{"id":1642,"date":"2010-05-02T06:40:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T20:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/?p=1642"},"modified":"2010-05-02T06:40:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T20:40:55","slug":"global-crisis-to-green-future-week-end-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/?p=1642","title":{"rendered":"Global Crisis to Green Future – Week end conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t
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Invite to national left renewal conference, From Global Crisis to Green Future …, May 29-30, Sydney<\/p>\n

from global crisis to green future …Australian Left Renewal Conference<\/p>\n

Weekend May 29-30, 2010<\/p>\n

University of Technology Sydney<\/p>\n

Building 2, Broadway<\/p>\n

Conference Program<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 29, 2010<\/p>\n

9.30am Registration<\/p>\n

10.30am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welcome to Country<\/p>\n

Sydney Trade Union Choir<\/p>\n

10.45am-12.30pm Participatory Forum I<\/p>\n

Democratic responses to the social and ecological failure of global capitalism<\/p>\n

Panel: Cate Faehrmann (NSW Greens)<\/p>\n

Maree O’Halloran (Welfare Rights Centre)<\/p>\n

Tim Ayres (Australian Manufacturing Workers Union)<\/p>\n

Lydia Miller (Australia Council for the Arts)<\/p>\n

Debal Singha Roy (Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi)<\/p>\n

12.30pm-1.30pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch – provided<\/p>\n

1.30pm-2.00pm\u00a0 SpeedGreets<\/p>\n

2.00pm-3.30pm<\/p>\n

Workshops<\/p>\n

Workshop 1<\/p>\n

After Copenhagen – new strategies in the campaign to reduce global warming<\/p>\n

Panel: James Goodman (UTS)<\/p>\n

Cam Walker (Friends of the Earth)<\/p>\n

Jill Finnane (Edmund Rice Centre)<\/p>\n

Workshop 2<\/p>\n

Great Recession in 2010 – outlook, challenges and opportunities<\/p>\n

Panel: Jim Stanford (Canadian Auto Workers)<\/p>\n

John Quiggin (University of Queensland)<\/p>\n

Lynne Chester (University of Sydney)<\/p>\n

Workshop 3<\/p>\n

Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities<\/p>\n

Panel: Lydia Miller (Australia Council for the Arts)<\/p>\n

Millie Ingram (Wyanga Aged Care Program)<\/p>\n

Paul Torzillo (University of Sydney)<\/p>\n

Henry Reynolds (Historian)<\/p>\n

Workshop 4<\/p>\n

Millennium Development Goals – what have we achieved and what happens after 2015?<\/p>\n

Panel: Peter Jennings (APHEDA)<\/p>\n

Dr Meredith Burgmann (ACFID)<\/p>\n

Kelly Dent (Oxfam)<\/p>\n

Workshop 5<\/p>\n

Getting to Equality – creating an inclusive society<\/p>\n

Panel: Jo-Anne Schofield (Catalyst Australia)<\/p>\n

Frank Stilwell (University of Sydney)<\/p>\n

Jane Corpuz-Brock (Immigrant Women’s Speakout)<\/p>\n

Workshop 6<\/p>\n

The media, democracy and the Left<\/p>\n

Panel: Lesley Vick (Dissent)<\/p>\n

David McKnight (UNSW)<\/p>\n

Alison Caddick (Arena Magazine)<\/p>\n

3.30pm-3.45pm Tea Break<\/p>\n

3.45pm-5.15pm Participatory Forum II<\/p>\n

International Left responses to the global crises<\/p>\n

Panel: Debal Singha Roy (Indira Gandhi National Open University)<\/p>\n

Alexis Adarfio (Venezuela Ministry of People’s Power for the Economy)<\/p>\n

Rey Casambre (Philippine Peace Centre)<\/p>\n

COSATU representative tbc<\/p>\n

Jim Stanford (Canadian Auto Workers)<\/p>\n

5.15pm Drinks (modest charge)<\/p>\n

6.00pmRocking The Foundations (optional video 85 mins)<\/p>\n

8.00pm Dinner at Marigold Restaurant, Level 5, 683 George St, Haymarket (optional)<\/p>\n

Sunday, May 30, 2010<\/p>\n

9.30am Registration<\/p>\n

10.00am-11.30am Participatory Forum III<\/p>\n

Alliances between environmentalists and unionists that show the way forward<\/p>\n

Panel: John Kaye (NSW Greens)<\/p>\n

Arthur Rorris (South Coast Labour Council)<\/p>\n

Louise Tarrant (Liquor Hospitality & Miscellaneous Union)<\/p>\n

Dave Kerin (CFMEU Mining & Energy Vic)<\/p>\n

Jack Mundey (Ecological Union Activist)<\/p>\n

11.30am-11.45am Tea break<\/p>\n

11.45am – 1.15pm<\/p>\n

Workshops<\/p>\n

Workshop 7<\/p>\n

Water policy and sustainability in Australia<\/p>\n

Panel: Julie Sheppard (Rivers SOS)<\/p>\n

Pat Ranald (ACTU Campaign & Education Centre)<\/p>\n

Sarah Moles<\/p>\n

Workshop 8<\/p>\n

What would a sustainable economy look like?<\/p>\n

Panel: Ben Spies-Butcher (Macquarie University)<\/p>\n

Ariel Salleh (University of Sydney)<\/p>\n

Mark Diesendorf (University of NSW)<\/p>\n

Workshop 9<\/p>\n

Cooperatives and workplace democracy<\/p>\n

Panel: Race Matthews (Monash University)<\/p>\n

Alexis Adarfio (Venezuela Ministry of People’s Power for the Economy)<\/p>\n

Nikki Balnave (University of Western Sydney)<\/p>\n

Workshop 10<\/p>\n

Building better social movements<\/p>\n

Panel:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oliver MacColl (GetUp!)<\/p>\n

Amanda Tattersall (Sydney Alliance)<\/p>\n

Anna Rose (Aust. Youth Climate Coalition)<\/p>\n

Workshop 11<\/p>\n

Better human services – the ongoing fight against neoliberalism in housing, education and welfare<\/p>\n

Panel: Senator Claire Moore (ALP)<\/p>\n

Angelo Gavrielatos (AEU)<\/p>\n

Sally McManus (ASU)<\/p>\n

Workshop 12<\/p>\n

Human Rights Act and the campaign to create a more democratic and tolerant Australia<\/p>\n

Panel: Susan Ryan (Human Rights Act for Australia Campaign)<\/p>\n

James Arvanitakis (Uni of Western Sydney)<\/p>\n

Robert Stary (criminal defence lawyer)<\/p>\n

1.15pm – 2.00pm Lunch provided<\/p>\n

2pm Adoption of Declaration<\/p>\n

2.30pm – 4pm Session IV<\/p>\n

The Left and its strategic direction<\/p>\n

Panel: Lee Rhiannon (NSW Greens)<\/p>\n

Rob Durbridge (SEARCH Foundation)<\/p>\n

Senator Claire Moore (ALP)<\/p>\n

COSATU representative tbc<\/p>\n

Ben Eltham (NewMatilda.com)<\/p>\n

David Barrow (NUS President 2009)<\/p>\n

4pm Conference Close<\/p>\n

Coffee, tea, water available throughout conference<\/p>\n

Registration Form<\/p>\n

Yes, I want to register for the conference From global crisis to green future on May 29-30, 2010, at UTS, Sydney.<\/p>\n

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Register me for the conference:<\/p>\n

o Full price $50<\/p>\n

o Concession \/ Unemployed $25<\/p>\n

o One Day full price $30<\/p>\n

o One Day concession $15<\/p>\n

All prices include GST<\/p>\n

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