



Preliminary Program
A preliminary conference program has been provided to assist with your planning.
The full program schedule will be available soon.
Sunday 4 September |
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3.00–5.00 pm | Registration desk open | |
5.00–7.00 pm | Welcome to Melbourne reception | Includes welcome by the Hon James Merlino MP |
Monday 5 September |
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from 7.30 am | Registration desk open | |
8.30–10.30 am | Plenary session |
Includes opening liturgy, welcome by the Hon Jacinta Collins, National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) Executive Director; Nicholas Moore, NCEC Chair; and Jim Miles, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Executive Director. Opening address by Archbishop of Melbourne Peter A Comensoli. Keynote address by Fr Anthony Gittins CSSp. Ph.D, Professor Emeritus of Theology and Culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, USA; and Madeline Forde, Australian Representative, International Youth Advisory Body, Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. |
10.20–10.50 am | Morning tea | |
10.50 am – 12.45 pm | Plenary session |
Recipe for Success with Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher OP, Chair of the Bishops Commission for Catholic Education. In Conversation panel moderated by Geraldine Doogue AO. Keynote address by Sandra Surace, workplace mental health and wellbeing consultant. Sponsored by Principal Partner Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund. |
12.45–1.45 pm | Lunch | |
1.45–3.15 pm |
Concurrent sessions |
Twenty-minute concurrent sessions across nine streams. Presenters include Professor Donna Cross, Professor Janet Goodall, Sr Rosie Joyce, Fr Anthony Gittins and Peter Ellerton. |
3.15–3.45 pm | Afternoon tea | |
3.45–5.05 pm | Concurrent sessions | Forty-minute concurrent sessions across nine streams. |
5.05 pm | End of day | |
Tuesday 6 September |
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8.30–10.30 am | Plenary session |
Keynote address by Dr Jordan Nguyen, Futurist Student Voices panel moderated by Dr Jordan Nguyen. |
10.30–11.00 am | Morning tea | |
11.00 am – 12.40 pm | Concurrent sessions |
Forty-minute concurrent sessions across nine streams. Presenters include Dr Simon Breakspear, educational researcher, policy advisor and speaker. |
12.40–1.40 pm | Lunch | |
1.40–3.00 pm | Plenary session |
Keynote address by Professor John Haldane FRSE, Professor of Philosophy, Senior Fellow, Centre for Ethics, University of St Andrews. In Conversation panel discussion moderated by Geraldine Doogue AO. |
3.00–3.45 pm | Afternoon tea | Live & virtual pilgrimage to St Patrick’s Cathedral |
5.00–6.30 pm | Eucharist celebration | St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne. |
Wednesday 7 September |
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9.00–10.30 am | Plenary session |
Keynote address by Robert Fitzgerald AM, Commissioner New South Wales Ageing and Disability Commission, Former Commissioner Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sydney, NSW. In Conversation panel moderated by Emeritus Professor Greg Craven AO. |
10.30–11.00 am | Morning tea | |
11.00 am – 12.30 pm | Concurrent sessions | Forty-minute concurrent sessions across eight streams |
12.30–1.00 pm | Plenary sessions | Keynote address by Barbara Coupar, Director, Scottish Catholic Education Service. |
12.45–1.00 pm | Acknowledgments and closing liturgy | |
Conference close |
A preliminary conference program has been provided to assist with your planning.
The full program schedule will be available soon.
Sunday 4 September
3.00–5.00 pm |
Registration desk open |
5.00–7.00 pm |
Welcome to Melbourne reception Includes welcome by the Hon James Merlino MP. |
Monday 5 September
from 7.30 am |
Registration desk open |
8.30–10.30 am |
Plenary session Includes opening liturgy, welcome by the Hon Jacinta Collins, National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) Executive Director; Nicholas Moore, NCEC Chair; and Jim Miles, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Executive Director. Opening address by Archbishop of Melbourne Peter A Comensoli. Keynote address by Fr Anthony Gittins CSSp. Ph.D, Professor Emeritus of Theology and Culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, USA; and Madeline Forde, Australian Representative, International Youth Advisory Body, Vatican’s Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life. |
10.20–10.50 am |
Morning tea |
10.50 am – 12.45 pm |
Plenary session Recipe for Success with Archbishop of Sydney Anthony Fisher OP, Chair of the Bishops Commission for Catholic Education. In Conversation panel moderated by Geraldine Doogue AO. Keynote address by Sandra Surace, workplace mental health and wellbeing consultant. Sponsored by Principal Partner Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund. |
12.45–1.45 pm |
Lunch |
1.45–3.15 pm |
Concurrent sessions Twenty-minute concurrent sessions across nine streams. Presenters include Professor Donna Cross, Professor Janet Goodall, Sr Rosie Joyce, Fr Anthony Gittins and Peter Ellerton. |
3.15–3.45 pm |
Afternoon tea |
3.45–5.05 pm |
Concurrent sessions Forty-minute concurrent sessions across nine streams. |
5.05 pm |
End of day |
Tuesday 6 September
8.30–10.30 am |
Plenary session Keynote address by Dr Jordan Nguyen, Futurist. Student Voices panel moderated by Dr Jordan Nguyen. |
10.30–11.00 am |
Morning tea |
11.00 am–12.40 pm |
Concurrent sessions Forty-minute concurrent sessions across nine streams. Presenters include Dr Simon Breakspear, educational researcher, policy advisor and speaker. |
12.40–1.40 pm |
Lunch |
1.40–3.00 pm |
Plenary session Keynote address by Professor John Haldane FRSE, Professor of Philosophy, Senior Fellow, Centre for Ethics, University of St Andrews. In Conversation panel discussion moderated by Geraldine Doogue AO. |
3.00–3.45 pm |
Afternoon tea Live & virtual pilgrimage to St Patrick’s Cathedral |
5–6.30 pm |
Eucharist celebration. St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne. |
Wednesday 7 September
9.00–10.30 am |
Plenary session Keynote address by Robert Fitzgerald AM, Commissioner New South Wales Ageing and Disability Commission, Former Commissioner Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Sydney, NSW In Conversation panel moderated by Emeritus Professor GregCraven AO |
10.30–11.00 am |
Morning tea |
11.00 am–12.30 pm |
Concurrent sessions Forty-minute concurrent sessions across eight streams. |
12.30–1.00 pm |
Plenary sessions Keynote address by Barbara Coupar, Director, Scottish Catholic Education Service. |
12.45–1.00 pm |
Acknowledgments and closing liturgy |
Conference close |
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