Learning enhanced business & professional skills
with Hearing Business Alliance
AGENDAS - SATURDAY 1 & SUNDAY 2 MARCH 2025
SATURDAY
8.00 - 9.00 am
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN, PRE-SEMINAR EXHIBITION, COFFEE & TEA
9.00 - 10.00 am
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Modern Approaches to Managing your Employees and their Performance
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Shane Duffy, GM Services, Employment Hero
10.00 - 10.30 am
Pushing the Edge of Possibility
Dr Judy Grobstein, Au.D., Regional Director of Education and Audiology, Starkey APAC
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Major Sponsor Presentation
10.30 - 11.00 am
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MORNING TEA & NETWORKING​
11.00 am - 12.30 pm
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Consulting Like a Boss!
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Dr Cliff Olson, AuD, Applied Hearing Solutions
12.30 - 1.30 pm
LUNCH & NETWORKING
1.30 - 1.45 pm
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Innovate, Differentiate, and Lead with Widex Tinnitus Solutions
Geraldine Todd, Sales Director, Widex, ANZ
Platinum Sponsor Presentation
1.45 - 2.45 pm
Innovative Practical Solutions to Improve your Business Efficiency
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Daniel Fechner, Director & Audiometrist, Ear Studio
2.45 - 3.15 pm
AFTERNOON TEA & NETWORKING
3.15 - 4.15 pm
Innovative Practical Solutions to Improve your Business Efficiency ... Continued
Daniel Fechner
4.15 - 4.30 pm
'Be Brilliant Talk' with Signia
Sharna Raley, Sales Director, Signia Australia, and Sheena Cuthbert, Marketing Manager, WS Audiology ANZ
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Signia Platinum Sponsor Presentation​​
4.30 - 5.00 pm
Taking the First Steps: Leveraging Innovation to Elevate your Business
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Hearing Industry Panel: Dr Cliff Olson, Daniel Fechner, Emma Heale, Wesley Ong. Facilitated by Stephen Logan, HBA Business Manager
6.30 pm
PRE-DINNER DRINKS
Sponsored by Propellor Advisory
7.00 - 10.30 pm
HBA SEMINAR DINNER
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Sponsored by GN Hearing​
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Dinner Presentation
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Paul Jones, Country Director, Australia, GN Hearing
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SUNDAY
8.30 - 9.15 am
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN, PRE-SEMINAR EXHIBITION, COFFEE & TEA
9.15 - 10.00 am
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HBA Member Insights: A Business Q&A Session for Seminar Delegates
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Jane MacDonald, HBA CEO and Stephen Logan, HBA Business Manager
10.00 - 10.45 am
Minimize IT Distractions for your Growing Business
Anders Damkjaer Nielsen, Product Manager, HIMSA, and Glen Young, Director, Otowave
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10.45 - 11.00 am
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The Importance of Gold Standard Calibration
Kon Kyranakis, Senior Service Manager ANZ & China, Natus
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Platinum Sponsor Presentation​
11.00 - 11.15 am
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MORNING TEA & NETWORKING
11.15 am - 12.45 pm
Clinic Rescue - An Australian Clinic Success Story
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Dr Cliff Olson, AuD, Applied Hearing Solutions
12.45 - 1.00 pm
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Closing Address
Nicole Bowden, HBA Chair
1.00 pm
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Melbourne 2025 HBA Seminar Closed