NSWPPA 2025 Conference – Conference SC Chair, Kylie Donovan:

Great news: we currently have a waitlist to attend conference and if you are on the waitlist, we will contact you soon to register, so look out for that email. In the meantime, we have had a little hiccup and are waiting for the DoE domain to be whitelisted by the department so that emails from CVENT (registration software) will come through to you. Our friends in I.T are looking after this, so we should be in touch soon. At this stage all waitlisted principals will be able to attend conference and spaces for online attendance at conference are still available.

Remember to be strict with the $388 cap for accommodation. If accommodation costs more, you will need to personally pay the difference.

Something that came through at state council was that attendance at conference should be written into your PDP each year that you attend.

More great news is that we will be at the Sofitel in 2026 for conference, although we are dropping back to 3 days so unfortunately will lose the EXPO. This makes it even more important to ensure that your SAM, Business Manager, and executive attend to talk to suppliers face-to-face.

When you register on Tuesday or Wednesday at the Sofitel, Vicki or Daryl will ask whether you are definitely planning to attend the dinner function. We have people on a waitlist for the Thursday evening at Dockside so if you choose not to go or change your mind on Wednesday or Thursday at conference, just come to the conference office and let them know. Another principal will be grateful!

For the Thursday evening, delegates will make their own way to the venue (a 1km downhill walk). We will have 3 buses organised to transport people back to Sofitel at 10:30pm with the knowledge that many others will walk back or stay longer in Darling Harbour.

A reminder that you will need to bring some cash for the Stewart House raffle on the Wednesday.

The conference program will be published on the PPA website. A detailed program with times will be available in the app approximately a week before conference and the conference program running Wednesday to Friday begins at 8:30am each day.

Thanks again to the amazing conference team I work with and to Lisa Beare who responds to your email enquiries.

Looking forward to seeing you at conference.