8.00am

Registration and networking

9.00am

Conference Welcome

Facilitator Natasha Mitchell

Journalist and broadcaster ABC Radio National

9.05am

Welcome to country

9.30am

Opening Address
The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

9.50am

Keynote Address - Social Determinants, Social Inclusion, and the Health Gradient

Professor Sir Michael Marmot BBS, MPH, PhD, FRCP, FFPHM, FMedSCi, FBA Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London

10.30am

Morning Tea

11.00am

Address - The State of Social Inclusion in Australia

Patricia Faulkner AO
Chair Australian Social Inclusion Board

11.30am

A Fair Go or Fair Enough - What Does a Socially Inclusive Australia Look Like?

Facilitator Dr. Keith Suter
Economic and social commentator, foreign affairs editor, author and broadcaster

Panel members:

Senator the Hon. Ursula Stephens
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector

Dr John Falzon
Australian Social Inclusion Board Member
CEO St. Vincent de Paul Society National Council

Gail Ker
CEO ACCESS Services Qld

Kirstie Parker
Editor, The Koori Mail

In this interactive session the facilitator will invite questions from the audience.

Conference participants can email questions prior to the conference to janis.dogan@pmc.gov.au

Please note it may not be possible for all questions to be addressed by the panel.

12.30pm

Performance by Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company

1:00pm

Lunch

1.30pm

Lunchtime conversations – Choose a table, share ideas with and learn from people working in the field

2.00pm

Series of breakout sessions  

These sessions will consist of an interactive workshop session led by a facilitator or a 15 minute guest speaker presentation followed by a question and answer panel session.

Interactive Workshops

Disability - What structural barriers need to be addressed?

Facilitator: Dr Lorna Hallahan
Lecturer, Flinders University South Australia
Member SA Social Inclusion Board

Volunteering - Getting Creative: Issues and Strategies for an Inclusive Australia

Martin J Cowling
CEO of People First -Total Solutions
Leading global consultant on not for profit and volunteer management.

Panel Sessions

Locational Disadvantage - Effective Place-based Interventions

Facilitator: Natasha Mitchell

Speaker: Professor Tony Vinson
Australian Social Inclusion Board Member
Honorary Professor University of Sydney

Panel members

Mary Agostino
Manager, Family Services City of Whittlesea, Victoria

Dr Harald Klein
Director, Neighbourhood Renewal,
Department of Human Services – Vic.

Pam Saunders
National Manager, Families Social Inclusion and New Policy, Centrelink.

Disengaged Youth - Back on Track: Engagement, attainment and successful transitions

Speaker/Facilitator: Heath Ducker
Lawyer and author of “A Room at the Top”

Panel members

Maud Clark AM
Artistic Director
Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company

Kerry Graham
Australian Social Inclusion Board Member
CEO Inspire Foundation

Jack Manning Bancroft
CEO Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience

3.15pm

Afternoon Tea

3.45pm

Address by the Hon Julia Gillard MP
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Inclusion

4.15pm

Supporting Jobless Families - building capability and opportunity

Facilitator: Linda White
Australian Social Inclusion Board member
Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Services Union

Speaker: Bill Kelty AC

Panel members

Benny Callaghan
CEO School for Social Entrepreneurs Australia

Elleni Bereded-Samuel
Australian Social Inclusion Board member
Community Engagement Coordinator at Victoria University

Anita Lijovic
Employment and Learning Coordinator
Passport to Work - Hume City Council

Panel members will talk about building capability and opportunity to support jobless families. Audience members will be given the opportunity to ask questions of the panel.

5:15pm

Address by Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens
Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector

Cocktail function:
Level 2 Foyer
Melbourne Convention Centre

9.00am

Keynote Address - Children at Risk: Turning evidence into effective policy and practice

Christine Davies, CBE
Director C4EO – Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children’s and Young Peoples Services UK

10.00am

Panel Discussion

Let’s do Business -Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility

Facilitator: Tony Nicholson
Australian Social Inclusion Board member
Executive Director Brotherhood of St Laurence

Panel members:

Kylie Charlton
Social Investment Fellow for the Centre of Social Impact

Michelle Commandeur
Group Corporate Affairs Manager
Community Development ANZ Bank

David Peever
Managing Director
Rio Tinto Australia

George Onisiforou
Senior Analyst
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs

Panel members will talk about the role of business in social inclusion, what is already happening and where we need to go.

11.00am

Morning Tea

11.30am

Series of breakout sessions

These sessions will consist of an interactive workshop session led by a facilitator or a 15 minute guest speaker presentation followed by a question and answer panel session.

Interactive workshops

Homelessness - Prevention and re-engagement

Facilitator: Michael Perusco
Chair of Council to Homeless Persons
CEO of Sacred Heart Mission

Mental Health - Surviving or thriving?

Facilitator: David Crosbie
CEO Mental Health Council of Australia

Panel Sessions

Children at Risk - What is working in Australia?

Speaker/Facilitator: Daniel Donahoo
Author, “Idolising Children” and "Adproofing Your Kids"

Panel members:

Ngiare Brown
Australian Social Inclusion Board member
Associate Professor, University of Sydney

Christine Davies
Director Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children’s and Young Peoples Services UK

Ginie Udy
CEO SDN Children's Services

Professor Steve Zubrick
Head, Division of Population Sciences
Telethon Institute for Child Research

Showcasing the strength of Indigenous Communities:
Panel members will provide an overview of successful programs followed by a panel discussion

Facilitator: Dr Ron Edwards
Australian Social Inclusion Board member
Board member of the Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation

Panel members:

Scott Gorringe
Consultant
Stronger Smarter Institute (Indigenous Educational Leadership) Qld.

Gerard Neesham
CEO Clontarf Foundation W.A

Jodie Sizer
Director, Ingenuity Australia Vic.

Breaking the cycle of Intergenerational Disadvantage

Facilitator: Patricia Faulkner AO
Chair Australian Social Inclusion Board

Speaker: Michael McLeod
CEO Messagestick Communications

Panel members:

Olga Havnen
Head, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategy
Australian Red Cross

Professor Gail Whiteford
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Social Inclusion, Macquarie University

12.30pm

Lunch

1.00pm

Lunchtime conversations – Choose a table, share ideas with and learn from people working in the field

2.00pm

Invited Address - Creative Partnerships, Innovative Practice

David Droga, founder of Droga5 and the creator of the Million campaign

The Million project is part of a program in New York City designed to improve school attendance and achievement among disadvantaged children based around the prolific use of mobile phones by youth. The phones were used to help students internalise connections between education and success by teachers scoring students in key areas such as attendance, behaviour and class performance. Based on those scores, students earned points which could then be converted into free talk time, text messaging, music downloads and shopping discounts.

3.00pm

How can we make social inclusion a reality?

Facilitator: Natasha Mitchell

Panel members:

Patricia Faulkner AO
Chair Australian Social Inclusion Board

Nathan Frick
Executive Director
uGen Media & Consulting
founding Chair of the Headspace Youth National Reference Group

Terry Laidler
Chair, Victorian Mental Health Reform Council

Professor Marcia Langton
Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies University of Melbourne

Craig Stephens
Director of Services, No 47 Community Home and the Salvation Army
Ryde City Church (Macquarie Park Campus)

4.00pm

Conference concludes