CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thursday 20 June - National Wine Centre, Adelaide

TIMETOPICPRESENTERTITLE
9.00Opening AddressSenator the Hon
Simon Birmingham
Minister for Trade, Tourism & Investment
9.10Conference Opening - ATECPeter ShelleyManaging Director, ATEC
9.20Conference Welcome - Wine AustraliaAndreas Clark
CEO, Wine Australia
9.30Keynote: Museum of Old & New Art (MONA)Mark WilsdonCEO, MONA - Moorilla
10.10Welcome to the Wine State - SATCRodney HarrexChief Executive, South
Australian Tourism Commission
10.20Morning Tea 
10.50Tourism Australia - Beyond Restaurant AustraliaKaren HalbertExecutive General Manager,
Corporate Affairs, Government &
Industry - Tourism Australia
11.20Panel 1: Beyond the Cellar Door
How products have diversified to
become leaders in wine tourism
Moderator: 
Kate Shilling, 
Ultimate Winery
Experiences Australia 
Panel members: 
Melissa Brown, Gemtree Wines
Renee Jeffrey, Penfolds 
Georgina Beniston, Vasse Felix
Audrey Wilkinson, James Agnew
12.10Wine Tourism:
An International Perspective
Lucie KnappekInternational Luxury
Tourism Professional
12.40Networking Lunch 

1.25Panel 2: Taking a Visitor Centric Approach
It's not about you! It is about your visitors.
Understanding the value of the consumer
and how to manage your product to
service and cater for them. 
Moderator: 
Robin Shaw
Wine Tourism
Australia 
Panel members: 
Drew Kluska, The Tailor
Nicole Samodol, Rowlee Wines
Tony Carne, Intrepid/Urban Adventures
Nicole Hodgson, Seppeltsfield
2.10Panel 3: Together We Thrive
Tourism thrives on relationships and
this panel will focus on fostering and
working these relationships in a
commercial environment between wine
and tourism. 
Moderator: 
Richard Beere
Fastrak
Asian Solutions
Panel Members: 
Matthew Kurko, Small Batch
Wine Tours
Matt Cameron-Smith, AAT Kings 
Jason Bird, National Wine Centre
Mat Janes, Innocent Bystander
Rachael Whitrow, D'Arenberg
3.10Afternoon Tea

3.30Panel 4: Engaging the Chinese
wine Consumer

Moderator: 
Andy Jiang,
Andy Wilson
Panel members: 
Jennifer Lynch, McLaren Vale
Grape Wine & Tourism Association
Rod Hill, Sirromet
Jonathan Wang, Alibaba Group
Gary Yang, Gemtree
4.10Wine Experiences worth cellaring
Daniel McMahon
Tasmanian Walking Company 

4.35Conference wrap - ATECPeter Shelley

Managing Director, ATEC
4.40Conference close