Proceedings

Session One

The Science and the ‘Debate’: What is happening? What is climate change? What debate? The impact on science and scientific research.

Plenary 10.30am – noon

Facilitator: Derek Corrigan, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University

Speakers:

Professor Ian Lowe, AO, Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Griffith University and President of the Australian Conservation Foundation
Climate Change, Science and Superstition

Anna-Maria Arabia, Chief Executive Officer, Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS)

Dr Michael Borgas, CSIRO Staff Association President
Public Comment by Government Scientists (see Abstract)

LUNCH 12.00noon  - 12.40pm

Session Two

The Response and the Solutions: What needs to be done? What are the alternatives? What is possible?

Plenary 12.45pm – 2.15pm

Facilitator: Dr Colin Long, NTEU Victorian Division Secretary

Speakers:

Dr Stuart Rosewarne, Dept of Political Economy, University of Sydney
Beyond a carbon price: direct action as the means of confronting the source of global warming

Dave Kerin, Project Officer, Eureka’s Futures
Earthworker Social Enterprise Cooperative and Eureka’s Future (see PowerPoint)

Nic Maclellan, Journalist and Researcher
Australia and the Pacific: targets, funding and climate displacement (see Abstract)

Workshops 2.15pm - 3.15pm

2.1 Species Conservation Elizabeth Tindle, QUT
2.2 Green Jobs and Industrial Areas Athur Rorris, Secretary, South Coast Labour Council
2.3 Beyond Zero Emissions - developing blueprints for climate change solutions Mark Ogge, Director of Operations and co-founder of BZE
2.4 The Psychology of Climate Change - Understanding Denial and Acceptance of Science: Skepticism vs. Ideology Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, Cognitive Scientist, University of Western Australia
2.5 Developing Activism around Climate Change Lachlan Hurse, University of QLD Branch Organiser, NTEU

Break 3.15pm – 3.30pm

Session Three

The Politics and the Economics: National and international governmental responses, market mechanisms, political manoeuvring, just transitions.

Plenary 3.30pm – 5.30pm

Facilitator: Professor Greg McCarthy, Head School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide

Speakers:

Tony Maher, National President, Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union (CFMEU)
How to sabotage climate change policy, why we’re all to blame (see Abstract)

Adam Bandt, MHR for Melbourne
Climate change and creating a sustainable industry policy for the future (see Abstract)

Dr Gabrielle Kuiper, Co-Convenor, Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN)
A price and more: the role of the Labor Environment Action Network in pushing the boundaries

Dr Helen Masterman-Smith, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University
Just transitions and low paid workers (see Abstract)

Workshops 5.50pm – 6.30 pm

3.1 Developing industry policy for a low pollution economy
3.2 Political interventions over climate change policy
3.3 Just Transitions
3.4 Education for Sustainability
3.5 Developing activism around climate change

RECEPTION 6.30pm – 8.00 pm (drinks & nibbles) on first floor, Conference Centre

DAY 2: Friday 29 April

8.30am -9.00am: Registration and tea/coffee
 
Session Four

The Organisational and Institutional Responses: organising in coalitions, around workplaces and professions, corporate responses. 

Plenary: 9.00 am – 11.00am 

Facilitator: Jeannie Rea, NTEU National President

9.00- 9.30am: KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ged Kearney, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)

Panel 9.35am – 11.00am

Speakers:

Professor Carol Adams, Pro Vice Chancellor (Sustainability), La Trobe University
University sustainability performance and stakeholder engagement

Dr Colin Long, NTEU Victorian Division Secretary
Unions and the Environmental Crisis

John Thwaites, Professorial Fellow, Monash University, and Chair of ClimateWorks Australia and the Monash Sustainability Institute
Monash Sustainability Institute – bringing together research, education and action for sustainability (see Abstract*)

Workshops 11.00am – Noon (Take tea/coffee)

4.1 Semiotics & University Communications Practice on Sustainability Ian Bourne, University of South Australia
4.2 Critical Analysis of Green University Strategies Dr John Rafferty, Research Fellow, Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning   and Education (RIPPLE), Charles Sturt University
4.3 Organising in the Workplace around Climate Change Lachlan Hurse, University of QLD Branch Organiser, NTEU
4.4 Education for Sustainability
4.5 Gender and Climate Change Jeannie Rea and Genevieve Kelly, NTEU NSW Division Secretary

LUNCH 12.00noon – 12.40pm

Session Five

The People and Making Change: How does change happen? Social movements. Philosophy, psychology, communication theory.

Plenary 12.45pm – 2.10pm 

Facilitator: Genevieve Kelly, Secretary NSW Division, NTEU

Speakers:

Professor Verity Burgmann, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
The importance of being extreme: social movement action for climate change mitigation in historical and political scientific perspective

Dr Hans Baer, Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
The Australian Climate Movement in the Context of the International Climate Movement (see Abstract*)

Dr David King, School of Population Health/ Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland
Who are we, where are we going, how do we get there?

Ellen Sandell, National Director, Australian Youth Climate Coalition
Why this year is crucial in the climate debate

Workshops 2.15pm – 3.15pm

5.1 Psychology and Climate Change - Moving forward: Working with the grain rather than against the grain of human cognition Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, Cognitive Scientist, University of Western Australia

5.2 Solutions: An Activist Perspective Dr Marty Branagan, Honorary Associate, Centre for Peace Studies, and the Centre for Research into Aboriginal and Multicultural Studies

5.3 CLIMATE of new and old media for CHANGE Dr Bruce Fell, Coordinator, Bachelor of Media Communication, School of Communication and   Creative Industries, Charles Sturt University

5.4 Initiatives with Australian Youth Climate Coalition around Education for Sustainability

BREAK 3.15pm – 3.30pm

Session Six

Plenary 3.30pm – 5.00pm

Facilitators: Jeannie Rea and Helen Masterman-Smith

Speaker:

Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director, ANU Climate Change Institute
Climate Change: Science, Policy and the Media (see Abstract*)

Plenary session reporting back on workshops. Each workshop is requested to contribute one new idea and/or action.

CLOSE 5.00pm

Jeannie Rea, National President, jrea@nteu.org.au, Ph 0434609531
Michael Evans, National Organiser, mevans@nteu.org.au  Ph (03) 9254 1910, 0418 241 664

A final paper version of the Program will be distributed at the Conference    PTB AGENDA 260411