Presentations
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Opening and Welcome
Ms Margaret Banks
CEO, NT Department of Employment, Education & Training
'Opportunities & Imperatives for the Future of Education — The Territory Perspective'
Session One: Better Deals for Indigenous Education
Mr Tony Mackay
President, Australian Curriculum Studies Association
Mr Charlie King
ABC Sport Broadcaster
A Better Deal for All Young People
Ms Annarella Sebbens
Indigenous Languages Program, Sanderson High School
'Indigenous Languages in Mainstream Schools'
Mr Dean Warren
National Participation Manager, Australian Football League
'Sport and Values — What the AFL is doing for young people'
Session Two
Mr John Halsey
Executive Officer, Rural Education Forum Australia; Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Flinders University
'Rethinking Rural, Regional & Remote Education' (paper) | supporting PowerPoint slides
Session Three
Mr Andrew Blair
President, Australian Secondary Principals Association
'Principal Autonomy'
Session Four: Values in Education
Mr Angelo Gavrielatos
Deputy Federal President, Australian Education Union
'How a divided education system affects Australian schools'
Ms Jennifer Branch
President, ACSSO
'Welcome to Our Schools — How a prize winning primary school built family-school partnerships'
Ms Deborah Cohen
Education Manager, Australian Child ren’s Television Foundation
'Being literate in media - how we can help students to be discerning and positive about our culture, community and values'
Session Five: Leveraging Technology
Mr Chris Althaus
CEO, Australian Mobile Telecommunications Asso
'When is a mobile not a phone? Converging technologies — the opportunities and the challenges'
Mr Neil Groll
CTO, Leopard Labs
'Cyber Safety Kit for parents and students'
Mr Peter Watson
Chief Security Officer, Microsoft Australia
'Microsoft's Commitment to Online Safety and Security'
Session Six: Realising Australia’s Potential in a Global World
Mr Rob McConchie
Director, Solved at McConchie Pty Ltd
'Australian Context'
Dr Philip Mahnken
Chief Curriculum Designer, University of the Sunshine Coast
'Learning to drive and learning languages: a comparison of practice and ethics'
Dr Carol Hayes
Japan Centre, ANU
'Practical Benefits and Future Potential for E-teaching and learning in Language Teaching'
Dr George Quinn
Head & Senior Lecturer, Southeast Asia Centre, ANU
Dr Fiona Mueller
Teacher, Canberra Grammar School
'Languages education in mainstream Australian schools'
Ms Marlene Dingle
Regional Coordinator Languages, Victorian Dept of Educa
'Realising Australia’s Language Potential'
Ms Anna Dall
Researcher, University of the Sunshine Coast
'Teaching and learning in the 21st century. Anything we can do, Finns can do better ...'
Session Seven
Associate Professor Martin Jarvis
Charles Darwin University
'Music, Dance & Culture — Building Bridges & Opening Doors'
Session Eight
Ms Kathe Kirby
Executive Director, Asia Education Foundation
'Good Neighbours, Sharing the Future'
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