Program
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NOTES:
- Conference program is subject to amendments
- We are currently working on building the interactive conference program, speaker and abstract profiles on this page.
Early career professionals workshop
Register your EOI for early career researchers and practitioners to lucy.wesson@utas.edu.au
NOTE: To participate in this program you must be registered for a 'Full Conference Pass' or 'Student Conference Pass'.
Workshop Objective: Drawing on the vast experience of the presenters who will be joining us, this workshop focuses on the role of hope in sustaining ourselves in a career of climate change adaptation, and how that directly impacts the way we work with stakeholders and traditional owners. The sessions will focus on how to remain hopeful in a time of crisis, practicing cultural awareness in a constructive, empowering manner and building an impactful career in climate change adaptation.
9:30am - 10:00am Registration, welcome morning tea
10:00am - 11:00am Session 1: Being hopeful in a time of crisis
11:00am - 11:10am Short Break
11:10am - 12:00pm Session 2: Thinking through hope: designing a climate safe island
12:00pm - 12:45pm Lunch
12:45pm - 1:40pm Session 3: Cultural awareness in practice
1:40pm - 2:40pm Session 4: Community based adaptation workshop
2:30pm - 3:00pm Afternoon Tea
3:00pm - 3:30pm Session 5: Impactful careers in adaptation
3:30pm - 4:30pm Session 6: 'You can't ask that': frank discussions about building an impactful career in adaptation
Facilitators:
Prof. Jon Barnett, Dr Elissa Waters, Ms Tia Brullo, Dr Sergio Jarillo de la Torre, Ms Aisha Azfa, Mr Djarra Delaney
Guests:
A/Prof Meg Parsons, Mr James Duggie
Welcome reception
Evening at leisure
Smoking Ceremony (Optional)
Location: Langley Park, ‘Area 2’ between Hill Street and Burt Way
A smoking ceremony is a traditional cleansing ceremony to bring good spirits and energy to a place or people.
In this ancient ceremony, native plants are used to create a sacred smoke that has cleansing properties among other uses.
•• This session is optional, we will conduct an official Welcome to Country ceremony at the beginning of conference ••
Coffee, tea and networking
Conference registration, day one
Conference sessions, day one
Morning tea & poster viewing
Lunch & poster viewing
Afternoon tea & poster viewing
Networking & poster viewing
Adaptfest Film Festival
Evening at leisure
Coffee, tea and networking, day two
Conference registration, day two
Conference sessions, day two
Morning tea & poster viewing
Lunch & poster viewing
Afternoon tea & poster viewing
Conference roving dinner
Conference registration, day three
Coffee, tea and networking, day three
Conference sessions, day three
Morning tea & poster viewing
Lunch & poster viewing
Afternoon tea & poster viewing (short break)
Conference close
Email Organiser & Event Location
Venue
Pan Pacific Perth
Conference Floor - Pan Pacific Perth
207 Adelaide Terrace
Perth
Western Australia Australia 6000
Event Organiser
Eventful Projects
08 7071 1010