8.15am

Registration

Session One:

Welcome & Introduction

Musical Introduction
Benjamin Wilfred and Roy Wheeler

9.00am

Welcome by your host
Professor Ian Buchanan - Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, Charles Darwin University

Welcome to Country
Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation

Welcome to the University
Professor Helen Garnett - Vice-Chancellor, Charles Darwin University

Opening Remarks
Hon Clare Martin MLA - Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

Morning Tea

Session Two:

Creative Partnerships

10.45am

The United Nations Global Compact - Engaging Cities with Triple Bottom Line Thinking for Sustainable Futures
Professor David Birch - Professor of Communication and the Director of the Corporate Citizenship Research Unit, Deakin University, Melbourne

The Social Economy in the Creative Tropical City
Professor Mark Lyons - Professor of Social Economy, University of Technology, Sydney

Lunch

Musical Interlude
Howard Turner and Basil Myrnyowin

12.45pm

Official launch of EDGE
Charles Darwin University Staff Art Exhibition

Session Three:

Planning the Creative City

1.30pm

The Artist is a Thief
Stephen Gray - Local author and Charles Darwin University Academic

Creative economy in regional areas: possibilities, pitfalls and on-going issues
Dr Chris Gibson - Economic Geographer, University of New South Wales, Sydney

Becoming 'World Class' - An examination of major trends in urban redevelopment and city re-imaging
Dr Deborah Stevenson - Deputy Director Cultural Industries and Practices Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Newcastle

Cultural Planning and the Creative Tropical City
Dr Lisanne Gibson - Postdoctoral Fellow Cultural Industries and Practices Research Centre, University of Newcastle, Newcastle

Afternoon Tea

Session Four:

Creativity Comes in All Forms

3.45pm

Let's Get Creative: alternate creative industries in the NT
Kath Albury - Writer, researcher and broadcaster, specialising in the sex industry

A Social Profile of Australia's Cities
Dr Shaun Wilson - Research Fellow Centre for Social Research, Australian National University, Canberra

Day One Wrap Up

Closing Remarks from your host
Professor Ian Buchanan - Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, Charles Darwin University

8.30am

Registration

Session Five:

Tropical Knowledge

Musical Introduction
Benjamin Wilfred and Roy Wheeler

9.00am

Welcome by your host
Professor Ian Buchanan - Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, Charles Darwin University

9.20am

Special panel convened by the Professor of Tropical Knowledge
Professor Stephen Garnett - Professor of Tropical Knowledge, Charles Darwin University
Bob Wasson - Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Charles Darwin University
Frank van der Sommen - PhD candidate, Charles Darwin University
Dr Martin Young - Research Fellow Socioculturalist, Charles Darwin University
Larry Bannister - Director of Innovation & Knowledge Economy

Morning Tea

Session Six:

Creative Economy

10.45am

Elders from the Community
Danny Thompson and Kevin Rogers

Partnering with Community
Marilyn Morgan - Manager Indigenous Art Marketing and Exports Department of Industry and Technology

Indigenous Property Rights and Cultural Protocols
Stephen Gray - Author and Lecturer in Law, Charles Darwin University

Lunch

Musical Interlude
Howard Turner and Basil Myrnyowin

Session Seven:

Festivals

1.30pm

Reel Evil - Film Festivals, dictatorship and the passion for cinema
Professor Negar Mottahedeh - Professor of Film Studies, Duke University, USA

Arts Festivals and the Creative City
Associate Professor Adrian Franklin - Reader in Sociology, University of Tasmania, Hobart

Festivals in the City
Malcolm Blaylock - Artistic Director Darwin Festival

Afternoon Tea

Session Eight:

Architecture

3.45pm

Keynote Address: Innovative architecture
Professor Leon van Schaik - Innovation Professor of Architecture, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne

Making Music Together - The Queensland Experience
Simone de Haan

Vox Pop
Professor Malcolm Gillies - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University, Canberra

Wrap Up

Closing Remarks from your host
Professor Ian Buchanan - Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, Charles Darwin University

Symposium closes