PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Sunday 12th & Monday 13th June 2022
Carriageworks, Sydney
Education plays a pivotal role in the hairdressing industry. This is why during both days Hair Festival delivers a refreshing full program of education to you.
Don’t forget REALtalk Business Forum is also available on Sunday in 2 separate sessions. For salon and business owners, the REALTalk business forum will address all the current issues that hair businesses are facing.
For those with Hair Festival All-Event pass, kindly make sure to choose which sessions you are attending beforehand.
Program Overview
Festival Education Sessions Program
| SUNDAY JUNE 12, 2022 |
REALtalk BUSINESS FORUM & FESTIVAL EDUCATION SESSIONS |
| REALtalk PROGRAM | Session One |
| 9:30am- 9:35am | Introduction |
| 9:35am – 10:35am | Terry Hawkins – The Tough Talk |
| 10:35am – 11:20am | Panel: Salon Culture and Leadership Sharlene Lee, Circles of Hair; Tom Donato, Xiang Hair; Rita Marcon, Goldwell; Chris Hunter, Willomina Salon, Ash Crocker – Hair By Ash Croker |
| 11:20am – 11:40am | Morning Tea |
| 11.40am – 12.05pm | Sandy Chong – Industry Update |
| 12.05am – 1.05pm | Conscious Consumerism |
| 1.05pm – 1.45pm | Networking Lunch |
| REALtalk PROGRAM | Session Two |
| 1.45pm – 1.50pm | Introduction |
| 1.50pm – 2.50pm | James Fitzgerald – Social Media Beyond Vanity |
| 2.50pm – 3.35pm | Panel: Salon of the Future Simone Abaron, Apotecari; Paul Frasca, Sustainable Salons; Lance Kalish, Salon Lane; Richard Kavanagh, piiq Digital; Sandy Chong, Australian Hairdressing Council |
| 3.35pm – 3.55 pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3.55pm– 4.40pm | Panel: Technology and the Salon Experience Renya Xydis, Dyson; James Shale, Dyson; Kristy Hines, Aveda; Brooke Jones, Beau-Tex |
| 4.40pm – 5.40pm | Phill Nosworthy– Full Stack Resilience |
| 5.40pm – 5.45pm | Cameron Pine – The Final Wrap |
| 5.45pm | Networking |
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Festival Education Session 3 |
1:15pm – 2:45pm |
| Elston Room | ANTI Collective – The Art of Now with Monique McMahon and Nathan Yip |
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Festival Education Session 4 |
3:15pm – 4:45pm |
| Elston Room | Piloroo – Helping solve our long standing labour shortage of assistants and apprentices within our industry |
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Hair Festival Wonderland |
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| 7:00 PM | Australian National Maritime Museum (Separate Venue) |
| MONDAY JUNE 13, 2022 | FESTIVAL EDUCATION SESSIONS |
| Session 1 | 9:15am – 10:15am |
| Bay 25 | Timely – Why an inclusive salon is good for the world, and good for your business Mary Haddock-Staniland |
| Upper Elston Mezz | ghd – Education collaboration with Rumbie Rumbie Mutsiwa (Rumbie&Co) |
| Elston Room | James Fitzgerald – Developing a highly effective Digital Strategy |
| Session 2 | 10:45am – 11:45am |
| Upper Elston Mezz | Dyson – Experience Dyson with Damian Rinaldo Damian Rinaldo (Boris the Cuttery) |
| Bay 25 | Pivot Point – Unlock your Potential Sarah Conlon, Mikail Dasko and Vic Piccolotto |
| Elston Room | Elite Hair Education – Pricing your Services, Strategy & Structure Mick Dwyer |
| Session 3 | 12:15pm – 1:15pm |
| Upper Elston Mezz | Excellent Edges – One Night Arvo Stand Pete Walstab, Jules Tognini, Tom White and Sam Overton |
| Elston Room | Caitlyn Menzel Coaching – Topic TBC Caitlyn Menzel |
| Bay 25 | Total Coaching Academy |
| Session 4 | 1:45pm – 2:45pm |
| Bay 25 | De Lorenzo – Master cutting |
| Upper Elston Mezz | TONI&GUY – ‘Connected’, a celebration of hair and creative techniques suited to the individuality and diversity of the Australian client |
| Elston Room |
The Sales Catalyst Neil Osborne Profit First® + SpendSaver™ = stress-free profitability |
| Session 5 | 3:15pm – 4:15pm |
| Upper Elston Mezz | La Biosthetique with Katy Reeves and Friends Katy Reeves |
| Bay 25 | piiq Digital – Styling secrets unplugged Richard Kavanagh |
| Elston Room | *Hair Festival Competition |
| Session 6 | 4:45pm – 5:45pm |
| Upper Elston Mezz | Seamless1 – Zero Visibility & Lights.Camera.Action! Sarah Emilia (SARAH JADE) & Matthew Jabbour (Hair Den) |
| Bay 25 | AREA Academy – The Wonder Of Why Eoin McCarthy, Leigh Winsor and Daniel Fortino |
| Elston Room | *Hair Festival Competition |
| AHIA Awards | |
| 7PM – 11PM | International Convention Centre Sydney (Separate Venue) |