Program

 

Conference Program

SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER - TUESDAY 25 October 2011

 

SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER
10.00am – 4.00pm Registration at the Conference Venue Adelaide Convention Centre
Schools to receive: Name Tags, Bags, T-shirts, Water bottles, Hats
10:00am - 3:00pm Presenting Schools can meet at Conference Venue to view their workshop areas, drop off props etc...
6:30pm SHARP Official Conference Welcome Dinner
6:30pm Welcome to the 2011 International Kids Teaching Kids River Conference
MC: Arron Wood
6:40pm Hannah Greenshields QnA and Performance
6:50pm Getting to know you activity
7:00pm Dinner Served
7:20pm River Murray Youth Council presentation
7:30pm Bentleigh West Primary School "a little bit of oil goes a long, long way"
7:40pm Corinella Public School group
7:50pm Dessert served
8:00pm Christies Beach High School Dance Group
8:10pm Everyday Environmental Superhero activity - school reps to "fly" onto the stage - MC to talk to each superhero...
8:30pm Dinner closes
8:30pm Delegates to leave the venue in school groups with their respective Teachers / Parents to pick up schools not staying in the hostels
   
MONDAY 24th OCTOBER
8:00am Breakfast at Conference Venue - Adelaide Convention Centre
8.40am

Welcome to Conference Delegates - MC Arron Wood

  • Introduction of day's proceedings in (includes housekeeping)
  • Conference Charter
9:00am Conference Delegates to make their way into the halls ADE
9.25am Official Conference Launch Kids Teaching Kids 12 years of results DVD
9:35am Welcome to country - Aboriginal Elder Aunty Agius
9:40am Special Opening Indigeneous Performance
9:50am National Anthem - Hannah Greenshields
9:55am Jody Swirepik, Executive Director Natural Resources Management Division
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
10:00am Australia Post
10:05am Official Launch with The Minister for Water, the Hon Paul Caica MP
  The Minister for Water, the Hon. Paul Caica MP discusses (along with Prince Alfred College Students) the significance of water in South Australia.       
10:15am

Handover ceremony - Canberra Schools to Unley High School

Unley High School students to read out Prime Minister's message Unveil 2011 Conference Quilty
10:25am Barmera Primary School Presentation
10:35am Hannah Greenshields performance
10:45am

Everyday Environmental Superhero Game Show and QnA session Host: Arron Wood

Team 1 Captain: Comedian Harley Breen

  • Sarah Hanson-Young, Australian Greens Senator for South Australia
  • Jody Swirepik, Executive Director Natural Resource Management Division, Murray Darling Basin Authority

  • Jason Tyndall, 2010 Young Achiever of the Year SA.

Team 2 Captain: Comedian Dave Thornton

  • Kaitlin Taylor, Youth Environment Council South Australia
  • Ben Bruce, Director, Science, Monitoring & Information Division, Department of Water
  • Clare Peddie, Science and Environment Writer, The Advertiser.
11:50am Official Open Finish
11:50am All South Australian non delegate schools to make their way to HALL H and Trade display spaces, then to leave the venue from there
11:50am Lunch - all Conference Delegates to go to Hall K
12:20pm Volunteers to walk Group 1 to the Environmental Project Day (Adelaide Botanic Gardens)
12:25pm MC to break Group 2 into workshop audience groups
12:30pm Group 2 Workshop Session 1 (10 concurrent presentations)
1:10pm Group 2 Audiences move to next workshop
1:15pm Group 2 Workshop Session 2 (10 concurrent presentations)
1:55pm Afternoon tea (Group 2) served in Hall K
Session 3 and 4 presenting schools to set up
2:20pm MC to break Group 2 into workshop audience groups
2:25pm Group 2 Workshop Session 3 (10 concurrent presentations)
3:05pm

Group 2 Audiences move to next workshop
3:10pm Group 2 Workshop Session 4 (10 concurrent presentations)
3:50pm House Keeping and Day Close in Hall H
4:00pm Day Close - relax at venue or hotesl or local school can go home
6.30pm Official Conference Gala Dinner Adelaide Convention Centre
Special Guest MC: Samantha Lane (Channel 10 and The Age)
6:40pm Official Dinner Speaker: Ben Bruce, Director of the Science, Monitoring and Information, Division of the Department of Water
6:45pm Blair Salmon - New Wave of Thinking
6:50pm Dinner to be served
7:20pm Veolia Transport Transdev -  travel grant recepients schools QnA
7:25pm Citipower Powercor Junior Landcare recipient schools QnA
7:35pm Youth Environment Council presentation and QnA
7:50pm Dessert Served
8:00pm

Music by Stonefield - htt://www.myspace.com/stonefieldtheband
8:45pm Dinner Close, Students depart for hotels, local students to be picked up
   
TUESDAY 25th OCTOBER
8.45 am Student Breakfast at the Adelaide Convention Centre (700 delegates)
9:20am

NZ Guest speakers and Maori Greeting
9:30am
International Student presentation
9:45am Group Photo
10:00am Morning Tea Served
10:25am Volunteers to walk Group 2 to the Environmental Project Day (Adelaide Botanic Gardens)
10:30am MC to break Group 1 into workshop audience groups
10:35am Group 1  Workshop Session 1 (10 concurrent presentations in each session)
11:15am Group 1 Audiences move to next workshop
11:20am Group 1 Workshop Session 2 (10 concurrent presentations in each session)

12:00pm

 Lunch for Group 1
12:45pm MC to break Group 1 into workshop audience groups
12:50pm Group 1 Workshop Session 3 (10 concurrent presentations in each session)
1:35pm Group 1 Workshop Session 4 (10 concurrent presentations in each session)
2:15pm Group 1 Workshop Sessions Close
Group 2 Return from Environmental Project Site (Adelaide Botanic Gardens)
2:20pm Afternoonn Tea
2:40pm Conference Reflection (Reporting) Session (Richard & Arron Wood)
3:15pm Day Close - relax at venue or hotesl or local school can go home
   
6.30pm - Conference Closing Dinner - Dinner - Hall H
Inspiring future environmental leaders - actions young people can do as a result of attending the Conference - call to action!
6:30pm Welcome - Arron Wood MC
6:40pm Guest Speaker Hon Gay Thompson MP, Member for Reynell
6:45pm Dinner Served
7:10pm Certificate Presentation
7:20pm Schools Environmental Power Point and Call to Action
7:50pm Dessert Served
7:50pm Close of Conference - Arron Wood
8:00pm Music Performance by Lash 78 http://www.lash78.com.au
8:45pm Conference Close, All delegates to depart / be picked up