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Morning Plenary - Unlocking the potential in early childhood

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• Forum welcome – George Megalogenis, Master of Ceremonies (MC)
• Welcome to Country - Aunty Joy Murphey Wandin, AO
• Opening address – Jenny Mikakos MP, Minister for Early Childhood Education
• Keynote address – Professor Sharon Lynn Kagan, Co-Director, National Centre for Children and Families, Columbia University.
• Armchair discussion – Professor Sharon Lynn Kagan with MC George Megalogenis

Breakout sessions

How do I lead and improve excellence in early learning?

• Learning-rich leadership for quality improvement in early childhood education - Professor Joce Nuttall, Director of the Teacher Education research Concentration in the Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University. Presentation
• Quality, learning and development: Describing the journey from fundamental to proficient - Dr Dan Cloney, Research Fellow, Policy Research and Practice, Australian Council for Educational Research. Presentation
• The VAEL Professional Learning Model - Andrew Hume, Chief Executive Officer, Gowrie Victoria.
• Spaces of relationships, encounters, dialogue and collegiality - Anthony Semann, Semann & Slattery

Encouraging and supporting positive parenting

• Resourcing parents: the role of early education and care services in promoting positive parenting - Warren Cann, Chief Executive Officer Parenting Research Centre.
• Maternal Child and Health Service - Marcia Armstrong, Principal Maternal and Child health Nurse Advisor, Department of Education and Training.
• Self empowerment Self Determination Self Regulation: Parents as the Experts - Michelle Forster, Indigenous Implementation Consultant, Triple P International.
• Yappera Children’s Services – Engaging Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Families - Tegan Bastow, Early Childhood Educator and Kimberley Do, Family Support Worker, Yappera Children’s Services Cooperative LTD. Presentation

How can I help language flourish?

• Helping languages to flourish - Dr Anne Kennedy, consultant, writer and research in early childhood education.
• Language Acquisition: Improving Children’s Outcomes through Professional Learning and Collaborative Practice - Associate Professor Patricia Eadie, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne.
• How can we help language flourish? - Professor Sheena Reilly, Pro Vic Chancellor (Health) Griffith University

Welcoming, including and supporting all children

• Early Years Education Program - Aileen Ashford, Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Protection Society.
• Aspirations, Resilience and Identity: Using culture and aspirations to facilitate and protect the identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children - Professor Kerry Arabena, Chair for Indigenous Health and Director Indigenous Health Equity Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne.
• Welcoming, including and supporting all children - Dr Kerry Bull, Senior Manager, Noah’s Ark.
• Our Children, Our Culture, Our Way - Miranda Edwards, Director, Lulla’s Child and Family Centre.

Being an agent of change

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• A better early years system: towards holistic policy and practice - Charlene Smith, Policy Program Director, Mitchell Institute.
• Empowering professional to be advocates of change - Catharine Hydon, Early Childhood Consultant.
• Excellence in Australian schools through early childhood interventions - Professor Deborah Brennan, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales

Afternoon Plenary - From global perspectives to local action: the future of early childhood in Victoria

• Welcome – George Megalogenis, Master of Ceremonies (MC)
• Keynote address – Tove Mogstad Slinde, Senior Adviser in the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and Chair of the Network on Early Childhood Education and Care, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Plenary address – Gill Callister, Secretary, Department of Education and Training
• Armchair discussion – Tove Mogstad Slinde and Gill Callister, with MC George Megalogenis