Day 2: The National Policy Summit
| Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | ||||
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| 7:30 AM | SESSION 1 - Breakfast with the Minister | |||
| 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM | Arrival Coffee, Breakfast and Welcome | |||
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Hon Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education: In Conversation | Hon Jason Clare MP, Federal Minister for Education | ||
| 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM | Shaping Policy through Partnership | Andy Mison, President, ASPA | ||
| 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM | Protocols and Pedagogy for the Day | Summer Howarth, Conference MC John Cleary, Conference MC | ||
| 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | SESSION BREAK & SPONSOR NETWORKING | |||
| 9:30 AM | SESSION 2 | |||
| 9:30 AM - 9:55 AM | Flourishing Students Expert Activation – The Voices of Young People | |||
| 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM | Flourishing Students Expert Panel and Q&A | Stephen Gniel, CEO, ACARA Viv White AM, CEO, Big Picture Learning Australia Dr Simon Vaughan, Co-President, ACT Principals’ Association | ||
| 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM | Flourishing Students Roundtable Discussions & Q&A | |||
| 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM | MORNING TEA & SPONSOR NETWORKING | |||
| 11:05 AM | SESSION 3 | |||
| 11:05 AM - 11:45 AM | Strengthening Leadership: Roundtable Discussions | |||
| 11:45 AM - 12:20 PM | Strengthening Leadership Expert Panel: In Conversation | Kristen Douglas, Head of Headspace Schools & Communities, Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation Denise Lofts, President, NSW Secondary Principals' Council Assoc Prof Amanda McKay, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Queensland University of Technology | ||
| 12:20 PM - 1:05 PM | LUNCH & SPONSOR NETWORKING | |||
| 1:05 PM - 1:20 PM | Summit Address: Senator Penny Allman-Payne, Senator for Queensland | Senator Penny Allman-Payne, Australian Greens Spokesperson for Education, Senator for Queensland | ||
| 1:20 PM - 1:35 PM | Summit Address: Julian Leeser, Shadow Minister for Education: In Conversation | Hon Julian Leeser MP, Shadow Minister for Education | ||
| 1:40 PM | SESSION 4 | |||
| 1:40 PM - 2:10 PM | Transforming Systems: Roundtable Discussions | |||
| 2:10 PM - 2:45 PM | Transforming Systems: Expert Panel & Q&A | Dr Jenny Donovan, CEO, AERO Correna Haythorpe, Federal President, Australian Education Union Prof Geoff Masters AO, Education Consultant, Independent Education Consultant | ||
| 2:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Summit Reflections and Close | Andy Mison, President, ASPA | ||
*Program subject to change
