Climate Emergency Conference 2024
Councils and communities reclaiming the climate emergency
Program
Friday 19 April, 2024
08:30 Registrations open - tea and coffee available.
P Building near Reading Room Cafe
P Building near Reading Room Cafe
09:30 Opening Plenary: Why now?
Room M001 (main auditorium)
Room M001 (main auditorium)
- Wurundjeri Welcome to Country - Uncle Colin Hunter Jnr Jnr
- Mayor's welcome - Cr Cuc Lam, PSM, Mayor of Maribyrnong
- Welcome to VU - Fatih Tuncer, Manager, VU in Community
- Rescuing the Climate - David Spratt, Safe Climate Australia
- Current and future climate impacts (video featuring Anjali Sharma, Farmers for Climate Action, Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action and more)
- Can we save the world? - MC Cr Trent McCarthy, Darebin City Council and CEA Executive member
10:45 Morning tea and networking break
11:15 Plenary 2: Communicating the Climate Emergency
Room M001 (main auditorium)
Room M001 (main auditorium)
- Adrian Whitehead, CACE The silent emergency
- Belinda Noble, Comms Declare Saving the planet is a communications challenge
- Cr Bernadette Thomas, Maribyrnong City Council Communicatng the climate emergency from a council perspective
- Jane Morton, Darebin Climate Action Now Don't mention the emergency?
- Rosie Goethel, Gen West Lessons learnt in communication with CALD communities
12:15 Lunch break
13:15 Break-out sessions: Block 1
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For more detail see Break-out program: Block 1 |
14:20 Break-out sessions: Block 2
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For more detail see Break-out program: Block 2 |
15:20 Afternoon tea and networking break
15:50 Final Plenary: Building a better world
Room M001 (main auditorium)
Room M001 (main auditorium)
- Liam O’Brien, Assistant Secretary, ACTU Workforce and economic transition
- Frances Coppolillo, Chief Executive Officer, Melbourne Polytechnic Education for the transition
- Brett Woods, Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University Young people as active citizens in a fair transition
- Ian Dunlop, Safe Climate Australia A National Climate Emergency Plan
17:00 Post-conference drinks at the VU Bar