Tuesday 18 July 6.00pm - 8.30pm
Social Impact Festival Opening Night – The launch of the Social Impact Festival is a truly inspiring night of talks and artistic performances exploring the themes of the festival and reimagining our connections and relationships to Home, Land and Place. Some of Western Australia’s key leaders in the homelessness sector will talk about their vision to end homelessness in WA.
Wednesday 19 July 8.30am - 9.00pm
Impact School: Home - International, national and local sharing expertise and knowledge on the themes of homelessness, housing and home. This day is jam packed with lectures, panels and keynote addresses. Scroll down to see the full program.
*$25 ($19 Concession) Day Pass gives you access to one or all events
Matinee Keynotes: Prof Michael Oxley - Director of the University of Cambridge Centre for Housing Planning Research presents the case for social housing and Prof Paul Memmot, Director of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, University of Queensland talks on indigenous spiritual homelessness. An evening Keynote: Prof Suzanne Fitzpatrick - Opportunities for Impact: Changing Homelessness Legislation in the UK, with opening address by Hon Simone McGurk MLA.
Thursday 20 July 9.00am - 12.30pm
#EndHomelessness Impact Lab Session - Over the past months a group of committed CEO’s, executives and community leaders have been exploring how they can make a significant and coordinated response to ending homelessness in WA. They have been exploring this issue from many angles and have been developing a 10 Year Action Plan that moves us from managing homelessness to actively ending homelessness. This group has come together to kick start a call to action around ending homelessness in Western Australia. This session is an important stakeholder session in the ongoing #EndHomelessnessWA process. We will share some of what we have learned along the way, hear stories, listen to research highlights and most of all work together to develop strategies to end homelessness. It will include participatory processes where we learn from each person in the room, so we can find ways to develop the most robust 10 year action plan to End Homelessness in WA.
Thursday 20 July 1.00pm - 4:30pm
#EndHomelessness Impact Gallery & UnWorkshop Session - The Perth CBD becomes our gallery for social impact. You can simply visit one of the ‘exhibits’ of the gallery to observe or interact, or join a guided walking tour. Or you take it to another level with the UnWorkshop hosted by Katie Stubley (CSI UWA) and Ingrid Burkett (TACSI), where you will travel through the city in groups, gathering insights and gaining empathy along the way. Some stations include Orange Sky Laundry, Windows Into Homelessness (immersive 360° video technologies), UnEarthed Art Exhibition and more.
Thursday 20 July 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Public Lecture | Dr Nigel Hewett OBE – Inclusion Health: Integrated Care for Homeless People Dr Nigel Hewett OBE is a General Practitioner who has worked with homeless people since 1990. In 2006, he was awarded an OBE for services to homeless people and in 2011 he became Medical Director of Pathway - UK’s leading homeless healthcare charity, operating with a model of integrated care within NHS services. Dr Nigel Hewett OBE leads a research collaborative which is publishing a review of the international literature on practical responses to the complex needs of homeless people. He will present the latest evidence on “what works for Inclusion Health”.
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Friday 21 July 8.30am - 9.00 pm
*$25 ($19 Concession) Day Pass gives you access to one or all events
Friday 21 July 6.00pm - 8:00pm
Impact School: Land - International, national and local guests sharing expertise and knowledge on the themes of indigenous Issues, cultural healing, native title, agriculture and climate change. This day is jam packed with lectures, panels and keynote addresses. Scroll down to see the full program. Some speaker highlights include Peter Newman, Jemma Green, Greg McIntyre, Leon Terrill, Pamela McGrath, Hannah McGlade, Graeme Martin, Susan Bailey, Dieter van de Broeck & David Pannell.
Public Lecture | From Mabo to the Uluru Statement from the Heart Panel: Adj. Prof Greg McIntyre, Dr Leon Terrill, Dr Pamela McGrath, Dr Hannah McGlade, David Collard & Jesse Fleay. Moderated by Matthew Hansen.
*$25 ($19 Concession) Day Pass gives you access to the Mabo panel, as well as all other Impact School events on 21 July
Join us for a highlight of the Festival calendar as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mabo decision and reflect on the recent Uluru Statement from the Heart. Where are we now with Indigenous land rights, and what are the options for moving forward? Be part of the conversation with Adjunct Professor Greg McIntyre (John Toohey Chambers), Dr Leon Terrill (UNSW), Dr Pamela McGrath (National Native Title Tribunal), Dr Hannah McGlade (Curtin University) and others to realign our thinking, challenge assumptions, and set an agenda for change.
Monday 24 July 6.00pm - 7:30pm
Public Lecture | Dr Josh Byrne – Density by Design: Can good design change the great Australian dream Our sprawling cities are reaching their limits and we find ourselves at a cultural crossroads, as the great Australian dream must adapt to a new era. There is a growing movement away from big houses on big blocks and an increased demand for multi-residential developments near our city hubs. But are we getting what we deserve? Dr Josh Byrne, environmental scientist and Research Fellow with the CRC for Low Carbon Living, will share insights from his research and design work on sustainable housing that presents an exciting future for urban development and renewal. Opened by Geoffrey London, Professor of Architecture at The University of Western Australia.
Tuesday 25 July 9.00am - 12.30pm
Land Impact Lab Session - The session will focus on our relationship to land and that landscapes that we walk, work and live on and in. We believe that it is important to bring together all the people who are caring for our land. This could be through indigenous cultural connection, healing and knowledge, regenerative farming, sustainable food initiatives, regenerative urbanism, revitalising under-used building spaces and bringing life back into our landscapes. This session is facilitated by Katie Stubley (CSI UWA), Dwayne Mallard (Arjaway), Dieter Vandenbroeck (Commonland) and John Stubley (MacroScope Solutions). The first step that we need to take is to come together to learn about each other and to collectively see what is happening. This is a point in time for everyone who cares for this land in all of these ways to come together, connect and set an intention for our future.
Tuesday 25 July 1:00pm - 4.30pm
Land Impact Gallery & UnWorkshop Session - The Perth CBD becomes our gallery for social impact. You can simply visit one of the ‘exhibits’ of the gallery to observe or interact, or join a guided walking tour. Or you take it to another level with the UnWorkshop hosted by Katie Stubley (CSI UWA), Dwayne Mallard (Arjaway), Dieter Vandenbroeck (Commonland) and John Stubley. You will travel through the city in groups, gathering insights and gaining empathy along the way. Some stations include an interactive workshop by ICEA Yarn at The Platform, and an art exhibition at FORM with a focus on the remote Western Australian landscape.
Wednesday 26 July 8.30am - 9.00 pm
*$25 ($19 Concession) Day Pass gives you access to one or all events
Impact School: Place – International, national and local guests sharing expertise and knowledge on the themes of place-making, place-based strategies, community building, collective impact and more. This day is jam packed with lectures, panels and keynote addresses. Scroll down to see the full program. Some highlights include Keith Kintrea (Urban Studies, University of Glasgow), Robyn Eversole (Deputy Director, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne), Geoff Warn (Director & Western Australian Government Architect), Dr Anthony DuckworthSmith (Assistant Professor, Australian Urban Design Research Centre) and many more.
Thursday 27 July 9.00am - 12.30pm
Place Impact Lab Session – This session on ‘Place’ has had input from 20+ advisors who are working with the theme of place in many different ways. From placebased disadvantage; making vibrant places for all; to designing our cities for people; measuring the vital signs of our place; place-based service delivery; local economies and innovation; leading for collective impact and much more. In this session we come together to see and learn together to provide insights into how we can create sustained, deep change. Complex and wicked problems cannot be solved overnight or with a ‘silver bullet’. Instead, we need an entire ecosystem of effective solutions and the time to develop them. Key models, research, and stories are presented to the invited stakeholders, followed by a participatory process. This session is facilitated by Katie Stubley (CSI UWA) and co-hosted with Jayne Bryant, Dr Renu Burr, Tracie Gollan, Dr Mike Mouritz and Dr Ben Chan.
Thursday 27 July 1:00pm - 4.30pm
Place Impact Gallery & UnWorkshop Session – The Perth CBD becomes our gallery for social impact. You can simply visit one of the ‘exhibits’ of the gallery to observe or interact, or join a guided walking tour. Or you take it to another level with the UnWorkshop hosted by Katie Stubley (CSI UWA), Jayne Bryant, Dr Renu Burr, Tracie Gollan. You will travel through the city in groups, gathering insights and gaining empathy along the way. Some stations include a demonstration with Community Insight Australia; an interactive game ‘Grow Your Neighbourhood’ at AUDRC exploring urban challenges and proposing innovative approaches; and a taster of Holyoake’s Drumbeat program.
Wednesday 26 July 6:00pm - 8:00pm
*$25 ($19 Concession) Day Pass gives you access to Keith Kintrea’s public lecture, as well as all other Impact School events on 26 July
Public Lecture | Prof Keith Kintrea – Why Does Disadvantage Endure? Persistent Enclaves and Public Policy Public policy usually aims to make disadvantaged neighbourhoods more like all those other parts of the city that are not considered to be a ‘problem’. From the bottom up – in the neighbourhoods themselves- people usually want better services, a better environment, or simply they want to be heard. In city hall -and in central (or federal) government- the diagnosis and the prescription is influenced by shifting political and academic ideas, and multiple variants of policies and programmes have been applied over a 40-year period. But disadvantaged neighbourhoods have remained a constant feature of through different development eras. What is more, it is often the same places that are disadvantaged. In spite of all the special projects, the additional ‘investment’, and the changes to the built environment, some places persist in their disadvantage, impacting on generations of residents. This lecture, then, has three aims. First, it will try to explain the persistence of disadvantaged places, by examining how spatial and social factors are interwoven, and why they seem resistant to policy initiatives. Second, it will examine some of the impacts of living in persistently disadvantaged places, especially focussing on young people. Third, it will consider what the options are for long term, positive change. The Hon MLC, Minister for Education and Training, will provide an opening address.
8.30am - 10am
50 Lives, 50 Homes, 50 Stories - Panel: Leah Watkins, Kathleen Gregory, Dr Lisa Wood, Dr Amanda Stafford & Kim Massam 50 Lives 50 Homes is a collective impact project that is changing the way we address homelessness in WA. It is the collaborative effort of homelessness services, government agencies, housing providers and specialist services developing innovative ways of working that cut across silos and ‘get things done’. The panel will showcase stories from a range of participants to illustrate the learnings of their first year including how the project has evolved organically to address gaps, achieve outcomes and allow new project components to emerge.
9.30am - 10.30am
Policy, Research and Evaluation for Change - Panel: Rachel Pemberton, Rob Gough, Si Lapin & Bek Slavin. Moderated by Prof Paul Flatau. Often when we think of innovation we imagine a product such as the mobile phone or a new social program. However, there are other forms of innovation that are critical for driving systemic change including innovative policy, research and evaluation. In this panel you will hear from several of Perth’s leading changemakers who have been experimenting with a range of interventions to spark innovation around affordable housing and homelessness. Representatives from Shelter WA, the Housing Authority, The City of Perth and The City of Fremantle will engage in a dialogue that paves the way for new ways to design sustainable impact and innovation for housing.
9am - 10am
A Long Way from Duluth: a Decolonised Response to Indigenous Family Violence in Remote Australia – Prof Harry Blagg This session argues that the current dominant paradigm in violence against women fails Indigenous women because of its refusal to look at factors other than patriarchal male power for the causes of violence. The “Duluth” model adopted from the USA has led law, policy and practice down a cul de sac. Based on research in Queensland, the Northern Territory & Western Australia this paper outlines a fresh paradigm focused on place-based strategies run by Indigenous women and men and based on cultural strengths. The session advances fresh ideas in law and policy reform as well as changing practice at the coal face.
10.30am - 12.30pm
Indigenous Justice: Home, Identity and the Mass Incarceration Challenge – Jim Morrison, Sophie Stewart, Daniel Morrison, Glenda Kickett, Roxanne Moore, Victoria Williams & Juan Larranaga. Far from historic events of the past, the legacies of colonialism and the Stolen Generations endure with a staggeringly unjust reality in the present. This session explores two intersecting issues of Indigenous justice in twenty-first century Australia: reconnection to land and home for Stolen Generation families, and the mass incarceration challenge. With Indigenous Australians representing 3% of Western Australia’s population yet accounting for almost 40% of the prison population, we are facing a challenge that requires collaboration and new solutions that tackle the problem from the roots. Yokai and Bringing Them Home - Jim Morrison Yokai is a Noongar call to action – enough is enough! In an organisational context it is a significant human rights initiative developed by the Bringing Them Home Committee (WA) and the WA Stolen Generations Alliance (soon to be the WA Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation). Social Reinvestment WA and the Fight Against Indigenous Incarceration – Panel: Daniel Morrison, Glenda Kickett, Roxanne Moore, Victoria Williams & Juan Larranaga. Moderated by Sophie Stewart. Social Reinvestment WA is a coalition of Aboriginal community leaders and leaders of the Community Services sector who have a new vision for justice in WA. Our mission is to strive towards a WA centred on Health Families, Smart Justice, and Safer Communities; a better WA for all people, where our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members are not incarcerated at the most disproportionate rates in the nation, and some of the highest rates in the world.
11am - 12.30pm
Journey to Social Inclusion: Program to Address Chronic Homelessness – Anna Paris, Prof Paul Flatau and Catherine Harris Hear the vision, story so far, and the evidence from the Journey to Social Inclusion Program (J2SI). The session will discuss Sacred Heart Mission’s vision for Journey to Social Inclusion and the future paths for this program. The program pilot and phase two will be explored, including testing scalability, replicability, and cost effectiveness of the improved and enhanced service model. The vision for J2SI; the prospective Victorian Social Impact Bond, and future centre for excellence concept will also be addressed in the session
1pm - 2.30pm
The Case for Social Housing – Prof Michael Oxley Professor Michael Oxley has published widely in the field of rental housing and housing finance. He is author of the book ‘Housing Economics and Planning’ and a co-author of ‘Bridging the Gap Between Social and Market Rented Housing in Six European Countries’. In this, Professor Oxley explores how social housing can provide important social and economic benefits.
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Indigenous Spiritual Homelessness: Home and Traditional Aboriginal Land Relations – Prof Paul Memmott Professor Paul Memmott is an anthropologist and architect and is the Director of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre (AERC) at the University of Queensland (School of Architecture and Institute for Social Science Research). His research interests encompass Aboriginal sustainable housing and settlement design, Aboriginal access to institutional architecture, Indigenous constructs of place and cultural heritage, vernacular architecture, social planning in Indigenous communities, cultural change and architectural anthropology. He is the author of ‘Gunyah, Goondie + Wurley: Aboriginal Architecture of Australia’ and a number of works on Indigenous homelessness, the topic of this lecture.
1pm - 3pm
COLAB: Facilitating Architect-Engineer Partnerships to end Homelessness - Panel: Lynn Rodgers, Bay Yeo, Mike Dixon, Ron Forlee, Garry Beverstock AM & Dominique Hansen (moderator) Let us imagine a community organisation wanting to upgrade their facilities. You have barely enough money to meet your day-to-day costs. How can you afford to upgrade your facilitates? To raise money through grants or fundraising campaigns requires a concept design, some engineering and projects costings… but you have no money to develop these documents required to raise money. This is the catch-22 many community organisations find themselves in. COLAB (nee Australia’s Bridge) has a comprehensive selection of pro bono professional built environment services available to community groups to get them out of this catch22. Our “market place” is available for this purpose. COLAB has helped build home for the homeless, youth at risk and many other organisations helping people in need.
3pm - 5pm
Social Impact Bonds and Financing Sustainable Impact - Panel: Jeremy King, Emma Tomkinson, Jenna Palumbo, Prof Kristy Muir, Catherine Harris & Prof Paul Flatau Government funding currently accounts for nearly 85 per cent of funding received by specialist homelessness services, yet about two-thirds of these services have been unable to meet client demand. New ways of financing services are needed and social impact bonds are one approach, yet to be seen in Western Australia. Join in a thrilling discussion with a panel experienced in advising, developing, evaluating, or researching social impact bonds in Australia and beyond.
3pm - 4.30pm
New Narratives for Tackling Homelessness – Katie Rose, Sven Ouzman, Kelley Chisholm There is little doubt that the dominant image of homelessness in the public eye is an unshaven middle-aged man on a park bench or sidewalk, cigarette butts and alcohol bottles strewn about, illuminated by the street lights of an urban centre. Yet those experiencing homelessness take many identities and forms, often lacking visibility and support. Katie Rose, Dr Sven Ouzman and Kelley Chisolm explore new narratives for tackling homelessness from three unique perspectives. Safe as Houses: A project to prevent homelessness for women and children affected by domestic violence – Katie Rose
Tenancy WA provide legal advice, representation, and education to the most vulnerable tenants. We protect the right to safe and secure housing, and prevent homelessness. The Safe as Houses project is the first of its kind in WA. It is an integrated service delivery model aimed at preventing homelessness for women and children affected by family violence. In WA, almost 40% of all homelessness is due to family violence. More than 60% of those seeking homelessness services are women with dependent children. This seminar will discuss how the community legal sector is innovating to make a meaningful and enduring social impact in WA. An Urban Archeology: Graffiti, Homelessness and People on the Edge – Dr Sven Ouzman Archaeology comprises a powerful set of surveillance techniques that can be deployed in the present as easily as they have been deployed to study the human past. Dealing with direct, material evidence of material life in urban centres, enriched by oral and other narratives, urban archaeology approaches key social issues from an specially informed and powerful perspective. These issues revolve around the contestation of public space and understandings of what constitutes a ‘home’. ‘Graffiti’, for example, is an unstable construct that magically transforms into ‘street art’ if it enjoys the sanction of the urban elite. Houselessness is more fraught with urban planners refusing to acknowledge the ineradicable nature of people on the urban ‘edge’ – the so-called ‘homeless’ or ‘streeties’; many of whom consider the street a home-in-common. Street-level investigation shows, for example, how access to water is used as a coercive means to govern the movements of streeties. Urban archaeology is a dangerous and ethically dynamic practice with real social consequences. It does however have the ability to alter our understanding of the people we would often prefer to forget. Birds Nest India: Supporting pavement dwellers in Chennai - Kelley Chisholm What is the importance of ‘home’ to our mental health and aspirations for the future and a life of self-determination and hope? When we look to the developing world, homelessness is not an event or period of difficulty but often a generational life pattern linked to place, income, relationships and history. This session will explore that pattern for the pavement dwellers in Chennai. It will look at the links to the pavement that provide certainty and a form of stability. This understanding is central in developing initiatives that assist pavement dwellers to relocate to safer and more promising housing. The subsequent discussion will be around the ‘Birds Nest’ initiative, an approach developed in India to support pavement dwellers in Chennai to relocate to slum accommodation and its potential impact.
4pm - 5.30pm
Communal Living in an Individualist Era - Don Fini, Eugenie Stockmann, Dimitri Kapetas, Meriam Salama & Jessica Radny (moderator) On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers. – Adlai E. Stevenson Australia is facing a housing crisis, and it’s not just about money. Perhaps more than at any point in history, our “needs” are being reconfigured to include a large house on a private block of land – the Great Australian Dream that has seen sprawling cities, environmental degradation, and increasing social isolation. We need to experiment with new community-based solutions which use architecture and design for high social impact, from the ground up. The Nightingale Approach - Don Fini
Nightingale Housing is a not-for-profit social enterprise that exists to support, promote and advocate for high-quality housing that is ecologically, socially, financially sustainable. This session is intended to provide an overview of Nightingale’s approach
to apartment developments. It will take a business-as-usual model as a Nightingale project, and then take this a step further to develop a truly affordable Nightingale derivative right here in Perth. Panel: Don Fini, Eugenie Stockmann, Dimitri Kapetas, Meriam Salama & Jessica Radny (moderator) A panel on the future of co-living and neighbourhood housing models. Join some of WA’s leading minds on sustainable community-based housing to discuss possibilities, barriers and innovative new opportunities. Where are we now – and how far do we have to go?
6pm - 7.30pm
Keynote: Opportunities for Impact: Changing Homelessness Legislation in the UK – Prof Suzanne Fitzpatrick Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick recounts her experiences influencing the change of legislation affecting homelessness in Wales, Scotland, and England in recent decades. As Chair of the independent review panel, Professor Fitzpatrick very recently led the introduction of England’s new Homelessness Reduction Bill. The Hon Simone McGurk MLA Minister for Child Protection; Women’s interests; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services will provide an opening address.
9am - 10am
Paddock to Plate: Realigning and Redesigning our Food Systems - Evelyn Collin, Ass. Prof Andrea Gaynor, Elizabeth Pedler, Janet Carter Beyond a measure of sustenance and nutritional value, food is woven deep into our connective social tissue. Bringing together growers and producers, activists, politicians, community members, industrial giants and consumers alike, the social impacts of food are never far from sight. Kitchen table conversations are slowly changing as new seeds are planted. In this session three presentations will trace food histories, reflect on community initiatives and offer bold visions to transform food futures in WA and beyond
9am - 10:30am
Tipping Points: Climate Change and Social Impact in the Anthropocene – Dr Vanessa Rauland, Prof Peter Newman AO & Dr Jemma Green The planet is warming, oceans are acidifying, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has given an emissions scenario predicting further temperature rise at an alarming rate. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has pulled out of the Paris Agreement and Australia remains in the top twenty carbon emitters globally. We are living in the age of the ‘Anthropocene’ where human activity is drastically transforming the planet’s ecological systems at a severe cost to social wellbeing. The future seems bleak, so what can we do? Join Peter Newman, Vanessa Rauland and colleagues from the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute in a discussion on climate change activism and achieving a climate-safe future for all.
9am - 10:30am
The Healing Centres Project – Dr John Stephens, Prof Reena Tiwari & Dr Jane Matthews The establishment of Healing Centres that reconnect the Stolen Generation of Aboriginal people to country and culture addresses the trauma of their removal as children into the care of institutions away from the influence of their natural parents and Aboriginal culture. In Western Australia, Stolen Generation survivors return to their former native mission homes for these healing processes. In partnership with Aboriginal people, Curtin University is assisting in the restoration and regeneration of two former native mission sites at Carrolup/Marribank and Wandering to be used as healing places. This seminar explores how this is being managed, aspects of the sustainability of healing places and the impacts of this work on Aboriginal people.
9am - 10am
Social Impact Management in a Major Infrastructure Project - James Kernaghan & Martin Edwards James Kernaghan and Martin Edwards from Circle Advisory will provide an in depth picture of how social impact theory and approach has been practically applied to a major linear infrastructure project, a 622 km gas pipeline between Tennant Creek and Mount Isa. In a remote area with a majority Aboriginal population that faces significant barriers to economic participation in such projects, potentially significant social impact is evident, requiring careful management. The presenters will take participants into a live project, with live issues that are in the process of day to day management in an environment of Aboriginal Land, Native Title, cultural heritage, the pastoral industry, competitive construction tendering, governments’ policy shifts, regulatory approvals and complex stakeholder management. Participants will learn what might be possible in such a context, understand the challenges that arise, early lessons learned and participate in solving a live issue facing the proponent and its social impact managers.
9am - 10am
Optimising Native Title Asset Management Structures - Ian Murray & Joe Fardin A range of new and expanded resource projects have been undertaken in Australia over the last decade in conjunction with the move to a post-determination landscape. A result of this activity has been the greater significance and the formation in greater numbers of native title asset management structures (NTAMSs) to receive, hold and distribute native title and related benefits. These structures represent material opportunities for Indigenous groups to articulate and pursue their visions for the future.
10:30am - 11:30am Indigenous Land & Economic Empowerment 25 Years After Mabo Dr Leon Terrill The transformation of Australia’s property landscape over the last half-century has been remarkable. Until the 1960s, Australia was notorious for its failure to recognise Indigenous land rights. Through a combination of legislative schemes and native title, Indigenous groups have now achieved exclusive rights to more than 20 percent of the continent. This presentation looks at the impact of these developments on economic empowerment for Indigenous communities. It describes the extent to which economic empowerment featured among the aims of land rights and native title, how this is reflected in recognition processes and ownership structures, and the way in which ever-changing dynamics create new risks and opportunities for Indigenous landowners.
11am - 12:30pm
Agriculture and Social Impact: Global Perspectives and Future Directions Prof Graeme Martin, Susan Bailey, Dieter van de Broeck & Prof David Pannell What does the future of farming look like? Professor Graeme Martin from UWA’s School of Agriculture and Environment leads a discussion, featuring the Future Farm project that aims to meet the challenges of 2050. He is joined by Dieter van den Broeck (Commonland, Netherlands) and others for an important conversation about how agriculture can be designed for well-being and sustainability.
11:30am - 1pm
Challenging Ideas on Measurement: Activating and Demonstrating Social Impact by Embracing Emotion – Tony Hagan, Rebecca Bowman, Lauren Webster & Travis Do you struggle with communicating the changes your service is making in the world? Are you finding the case studies aren’t quite right, or your data is too dry, and they just don’t connect with your audience? Tony and Bec believe this is because the true impact of a program or an intervention can only be understood when you connect on an emotional and intellectual level. That is, only when you know how people FEEL. In this workshop you will learn how to move past sentiment and sympathy in your communications to true empathy and connection. Tony and Bec will take turns using oral storytelling techniques to demonstrate ways of connecting through humour, visual aids, music and mindfulness. In the second half of the session, Tony will introduce his storytelling framework, and invite participants to construct their own stories. Participants in this workshop will leave feeling more confident to share their organisations stories of change with the wider world.
1:30pm - 3pm
The Impact of Law in Protecting Land and Water – Prof Alex Gardner, Jeanette Jensen & Declan Doherty Effective law can have a big impact on the sustainable management of the land and waters of the South West of WA. Three presentations from environmental lawyers will show how important it is to make and implement effective laws for managing the use of natural resources and conservation of the environment. Effective laws include duties and incentives to guide our management actions. • ‘Environmental water provisions for Ramsar wetlands in Western Australia’, Alex Gardner • ‘How to regulate diffuse source pollution from agriculture and its environmental, social and economic impacts’, Jeanette Jensen • Using and reforming the law for large scale conservation in the south-west of WA – Declan Doherty. This session will give attendees the chance to learn about and discuss the outcomes of recent research and goals of proposed legal research on these topics. The session explores strong public interest dimensions in environmental sustainability.
2:30pm - 4pm
Landscapes of Change: Activism, Activation & Action – Dr Gini Lee, Danielle Brady & Angela Vurens van Es We can no longer think of “the environment” as something beyond us – something you find in nature reserves when you go for a drive on the weekend. We are intimately bound up in the environment, and it in us. As Native American Chief Seattle put it, “Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” Join us for a session that delves deep into the heart of communityenvironment relationships and their possibilities.
2:30pm - 4pm
Land, Knowledge, Freedom: Indigenous Rights Re-framed - Melville Thomas, Jenny Hunter & Tom Joyner In the current political climate of policymaking and debate on Indigenous rights in Australia, it seems that no-one can agree on the way forward. The path is unclear, with louder voices often steering the agenda and calling the shots on Aboriginal affairs with little community consultation. This session builds on several key issues around autonomy to revisit the intimate connection between land, knowledge and freedom for Indigenous Australians.
3:30pm - 5pm
Agricultural Adaptation for Impact: Climate Change, Livelihoods and Indigenous Superfoods – Tahlia Mandie, Prof Petra Tschakert & Steven Schiilizzi With climate change reconfiguring environmental systems around the world, the impacts on human lives and agriculture are profound. In this session we delve into what climate change means for livelihoods in rural communities, how Indigenous superfoods are transforming our knowledge of food systems, and how we can improve the connection between sustainability and food security now and in the future.
4pm - 5:30pm
Integrating Land Use and Transport Planning to Promote Health and Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – Prof Billie Giles-Corti In the 21st century, we are facing massive health challenges globally: population growth, rapid urbanisation, traffic congestion and climate change combined with increases in physical inactivity, unhealthy diets, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), road trauma, and obesity. Optimising city planning to promote physical and mental health and community wellbeing, in the face of rapidly growing urban populations is critical. A comprehensive set of integrated regional urban and transport planning and local urban design strategies is needed to achieve health-promoting cities that promote health and wellbeing, and to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. While local conditions will determine the mix of interventions, our overall goal must be to create safe, liveable, convivial and healthy cities that promote active lifestyles and reduce noncommunicable diseases and other adverse health risks, while at the same time protecting growing urban populations from traffic, environmental pollution, noise, crime, and violence. This will require integrated metropolitan and regional urban and transport planning incorporating pedestrian- and cycling-friendly local urban design. There is an urgent need for more policy-relevant research undertaken in partnership with policymakers; as well as advocacy to ensure that the rhetoric of ‘healthy cities’, translates into well designed cities that can meet these 21st century challenges.
4pm - 5:30pm
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Across the Regions: Mapping Outcomes and Service Expenditures in the Pilbara and the Kimberley – Prof Paul Flatau Indigenous disadvantage is a key concern in Australia, with the federal government producing key reports evaluating Indigenous outcomes and expenditure, such as the Productivity Commission’s Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Closing the Gap report. However, most of these analyses are conducted at the national and state levels, or comparing regions of similar geographic remoteness. The needs of regions, in terms of both service type and mode of service delivery, vary greatly. Consequently, analysis of expenditure and
outcomes at the local level will facilitate better planning, service delivery, and ultimately, better outcomes for Indigenous Australians. This session will present an Australian-first analysis of expenditure and outcomes in the Statistical Area 2 (SA2) regions of the Kimberley and Pilbara.
4:30pm -5:30pm
Locating Value in Nature - Mark Cooper When we talk about the natural ‘environment’, we may speak of its intrinsic value or we may speak of the economic value of its components. These two types of value seem to be at odds, so why do we describe both ideas with the same word – ‘value’? ‘Value’ is a word that is used when we describe something that matters – something that we care about. Nature matters to different people for different reasons, but this session contends that it is possible, using concepts taken from systems theory and thermodynamics, to point to a feature of natural systems that provides a fundamental locus of value. It is possible that this method of locating value may help to ‘bridge the gap’ between economic and ecological concerns.
4:30pm - 6pm
Resources and Land Use in the Language of the Law – Adj. Prof Holly Cullen, Matthew Shier & Andrew Baker Since the arrival of settlers in Australia in the 18th century, land and ocean have been subject to the language of the law. The rhetoric surrounding our legal relationship with resources – agreements, partnerships, rights, native title, and so on – have often created more problems than they have solved. What are the opportunities that the law provides to scale social impact for mining communities, at-risk youth and Indigenous Australians? In this session Holly Cullen, Matthew Shier, Jim Atkinson and Andrew Baker offer some answers.
6pm - 8pm
From Mabo to the Uluru Statement from the Heart - Adj. Prof Greg McIntyre, Dr Leon Terrill, Dr Pamela McGrath, Dr Hannah McGlade, David Collard, Jesse Fleay & Matthew Hansen. Join us for a highlight of the Festival calendar as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mabo decision and reflect on the recent Uluru Statement from the Heart. Where are we now with Indigenous land rights, and what are the options for moving forward? Be part of the debate with Adjunct Professor Greg McIntyre (John Toohey Chambers), Dr Leon Terrill (UNSW), Dr Pamela McGrath (National Native Title Tribunal), Dr Hannah McGlade (Curtin University) and others to realign our thinking, challenge assumptions, and set an agenda for change.
8:30am - 10:00am
Community Identity, Urban Narratives and Vibrant Placemaking – Kate Hislop, Elizabeth Nicholas & Callum Prior Taking Steps: The Impact of Urban Narratives - Dr Kate Hislop This session will offer insight into the idea of the tour (especially when walked) as a means of generating empathetic interpretations of and interactions within urban environments. Through a series of sample tours of the Perth metropolitan area, the presentation will explore (in virtual format) the capacity of the walked journey to deliver social and cultural impact and enhance urban place-making. Structured as urban narratives, the tours identify and describe intersections between architectural objects and cultural landscapes in relation to local themes and histories, such that the tourists (walkers) become actively immersed in the places they encounter. Of interest in this project is the degree to which impact (most immediately upon an individual tourist/walker but more broadly on a community) correlates with the pace of travel and depth of observation. This session will be relevant to architects, designers, planners, writers and those interested in the pedagogies of in-context learning. “We Offer a Place to Belong…” - Elizabeth Nicholas Neighbourhood and Community Resource Centres are place-based services offering rich hubs for wellbeing and connectedness within communities. They provide places, services and programs designed around the needs and aspirations of the communities they serve. Linkwest is the peak body for Neighbourhood Centres and Community Resource Centres in WA. As part of Linkwest’s CoDesign for Thriving Communities project, we are gathering stories about the ways in which Centres impact the lives of community members and contribute to community well-being. This session will present a short video of stories from Centres and their communities, and offer a short introduction to the CoDesign for Thriving Communities project. The Project is offering support in using an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach to engage communities around their strengths and capacities. It’s also partnering with Centres to create an ABCD resource tailored for place-based not-for-profit organisations, aiming to strengthen positive social impact in local communities and beyond. Make Place Not War - Callum Prior Hear a terrifying tale of how Adelaide City Council set out to create ‘one city, many places’, fundamentally change the way they work with their communities, and
accidentally returned civic responsibility to the people who live there. Marvel at the doers, undoers, and plonkers! Gird yourself to gain a better understanding of how you too can work with (and around!) your local council towards placemaking. Understand the roles organisations (particularly local government) and communities can play, and how can we work together to create great places. Callum will be talking through some of the stories, case studies, and lessons learnt from the internationally renowned two year placemaking experiment that helped turn Adelaide into one of the world’s great small cities.
8:30am - 10:30am
Business for Good: The B-Corp Movement in Australia – Katie Voss, Michelle Coelho, Mindy Leow, Jamie Robertson, Peter Tually & Mark Beyer Creating More Good Together: Shared Value Funding Models in Banking - Katie Voss & Michelle Coelho Hear from Beyond Bank, the first bank in Australia to become B Corp Certified, and a profit for purpose organisation. As a B Corp, we believe in using our business as a force for good and these practices are sustained through our shared value funding model. We are 100% owned by our customers and we are able to create significant economic value while at the same time helping communities address their needs and challenges. This session will set the scene for individuals looking to make more informed and conscientious decisions regarding their own consumer practices by aligning with businesses that operate for good. B Corps – Using the Power of Business for Social Change – Panel: Mindy Leow, Jamie Robertson, Michelle Coehlo, Peter Tually & Mark Beyer (moderator) The B Corp movement is an idea whose time has come. In recent years, business increasingly has been viewed as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the expense of the broader community. The solution lies in the principle of shared value for all stakeholders—companies should actively benefit its employees, communities, customers and the environment. Around the world and right here in Australia, certified B Corps uphold these principles and embed purpose in their businesses to benefit people and the planet. Hear from the non-profit B Lab on how they are are redefining success in business by growing a movement of leaders who are using business as a force for good. Also hear from certified B Corporations and their inspiring case studies on how they put purpose into practice.
9am - 10:00am
Place, Resilience and the Social Licence to Operate – Dr Sara Bice The session will focus on recent Australian cases in which a sense of place has been challenged due to the proposal or development of mining and extractives or major infrastructure projects. This interactive session will consider: -
How do different communities within a local area define community? And what does that mean for a sense of place? To what extent to positive community capacities, including resilience and adaptation play a role in how communities perceive and receive major projects? What role does a social licence to operate have to play in cases that involve a strong sense of place and threats (perceived or otherwise) to that place?
Join Sara Bice in this interactive session as we work through these questions in an effort to consider how understandings of community capacities, resilience, ‘the local’ and social licence to operate can be used to create better informed project planning or social impact assessments.
11am - 12pm
Better Cities, Stronger Communities – Geoff Warn Did you know well-designed classrooms help kids learn better? Or that good design in hospitals help patients heal faster? Or that well-designed parks and public spaces have lower incidents of crime? And well-designed work places enhance staff satisfaction, organisational performance and culture. The WA government has a policy for the built environment, titled Better Spaces and Places. It seeks improved design outcomes in the buildings and public spaces delivered by government. The policy draws on a large body of evidence showing that good design delivers social, environmental and economic benefits – particularly when you consider the whole life of a project. This session will also outline new planning initiatives that will ensure better standards of residential development and deliver housing stock that is comfortable, robust, accessible, and sustainable. Better cities support stronger communities, which improves general wellbeing, and advancing the ‘social good’ through good design is a worthwhile legacy.
11:00am - 12.00pm The Place of Face-to-Face: Sociocracy in Action – Dr Gina Price “One cannot go on fooling a face-to-face community for long” – Mahatama Gandhi How can we build the trust of face-to-face decision-making into our organisations without compromising their effectiveness in getting things done? How do we optimise group intelligence and retain individual perspectives? How do we grant authority while maintaining equivalence? A Dutch engineer in the 70’s used developments in systems theory to show that by working face-to face in groups/circles with a clear purpose and with processes that maintain equivalence, more effective and creative decisions are made and self-organisation encouraged. Sociocracy means “governance by peers or colleagues”. It is a whole system governance method which merges bottom-up and topdown power structures. Hear an overview of the structures and processes of Sociocracy and experience a demonstration of consent decision-making. This session is for people from all kinds of organisations who are trying to accomplish something – together!
12.30pm - 1:30pm
Achieving the Most Accessible Regional City in Australia – Adam Johnson, Josef Bandera & Paul D’Vorak In 2014 the City of Bunbury set the goal of becoming the Most Accessible Regional City in Australia (MARCIA) and developed a partnership with Edith Cowan University to fund a PhD scholarship student to research the barriers and facilitators to access and inclusion in Bunbury. The research project is now 16 months in, and using Participatory Action Research methodology, the student (Adam) has recruited a team of voluntary coresearchers who are people with disabilities and family/carers. Together they are engaging key stakeholders across Bunbury to discover what will help the City achieve the MARCIA aspiration.
This research is going deeper than ramps and rails to discover how important decisions around community design are made, and how people with disabilities can be empowered to influence social attitudes and have a stronger voice in the design decisions that affect them.
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Would you live there? Urban Design in a Sprawling City – Dr Anthony Duckworth-Smith Strategic planning in many sprawling cities continues to try and substantially increase the number of people living in existing urban areas in an effort to improve housing options and curtail urban sprawl. In our market driven housing sector this will only happen if these environments provide an attractive alternative to a new home in a new subdivision. So what are the options on offer and how do these compare with our ‘ideal’ choice? Also how can we reconfigure these options to have a broad and lasting appeal to households looking for a place to live and maybe tackle the looming problem of a massively sprawling city?
1:30 - 3:00pm
Transition Towns: The Power of Just Doing Stuff – Panel: Julie Neill, Adele Standevan, Jim Thom & Peter Langlands Transition is a global movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world. In practice, they are reclaiming the economy, sparking entrepreneurship, reimagining work, reskilling themselves and weaving webs of connection and support. Local Transition Towns are communities stepping up to address the big challenges they face by starting local, and Perth has its very own thriving Transition movement. In this panel discussion with representatives from Perth’s Transition Town Network, we explore the movement and what it means for local communities and the environment. How and why did this concept begin and what projects are Transition Towns involved in? With stories from around the world and local examples of past and current works, the panel is sure to inspire and reinvent our concepts of place-based social change.
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Local Lives, Local Solutions: Place Activation, Justice and Remote Indigenous Art Centres – Bridie Ritchie, Dr Sarah Murray, Prof Harry Blagg, Prof Pi-Shen Seet & Suzie May Change begins at home, says the old proverb. It seems that many people agree. From the global to the local, new solutions are popping up everywhere as we develop a micro-scale focus to pressing issues: population growth, criminal justice, environmental degradation, Indigenous rights, and human wellbeing just to name a few. This three-part session provides case study stories of local place-based impact through housing development, Neighbourhood Justice Centres, and Indigenous art centre management. A little place for a little while: the story of Sprout Ventures – Bridie Ritchie The Sprout Hub concept is a simple idea that gives residents a place to call their own in the very beginning of a new housing development. This provides a third place during that lag between when residents move in and when community infrastructure (such as community centre or a sports pavilion) are built. Starting with a prototype in the northern suburbs of Perth in 2013, Sprout now has two other hubs in Melbourne and Sydney. Come and learn about this West Australian B Corp’s journey and future mission to make social sustainability a key feature of all new developments. A community justice centre for Western Australia? – A feasibility study – Dr Sarah Murray, Prof Harry Blagg & Suzie May
Neighbourhood Justice Centres (NJCs) are community-based, problem-solving justice institutions, designed to create better outcomes for individuals while also reducing social disadvantage, non-compliance with court orders and imprisonment rates. They do this by creating a ‘one-stop’ justice hub that integrates the local community, service providers and justice personnel. While Australia’s sole NJC site is in Collingwood, Victoria, the feasibility of a demonstration project in Western Australia is the subject of an 18 month study being undertaken by the UWA Law School, Anglicare WA and the Community Legal Centres Association (WA). This presentation will detail the current study and its early findings and the role that NJCs can play in bringing together place, community and justice. Supporting Indigenous art centre managers in remote Australia for greater social impact – Prof Pi-Shen Seet The staffing of skilled workers in rural and remote parts of Australia has proved to be a difficult and persistent problem. Attracting and retaining Art Centre managers (ACMs) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or Indigenous Art Centres in remote Australia is especially problematic. They are “accidental entrepreneurs” in that they often are not selected for their entrepreneurial skills, are often outsiders to the sector and face a steep learning curve in adjusting to the norms, rules and practices of the community. This session will present outcomes of research supported by the Remote Economies CRC (Ninti One) that show that currently there is little support for these managers in overcoming many of the challenges they face in their positions. It proposes some suggestions as well as opens up discussion as to how to better psychologically and emotionally support these managers in their roles and help reduce turnover and develop them from “lonely battlers” to “inspirational maestros” so as to develop the long-term sustainability of the Indigenous Art Centres as thriving and viable social enterprises.
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Impact in Place: Collaboration & Community – Judy Walls, Julie Mitchell, Juan Larranaga & Karina Chicote Place-based social impact is imbued with complexity: What issues do we prioritise first? Whose opinions do we act on? Which values do we engage in? Representatives from The South West Metropolitan Partnership Forum and Save the Children have some ideas. With a focus on solving social issues from the ground up, these pioneering organisations have applicable lessons for NFPs, enterprises and social change leaders alike in WA and beyond. Our Davis Park: Collective Impact – Judy Walls & Julie Mitchell The South West Metropolitan Partnership Forum (SWMPPF) is a group of 80 not-forprofit and government human service providers, business and community members in the Cities of Cockburn, Fremantle and Melville who have come together to pool resources and find innovative solutions to complex social issues in this region. Davis Park, Beaconsfield was selected as the site for a trial of an all-in coordinated, place-based approach to address long standing social issues linked to disadvantage and social exclusion. The collaborative intervention strives to be community-driven and brings together diverse social and economic perspectives to address identified needs. The Our Davis Park branded project has agreed shared and measured outcomes around community safety, engagement in vocational education and training and liveability. Speaker Judy Walls, Executive director SWMPF & Julie Mitchell, Chair, Our Davis Park Working Group. Tackling complexity: Case studies of place-based strategies in regional and metro WA – Juan Larranaga & Karina Chicote
Juan Larranaga and Karina Chicote will present an in-depth session focusing on practical applications of place-based strategies. Drawing on two specific case studies co-led by Save the Children, they will highlight the challenges and key learnings, emphasising the need for adaptive leadership, strong relationships, co-designed solutions, systemic thinking and co-investment. Not in Our Town is an emerging initiative in the Dampier Peninsula seeking to support children and families to be healthy, develop and learn and thrive in safe and prosperous communities. In comparison, the Youth Partnership Project is a metropolitan youthjustice focused project which brings together young people, community services and government agencies to develop better outcomes for young people in communities with complex needs. Understanding of community assets and resources has been essential for both projects, through the publication of Dampier Peninsula, Child Family and Wellbeing Situational Analysis; and YPP’s Change the Story Report.
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Knowledge Partnering for Regional Development – Prof Robyn Eversole Knowledge Partnering for Regional Development In regions beyond the capital cities, millions of dollars are spent each year on projects, programs and services designed to create positive social impacts. Yet they often lack a key ingredient for success. This session explores the missing role of local knowledge in the design, delivery and evaluation of regional development initiatives. Knowledge partnering is a development methodology that taps into hard-to-see knowledge sources and brings them into dialogue to spark innovative solutions. What is the potential for knowledge partnering in regional Australia?
4:30pm - 5:30pm
The Village at Wellard: Achieving Collective Impact through Greenfield Development – Allan Tranter & Matthew Rowse Could an early investment in community deliver social and economic value to The Village at Wellard – a 2,700 lot, mixed-use subdivision, and the first greenfield, transit-oriented village in Western Australia? 14 years on, the results are clear. Hear a representative from The Village at Wellard Residents Association and Creating Communities discuss how a collective investment in community development has created a place that residents feel is truly theirs, has leveraged the support of key stakeholders, and continues to deliver significant value to the developer. This session will provide great insight from representatives across industries who are interested in how they can achieve both financial return and social impact, community development practitioners and general community members.