Sessions by Speaker
Registration & AR Experience
Welcome to Country
8:20 AM
View Restaurant Terrace
Day 1 Introduction to the Equity CoLab's 2024 Advancing Equity Summit + Meet Your MC
Equity in Context: Australia's History and Systemic Injustices
Opening Keynote with Q&A – Equity: “Embracing the ALL without fear”
Morning tea
10:20 AM
View Restaurant Terrace
Rethinking Solutions: How Systems Thinking Shapes a Fairer Future
Visualising Inequity: How Data Shapes Our Understanding of Equity, Equality and Disadvantage in Australia
Achieving Equity at Scale: Policy Solutions for a Fairer Australia
Q&A Panel for mid-morning sessions
Networking lunch and AR Experience
12:45 PM
View Restaurant Terrace
A – Pursuing Equitable Housing: Lessons from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
B – Collaborative Strategic Reform: The Torres and Cape Healthcare Commissioning Fund Initiative
C – Golden Age Investing: Policy Reforms for Equitable Ageing in Australia
A – Locating Yourself in the System and Engaging with Power to Advance Equity
B – Principles and Pathways to Achieve Impact at Scale
C – Leveraging Partnerships for Systemic Change: Lessons from Thriving Kids QLD
Afternoon tea
3:20 PM
View Restaurant Terrace
Transforming from Within: The Personal Journey to Drive Equity
Sunset drinks and dinner celebration
6:30 PM
View Restaurant Terrace
National Park sunrise walk and connecting with Country
6:00 AM
Noosa National Park
Re-Patterning for Equity: Transforming Everyday Actions and Relationships
Community-Led Change for Equity: How First Nations and Multicultural Communities Lead in Peacebuilding, Healing and Strengthening Democracy
Morning tea
10:10 AM
View Restaurant Terrace
A – Locals Leading the Way: Community-Driven Health Transformation in the Southern Moreton Bay Islands
B – Stronger Places Stronger People: Collaborative Success in the Gladstone Region
C - Community Led Change for Equity – Deeper Dive
A – Creating Gender Equitable Workplaces: Addressing Structural Barriers and Cultivating Inclusive Cultures
B – A New Practice Framework: Addressing Systemic Issues Faced by Marginalised Young People
C – Restacking the Odds: Enhancing Early Childhood Service Quality and Equity with Evidence-Based Indicators
Networking lunch and AR Experience
12:10 PM
View Restaurant Terrace
1 – Innovative Funding Strategies and Collaborations: Advancing Equity through Effective Financial Models
Thriving Kids Queensland Partnership: Innovative Approaches to Funding for Child Wellbeing
Investment Dialogue for Australia’s Children and the Queensland Kid Funders Alliance: Collaborative Funding Models for Long-Term Impact
Achieve Foundation and Disability Funders Network: Redefining Funding Strategies to Support Inclusive and Equitable Outcomes
2 – Equity in Governance
Australian Business Volunteers: Enhancing Community-Led Disaster Resilience
CQID: Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children through Self-Determination, Delegated Authority and the Power of Community
Collaboration for Impact: Driving Community-Led Climate Justice
Equity In and Through Community: The Role of Social Innovation in Advancing Regional Wellbeing
Monday Morning and Beyond: Reflect, Commit, and Shape Future Actions with The Equity CoLab
Thank you and close
Afternoon tea available in View Restaurant Terrace
Country to Coast Queensland and the Equity CoLab acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
We are committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health and other services. We welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.