Program

Forum Program

NOTE: This is a provisional program and is subject to change. Final plenary panels will have 5 keynotes and a facilitated audience interaction. Provisional program includes confirmed speakers only

Tuesday 25 September 2012
8.30am	Forum Registration
8.50am	Welcome Address Professor Sue Willis, CHASS President, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Social Inclusion, Monash University
9.00am	Welcome to Country Aunty Agnes Shea
9.10am	OPENING KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
9.10am	Senator The Honourable Kate Lundy, Senator for the ACT, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation, Minister for Sport, Minister for Multicultural Affairs
9.20am	Senator The Honourable George Brandis SC, Senator for Queensland, Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister for the Arts, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
9.30am	PLENARY SESSION Equality, Innovation and Resilience: Building Societies of the Future
	This session draws together ideas about sustainability, global change and human behaviour. Speakers are invited to examine and imagine the kinds of knowledges we will need to create healthy societies in the future. When it comes to wellbeing - of both people and their planet - are we facing only risks, or are there opportunities?
	Session Chair: Peter Sandeman, CEO Anglicare SA
	Speakers: Waleed Aly, Broadcaster, Author, Academic, Rock musician and former AFL mascot Professor Lyndon Anderson, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Professor Anthony Capon, Head, Discipline of Public Health, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra Lynda Ford, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Community Workers Association (ACWA) Dr Mark Stafford Smith, Science Director, Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO
10.40am	Morning Tea
10.50am	PLENARY SESSION Australia in the Asian Century
	While the rise of China preoccupies many analysts, Australia will need to understand many different Asias in the ‘Asian Century’, from least-developed nations to large emerging and established economies. This will require careful calibrating of the national interest, regional responsibilities, and reworking perceptions of what Australia is about. This session will also explore what ‘Australia in the Asian Century’ means for individuals and local communities, in both Australia and Asia.
	Session Chair: Professor John Simons, CHASS Board Member, Executive Dean of Arts, Macquarie University
	Speakers: Kathe Kirby, Executive Director, Asia Education Foundation Joe Hildebrand, Journalist, Political Commentator and TV Presenter Professor Jacqueline Lo, Professor and Director, ANU Centre for European Studies, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Director, Australia India Institue Professor Krishna Sen, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Australia
12.10pm	Performance Exclusive Preview of ‘Portraits of the Shapeless’ by Ondru Ondru is a rising movement of arts and literature. Our mission is to evoke, challenge and inspire through honest expressions of arts and literature for positive social change.
12.30pm	Lunch
1.15pm	PANEL SESSIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL MEETINGS
	Session I: Transforming the Human Person: The Experience of Theological EducationPanellists: Professor Anne Hunt, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University Dr Les Ball, MCD University of Divinity Professor Peter Sherlock, Vice-Chancellor, MCD University of Divinity
	Session II: Foreign language education for a sustainable society Facilitator: Dr Yuko Kinoshita, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Panellists: Dr Chantal Crozet, School of Language Studies, Australian National University Dr Mandy Scott, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra and Executive Member, Canberra Multicultural Forum
	Session III: VET, TAFE and the National Workforce Development Strategy Facilitator: Dr Camilla Couch, CHASS Board Member, Outreach Coordinator, TAFENSW Panellists: Dr Katherine Barnes, Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA) Adrian Marron, Chief Executive, Canberra Institute of Technology Associate Professor Leesa Wheelahan, LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management, University of Melbourne
2.25pm	KEYNOTE ADDRESS - INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
	Harsh Shrivastava - Innovative Policy strategist, Consultant - Planning Commision, India
	‘Peoples AND profits? How HASS can help?’ Harsh will speak about how Australia’s vibrant humanities, arts, and social sciences can contribute more to international understanding between people’s and countries; to advancing Australia’s interests in Asia; and how CHASS itself can be a model that other countries can and should use. At the same time, given his business and policy background, he will discuss how it makes sense for both policymakers and businesses across Asia and Australia to use humanities, arts, and social sciences to both make better policy and to earn higher profits.
3.25pm	Afternoon Tea
3.45pm	PLENARY SESSION What makes us Human? Technology, Arts and the Human Dehuman Divide
	The studio and the lab are merging. Emerging technologies such as three-dimensional printing are able to produce artworks and prosthetic teeth using plastic, glass and steel. Meanwhile, Artificial Intelligence experts are discussing ‘the Singularity’ – the moment when humans and machines merge. Some argue that this process is already underway, with cochlear implants and pacemakers signalling the start of a new phase in human development. How can we conceptualise the human-dehuman divide without images from science fiction filling the void?
	Session Chair: Rose Hiscock, Executive Director Arts Development, Australia Council for the Arts
	Speakers: Gavin Artz, Managing Director, Ancillary IPs Dr Marcus Hutter, Professor for Artificial Intelligence, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science Caroline Stacey, Artistic Director, Street Theatre, ACT Lucina Ward, Curator - International Painting & Sculpture, National Gallery of Australia Martin Mckenzie-Murray, Journalist, Editor, Media Adviser, Political Speechwriter
5.00pm	Close of Day One

Wednesday 26 September 2012
8.30am	Forum Registration
9.00am	OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS - INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
	Lars Kluver, Director, The Danish Board of Technology
	Lars is a distinguished international visitor to the ‘Science, Technology and Public Policy’ program of the HC Coombs Policy Forum, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. ‘Embracing the human and social dimension of technology and innovation’ Technology and innovation are made to influence our lives, and they really do but not always as intended. They are often spoken about as complex issues, and the process patterns leading to their existence are seen as unliniary or even chaotic, with human, social, organizational, historical and cultural factors playing very important roles. Why is it then that we tend to forget about these factors when we implement technology? If we want technology to contribute to our societies by increasing our welfare and providing the good life, then simplifying or ignoring the human and cultural dimension of technology seem not to be the way ahead. If we didn’t have any means to embrace them, then we would be excused – but we do.
10.00am	PLENARY SESSION Who Decides the Public Good?: The Role of Communities, Business and Government
	Hypothetical: Australia has been offered a once-in-a-century opportunity to put itself on the world stage. But are the risks too high for the public to accept?
	Session Chair : Yalda Hakim, Dateline Presenter and Video Journalist
	Speakers: Associate Professor Andrew Bonnell, President, - NTEU UQ Branch, Member - NTEU National Executive Dr John Curran, General Manager – Communications, CSIRO Senator Gary Humphries, Liberal Senator for the ACT Dr Andrew Leigh, Federal Member for Fraser, ACT Shannon Savage, Communications & Community Consultant, AECOM Associate Professor Michele Simons, Program Director for the Bachelor of Education (Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning), School of Education, University of South Australia, CHASS Board Member
11.10am	Morning Tea
11.20am	PLENARY SESSION Integrating Knowledge to Influence Public Policy
	There are many strategies for integrating knowledge to influence policy, but which ones are likely to be most effective and does context matter? What skills do knowledge producers (academics and others) need to develop to enable them to explain clearly to policy makers what their findings mean in practical terms for policy development? In turn, what skills do public policy makers need to develop to understand the meaning of research outcomes and how these can be integrated into public policy? Most importantly how do we use knowledge to address ‘wicked problems’, those which are complex and often polarise views, and include climate change, environmental issues and increasing demands on health care? Or is academic work destined to be ‘lost in translation’?
	Session Chair: Professor Rhian Parker, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Australian National University, CHASS Secretary
	Speakers: Paul Harris, Deputy Director, HC Coombs Policy Forum, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University and Special Advisor, CSIRO Associate Professor Susan Goodwin, The University of Sydney Professor Lawrence Pratchett, Dean of Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra Professor Julian Thomas, Director, Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology Dr Jakelin Troy, Director of AIATSIS Research, Indigenous Social and Cultural Wellbeing, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
12.30pm	Lunch
1.15pm	PANEL SESSIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL MEETINGS
	Session I: Indigenous Policy Research - ANU Research School of Social Sciences Panellists: Dr Nicholas Biddle, Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University Dr Boyd Hunter, Senior Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University Dr Kirrily Jordan, Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
	Session II: Australian National Development Index - What kind of Australia do we want? *Engaging community and research to develop measures of true national progress.* Panellists: Regina Lane, Strategies Project Officer, Australian Conservation Foundation Adjunct Professor Mike Salvaris, Applied Human Rights and Community Wellbeing, RMIT University
	Session III: The Place of Theology in the National Research System Chair and Organiser : Professor Paul Oslington, Theology and Economics, ACU Panellists: Professor James Haire, Director, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, CSU Professor Patrick McArdle, Director of Identity and Mission, ACU Dr Geoff Treloar, Australian College of Theology
2.25pm	PLENARY SESSION Talking Back to Science
	In February 2010, after national consultation with a diversity of scientists, communicators, journalists and educators, the “Inspiring Australia: A national strategy for engaging with the sciences” report was launched. It was suggested that to fully realise the social, economic and environmental benefits of our significant investment in science and research, we must communicate and engage wider community in science. There are many examples, both nationally and internationally, where the rhetoric for engagement by the sciences to a wide array of stakeholders had been called for. However, achieving such increased accountability through engagement and dialogue is often easier said than done. In this session a number of key speakers will share their experiences of communication and engagement around the sciences and the challenges they have faced in doing so.
	Session Chair : Associate Professor Peta Ashworth, CHASS Vice President, Group Leader, Science into Society Group, CSIRO
	Speakers: Professor David Christian, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University Dr John Curran, General Manager – Communications, CSIRO Jan Ferguson, Managing Director, Ninti One Misha Ketchell, Managing Editor, The Conversation Professor Tony Peacock, Chief Executive, Cooperative Research Centres Association Inc (CRCA)
3.35pm	CLOSING ADDRESS Professor Sue Willis, CHASS President, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Social Inclusion, Monash University