Program

Master of Ceremonies: Jungala Kriss, Director, Jungala Enterprises

Time	Topic	Speaker(s)
8:30 - 9:00am	Welcome to Country	Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation
	Welcome address	Professor Helen Garnett, Vice-Chancellor, Charles Darwin University (CDU)
	Cultural performance	Indigenous Dance Performance
9:00 - 9:40am	Session 1: What is social cohesion? Chair: John Oster, Desart
	Keynote speakers:
	What is social cohesion?	Howard Morphy, Director, Research School of Humanities, and Head Centre for Cross Cultural Research, The Australian National University (ANU)
	What is the intersection between arts, education and policy?	The Hon. Alison Anderson, MLA, Minister for Natural Resources, Environment and Heritage, Parks and Wildlife and Central Australia
9:40 - 10:00am	Questions and discussion
10:00 - 10:30am	Morning tea
10:30 - 11:00am	Session 2: Educating for social cohesion: What works and why Chair: Jennifer Howard, Chief Executive Director, CAAMA
	Language and land management	Veronica Perrule Dobson, writer and educator
	Art Stories: Partnerships for learning and well being	Anja Tait/Leonie Murrungun, Numbulwar, CDU/NT Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET)
	Youth music	Vincent Lamberti, musician, composer and film maker with Music NT, Tangentyere Council Incite Youth Arts and CAAMA
11:00 - 11:30am	Questions and discussion
11:30am - 12:00pm	Session 3: Crossing boundaries? How do the arts work in cross cultural exchange? Chair: Stephanie Hawkins, Manager, Environmental and Cultural Tourism Development, Tourism NT
	The Barunga Festival	Wayne Buckley, Chair, Katherine Regional Arts
	Tourism	Dianna Isgar, Papulankutja Artists
	Art centres	Liesl Rockchild, Tangentyere Artists
12:00 - 12:30pm	Questions and discussion
12:30 - 1:30pm	Lunch
12:30 - 1:30pm	Musical performance	NoKTurNL Band
1:30 - 2:00pm	Session 4: What is the intersection between arts, education and policy? Chair: Josephine Douglas, Indigenous Research Fellow, CDU
	Panel:
	Tamara Winikoff, Chief Executive Officer, National Association for the Visual Arts Kathy Keele, Chief Executive Officer, Australia Council Lyn Allen, Executive Director, NT Environment Heritage and the Arts, NT Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts Susan Bowden, Executive Director Central Australia, NT Department of Education and Training
2:00 - 2:30pm	Questions and discussion
2:30 - 3:00pm	Afternoon tea
3:00 - 4:00pm	Session 5: What happens next? Future perspectives Chair: Jungala Kriss, Director, Jungala Enterprises
	Panel:
	Harold Furber, Board Member, Desert Knowledge CRC Djambawa Marawili, Chair, Association of Northern, Kimberley and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists Margaret Kemarre Turner, OAM, Eastern Arrernte elder, cultural adviser, teacher, author and artist
4:00 - 4:15pm	Questions and discussion
4:15 - 4:25pm	Summation
	Keynote speaker:
	Howard Morphy, Director, Research School of Humanities, and Head Centre for Cross Cultural Research, ANU
4:30pm	Close of Symposium

Program

Session 1: What is social cohesion?

Session 2: Educating for social cohesion: What works and why

Session 3: Crossing boundaries? How do the arts work in cross cultural exchange?

Session 4: What is the intersection between arts, education and policy?

Session 5: What happens next? Future perspectives

Summation

Close of Symposium

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