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Monday 15 August

S02 MAJOR PANEL – ENGAGING WOMEN: GENDER, HUMAN RIGHTS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY MEGAHARVEST INTERNATIONAL Chair: May Lamont Chairperson, Unifem, Brisbane, Australia Room: GH3/Door 9   Mary Robinson Executive Director, Realizing Rights: Ethical Globalization Initiative, USA   Margaret Reynolds Department of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia   Suzette Mitchell International Women’s Development Agency, Melbourne, Australia   Lee Emerson Australian Government Office for Women, Canberra, Australia   Sabet Cox Help PNG, Papua New Guinea

S06 ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY Chair: Brad Swan Disability Services Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: M3 10.40am The Living History Project: Tracking the Changes in the Lives of People with Disability 1981 -2002 Ruth Quibell Scope Victoria, Nunawading, Australia 11.00am Conceptualised Framework for Inclusion Kath Ballard Scope Victoria, Glennroy, Australia 11.20am Aharenmen – Who Better Understands a Community Than Those Who Live in it! Christina Parasyn TAFE GLOBAL Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia 11.40am Learning with Amanda Sandy Paton Amanda’s friend & John Homan Foundation Member, The Disability Council Queensland and Amanda’s Father

S26 ENGAGING WOMEN I Chair: Helen Johnson The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Room: P4 2.10pm Empowerment Under Globalization – Making Markets Work for Women Meena Acharya Tanka Prasad Acharya Memorial Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal 2.30pm The Voice of Marginalised Women in Controlling Small Scale Development Projects: Some Lessons from India. Patrick Kilby Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 2.50pm No More Virtual Communities – Strong Linkages of Flexible Working Women on the Net into the Practice of Everyday Life Ming-Chen Chen Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

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S27 ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE I Chair: Barry Salmon Queensland Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Brisbane, Australia Room: P5 2.10pm Dialoging Citizenship in Queensland Tim Corcoran Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia 2.30pm The Role of Institutions in Pathways from Educational to Social Exclusion: Documenting the Life Course of 300 Marginalised Primary School Children in Queensland Thierry Bouhours Griffith University, Nathan, Australia 2.50pm Local Government Engaging Young People Engaging Education Queensland: Toowoomba City Council’s Response to Change Rachael Uhr Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia & Darryl Bates Toowoomba Shire Council, Toowoomba, Australia

S43 ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE & FAMILIES Chair: Susan Irvine Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia Room: PTR 4.30pm Engaging Sexually Exploited Youth in Combatting Exploitation Cherry Kingsley International Centre to Combat the Exploitation of Children, Victoria, Canada 4.50pm Creating Child-Friendly Communities: NAPCAN’s Approach to Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in Australia Teresa Scott NAPCAN (National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect), Haymarket, Australia 5.10pm Stronger Families and Communities Strategy Evan Lewis Australian Department of Family and Community Services, Canberra, Australia

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Tuesday 16 August

S50 ENGAGING WOMEN II Chair: Kathy Mandla Queensland Office of Women, Brisbane, Australia Room: M3 11.30am Human Rights of Women Prisoners Debbie Kilroy Sisters Inside, Brisbane, Australia 11.50am Women’s Partnership Project Gail Whiteford Charles Sturt University, Albury, Australia 12.10pm Shaping Our Futures Together – Engaging Women in Leadership Development Sonia Muir Rural Women’s Network, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange, Australia

S51 ENGAGING VULNERABLE FAMILIES Chair: Nick Ryan Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia Room: M4 11.30am Families In Crisis – Implications of Change for Yolgnu living in East Arnhemland Simone O’Mealley Crisis Accommodation Gove, Nhulunbuy, Australia & Ann Barr Northern Territory Department of Family and Community Services, Darwin, Australia 11.50am Pondering Policy and Parental Perspectives: How Parents View their Role in Shaping Early Childhood Public Policy Susan Irvine Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia 12.10pm The Strong Family Project – An Indigenous Designed, Indigenous Driven Approach to Working with Indigenous Communities Ted Dean & Eileen Cummings Dept of Chief Minister, Northern Territory Government, Darwin, Australia

S66 ENGAGING OLDER PEOPLE Chair: Nusch Herman Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia Room: M5&6 2.20pm Timehelp Program – Turning Spare Time into Community Resources Lisa Kingman Kingman Consulting Pty Ltd, Drumcondra, Australia 2.40pm Building Community in a Master Planned Community: The Experience of Older Residents Peter Walters University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia 3.00pm From Being in their own Shadow, to Finding their Place in the Sun: First World Mature-Aged Unemployed Men Adrian Glamorgan Challenger TAFE, Beaconsfield, Australia

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S73 ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE II Chair: Anita Hicks Public Trust Office, Brisbane, Australia Room: F1 2.20pm Young People in Decision Making Matthew Eckford The Foundation for Young Australians, Melbourne, Australia 2.40pm Engagement to Develop Programs vs. Programs to Develop Engagement: Community Development with Young People Adam Strelein City of Swan, Midland, Australia 3.00pm Community Engagement is Nothing Without Young People Emma De Tassanyi Alexandra Hills, Australia

S77 ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE III Chair: Sharon Parkes Queensland Dept of Education & The Arts, Brisbane, Australia Room: M1 4.00pm Which Literacy Practices and Pedagogies Engage and Empower at Risk Adolescent Students? An Ethnographic Case Study of Alternative Education Sites in Australia and a Comparison Site in the USA Cheryl Livock Queensland University of Technology, Maroochydore, Australia 4.20pm Critical Success Factors for Improving Communities through Youth Engagement Gwen Willems University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA 4.40pm Talking Sexuality Within Community Where SEX is TABOO: A Rural Experience In North India Jayant Kumar MAMTA-Health Institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi, India 5.00pm Bridging from University to Community – An Evaluation of the Effect of Student Outreach Work in Communities in Australia, New Zealand, China and the United States John Thornton SIFE Australia, Adelaide, Australia

S88 ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE IV Chair: Deb Nelson Queensland Dept of Main Roads, Brisbane, Australia Room: F1 4.00pm The Art of Making Places – Engaging Young People in Determining the Future of their Neighbourhoods Carmen Stewart FutureScapes Consultancy Services, Hastings Point, Australia 4.20pm Creating a Sustainable Future: Youth and the Millennium Development Goals Kate Morioka Youth for a Sustainable Future (YSF) Pacifika, Maroochydore, Australia & Seletuta Visesio Women in Business, Samoa

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Wednesday 17 August

S107 MAJOR PANEL – ENGAGING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY THE QUEENSLAND DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES – OFFICE OF YOUTH Chair: Rachael Truscott Students in Free Enterprise, Brisbane, Australia & Alan Wu Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, Brisbane, Australia Room: GH1&2/Door 7   The Hon. Warren Pitt MP Minister for Communities, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia   Tom Dawkins Vibewire, Sydney, Australia   Yasahavantha Dongre University of Mysore, Hassan, India   Louise Redmond Positive Outcomes, Petersham, Australia   Adam Smith International Youth Foundation, Bella Vista, Australia   Rachel Uhr Local Government Association of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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