8.45am Welcome
Conference welcome and introduction
Welcome to Country

9am Official Conference Opening
The Honourable Ian Hunter, Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion

9.15am Plenary Keynote - Emeritus Professor Jim Ife
The current managerial context of human services, and the dominance of neo-liberal ideology, has created an environment hostile to conventional community development, at the very time that community development is more needed than ever in a highly uncertain and unstable world. This presentation will explore ways in which changes to our experience of 'community' and a critique of 'development' require a rethinking of the idea and practice of 'community development', and will identify ways forward for a community development agenda. Download Keynote Address

10am Community development directional compass? - Professor Fiona Verity
Following Professor Jim Ife’s call for ‘rethinking of the idea and practice of 'community development', this paper starts with the premise that changes in social structures and social life have consequences for a community development directional compass; for the constitution of an effective values-based community development. Imaginative, analytic, reflexive practice, anchored in values and purpose, is way to discern and interpret the times, and locate opportunities for community development within and beyond bounded superficiality; whether this is binds of language, public policy and program fads, short term time frames, or the binds of human dynamics within places, networks and organisations.

11am Technology and Community Development

Ivo Burum – Executive Producer, Burum Media
Brad Chilcott – Director, Welcome to Australia

11.50am Concurrent Sessions

12.50pm Lunch

1.30pm Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Four
Community Development at work in supporting families and children

What would family support services look like if they were done in a community development context? Are there any good examples? How could community development improve family support services? What needs to change?

Paul Madden
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Concurrent Five
Community Development at work in the area of Health

Can you ever have a healthy community without community development playing a major role? How vital is CD to ensuring a healthy community? Is CD in a health context different to any other CD activities?

Professor Fran Baum & Lori Baugh Littlejohns

Concurrent Six
Community Development at work
in the Arts

What is it about arts projects that lend themselves to community development? Do arts projects promote inclusion past the length of the project? What can the sector learn from the Arts?

Emma Webb, Helen Bock, Lenore de la Parrelle & Matthew Ives

2.30pm Plenary – Colin Ball
Community Development: Unravelling the Methemorus Conundrum (me-them-or-us)
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3.45pm Playback Willunga
Playback Theatre is unscripted improvised theatre. It is a special kind of re-telling a story from the people who gather as the audience. In the re-creation of stories, actors often use metaphor, narration, chorus, genre, movement and song. It is passionate and heartfelt - immediately connecting the audience and the players. Watch a snapshot of the segment.

4.30pm Closing remarks
Responses from Jim and Fiona after being ‘listeners’ throughout day

5pm Connecting Up Closing Drinks

6pm Close