work completed.
Read about Belinda Moore, her organisation, Strategic Membership Solutions, and her publications HERE
See below for the full programme.
Venues
The Conference Venue is Hotel Realm, one of Canberra’s top 5 star hotels and a great conference venue in the heart of the Parliamentary Triangle.
Thursday nights Conference Dinner will be at the outstanding Pialligo Estate. You can see more about this top rated venue HERE
Registration Rates
Delegate registration price for the Friendlies Conference is $450 which includes the full conference programme, all conference catering and the dinner.
Additional dinner tickets for non-delegates can be purchased for $110.
Accommodation Options
Accommodation is available at the Realm or at one of their nearby sister hotels. Bookings for accommodation will need to be made directly with your preferred venue. Click on the links below for more information and rates.
Members Only
The entire Friendlies Conference 2022 is open to AFSPA member organisations only. If you are interested in some of the content but are not an AFSPA member, please contact us via email at claire@afspa.com.au to discuss.
Program Overview
Thursday 8 September 2022
| 1200 | Registration Desk Opens / Lunch | |
| 1300 | Conference Opening | Lynne McLennan |
| 1305 | Australian Pharmacy ‘State of the Nation’ 2022 | Bruce Annabel |
| 1400 | National Pharmacy Panel Discussing pharmacy politics, opportunities, scope of practice etc | Pharmacy Guild PSA AFSPA |
| 1500 | Afternoon Break | |
| 1530 | Pharmacy Workforce: Recruitment & Retention Review of the challenges facing the Pharmacy workforce and discussion about the way forward | Scott Harris, Pharmacy Guild |
| 1630 | Closing Comments for the Day | Lynne McLennan |
| 1640 | AFSPA AGM AFSPA Member representatives only | |
| 1830 | Conference Dinner – Pialligo Estate |
Friday 9 September 2022
| 0830 | Opening | Lynne McLennan |
| 0835 | Opening Presentation: A Focus on Purpose The history of associations and volunteering can be traced to pre-historic times. Humans are naturally inclined to unite to collectively advance causes of common interest. Friendly societies are part of that legacy. In this session we will look at the history and discuss how we can move forward into the future. We will look at the purpose of friendly societies, who they serve, and the role of membership within these organisations. | Belinda Moore |
| 0900 | Meet Our Conversationalists In this session, a number of presenters will introduce themselves and give a brief introduction a the topic they will be covering at their table in the session after morning tea. Make sure you note which conversations you would like to join. Sustainable Business Models: Belinda Moore, Strategic Membership Solutions Building a Positive Culture: Lucinda Marks, Capital Chemist Calwell Engaging Members: Belinda Moore, Strategic Membership Solutions Resolving the Workforce Shortage: Pharmacy Guild The Importance of Data: Andrew Topp, Capital Chemist Becoming an Employer of Choice: Elise Apolloni, Capital Chemist Wanniassa Maintaining Work-Life Balance in Chaotic Times: Kay Dunkley, Pharmacist Support Service What to Look for When Buying/Selling a Pharmacy: Natalie Sirianni, iAttain | Belinda Moore Lucinda Marks Scott Harris Andrew Topp Elise Apolloni Kay Dunkley Natalie Sirianni |
| 1000 | Morning Tea | |
| 1030 | Conversations Cafe 1 Choose your session and chat with a small group of your peers, facilitated by an experienced subject matter expert until the buzzer goes and it’s time to join your next session. | |
| 11.15 | Conversations Cafe 2 Choose your session and chat with a small group of your peers, facilitated by an experienced subject matter expert until the buzzer goes and it’s time to join your next session. | |
| 1200 | Conversations Cafe 3 Choose your session and chat with a small group of your peers, facilitated by an experienced subject matter expert until the buzzer goes and it’s time to join your next session. | |
| 1230 | Lunch Break | |
| 1330 | Reflections from the Conversations Cafe In groups discuss your ideas and learnings you heard during the Café sessions. Pick a spokesperson to share the 2-3 ideas the table voted “most awesome” to share with the rest of the room. | |
| 1415 | What I Wish I’d Known It’s your opportunity to share a cool project, a demo, a new way to do a task or some other insights of interest to other delegates at your table. This session is a great way to pick up fresh ideas, start interesting conversations, and identify those people who could support you as you implement ideas over the coming months. Pick a spokesperson to share the 2-3 ideas the table voted “most awesome” to share with the rest of the room. | |
| 1500 | Takeaways – And When I Get Back to the Office….. Take some time as a group to discuss all the learnings from the conference and put together your list of actions and ideas to try. | |
| 1530 | Conference Close | Lynne McLennan |
| 1535 | Delegate Drinks & Networking |
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