Schedule

Schedule

Wednesday, Thursday , Friday , Saturday

Wednesday, November 25th

Pre-Conference Day Tours
Permaculture Site Tour - Eco Buildings Tour Eastern Treatment Plant Tour - Brunswick Energy Tour -  LaTrobe Valley Energy Tour
Permaculture SiteTour
8:30AM Depart Melbourne  
10:00AM Arrive at  Melliadora, Hepburn Springs
10:00AM>12:30PM Guided Tour of Melliadora
12:30PM>1:30PM Lunch
1:30PM>4:30PM Afternoon Guided Tour of Melliadora
4:30PM; Depart Melliadora
5:30PM Arrive Melbourne
 
Eco Building Tour
11:00AM Tour Commences
11:00AM>11:45AM The Urban Workshop, Melbourne
12:00PM>1:00PM Lunch
1:30PM>2:15PM Melbourne Convention Centre
2:30PM>3:15PM Kangan Batman TAFE – Automotive Centre of Excellence
3:45PM>4:30PM Digitial Harbour Port, Docklands
4:30PM Tour Concludes
Eastern Treatment Plant Tour
8:30AM Depart Melbourne
10:00PM Arrive Bangholme
12:30PM Lunch
4:30PM Depart Bangholme
5:30PM Arrive Melbourne
5:30PM Tour Concludes
 
Brunswick Energy Tour
10:00AM Tour Commences  
10:00AM>11:00AM WestWyck Sustainable Rresidential Development, Brunswick West
11:00AM>1:40PM Ceres Community Environment Park, Brunswick East
2:00PM>3:00PM Moreland Energy Foundation
3:00PM Tour Concludes
 
LaTrobe Valley Tour- draft
10:00AM Depart Melbourne  
10:00AM>11:00AM Coal Power Plant
11:00AM>1:40PM Brewery
2:00PM>3:00PM Wind Farm
3:00PM Tour Concludes

Thursday, November 26th

Past. How did we get here?
8:00AM>8:45AM Registrations & breakfast
9:00AM>9:10AM Conference Opening: Welcome to Country
9:10AM>9:20AM Conference Opening: Danny Almagor – President,  EWB Australia
9:20AM>10:10AM Plenary Session: Reporting on the World:  Eric Campbell -  ABC Foreign Correspondant
10:10AM>10:30AM Morning Tea
10:30AM>11:20AM Parallel sessions:
  1. Development – What have we learned so far: Pip Chandler
  2. Water Resource Management: Mark Henry Rubarenzya
  3. A brief history of EWB: Daniel Almagor & Matt Walsh
11:30AM>12:30PM An interview with Pak Manku and  Putu Wiadnyana (Tenganan) and Bunthan and Jady Smith (Live and Learn) chaired by Ian Cunningham
12:30PM>1:30PM Lunch
1:30PM>2:30PM Water, an Australian story – Water Dreamers: Michael Cathcart
2:30PM>3:20PM Parallel Sessions:
  1. Energy from the sun: John Lasich
  2.Why poverty doesn’t matter: Chris Nelson  
  3. Floating Latrines project: Bunthan and Jady Smith (Live and learn)
3:20PM>3:40PM Afternoon Tea
3:40PM>4:40PM Parallel Sessions:
  1. The role of EWB in community - EWB Indigenous Advisory Committee: Wayne Costello, Andrew Lane, Kargun Fogarty, Cheryl Buchanan, Lizzy Skinner – chaired by Claire Dixon
  2. WATSAN – The story of poo: Ben Fawcett
  3. EWB Project Update – CSPO and Sages Farm Projects
4:40PM>5:30PM Keynote Speaker: Cheryl Buchanan
5:30PM>5:40PM First Day Summation: Lizzie Brown
7:00PM> Social Event – Lawn Bowls: Fitzroy Victoria Bowling & Sports Club

Friday, November 27th

Present. Where are we now?
8:00AM>8:45AM Registrations & breakfast
8:45AM>9:00AM
Welcome and review of day 1 and Introduction to Day 2
9:00AM>10:00AM  Social entrepreneurs: a new model for fighting poverty with Keynote Panel: Jan Owen, Kylie Charlton, Mai Siriphongpanh, Chris Murdock.
10:00AM>12:00PM Parallel Sessions:
  1. Tenganan Workshop
  2. Indigenous workshop with Andre Grant, Marilyn and Peter Wallace
  3. Social Entrepreneurship  Workshop – Social Ventures Australia with Jan Owen
  4. Local Programs: Technology workshop – EWB’s Spokes in the Wheels
12:00PM>1:00PM Lunch
12:00PM>1:40PM Meet The Makers Appropriate Technology Expo!! Informally chat with and meet the designers of innovative technologies and get a chance to learn about career oportunities in science technology and international development (Including exhibition of EWB Challenge Designs)
 12:40PM>1:30PM Technology Expo Sessions
  1. Ted Talks (film) – Hans Rosling, Michael Pritchard, Ken Robinson
  2. High school outreach session – Mike Evans
  3. Conversation with Meet the makers – 15 minute Presentations by the makers about their technology
  4. EWB Challenge
1:40PM>2:30PM Parallel Sessions:

1. Global trade and the curse of Affluenza: Dr Richard Denniss
  2. The ins and outs of leading an Indigenous community: Patrick Green, Kargun Fogarty  chaired by Matt Walsh
  3. TBA
  4. EWB Challenge
2:30PM>3:20PM  Keynote Speaker- A Better Place: Evan Thornley
3:20PM>3:40PM Afternoon Tea
3:40PM>4:30PM Parallel Sessions:
  1. The Girl Effect: Jane Sloane
  2. Responding to disasters: Alan McLean
  3. EWB Project Update – Disability, Gender, Kooma Energy
  4.EWB Challenge
4:30PM>5:40PM Keynote Session – Corporate vs NGO – Who is more likely to save the world?
5:40PM>5:50PM Lizzie Brown
5:50PM Finish

Saturday, November 28th

Future. Where are we going?
8:00AM>8:45AM Registrations & breakfast
8:45AM>9:00AM Welcome and review of Day 2 and Introduction to Day 3
9:00AM>10:00AM Opening Keynote:  Climate change: what will happen to developing nations: Don Henry
10:00AM>10:50AM Parallel sessions:
  1. Micro finance. What next? : Chris Murdock
  2. Pro bono engineering: Anton Hermann, Bill Lawson
  3. Campaining against global warming: Anna Rose, Todd Houstein
  4.
10:50AM>11:10AM Break
11:10AM>12:00PM Keynote Speaker- GFC, poverty, climate change. Is there hope?: Jim Minifie
12:00PM>12:30 PM EWB Challenge Presentation
12:30PM>1:30PM Lunch
1:30PM>2:20PM Keynote Speaker – Peacekeepers, the military and the birth of a nation: General Peter Cosgrove
2:20PM>3:10PM Parallel sessions:
  1. Chandran – Uluru in India
  2. Waste to energy: Gareth Forde
  3. EWB Project update – RDIC and RIDS
  4. EWB Challenge  Panel
3:10PM>4:00PM Focus Groups Break into first day groups to evaluate conference and discusion
4:00PM>5:10PM The future of communities: Cheryl Buchanan, Putu, Pak Mangku, Chandran, Bob McMullan, Marilyn Wallace, Mai Siriphongpanh, Jady Smith
5:10PM>5:20PM Conference Close with Bob McMullan – Parliamentary Secretary for International Development
5:20PM>5:30PM Final Day Summation: Daniel Almagor - CEO of EWB
6:30PM> EWB Post Conference party at the Mint!!!!