Review of Day 1

Student Reflection - "Igniting Youth Initiative: Growing from Yesterday & Acting Today to Shape Tomorrow"

Charlotte Armon, Year 12 International Baccalaureate Student and School Captain, IES College, Brisbane

"Disruptive factors shaping the future of education – a focus on leadership and wellbeing, challenges and opportunities"

Mark McCrindle, Social Researcher, Futurist and TEDx speaker. Principal, McCrindle

Spotlight Sessions

"Leading for teacher retention - supporting belonging and connection to the profession"

Fiona Longmuir, Lecturer, Educational Leadership, School of Education, Culture and Society, Faculty of Education, Monash University

"It’s not me, it’s you: how ‘others’ are impacting middle leaders’ future"

Kylie Lipscombe, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Wollongong (UOW)

"From a lone wolf to a curious kangaroo"

Pasi Sahlberg, Professor of Educational Leadership, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

"School leaders as ecosystem engineers - leaning in with intention and attention"

Kristen Douglas, National Manager, Schools, headspace

Panel - The current world and your workplace: a collective provocation on how to lead and enable workplaces/workforces to be safe, inclusive, progressive, and caring

Moira Junge

Health Psychologist and CEO, Sleep Health Foundation (SHF)

Beth O’Brien

Director, Student Wellbeing / Disability Advocate, Queensland Department of Education

Kerrie Buhagiar

Chief Programs Officer, Smiling Mind

Kristen Douglas

National Manager, Schools, headspace

Concurrent Sessions 2

Liz Benson, Adam Kuss, Sarah Gunn

"ACELQ Pivotal People: Professional learning for dynamic and thriving middle leaders"

Patrick Ellis

"Catalyst - Transformational Change"

Nuella Flynn, Sarah Richardson

"Leading teacher practice improvement, focusing on how students learn best"

Claire Amos

"Leading to the North-East - how to be a warm-demander! "

Sigrund Nilsen, Renee Crilly, Suzie Burford

"Scaling Indigenous Languages project: Identity, Partnerships and Excellence"

Jill Duncan, Susan Ledger

"School Autonomy and Inclusion: What We Know and Don't Know"

Concurrent Sessions 3

Paul Kidson

"If we don’t change direction, we’re likely to end up where we are headed"

Ellen Moffat

"Future leaders: What got us here won’t get us there"

Penny Brown

"Leading Adaptive Change in Schools"

Amie Fabry

"Overcoming complexity and challenge through early childhood pedagogical leadership"

Michelle Dennis

"Creating a Whole School Approach to AI"

Natalie Swayn, Lorna Hepburn

"One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Supporting All Students and Staff Through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)"

"Dynamic learning - the art and impact of effective communication"

Heidi Arena, Actor, Writer and Communication Facilitator

Day 2 Wrap up

Conference Dinner “A Touch of Gold”