PLENARY SESSION

Welcome to Country

Introduction:

• Margaret Tipper (LCSA)
• Nicole Battle (ANHCA)
• Pentti Lemmetyinen (IFS)

Presentations:

Overview of the Settlement/Neighbourhood House and Centre movement.

• International Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers (Pentti Lemmetyinen)
• The value of Australian Neighbourhood Centres (Can Yasmut)
• The Settlement Neighbourhood Centre (Kristina Touma)

PLENARY SESSION

Keynote Speaker:  Stan Grant

• Social Justice, Global Issues and Local Solutions
  The challenges we face as global citizens can seem as though there are too many - Where do you even start? Which issues are the most urgent? Can local action, really, truly, make that much of a contribution?

First Nations Panel Discussion:  Linda Burney  Stan Grant  Glendra Stubbs

• Making Australia Whole - Indigenous Solutions Leading the Way

PLENARY SESSION

Keynote Speaker:  Robert Fitzgerald

• The Road Ahead
  In a complex world and growing fear narrative, what is the road ahead for us as social justice leaders, activists, and supporters? How can the UN goals steer our sector into the future

Panel Discussion:  Staffan Lindqvist  Nicole Battle  Can Yasmut  Liz Yeo

• Neighbourhood Centres as a Vehicle for Social Change
  Global, national and local perspectives on how our sector is affecting change and challenges ahead

PLENARY SESSION

Entertainment:

• Poetry Performance (Solli Raphael)

Keynote Speaker:  Ernersto Sirolli

• Bringing Passion to Social Justice

Interview and Q&A:

• Ernesto Sirolli

Entertainment & Networking:

• Trivia in the Pub