WEW Program

Tuesday 5 January Pre-Conference Activities
10.30am – 4.00pm Optional activities for early arrivals
2.30pm – 4.00pm Set up for exhibitors
4.00pm – 5.00pm Registration
5.00pm – 6.15pm Meet and greet WEW cocktail party (Main Common Room)
6.15pm – 9.00pm Dinner for delegates (Dining Room)

Wednesday 6 January Conference Day One
8.00am – 9.00am Registration (Menzies Corridor)
9.00am – 9.15am Acknowledgement of country: Lynette Riley
9.15am – 9.30am Welcome from WEW
9.30am – 10.30am Keynote Address:
Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AC
Chair, Review of Higher Education in Australia 2008 “Higher Education as a Mechanism for Empowering Women”
10.30am – 11.00am Morning Tea
11.00am - 11.45am Session:
Dr Kristen A. Renn, The Role of Women’s Institutions in Providing Access to Higher Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from Four Regions.
11.45am - 12.45pm Panel Session:
Senior Women in Education
"Women in Education – Empowering Our Organisations and Communities”
12.45pm – 1.30pm Lunch
1.45pm – 2.45pm Tour of Sydney University and Colleges
3.00pm – 4.00pm Afternoon Tea and Meeting with Senior Managers Sydney University
5.00pm – 5.30pm  Coach to Museum of Contemporary Art
5.30pm – 6.00pm Gallery viewing
6.00pm – 7.30pm Reception and refreshments, Circular Quay Terrace, Museum of Contemporary Art
Launch – Skirting Sydney: Putting Women’s History on the Map
Councillor Marcelle Hoff (City of Sydney)
(Sponsored by The Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney)
7.30pm – 10.00pm Dinner at local restaurants – Rocks area Dinner for WEW Executive held at designated restaurant

Thursday 7 January - Conference Day Two
9.00am – 9.30am Registration
9.30am – 10.30am Keynote Address:
Professor Marian Baird, Director, Women and Work Research Group, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney.  “Australian Workplaces – Places for Women?”
10.30am – 11.00am Morning Tea
11.00am – 12.15pm Keynote Address:
Ms Jane Sloane, Executive Director, International Women’s Development Agency
“Literacy and Empowerment – Meeting the Needs of All Women?”
12.15 – 1.00pm Lunch
1.30pm – 2.30pm Strand seminars and workshops Themes 3 and 4
2.30pm – 3.30pm Strand seminars and workshops Themes 3 and 4
3.30pm – 5.30pm Tours using Skirting Sydney
6.45pm – 7.30pm Pre-dinner drinks (Main Common Room)
7.30pm – 10.00pm Conference Dinner (Dining Room)
Speaker: Dr Meredith Burgmann
“The Ernie Awards”

Friday 8 January - Conference Day Three
8.15am – 9.15am Registration
9.15am – 10.30am Session:
Ms Wendy McCarthy AO, Educator, Change Agent and Public Intellectual,
“Building Expertise – Facilitating Empowerment through Professional and Alumnae Networks?”
10.30am – 11.00am Morning Tea
11.00am – 12.15pm Keynote Address: WATSA
“Empowering Young Women – Identifying New Educational and Leadership Pathways?”
12.15pm – 1.30pm Lunch
12.15pm – 2.00pm WEW Members Working Lunch
2.00pm – 3.00pm Strand seminars and workshops Themes 5 and 6
3.00pm – 4.00pm Strand seminars and workshops Themes 5 and 6
4.00pm – 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm – 5.15pm Conference plenary session and conclusion
5.30pm – 6.30pm Dinner for remaining delegates