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2012 Copland Leadership Program SA

The Copland Leadership Program is CEDA's professional development program for future leaders. It offers unique professional collaboration across corporate, government, academic and community sectors.

The five-session SA program theme will be Leadership in a Carbon Constrained Economy and it will be delivered in conjunction with Flinders University.

It will provide unparalleled access to Australia's top business leaders who will share their insights and experience with participants in highly interactive and informative group sessions.

The program will provide emerging leaders with an opportunity to develop their leadership and management skills, required in today's rapidly changing economic and business environment.

The program's intake is limited to ensure an exclusive and personalised learning experience. Participants will develop an excellent professional network across a broad range of industries.

Designed to transform leadership skills

The Copland Leadership Program challenges conventional leadership thinking and teaches participants to act decisively in complex situations.

Who should participate?

The Copland Leadership Program is designed specifically for ambitious young people planning to accelerate their careers into executive general management.

Participants come from a broad range of sectors including corporate, business, government, peak bodies, academia and the not-for-profit sector.

Flinders University

In 2012, The Copland Leadership Program's sessions will be facilitated by Flinders University.

The sessions will feature case study presentations and discussions with top tier industry, corporate and public sector leaders on Australia's energy opportunities and challenges.

The program consists of monthly seminars run between July and November. Completion of the program provides attendees with academic recognition at Flinders University.

SA Program facilitator

Flinders University facilitator

Flinders University, Head of Politics and Public Policy, Associate Professor Haydon Manning

Dr Haydon Manning is a frequent commentator on state and national politics. His main research interests focus on political attitudes, voting behaviour, elections, political parties, South Australian politics and energy policy debates.

His recent publications have focussed on the politics of uranium mining in Australia, environmental issues during the 2010 election campaign, the end of the Rann era, and contemporary political satire.

Currently, he teaches Australian politics and government, electoral behaviour and environmental politics.

2012 Program for South Australia

Session one - The politics of energy and climate change

Date: Wednesday 4 July
Time: 3.00am - 5.00pm networking drinks to follow
Industry experts:
School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University, Professorial Fellow Mike Rann,

Session two - Doing business in SA - delivering sustainability

Date: Wednesday 15 August
Time: 11.30am - 3.00pm
Industry experts:
Al Gore Ambassador, Director riGAR Group, Darren Bilsborough
Australian Cleantech, Managing Director, John O'Brien
Australian Geothermal Energy Association, Chief Executive, Susan Jeanes

Session three - Energy demand, supply and price: Politics, policy and reality

Date: Wednesday 12 September
Time: 11.30am - 3.00pm
Industry experts:
Thomsons Lawyers, Partner, Fraser Bell
Electranet, CEO, Ian Stirling,
Decarbonise SA, Director, Ben Heard

Session four - Pricing carbon: Alternative views

Date: Wednesday 12 September
Time: 11.30am - 3.00pm
Industry experts:
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin and the Environment, Senator Simon Birmingham
Independent Senator for South Australia, Nick Xenophon
Australian Greens Senator, Penny Wright

Session five - The future (is there an elephant in the room?)

Date: Wednesday 14 November
Time: 11.30am - 3.00pm
Industry expert:
Flinders University, Vice Chancellor and President, Professor Michael Barber
Adelaide University, Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change, Professor Barry Brook