Day 1
09.10 OPENING KEYNOTE – Making smart calls when everything and everyone competes for your time
- Navigating and managing conflicting priorities without constantly escalating
- Making decisions with limited information and knowing when more is required
- Managing expectations across multiple stakeholders
- Asking questions to eliminate ambiguity in direction
10.10 Networking that feels natural and delivers impact
- Prioritising relationships that align with business outcomes and career direction
- Building trust and credibility without needing to “work the room”
- Strengthening influence through consistent, low-friction connection
- Maintaining a high-value network in a way that feels natural and sustainable
11.00 Morning tea
11.30 EA PANEL: Redefining productivity for today’s EA when you’re ‘beyond busy’
- Becoming outcome-oriented rather than task-focused
- Identifying low-value work and reducing or delegating it
- Shifting from reactive task management to proactive workflow design
- Measuring success in impact, not activity
12.15 Sustaining excellence without burning out
- Recognising early signs of overload and addressing the problem
- Creating realistic boundaries in high-expectation roles
- Aligning energy, focus, and workload
- Building habits that support consistency, not just intensity
12.55 Lunch
13.50 Choosing and using technology that helps build digital confidence
- Cutting through noise to identify what’s worth adopting
- Building confidence with evolving platforms
- Avoiding over-reliance while still leveraging automation
- Staying relevant without chasing every new tool
Mario Halouvas, Founder and CEO, MHPP
14.45 EA – Keeping your footing when the ground is constantly shifting
- Filtering what matters when everything is urgent
- Responding with clarity instead of reacting to pressure
- Building personal strength and systems that hold up in fast-moving environments
- Turning constant change into your professional edge
15.25 Afternoon tea
15.50 EA – Managing pressure without losing perspective
- Staying composed when stakes are high
- Breaking down complexity into manageable action
- Supporting executives through uncertainty
- Maintaining perspective in demanding environments
16.20 SENIOR EXECUTIVE PANEL: From support to copilot: Evolving the EA–executive partnership
- Anticipating needs without overstepping
- Creating alignment on priorities and working styles
- Challenging constructively when needed
- Becoming a trusted sounding board, not just a doer
Day 2
09.10 EA PANEL: Understanding how your organisation works to build business acumen
- Interpreting financial, operational, and strategic signals
- Speaking the language of different departments
- Adding value in cross-functional environments
- Strengthening your commercial awareness
09.55 Thinking like a decision-maker: Strengthening your business lens
- Understanding what drives executive decisions
- Connecting daily work to organisational outcomes
- Identifying risks before they surface
- Contributing insights, not just information
10.40 Morning tea
11.10 Human skills that set you apart in an AI world
- Strengthening judgement, empathy, and discretion
- Bringing human insight where and when it matters most
- Prioritising and balancing efficiency versus relationship-building
- Demonstrating the ‘assistant advantage’ in a tech-driven workplace
Mario Halouvas, Founder and CEO, MHPP
12.10 EA – The EA advantage: Navigating tension, politics, and boundaries with confidence
- Anticipating and addressing issues before they escalate
- Managing personalities and competing agendas
- Setting boundaries without creating friction
- Staying professional in politically sensitive situations
12.50 Lunch
13.50 EA PANEL: Influencing buy-in without formal authority
- Framing ideas so they land with impact
- Building quiet credibility over time
- Influencing across different levels of seniority
- Knowing when to push and when to pause
14.30 EA to EO: Owning your career narrative to progress on your terms
- Defining what ‘next’ looks like for you and the steps to get there
- Building visibility in the right way for the right reason
- Positioning your value beyond your job title by positive action
- Taking deliberate steps toward leadership or specialist paths
15.15 Afternoon tea
16.00 Close