PROGRAM - DAY ONE
Saturday 18 October 2025
*PLEASE NOTE: Program timings are in AEDT. Program is subject to change.*
| Time | Description | Speaker |
| 7:45 – 5:30 | Registration and information desk open | – |
| 8:15 – 8:45 | Arrival tea and coffee | – |
| 8:45 – 8:55 | Opening address | ATAA President |
| 8:55 – 9:00 | Day one introduction | Max Knobel |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | From Setup to Exit : Engineering the Perfect Trade in 2025 | David Bird |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Morning tea | – |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | The science behind a smooth equity curve: Multi-Strategies, Asset Allocation, and Position Sizing.
1. The Dual Nature of Trading Strategies: Explore the benefits and pitfalls of two opposing trading approaches: mean reversion (left-skewed) and trend following (right-skewed).
2. How to Craft a Balanced Portfolio: Learn how blending these strategies produces a more favourable distribution of returns, with a mode in positive territory and an elongated right tail, paving the way for a smoother, more stable equity curve.
3. Strategic Asset Allocation: Delve into methods for allocating capital across uncorrelated strategies for optimal performance, minimizing risk while maximizing reward.
4. Position sizing: Discover the connection between emotional and financial capital, and how to stay focused and disciplined in volatile markets. | Laurent Bernut |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch | – |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Details coming soon | Michael McCarthy |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Afternoon tea | – |
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Details coming soon | Phil Anderson |
| 16:30 – 16:40 | Comfort break | – |
| 19:00 – 22:00 | Conference Gala Dinner
Dinner speaker: TBA
(Optional - please register for the Gala Dinner when making your conference booking. Dinner includes three-course meal and drinks). | – |
PROGRAM - DAY TWO
Sunday 19 October 2025
*PLEASE NOTE: Program timings are in AEDT. Program is subject to change.*
| Time | Description | Speaker |
| 7:45 – 4:30 | Registration and information desk open | – |
| 8:10 – 8:50 | Arrival tea and coffee | – |
| 8:50 – 9:00 | Day two introduction | Max Knobel |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Details coming soon (Remote) | Kyle Potter * |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Morning tea | – |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | The Invisible Mind: How Subconscious Beliefs Shape Your Trading Success.
1. Who’s Really in The Driver Seat? Understand how subconscious beliefs supersede conscious intentions, willpower and drive your trading.
2. The Weight of Toxic Shame: Explore common limiting beliefs such as "I am not good enough", "I don’t deserve to be rich" and learn how they act as silent saboteurs to trading success.
3. Why Willpower Fails: Discover why classic techniques like affirmations, conscious self-discipline fail to penetrate the subconscious and create lasting change.
4. Practical Tools for Transformation: Learn actionable techniques to elicit, access, and clear limiting beliefs and rewire your mind: trading journals, compassionate self-coaching, and guided meditations. | Laurent Bernut |
| 12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch | – |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Details coming soon | Richard Brennan |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Afternoon Tea | – |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Details coming soon | Michael Berman |
| 16:00 – 16:10 | Comfort Break | – |
| 16:10 – 17:10 | Details coming soon | TBA |
| 17:10 – 17:20 | Closing address | ATAA President |
*Remote presentation via video link