Integration: Building Inclusive Societies Forum
Diversity, Citizenship and Social Inclusion
Program
Date: Friday 7 October 2011
Venue: Melbourne Town Hall and the Immigration Museum
Program Outline
Registrations: 8:30-9:00am
Welcome to Country
Opening Address: 9:00-10:30am
President Jorge Sampaio (UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, and former President of Portugal)
Senator Kate Lundy (Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs)
The Hon Nicholas Kotsiras (Victorian State Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship)
Mr Sam Afra (Chairperson: Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria -ECCV)
Professor Jane den Hollander (Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University)
Plenary Panel 1 11:15am-12:30pm
Theme: Building inclusive societies: challenges and successes of diverse societies
Plenary Panel 2 1:30pm-2:45pm
Theme: Building inclusive societies: challenges of intercultural dialogue and social inclusion
Breakout Sessions: 3:15pm-4:45pm
The Alliance works to improve cross-cultural relations and cross-cultural dialogue and uses four program areas to support such projects. These areas are: youth, media, education, and migration and the breakout sessions will examine the success and challenges that Australia's cultural diversity faces within these four areas.
Diversity, citizenship, identity and social inclusion - celebrating the work across education
Youth: cultural identity and hybrid practices
Migration & social inclusion: localities embracing and accepting diversity
Media: facilitating and encouraging intercultural dialogue
Closing Address 4:45pm-5:30pm
Post-forum reception 6:00pm-8:00pm: Immigration Museum
Senator Kate Lundy (Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs)
Professor Lee Astheimer (Deputy Vice Chancellor Research, Deakin University)
