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Monday 15 August

S01 MAJOR PANEL – ENGAGED GOVERNANCE: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY Chair: Diane Guthrie Consultant, Organisation and Community Development, Brisbane, Australia Room: GH1&2/Door 7   Adil Khan United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs, New York, USA   Karen Struthers MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Training and Industrial Relations, Brisbane, Australia   Rehman Sobhan Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh   Padma Ratnayake South Asia Partnership, Columbo, Sri Lanka   Deepa Narayan The World Bank, Washington DC, USA

S07 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE IN PRACTICE I Chair: Linda Rosenman The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: M4 10.40am Responsive to Whom? The State and Fast Track Participation in a South Indian District Vasudha Chhotray Institute for Political and Economic Governance, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom 11.00am Participatory Democracy: Cracks in the Facade Gary Johns Institute Of Public Affairs, Brisbane, Australia 11.20am Planning for a ‘Society for All’ Thomas Schindlmayr Division for Social Policy and Development, UNDESA, New York, USA 11.40am Dialogues for Sustainability: Indigenous Participation and Relational Power Natalie McGrath Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Australia

S14 ENGAGEMENT, GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY Chair: S14 The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: S14 10.40am Communities: The Key for All Members of Society to Survive Change Rhonda Galbally Our Community, Melbourne, Australia 11.00am Government/Non-Government Compacts – Towards Deliberative Democracy in Policy Making? Margot Rawsthorne & Fiona Christian Western Sydney Community Forum, Granville, Australia 11.20am Australia’s CEO Challenge: Partnerships Addressing Domestic Violence Carolyn Mason Australia’s CEO Challenge, Brisbane, Australia 11.40am The South African Presidential Participation Programme (Imbizo): Engaging Communities for a Better Life Odette Hartslief University of Johannesburg, Queenswood, Pretoria, South Africa

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S16 MAJOR PANEL – ENGAGED GOVERNMENT: BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITIES PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY THE QUEENSLAND DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES Chair: Guido Bertucci Director, Division of Public Administration & Development Management, UN Department of Economic & Social Affairs, New York, USA Room: GH3/Door 9   The Hon. Reba Meagher MP Minister for Community Services NSW, Sydney, Australia   The Hon. John Thwaites MP Minister for Victorian Communities, Melbourne, Australia   The Hon. Ms Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi Minister of Public Service & Administration, Government of Republic of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa   Thang Van Phuc Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Hanoi, Vietnam   The Hon. Warren Pitt MP Minister for Communities, Brisbane, Australia

S18 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE: LOCAL GOVERNMENT I Chair: Natalie Kent Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: M1 2.10pm Citizen-Government Dialoguing – How Maroochy Shire Council Started on the Inside Amber James & Eric Moes Maroochy Shire Council, Nambour, Australia 2.30pm Engaging the Large and Diverse Community of Parramatta – How to Establish a Residents’ Panel Phillipa Bishop & Ross Coggan & Wade Clark Parramatta City Council, Parramatta, Australia 2.50pm Engaging Local Communities to Manage Waste in Fiji Sandeep Singh International Waters Program, Ministry of Local Government, Housing, Squatter Se, Suva, Fiji

S28 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE IN PRACTICE II Chair: Michael Hogan Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia Room: PTR 2.10pm Building a Shared Future: Modern Governance, Leadership and Community Engagement Jude Munro Brisbane City Council, Brisbane, Australia 2.30pm Balancing the Scales: Citizen Centred Approaches in Enhancing Public Accountability Badal Malick The World Bank, New Delhi, India 2.50pm Changing the Way Government Works Yehudi Blacher Department for Victorian Communities, Melbourne, Australia

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S38 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE: LOCAL GOVERNMENT II Chair: Rachel Uhr Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: P1 4.30pm Community Engagement or Consultation Fever? Debra Howe Crows Nest Shire Council, Crows Nest, Australia 4.50pm What Makes Communities Tick?: Exploring the Relationship Between Local Government and Social Capital Geoffrey Woolcock UQ Boilerhouse Community Service and Research Centre, Ipswich, Australia & Desley Renton Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 5.10pm A New Heart for an Old Soul- Local Government Engagement Greg Doyle Wollongong City Council, Wollongong, Australia

S42 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE: PRIVATE SECTOR AND MARKETS I Chair: Karel Duivenvoorden Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia Room: P5 4.30pm Sustainable Development in the South African Mining Sector Freek Cronjé & Charity Chenga North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa 4.50pm Emerging Models of Community Engagement in the Australian Minerals Industry David Brereton CSRM, University of Queensland, Australia & Bruce Harvey Rio Tinto, Australia 5.10pm Tools for Sustainable Community Development around Mining Operations Julie-Anne Braithwaite International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), London, United Kingdom & Jeffrey Davidson Oil, Gas, Mining and Chemicals Department, World Bank, Washington, USA

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Tuesday 16 August

S54 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE: LOCAL GOVERNMENT III Chair: Gavin Paine Queensland Dept of Main Roads, Brisbane, Australia Room: P2 11.30am Engaging Communities of Practice for Sustainability: The Case of Sutherland Council, NSW Gary Smith University of NSW, Sydney, Australia 11.50am Promoting Communities Participation in Local Governance in Central and South Eastern Europe Claudia Pamfil & Serban Daniel Local Development Group, Bucharest, Romania 12.10pm Enhancing the Capacity of Grassroots Groups to Engage: Practical Initiatives from a Community/Local Government Partnership Mark Creyton Volunteering Queensland, Brisbane, Australia & Maureen See & Patrick Bourke Brisbane City Council, Brisbane, Australia

S61 MAJOR PANEL – THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN LINKING THE COMMUNITY TO OTHER SPHERES OF GOVERNMENT PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL Chair: Greg Hoffman Director of Policy & Research, Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: GH4/Door 5   Greg Hallam Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia   Paul Bell Australian Local Government Association, Sydney, Australia   Jude Munro Brisbane City Council, Brisbane, Australia   Georgina Beyer MP Member for Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand   Alex Brillantes National College of Public Administration & Governance, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines   Nathanon Thavisin Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Thailand

S70 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE: LOCAL GOVERNMENT IV Chair: Lindy Drew Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: P4 2.20pm Community Mentoring – Building Community Capacity Louise McGowan Launceston City Council/Department of Education, Launceston, Australia 2.40pm ‘Listening Sessions’: A Consultation Technique that Embraces Conflict to Address Issues of Social Justice and Assist Individuals to Re-Engage in the Life of their Community Aaron Fuller Carpentaria Shire Council, Normanton, Australia 3.00pm The Shine Project Sandie Pitter Noosa Shire Council, Noosa, Australia

S72 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE: PRIVATE SECTOR AND MARKETS II Chair: Naida Tattersall Library Services & Cultural Development Branch, Gold Coast City Council, Bundall, Australia Room: PTR 2.20pm Australian Gas Light Company Citizenship Case Study: Improving the Lives of those Touched by our Business Trevor Goddard Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia 2.40pm Engaging Communities in Public Private Partnerships in the Delivery of Basic Services to the Poor: Comparative Study of Inter-country Models and Outcomes Amitava Mukherjee United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand 3.00pm Community Partnering for Natural Resource Management Ken Keith University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia

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S75 MAJOR PANEL – ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROUDLY SPONSORED BY PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF Chair: Malcolm Hellmuth Regional Executive Director (Central Queensland), Department of Main Roads, Rockhampton, Australia Room: GH3/Door 9   The Hon. Paul Lucas MP Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia   Paul McDonald Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Brisbane, Australia   Janette Hartz-Karp Office of the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, Maylands, Australia   Brian Stewart Urban Develoment Institute of Australia, Brisbane, Australia   Michael Kerry Office of Urban Management   Lyn Carson University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia   Roger Pattison Parsons Brinckerhoff, Brisbane, Australia

S79 ENGAGING PRACTICE: COMMUNITY/BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS Chair: Paula Thomson Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia Room: M3 4.00pm Achieving Effective Inter Sector Alliances Wayne Willis Venture Group Ltd, Sydney, Australia 4.20pm Community Business Engagement – Perspectives on Collaborative Approaches Louise Lee Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand 4.40pm Engaging with Communities Around the World: Values, Sustainability and the Arup Group Adam Beck ArupSustainability, Brisbane, Australia 5.00pm Improving Australian Literacy Levels though Corporate Community Engagement Peter Slator Unilever Australasia, Epping, Australia

S85 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE IN PRACTICE III Chair: Vanessa Hughes Brisbane, Australia Room: P4 4.00pm Looking Behind the Rhetoric – Addressing the Benefits, Costs & Risks of a Whole-of-Government Approach to Community Engagement with Rigorous Design & Review Tim Farland NSW Premier’s Department, Sydney, Australia 4.20pm Active Learning for Active Citizenship – Lessons from Britain? Val Woodward Social Research and Regeneration Unit, Plymouth, United Kingdom 4.40pm Engaging with Queensland Communities Majella Ryan Queensland Department of Communities, Brisbane, Australia 5.00pm Making Meaning Together – New Approaches to Governance and Community in Modern Democracies Lisa Pollard Murdoch University, Melbourne, Australia

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Wednesday 17 August

S91 MAJOR PANEL – PEOPLE'S BUDGETING PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC & SOCIAL AFFAIRS Chair: Jay de Vera Chief, Policy Analysis & Coordination Unit, UN Division for Public Administration & Development Management, New York, USA Room: GH1&2/Door 7   Olivio Dutra Former Minister of Cities, Brazil   A Review of the Efficacy of the People’s Budget Campaign – Assessing our Engagement with Government after 10 Years of Democracy in South Africa Elroy Paulus COSATU Parliamentary Off – People’s Budget Campaign, Cape Town, South Africa   Effective Participation: Examples of Community Engagements in Participatory Budgeting from Bangladesh Atiur Rahman Unnayan Shamannay, Shahbag, Bangladesh   Popular Participation in Public Policy and Development Processes: The African Experience Guillermo Mangue United Nations Economic Commission of Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   Discussion

S94 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE: LOCAL GOVERNMENT V Chair: Natalie Kent Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: M1 11.00am Community Engagement – Putting People First in Building Sustainable Community Futures -Three Case Studies of Innovative Engagement Practice Amanda Martin Leading Innovation, Glenden, Australia & Raelea Stewart Ipswich City Council, Ipswich, Australia 11.20am Queensland Local Government and Community Engagement: Charting a New Way of Doing Business Desley Renton Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia & Max Hardy Twyford Consulting, Wollongong, Australia 11.40am Empowering or Overpowering? Engaging Community for Sustainable Coastal Development in Lombok-Indonesia I Wayan Suadnya The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 12.00pm Community Consultation Principles by Queensland Councils and Community Consultation Practices in Councils Internationally Colin Russo Gold Coast City Council, Surfers Paradise, Australia

S97 PANEL: CIVIL SOCIETY & GOVERNANCE Chair: Charles Sampford Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law & ARC Governance Research Network & International Institute for Public Ethics & Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Room: M4   Sabet Cox Help PNG, Papua New Guinea   Paul O’Callaghan Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), Deakin, Australia   Peter Aitsi Transparency International, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea   Padma Ratnayake South Asia Partnership, Columbo, Sri Lanka

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S108 MAJOR PANEL – ENGAGED GOVERNMENT: BUILDING PUBLIC SECTOR CAPACITY PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY THE QUEENSLAND DEPT OF MAIN ROADS Chair: George O’Farrell Public Service Commissioner, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia Room: GH3/Door 9   Michael Hogan Queensland Department of Communities, Brisbane, Australia   David Adams Department for Victorian Communities, Melbourne, Australia   Mavis McDonald Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, London, UK   Christina Gillgren WA Department of Premier and Cabinet, Perth, Australia   Nic Manikis Office of Multicultural Affairs and Community Development, Canberra, Australia

S115 ENGAGED GOVERNANCE IN PRACTICE III Chair: Desley Renton Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: P1 1.30pm Main Roads – Connecting Queensland Communities. Building Community Engagement into Systems and Processes Neil Doyle Queensland Department of Main Roads, Brisbane, Australia 1.50pm Transformational Collaboration: Communities Engaging Wendy Earles James Cook University, Cairns, Australia 2.10pm Engaging Activist Communities Christopher Galloway Monash University, Churchill, Australia 2.30pm Multi-sectoral Collaboration in Central Queensland: Bringing the State Back in? Barton Loechel The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

S118 ENGAGING PEOPLE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS Chair: Geoff Woolcock The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: P4 1.30pm Engaged Governance and Public Policy Processes during Transition to a Market Economy Alexei Tikhomirov UNDESA, New York, USA 1.50pm Learning Partnerships: Mindsets, Strategies and Practices that Engage Stakeholders Heather Peirce Queensland University of Technology, Aspley, Australia 2.10pm Bris Industry – Using Cluster Development to Assist Business to Grow and Contribute to the Community and Economic Development of Brisbane City Lisa Hewson Economic Development – Brisbane City Council, Brisbane, Australia 2.30pm Dangers of the Market Discourse: for Partnerships in Natural Resource Management Dana Kelly Australian National University, Brisbane, Australia

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