Events

One of the most important aspects of OCN membership is the opportunity to network with other members and learn from experts and peers about the big issues that concern strata owners.

OCN organises regular events throughout the year featuring guest speakers on key topics, as well as twice-yearly member meetings and an Annual General Meeting open to all members.

We also host webinars, seminars and conferences, and to ensure they are accessible to everyone regardless of time and distance, most of these are recorded and the content made available online for members only.

2024: Webinar series

Thursday 16th May 2024 12:00pm – 1:00pm AEDT

Water Leaks and the financial impact of water damage on your building
Water leaks often have a detrimental impact on the amenity of residents, as well as contributing to many other building related problems such as concrete spalling and mould.

We’ll cover remedial repairs including the use of energy efficient ventilation, anti mould paints and the importance of financial planning

Via Zoom

This webinar will be of interest to:

• Residents, Building managers and strata managing agents

Speakers include:

• Danrae
• Haymes Paints
• more to come

New builds and new beginnings Thursday 20 June 2024

. via Zoom

 

• Hear all about the impressive new resources for Learn Strata funded by the City of Sydney
• Latent building defects insurance
• Creating a culture of respect and pride
• Stealthy by-laws, protocols, and resident education
• Importance of the first AGM

Design and Building Practitioners (DBP) Act and its impact on strata-building remedial works. Tuesday 23 July 2024 4pm

Deb Lockart of RHM Consultants and Helen Kowal of SWAAB lawyers will present on the DBP and related regulation of the remedial industry.

Swaab and RHM Consultants will share their DBP knowledge and experience with Owners Corporations and strata. Helen Kowal and Deb Lockart last presented to OCN members in May 2023. Since then, several significant milestones have been achieved through the remedial-government consultation process and they will share these consultation outcomes.

Via Zoom

You will learn about :This presentation will include:

• The DBP Act 2020 and related regulation and how it applies to the Strata Remedial Industry
• emergency remedial building works
• exempt development
• planning approvals and how they apply to remedial building work projects
• Strata remedial building work case studies

This webinar will be of interest to:

• Residents
• Building managers and strata managing agents

2024: Most Recent Webinar

Thursday 18th April 2024

If you thought shared solar wasn’t an option for Strata it’s time to think again

View the slides here

View the Q&A here

View the Allume Fact sheet here

Guest speaker was Allegra Spender, the Independent Federal Member for Wentworth, and the former chair of the Sydney Renewable Power We covered:

• The People Power Plan
• Advocacy for rental programs
• Solar and the electrification journey
• Solshare overview – basic principles
• How it’s already working in ACT and Victoria
• OCN responses to NSW and Federal inquiries, including for landlords and tenants
• Solar/Battery as an adjunct to building supply upgrades
• Potential role of ‘embedded networks’
• Solar/Battery as an adjunct to building supply upgrades
• Funding considerations, including solar banks funding
• Navigating strata decision making

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