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Saturday

Details

UWS Parramatta

7:30-9.30 am

Registration (buses will be provided from Granville Station to UWS)Register at foyer of Building EA

9.30 am – 11.30 am

Welcome to Country – Uncle Richard Green

Keynote Addresses: Anna Rose & Amanda McKenzie (AYCC Co-Directors), Dan Adams, Young Victorian of the Year, Interfaith youth address, Brooke Satchwell, John Hepburn (Greenpeace), The Hon Nathan Rees (Premier of NSW), The Hon. Al Gore (former US Vice-President – via video).
11.45 am Green Careers & Opportunities Fair, Rec Hall

12.45 pm – 2.00 pm

LUNCH
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch Sessions: Interfaith Panel, PRIZM, Dance training (grassy area)
2.15 pm – 3.15 pm Regional Breakouts Session One
3.30 pm – 4.30 pm Panels/ Workshops I
4.45 pm – 6.00 pm Panels/ Workshops ll
6.00 – 7.00 pm Door-knocking Briefing (essential if you want to participate in door-knocking activity on Sunday afternoon – over 18s only, 300 places maximum).
7:00 pm – 8.30 pm Movie Screenings:’The Kingsnorth Six’ 20 minutes

‘Bringing Down a Dictator’ (Documentary about the Serbian student movement’s non-violent revolution, which toppled Slobodan Milosevic). 55 mins

Sunday

Details

Venue: UWS Parramatta

8.30pm – 9.30am

 Dance practice with A-live (Including former finalists from So You Think You Can Dance. Grassy area near chill-out space.
9.30 am – 11.15 am Keynote Addresses: Tim Flannery, Kandi Mossett (Energy Action Coalition & Indigenous Environmental Network USA), Senator Nick Xenophon, SA Premier Mike Rann, Senator Christine Milne, Chris Varney (Australian UN youth rep), Rajendra Pachauri (Chair, United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – via video).

11.30 am to 12.30 pm

Regional breakouts II

12.30 pm – 1.30 pm

LUNCH

Panel: Conversation with Tim Flannery, Senator Nick Xenophon, Amanda McKenzie, Rob Purves, & Senator Christine Milne.

Flash mob dance practice (grassy area), near chill-out space)

1.30 pm – 3.30 pm

Door-knocking in local community (Max. 300 people; over 18s only)

Personal Narrative Training (Group A)

Community Organising Training (Group B)

4.00 pm – 5.00 pm

Panels/ Workshops III

5.00 pm

Dinner (food stalls at UWS)

5.30 pm – 6.30 pm

Comedy Debate – UWS Auditorium, with Dan Illic, Charles Firth (The Chaser), Chris Krishna-Pillay.

8pm

 Over 18’s concert at Manning Bar, University of Sydney (limited places; tickets $20; purchase with registration). Bands include the Seabellies, Day of the Meerkat and Rumpunch. Over 18’s only!

Monday

Details

Venue: University of Technology Sydney

8.30am – 9.30am

 Flash mob dance practice, UTS Alumni Green (compulsory)
10.00 am – 11.00 am Keynote Addresses: Deepa Gupta (Indian Youth Climate Network), Sharan Burrow (National President, ACTU), Tim Goodwin (National Indigenous Youth Movement of Australia), Chris Varney (UN Youth Rep), Ben Namakin (Youth climate advocate, Micronesia).

11.15 am – 12.15pm

Panels/ Workshops IV

12.30 pm – 1.00 pm

Dance Practice run-through at UTS Alumni Green

Trains to Circular Quay (in groups)

1.30 pm – 2.30pm

Creative action flash mob.

Special Location to be announced (with the crew from A-Live including top 20 dancers from So You Think You Can Dance)

3.15pm

Arrive back at UTS

3.30 pm – 4.30 pm

Regional Breakouts

4.45 – 5.45 pm

Closing Plenary: Viv Benjamin (The Oaktree Foundation), Ellen Sandell (AYCC), Larissa Brown (CSL), Anna Rose & Amanda McKenzie (AYCC Co-Directors), Simon Sheikh (GetUp!), Greg Bourne (WWF Australia)

7.30pm

After-party for Power Shift volunteers and recruiters; venue TBA (free)

Chill-out Space

will hold the following kind of events simultaneously:

  • Stalls from AYCC Member & Partner groups
  • Food stalls
  • Creative climate change art displays (courtesy of Oxfam)
  • Acoustic performances including amazing acoustic band The Lurker
  • Merchandise – like the hot Power Shift t-shirts!

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