Hearing the GWS GIANTS community story from James Avery at #TheCAS. Genuine community connection based on being nimble and responsive to constituents.

Gone are the days of cheque writing philanthropy except when you’re engaging your staff says CommBank Kylie Macfarlane CAS #TheCAS

“You have to be clear about how much you’re going to invest & activate that commitment to make a true impact.” - says Kylie Macfarlane, GM Corp Responsibility CommBank #TheCAS

VP Corp Affairs Orica outlines with community engagement you need to ‘play close to home’ with what you do #TheCAS

Campbell Reid, Group Executive - Corporate Affairs, Policy and Government Relations from News Corp Australia, Foxtel, & FOXSportsAUS joins us on stage for our conversation, Building Trust in Journalism.

Campbell Reid of News Corp Australia says they have always been a storytelling company - the disruption has been around how you access that content #TheCAS

Talking about voting & polling: "They didn't get it wrong, they just didn't get it right." - says Campbell Reid, Group Executive - Corp Affairs, Policy & Gov Relations News Corp Australia, Foxtel & FOXSportsAUS. #TheCAS

"What's on the front page doesn't necessarily reflect what's being discussed about bigger societal issues" News Corp Australia Campbell Reid #theCAS

Join us for lunch and networking sponsored by Wolters Kluwer AU

A big welcome to Karina Keisler, Executive GM, Communications & Stakeholder Management from Cricket Australia, for her National Keynote, The Nation’s Game: A Test in Resilience.

Executive GM Public Affairs, karina keisler at Cricket Australia on stage discussing the crisis of the game: "The bubble changed the whole administration & people heard what they wanted to hear." #TheCAS

Executive GM Public Affairs, karina keisler at Cricket Australia on stage discussing the crisis of the game: "The bubble changed the whole administration & people heard what they wanted to hear." #TheCAS

On gender pay gap: 'Can argue that men are still more marketable at the moment hence they get approached more often for sponsorship opportunities." karina keisler shares with us that women are paid the same hourly wage as their men players at Cricket Australia. #TheCAS

Next up, Technology Session, Machine Insights: The Technologies Augmenting Communication. Featuring insights for authentic communications and AI from ANZ Australia, Uber Australia & Meltwater

Whereas the corporate affairs professional used to work off gut instinct, there is now the data to inform discussion - Liz Griffith ANZ Australia #TheCAS

Technology can really do transform the role of Corp Affairs. AI detects emotions in a customer call & field the enquiry internally - says Liz Griffin, Head of Corp Affairs & Strategy ANZ Australia. #TheCAS

"In order to be a thought leader, you have to have a thought." - says Uber Australia's Director of Communications, Michelle Wood. If you are not driving change, it is very hard to keep going & growing. #TheCAS

The clients that are breaking down the silos between marketing and #comms are doing the best, but the #marketing budgets are bigger. David Hickey (in response to where social media sits) Meltwater #theCAS

That concludes the Corporate Affairs Summit 2019! Thank you to all sponsors, speakers, & delegates for making the 9th annual summit full of thought-leading insights and powerful discussions.

The Corporate Affairs Summit twitter page will be moving to Connect Media in an effort to localise relevant news for all Connect Media events. Tune in there for event notifications and speaker updates for the 2020 Corporate Affairs Summit #CorporateAffairs #TheCAS