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World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education 2008


Sunday 7th December

Welcome to Country & Official Opening of WIPC: E 2008
Aborigines Advancement League – Thornbury

 

10.00 am

Registration Opens

 

11.00 am

Welcome to Country: Kulin Nation

 

11.30 am

Official Opening Speech:
Ms. Geraldine Atkinson, President, VAEAI & Dr. Mark Rose, Chair, Knowledge Committee

 

12.00 pm

Keynote Presentation:
Emeritus Professor Colin Bourke – WIPCE 2008 Patron

 

12.30 pm

Presentations

 

1.30 pm

Delegate Responses

 

5.30 pm

Close

Monday 8th December

Theme: Respecting Tradition

 

8.00 am:

Registration opens

 

8.15 am

Welcome to Country: Kulin Nation

 

8.30 am:

Welcome to Day –

   

Dr. Mark Rose, Chair WIPCE 2008 Knowledge Committee

 

8.45 am

Keynote Address:

   
 

9.15 am

Keynote Address:

   
 

10.00 am

Concurrent Presentations - A

 

11.00 am

Concurrent Presentations - B

 

12.00 pm

Concurrent Presentations - C

 

12.45 pm

LUNCH

 

1.45 pm

Guest Speaker:

   

The Hon. Julia Gillard
Minister for Education, Deputy Prime Minister

 

2.15 pm

Keynote Address:

 

3.00 pm

Concurrent Presentations - D

 

4.00 pm

Concurrent Presentations - E

 

5.00 pm

Keynote Address:

Ms. Erjen Khamaganova
Buryat Baikal Centre for Indigenous Cultures

 

5.30 pm

UNESCO Panel (to be confirmed)

 

6.15 pm

Conclusion

Tuesday 9th December

Theme: Living with competing Knowledge systems

 

8.00 am:

Registration

 

8.30 am:

Wanik: Learning Together – Journey to Our Future

   

Ms. Geraldine Atkinson, President, Victorian Aboriginal Education Association & The Hon. Bronwyn Pike, Victorian Minister for Education

 

9.00 am:

Keynote Address:

 

9.45 am:

Concurrent Presentations - F

 

10.45 am:

Concurrent Presentations - G

 

11.45 am:

Concurrent Presentations - H

 

12.30 pm:

LUNCH

 

1.30 pm:

Keynote Address:

   

Dr. Chris Sarra
Indigenous Education Leadership Institute

 

2.15 pm:

Concurrent Presentations - I

 

3.15 pm:

Concurrent Presentations - J

 

4.15 pm

Concurrent Presentations - K

 

5.15 pm:

Keynote Address:

   

Associate Professor Colleen Hayward
Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

 

5.45 pm

Conclusion

 

7.30 pm:

Twilight Keynote Address:

   
   

Networking Session

Wednesday 10th December
 

Option A

Site Visit Program

 

Option B

Future Leaders Summit

Thursday 11th December

Theme: Beyond the Horizon

 

8.00 am:

Registration opens

 

8.30 am:

Keynote Address:

   
 

9.15 am:

Concurrent Presentations - L

 

10.15 am:

Concurrent Presentations - M

 

11.15 am:

Concurrent Presentations - N

 

12.00 pm:

LUNCH

 

1.00 pm

Panel:

   
 

2.45 pm:

Concurrent Presentations - O

 

3.45 pm

Concurrent Presentations - P

 

4.45 pm

Keynote Address:

   

Dr. Jackie Huggins
University of Queensland

 

5.15 pm:

Conclusion

 

7.30 pm:

Closing & Cultural Celebration

           
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