Why should you attend?

Held annually from August to September

The Essential Director Update is an exclusive, complimentary, member-only annual seminar held in every state and the ACT. It’s the information you need to know as a director – presented in a half-day event.

This seminar is renowned for the informative update on legislative and regulatory changes affecting directors followed by an interactive panel discussion on the future of directorship. The seminar also includes a brief membership update on the most important issues that Company Directors are addressing on the behalf of members.

Why do we hold this event?

• In today’s ever-changing legal and regulatory environment, every director should keep themselves updated on the legislative and regulatory changes that effect their responsibilities and liabilities.
• 80% of our members believe it is important that we provide a complimentary update on director responsibilities.
• Our "free annual director's update" was also highlighted as one of the overall reasons for satisfaction with membership.
• It is one way in which we are committed to providing directors with real value for their membership.

Source: "Help shape our future" survey, July 2009, N=2508 members

Governance and director issues

Some of the issues covered in the seminar include but are not limited to the following:

• Board diversity
• Director duties and liabilities
• Executive remuneration
• Specific issues for directors of not-for-profit organisations (NFP) and small to medium (SME) companies
• Insolvency Trading
• Implications from recent court cases
• Recent and proposed legislative and regulatory reforms
• What does the future for directors look like?
• Closing the gap for indigenous directors and organisations