DAY 1
Wed 30th September

SESSION 1
Moderated by Barb Watterston

9:00

Welcome to Country

9:05

Barbara Watterston

Host Welcome

9:10

Stephen Gniel, President ACEL

Welcome & Opening Address

9:35

Conference Overview & Housekeeping

9:45

Michael Fullan

System transformation: COVID-19 as a Dark Partner

10:15

Murat Dizdar

Leading successful learning in a changing world: Responding to the challenge of COVID-19

10:45

Break

SESSION 2
Moderated by Martin Westwell

11:05

Barbara Blackburn

Rigor in the Remote Learning Classroom

11:35

Phillip Heath

Leading successful learning in a changed world

12:05

Pasi Sahlberg

Leading and learning through uncertain time

12:35

Leanne Nixon

Leading Innovation as we Rebound to Recovery

13:05

Break

SESSION 3
Moderated by Ann McIntyre

13:25

Archie Roach

Authors Showcase: Took the Children Away

13:45

Lee Watanabe-Crockett

Future-Focused Learning Opportunities From the Remote Learning Crisis

14:15

Lisa Rodgers

Dispatches from a Unicorn: The Western Australian Experience

14:45

David Hopkins

Schooling Post Covid-19 – a perspective from England

15:15

Reflections


DAY 2
Thurs 1st October

SESSION 4
Moderated by Coralee Pratt

9:00

Day 2 Welcome

9:10

Mary Jean Gallagher

System Transformation: Moving Towards The Light

9:40

Jim Watterston

Improving Australia’s plateaued school system post the pandemic: A catalyst for change or a retreat to the safety of the past?

10:10

Break

SESSION 5
Moderated by Barb Watterston & Ann McIntyre

10:30

Denise Quinlan & Lucy Hone

Authors Showcase: How to Get Started When Taking a Whole-school Approach to Wellbeing

10:50

Andy Hargreaves

Pandemonium or Panorama: The Post-Pandemic Future of Public Education

11:20

Katy Haire

Maximizing and evaluating innovation in a disrupted education world

11:50

Break

SESSION 6
Moderated by Ross Fox

12:10

Eric Sheninger

Leading in Times of Uncertainty

12:40

Annemaree Carroll & Stephanie MacMahon

Educators and researchers in partnership: how our collective effort can lead learning

13:10

Karen Thorpe

Leading for successful recovery post-pandemic: Why early childhood education and care counts

13:40

Break

SESSION 7
Moderated by Aderyn Chatterton

14:00

Ian Williamson

COVID-19: From Survival to Thriving

14:30

Martin Westwell

Belonging in a Changing World

15:00

Reflections


DAY 3
Fri 2nd October

SESSION 8
Moderated by Sinan Kerimofski

9:00

Day 3 Welcome

9:10

Lyn Sharratt

LEADING in CALM and CRISIS: NOTHING has Changed and EVERYTHING has Changed

9:40

Greg Whitby

Schooling in the age of disruption

10:10

Deb Dunstone

Inclusive Leadership – adjusting the adjustments during COVID-19

10:40

Yong Zhao

Students as Change Partners: Student Self-determination and Autonomy

11:10

Break

SESSION 9
Moderated by Steve Gniel

11:30

Pak Tee Ng

Singapore’s response to COVID-19 – timely change, timeless constants

12:00

John Hattie

Lets’ Bring Back Better from COVID to create a new syntax of learning

12:30

Steve Gniel

Vote of Thanks & Conference Close

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