Disruption Eruption Program at a glance

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1 The Disruption Eruption Program at a glance The 33rd Annual Conference of the Banking & Financial Services Law Association Presented by Millennium Hotel Queenstown Saturday 27th to Monday 29th August, 2016

2 SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 3.00pm 5.15pm 5.45pm 7.30pm Registration/Secretariat open Millennium Hotel Gallery Depart Millennium Hotel for the Welcome Reception Welcome Reception Skyline Queenstown Transfers to Queenstown centre and hotels available SUNDAY 28 AUGUST 8.00am 8.45am 9.00am 10.0am Registration / Secretariat open Opening & Welcome Millennium Ballroom Plenary Millennium Ballroom Legal uncertainty in the financial markets: how can the courts assist? Refereeing the mess Judicial reflections on addressing novelty and complexity in mega-bankruptcies John Powell, Partner, Russell McVeagh, Auckland Lord Justice Briggs, London, UK Morning break Millennium Hotel 10.30am Concurrent 1A Millennium Hotel Directors' duties approaching insolvency and what they mean for financiers Charlotte Davis, Special Counsel, Herbert Smith Freehills, Sydney Paul Apathy, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills, Sydney Scott Barker, Partner, Buddle Findlay, Wellington Kelly Trenfield, Senior MD Corporate Financing & Restructuring, FTI Consulting, Brisbane Concurrent 1B Copthorne Hotel Australia s new financial collateral directive Dale Rayner, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, Brisbane Scott Farrell, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney Max Allen, Australian Treasury, Sydney Esther Summerhays, Corporate Lawyer, Bank of New Zealand, Wellington Shannon Spriggs, Divison Director, Macquarie Bank, Sydney 12.00pm Lunch at Millennium Hotel and Copthorne Hotel (exactly the same menu available) 1.00pm Plenary Millennium Ballroom The Law is in the code legal issues in blockchain, smart contracts and cryptocurrency Dr Nuncio D Angelo, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, Sydney Nick Abrahams, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, Sydney Kelly McFadzien, Partner, Chapman Tripp, Auckland

3 SUNDAY 28 AUGUST continued 2.30pm Concurrent 2A Copthorne Hotel Business valuation in restructuring transactions Helena Busljeta, Special Counsel, King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney Tim Klineberg, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons, Sydney Phil Carter, Partner, PPB Advisory, Sydney 3.45pm Afternoon break Millennium & Copthorne Hotels 4.00pm Concurrent 3A Millennium Hotel Academic Committee Presentations Dr Ann Wardrop, Director of Programs, School of Law, La Trobe University, Melbourne Louise Parsons, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University, Gold Coast Paper outline: Bitcoin: perks, pitfalls and regulatory solutions Prof. Peter Watts, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, Auckland Paper outline: Are banks winners from the madness that is the English law of unjust enrichment? Concurrent 3B Copthorne Hotel Export credit agencies and multi-lateral development finance agencies in the Asia Pacific: a snapshot of the opportunities and challenges they face Katherine Stevens, Counsel, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), Sydney Nicholas Adkins, Partner, Allens, Sydney Peter Rowe, Head of Business Origination, New Zealand Export Credit Office (NZECO), Wellington Ros O Mally, Partner, Hogan Lovells, Sydney 5.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm AGM Banking & Financial Services Law Association Ballroom 3 Millennium Hotel Pre Dinner drinks Ballroom Gallery - Millennium Hotel Conference dinner Ballroom - Millennium Hotel MONDAY 29 AUGUST am Registration/Secretariat open 8.45am Plenary Millennium Hotel Judicial session Statutory interpretation and the use of overseas jurisprudence Dermot Ross, Principal, Dermot Ross & Co. Auckland Justice Gageler, High Court of Australia, Sydney Justice Glazebrook, Supreme Court of New Zealand 10.00am Morning break Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

4 MONDAY 29 AUGUST 2016 continued 10.30am Concurrent 4A Millennium Hotel Future of data Concurrent 4B Islamic finance Michelle Corse-Scott, Head of Treasury, Payments & Contract Legal, Westpac New Zealand, Auckland Dr Andrew Butler, Partner, Russell McVeagh, Wellington John Edwards, Privacy Commissioner, Wellington Paul McCarney, Co-founder & CEO Data Republic, Sydney Copthorne Hotel Elouise Dellit, Senior Associate, Ashurst, Sydney Fergus Smith, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hong Kong Dr. Imran Lum, Associate Director, Islamic Capital Markets, National Australia Bank, Sydney Sue Ann Khoo, Director, Price WaterhouseCoopers, Sydney Concurrent 4C Willmott Forests case impacts Paul Rogerson, Head of Legal, NRMA, Sydney Matthew Cunningham, Partner, Minter Ellison, Sydney Orla McCoy, Partner, Clayton Utz, Sydney 11.45am Lunch breakat Millennium and Copthorn Hotels (exactly the same menu available) Younger Members Lunch Ballroom 3 Millennium Hotel Sponsored by One Investment Group 12.45pm Plenary Millennium Hotel Case Law Update Michael Robinson, Partner, Simpson Grierson, Auckland Justice Winkelmann, Court of Appeal, New Zealand Justice Ashley Black, Supreme Court of NSW, Sydney 2.00pm Short break for Afternoon tea Millennium Hotel 2.15pm Plenary Millennium Hotel Electronic execution of documents: Rebecca Hope, Head of Legal-Transaction Banking, ANZ, Melbourne Diccon Loxton, Partner, Allens, Sydney Rachel Paris, Partner, Bell Gully, Auckland 3.45pm Post conferencing Networking drinks and nibbles Millennium Hotel Ballroom 3 and Gallery Sponsored by Australian Executor Trustees

5 The BFSLA gratefully acknowledges the financial support generously given to the conference by the following firms Younger Members lunch sponsor Closing networking session sponsor