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Program at a Glance
Over the two days, there are five blocks of concurrent workshops with about eight workshops in each block. Occasionally a workshop will have two similar mini-presentations. Other workshops are linked to focus sessions while some build on previous workshops.
All speakers, sessions and program components are subject to change without notice.

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Thursday September 9

NCVER Research Forum

9.00 a.m.-3.30 p.m.

Adult Literacy: A barometer on policy and practice

Friday September 10

Four Seasons In One Day

8.30-9.00 a.m.

Registration

9.00-10.00 a.m.

ACAL & VALBEC Welcome

Keynote address by Dr Ursula Howard

10.05-10.55 a.m.

BLOCK 2 Focus sessions More details...
A change in the weather for adult literacy and numeracy?
    Professor Rosie Wickert, Professor of Education and Literacy, UTS
The Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programme for the unemployed: is it working?
   Dr Zak Rahmani, Assistant Director - Economic Analysis, Growth and Evaluation, DEST
Constructing Utopia - constructing literacy and numeracy in a remote indigenous NT community
   Janine Oldfield, Lecturer, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Education

11.00-11.20 a.m.

Morning tea

11.25-12.15 p.m.

BLOCK 3 Workshops and Papers More details ...

12.20-1.10 p.m.

BLOCK 4 Focus sessions More details ...
Literacies in changing climates: Encouraging practitioners to become researchers
   Dr Jean Searle, Senior Lecturer, School of Vocational Technology & Arts Education, Griffith University
An exploration of literacy team teaching in a vocational programme in a New Zealand Institute of Technology
   Wendy Roberts and Kathleen Krsinich, Lecturers, Lecturer, School of Foundation Studies, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Contradicting the Stereotype: Studies of 10 people who have been successful in life and work despite severe literacy difficulties
   Dr Peter Waterhouse and Dr Crina Virgona, Workplace Learning Initiatives

1.15-2.10 p.m.

Lunch

2.15-3.05 p.m.

BLOCK 5 Workshops and Papers More details ...

3.10-3.40 p.m.

BLOCK 6 Afternoon tea and Network Meeting Time More details ...

3.45-4.30 p.m.

BLOCK 7 ACAL AGM More details ...

6.00-10.00 p.m.

Conference Dinner Melbourne Museum

Pre-dinner drinks and tour of Australia Gallery

Arch Nelson Address delivered by Daryl Evans
Literacies in changing climates: active and passive

Saturday September 11

8.00-8.30 a.m.

Laughter workshop or a walk around Albert Park Lake

9.00-9.20 a.m.

Performance

9.25-10.10 a.m.

BLOCK 1 Keynote address by Morag Fraser AM

10.15-11.05 a.m.

BLOCK 2 Focus sessions More details ...
What use is theory to the seasoned adult literacy practitioner?
   Liz Suda, Manager: Flemington Reading and Writing Program
Literacy outcomes: winter of our discontent or season of mist and mellow fruitfulness?
   Delia Bradshaw, Helen Macrae and Robyn Hartley
Put a shoulder to the wheel: Making the LLNP program work
   A panel discussion with Linda Wyse (verifier) Anne Cosentino (Chisholm Institute program manager ), Brett Levy tbc (Director, Language and Literacy Section, DEST) and Philippa McLean (chair).

11.10-11.30 a.m.

Morning tea

11.35-12.25 p.m.

BLOCK 3 Workshops and Papers More details ...

12.30-1.20 p.m.

BLOCK 4 Workshops and Papers More details ...

1.25-2.30 p.m.

Lunch

2.35-3.25 p.m.

BLOCK 5 Workshops and Papers More details ...

3.30-4.00 p.m.

BLOCK 6 Afternoon tea, Conference review, evaluation and close

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