Forum Program

The following program is still subject to final confirmation by some speakers as indicated by TBC (to be confirmed) within the program.

Monday, 2nd November 2009

8.30 am - Tea and Coffee on Arrival

9.00 am - Welcome to Country

9.05 am - Welcome

Geoff Young, Manager Community Education, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water

9.40 am - Keynote Presentations

The Sustainability Challenge for Local Government : Professor Valerie Brown, Director, Local Sustainability Project, Australian National University

The Role for Community Education and Engagement : Professor Suzanne Benn, Director, Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability

10.35 am - Morning Tea

11.00 am - Q&A with Keynote Speakers

11.15 am - Tackling Complex Problems

A brief presentation will describe a practical framework for understanding and tackling complex problems

11.30 am - Setting the Agenda.

Participants will be asked to identify the key issues relating to community education and engagement for councils. These issues will form the agenda for the session after lunch.

12.00 noon - Lunch

1.00 pm - Exploring the Issues.

Using the agenda developed before lunch, participants self-select the discussions they wish to engage. Three sessions, each of 45 minutes, will be conducted.

3.00 pm - Prioritisation.

Participants will identify the actions that be taken to improve how local government can build sustainable communities through learning? These actions will then be prioritised.

3.15 pm - Afternoon Tea

3.30 pm - Action planning.

Participants will work in groups to develop action plans to tackle the highest priority actions. Three rotations will occur to allow participants to provide input to multiple action plans according to their expertise and interest.

4.45 pm - Closing comments

5.00 pm - Forum Close

 

 

Should you have any questions on anything listed above, please contact Inger Shimell at DECCW on 9995 5000 or for further information about the event, please contact Julie McGraw at GEMS Event Management on (02) 9744 5252.