Welcome to Country

Kerrie O’Neill

Host Welcome & Housekeeping

The Hon. Ingrid Stitt MP, Minister for Workplace Safety and Minister for Early Childhood

Official Opening

Catharine Hydon

Leading Pedagocical Awakenings: The Art of Educational Leadership in Changing Times

Break

Prof Pasi Sahlberg

Building back better for every child

Break

Concurrent Sessions:
• Gregory Grinham: P2K - a 2 year journey
• Dr. Amy Graham, Prof. Pasi Sahlberg: Growing Up Digital Australia: student wellbeing and use of technology
• Dr. Sandy Houen, Dr. Sally Staton, Ms. Danielle Toon: Making Spaces for Children's Talk

Break

Panel Session

How Collective Leadership Transforms Complexity: Changes in early learning that raise and profile the voice of children and their needs. A conversation between Jane Hunt, CEO of the Front Project, and Apiary Leadership Fellows

Day 1 Close

Kerrie O’Neill

Host Welcome & Housekeeping

Kim Little, VIC DET Deputy Secretary (Early Childhood)

Day 2 Opening

Prof Karen Thorpe

What makes the a difference in the long-term? : Policy and practice lessons from large scale longitudinal studies of Early Childhood Education and Care in Australia

Break

Prof Tonia Gray

Promoting Outdoor Play Post-Pandemic: a shared responsibility for educational leaders

Panel Session: Dr Kate Highfield & Dr Leanne Gibbs

Leadership-as-practice: navigating complex landscape

Break

Concurrent Sessions:
• Dr. Sally Staton, Dr. Sandy Houen, Prof. Karen Thorpe: An opportunity for community: Leaders supporting educators’ relaxation and wellbeing
• Karla Wintle, Vanessa Field: Challenging regimes of truth in a complex early childhood Setting
• Amie Fabry: Empowering teachers as pedagogical change agents to support child outcomes

Break

Prof Donna Cross

Building Strong Brains: Core capabilities essential for young children’s health, development and learning

Conference Close and Theme Summary