8:20am – 9:15am
| Registration and exhibition stalls open
Please move to the plenary room from 9:10am (doors open at 9:10am and please be seated by 9:25am).
| Level 1
Grand Pavillion
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9:20am – 9:30am
| Multicultural performance - African Beat
| Level 2
Plenary Room
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9:30am – 9:40am
| Welcome to Country
Traditional Knowledge Holder – Julie Bukari Webb
| Level 2
Plenary Room
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9:40am – 9:45am
| Conference MC introduction
Tom Nance
| Level 2
Plenary Room
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9:45am – 10:00am
| Official welcome
The Hon. Jihad Dib MP, Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government, Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister for Youth Justice
| Level 2
Plenary Room
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Official welcome
Michael Tidball, Secretary, NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ)
| Level 2
Plenary Room
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10:00am – 10:40am
| Keynote Session 1
Panel discussion: Leveraging the strength and wisdom of multicultural communities in policy and program design (a lived experience perspective)
Moderator: Joseph La Posta, Chief Executive Officer, Multicultural NSW
Panellists
- Peter Shergold, NSW Coordinator General for Settlement, Multicultural NSW
- Mary Karras, Chief Executive Officer, Ethnic Communities’ Council of NSW
- Daniel Barakate, Director, Commissioning and Planning Western Sydney Nepean Blue Mountains, Strategy, Policy and Commissioning, DCJ
- Mia Zahra, Acting Director, Anti-Discrimination NSW
| Level 2
Plenary Room
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10:40am – 11:10am
| Keynote Session 2
The power of a whole of community approach to domestic, family and sexual violence
Dr Hannah Tonkin, NSW Women’s Safety Commissioner, DCJ
| Level 2
Plenary Room
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11:10am – 11:35am
| Morning tea, exhibition stalls and
multicultural performance - Minh Ha Viet band
| Level 1
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11:35am – 11:45am
| Move to Breakout Session 1 – Choose one session to attend
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11:45am – 12:30pm
Five concurrent breakout sessions
| Breakout Session 1a
Empowering people with disability
- Empowering CALD communities through immersive virtual reality: Enhancing NDIS understanding and accessibility
Rea Singh, Cultural Perspectives
| Level 2
Plenary Room/ Room 1
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| Breakout Session 1b
Youth and the criminal justice system
- Insights from the New Way Forward program: A juvenile justice initiative for CALD young people in Blacktown
Clement Meru and Bronwyn O’Brien, SydWest - Reintegrating CALD sentenced offenders into community by connecting through culture, community, and faith: Transitions programs of Odyssey House NSW
Benjamin Ondu and Tommy Trinh, Odyssey House NSW
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Room 2
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| Breakout Session 1c
Empowering communities
- When CARM Women RISE, Everyone Wins: Aim high, be an inspiration, overcome culture load - and everyone Wins!
Juliana Nkrumah and Dr. Astrid Perry, Settlement Services International (SSI) - “Everyone should be heard no matter your race, culture, religion…no matter what”: The experiences of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds in NSW
Betty Nguyen and Freija Brandie, Office of the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People
| Level 2
Room 3
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| Breakout Session 1d
Domestic and family violence
- Empowering emerging communities: A holistic approach to addressing domestic and family violence in multicultural settings
Jasmine Mguizra, Metro Assist - Unlocking Doors: A program to build capacity of front-line workers to actively engage, respond and sustain connection to CALD women experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia
Danielle Habib and Nellie Srisurapon, CatholicCare Dioceses of Broken Bay
| Level 2
Room 4
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| Breakout Session 1e
Government collaboration
- Connecting communities: Strengthening engagement through inclusive networks
Debbie Nguyen, NSW Fair Trading, NSW Department of Customer Service - Bridging the gaps: Strategies for effective engagement between the NSW government and multicultural communities
Bala Nirmanusan and Tabitha Chepkwony, Multicultural NSW
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Room 5
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12:30pm – 12:40pm
| Move to Breakout Session 2 – Choose one session to attend
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12:40pm – 1:25pm
Five concurrent breakout sessions
| Breakout Session 2a
Supporting multicultural young people to thrive.
- Supporting young people in an age of crises: Climate, culture and conflict
Annukina Warda and Angela Dela Cruz, MYAN NSW (Multicultural Youth Affairs Network)
| Level 2
Plenary Room/ Room 1
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| Breakout Session 2b
Fostering inclusion for social cohesion
- Conversion practices ban: A case study by Anti-Discrimination NSW on multicultural community engagement
Claire Williams and Gillian Stokie, Anti-Discrimination NSW
| Level 2
Room 2
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| Breakout Session 2c
Policy and lived experience
- Centring lived experience to inform policy development
Jessica Singh, Anti-Racism Unit, Transforming Aboriginal Outcomes, DCJ - Leading with culture in person centred practice
Melissa Tonga and Pamela Zamorano, Commissioning and Planning, South Western Sydney District, DCJ
| Level 2
Room 3
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| Breakout Session 2d
Community engagement and social cohesion initiatives
- Hitting the mark: Specialised responses in services and initiatives for a multicultural Australia
Tadgh McMahon and Dr. Astrid Perry, SSI - Co-designing communication on sensitive topics: Handing over power to faith groups to find common ground on Swastika education and awareness
Jessica Billimoria, CultureVerse
| Level 2
Room 4
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| Breakout Session 2e
Culturally responsive approach to sensitive engagements
- Switching on, off and in-between: Engaging with the Australian Lebanese Shia community
Dr. Widyan Fares, Premier’s Department, NSW
| Level 2
Room 5
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1:25pm – 2:15pm
| Lunch, exhibition stalls, and multicultural performance- Dom Diaz -Flavours of the world
| Level 1
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2:15pm – 2:25pm
| Move to Breakout Session 3 – Choose one session to attend
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2:25pm – 3:10pm
Four concurrent breakout sessions
| Breakout Session 3a
Culturally and linguistically diverse tailored programs
- Fairfield Social Prescribing Project: An integrated model of care
Rana Qummouh and Maxine Goodwin, NSW Health - From "monocultural" to multicultural to intercultural: Lessons from Northern Beaches’ journey towards cultural inclusion
Dr. Jinwen Chen and Jessie Moore, Northern Beaches Council
| Level 2
Plenary Room / Room 1
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| Breakout session 3b
Working with children
- 'My Toddler and Me': A video series to promote toddler mental health and wellbeing among multicultural families
Lee Bratel and Erin Brandtman, Karitane - The custodian model and unattached humanitarian minors (UHM) in life story work (LSW)
Ghassan Noujaim and Zena Almouiee, SSI
| Level 2
Room 2
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| Breakout Session 3c
Working with families
- Navigating the system: How the Community Restorative Centre's Family Casework Service assists multicultural families impacted by incarceration
Reylene Galloway, Community Restorative Centre
- Culturally responsive connections: Bridging parenting challenges through community collaboration
Erin Beard and Tegan Barry, Family Support Newcastle
| Level 2
Room 3
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| Breakout Session 3d
Social cohesion through education
- Assisted self-governance for immigrant social inclusion: A CASS Care Model
Professor Bingqin Li, University of NSW and Ivan Wong, CASS Care - At TAFE NSW, Everyone Belongs
Zachary Ekandi and Dr. Paula Abood, TAFE NSW
| Level 2
Room 4
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3:10pm – 3:20pm
| Move back to the Plenary room
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3:20pm – 3:50pm
| Keynote Session 3
In conversation with Craig Foster
Moderator: Tom Nance
| Level 2
Plenary Room
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3:50pm – 4:00pm
| Conference highlights
Wrap up
| Level 2
Plenary Room
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4:00pm
| Close
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