Events

The BCCM hosts events across the country to highlight the co-operative and mutual sector and its many benefits. We host courses, public and member-only forums and presentations, as well as our annual Taste of Australia Dinner and Summit. Download our at-a-glance events and education calendar. For more information on any of our upcoming courses and events, please contact us.
6 May 2025 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Accidental Co-operative and Mutual Enterprise Secretary Course

Are you working as, aspiring to be, or wanting to know more about how to be an effective Secretary for a co-operative or mutual?

8 May 2025 11:45 am - 2:30 pm

CME 100 Chairs’ Forum

The only cross-sector meeting for the Chairs of Australia’s leading co-operative and mutual enterprises.

8 May 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

ESG webinar 5: Sustainability – the First Nations perspective

Discover what can we apply from our First Nations people to how we run our organisations in the present day.

16 May 2025 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Trebor Scholz – From Vibe to Viability: A methodology for building transformative alternatives in the digital economy

Associate Professor Trebor Scholz, is a leading voice in the global push for democratic digital infrastructure, exploring how communities are building alternatives to extractive tech through cooperative experiments across 60+ countries.

12 June 2025 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

BCCM and APRA Regulation College – Roundtable 2

BCCM is delighted to host a series of regulation roundtables with APRA again in 2025.

19 June 2025 1:15 pm - 10:00 pm

2025 BCCM CEO Strategy Roundtable & BCCM-EML Resilience Dinner

CEOs of BCCM full members are invited to save the date for the BCCM CEO Strategy Roundtable & EML Resilience Dinner, Thursday, 19 June 2025, Fullerton Hotel, Sydney.

20 June 2025 7:15 am - 10:45 am

Mutual Value Executive Leadership Workshop

The Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals, in partnership with Monash Business School and the Monash Mutual Value Lab, will hold an exclusive executive breakfast workshop focused on business strategy and member engagement in the co-operative and mutual sector.

24 June 2025 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

The BCCM and Australian Unity Icons Luncheon

The BCCM and Australian Unity Icons Luncheon launching the International Year of Cooperatives in Victoria. (Invitation only)

26 June 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

ESG webinar 6: Climate action

The 2024-25 BCCM ESG Community of Practice (CoP) Program and workshop series is open to ESG CoP Alumni and BCCM members with registration.

5 July 2025

2025 International Day of Cooperatives

On July 5 (the first Saturday in July), cooperatives all around the world will celebrate International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay).

25 July 2025 10:30 am - 4:00 pm

BCCM National Agricultural Co-operatives Roundtable and Dinner

BCCM agricultural members and friends are invited to the BCCM National Agricultural Co-operatives Roundtable and Dinner in Griffith, NSW on Friday, 25 July 2025.

21 August 2025 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Mutual Value Lab “What Matters to Members” Scoping Workshop

The Mutual Value Lab (MVL) at Monash Business School is developing a new research initiative titled “What Matters to Members”, with support from the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM). (Invitation only)