Provisional Program

Please see below our Provisional Program for the 2021 conference. We are building a dynamic and varied program that will be delivered in short sessions over the course of the week. Sessions will begin with a keynote presentation followed by live Q&A. Following the keynote, delegates will break into streams to learn more about how policies and practices are being shaped by data. Poster sessions will provide opportunities to learn about new ideas and approaches being trialled in different settings around the country and the globe. Continue to visit the website regularly to learn about confirmed 2021 presenters, as this will be updated as planning proceeds.

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MONDAY

Monday 15^th March 2021

1030 – 1100	Please join us for our first networking session at the conference.
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
1100 – 1130	Opening Address & Welcome to Country
1130 – 1230	Keynote Speaker Luis Crouch, Senior Economist, International Development Group RTI
1230 – 1300	Networking Session to catch up with peers and colleagues to share your thoughts on the morning and what the following days will bring.

TUESDAY

Tuesday 16^th March 2021

1145 – 1200

Join for some networking before the keynote presentation

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

1200 – 1300

Keynote Presentation

Western Australia Presentation

Dr Rosemary Cahill, Chief Investigator, Telethon Kids Institute

Dr Aresh Anwar, Chief Executive, Child And Adolescent Health Service

Colin Pettit, Commissioner for Children and Young People WA

David Zarb, CEO, Playgroup WA

1300 – 1400	CONCURRENT SESSION ONE
1300 – 1330	Community	Education (ECEC and schools)	Government / Policy	Research
	Determined that no child in Parkes Shire would be an invisible child, Project Sprouts was formed as a new community-led model to address children’s developmental health in rural NSW Mrs Sherree Rosser Project Sprouts	Bays Cluster Health and Wellbeing Hub: Creating an integrated model of service within a Queensland primary school Skye Frazer-Ryan Children’s Health Queensland Hospital & Health Service	Child Health Pop-Up Clinics Soulmaz Rostami Children’s Health Queensland	Key Data Challenges for Place-Based Prevention and Implementation in Australia Geoffrey Woolcock Logan Child-Friendly Community Ltd
1330 – 1400	Connect 4 Children Strategy John Fry Connect 4 Children, Department of Education Queensland	Exploring how schools can influence children’s academic achievement trajectories through planning and programs in the early years Ashleigh Collier College of Medicine & Public Health, Flinders University	Supporting families experiencing significant vulnerability and/or disadvantage access early childhood education for their pre-school aged children Johanne Gow Department of Communities and Justice, NSW	Constructing community-level risk and protective factor profiles for children aged 5-12 years using the AEDC, Rumble’s Quest, and official data Ross Homel Griffith University
Rapid Presentations
1400 – 1430	The Waverly Community Skills 4 Kids Café, Paint the Inner West REaD Community wellbeing and engagement to improve a child’s first 1000 days of life through attachment, literacy, learning and school engagement in areas of significant childhood developmental vulnerabilities. Using AEDC data, collective impact models and results-based assessment methodologies in community development. Look Who’s Talking: an interactive guide for parents to facilitate their child’s language development. Healthy Kids – Bringing early childhood education and care communities together to improve the health of our Queensland kids Sing&Grow: Skills for School- Supporting Early Childhood Educators’ use of Music to Develop Children’s School-Readiness
PROGRAM BREAK
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
1630 – 1730	Keynote Presentation Queensland Government Presentation Dr Grant Webb, Assistant Director-General, Early Learning and Development Branch, Early Childhood and Education Improvement, Department Of Education Queensland Adjunct Professor Frank Tracey, Health Service Chief Executive, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
1730 – 1745	Networking Session to mingle, meet and chat, with presenters and other attendees

WEDNESDAY

Wednesday 17^th March 2021

1200 – 1215

Networking Session

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

1215 – 1315

Keynote Speaker

Michael McAfee, President And CEO, Policylink

1315 – 1415	CONCURRENT SESSION ONE
1315 – 1345	Community	Education (ECEC and schools)	Government / Policy	Research
1315 – 1345	Grassroots and Grass Tops: How a Shared Data Set Can Promote Change Rebecca Halperin & Jaclyn Vasquez Erikson Institute, Chicago	Early childhood education data – an untapped resource for change Megan O’Connell CELA	Using research evidence to inform practice in early childhood education related to the five areas of development measured by the AEDC Danielle Toon Evidence for Learning	Incidence of police contact amongst children with emerging mental health problems: a longitudinal school-entry record-linkage study Kimberlie Dean School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
1345 – 1415	Enhancing Children’s Well Being through Relationships in Place Susan Cary Department of Education, Queensland South East Region	The Thriving and On Track Program: A Collaborative, Place Based Initiative Responding to High Levels of Developmental Vulnerability Frances Bugden Brisbane South PHN	Queensland’s Early Childhood Development Core Story Madeline Hagon Queensland Department of Education and Giselle Olive Children’s Health Queensland	Risk factors at birth and later developmental risk of mental disorders Felicity Harris School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
Rapid Presentations
1415 – 1445	Early Physical Development: Its fundamental importance to later academic success. A School with no “Teachers” – Blair Athol North, The Basics Channel A Profile of School Readiness in South Australia: Perceptions of Preschool Directors
PROGRAM BREAK
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
1645 – 1745	Keynote Speaker To be advised
1745 – 1845	CONCURRENT SESSION TWO
1745 – 1815	Community	Education (ECEC and schools)	Government / Policy	Research
1745 – 1815	The implementation of an integrated family and community hub on the grounds of a new primary school in the greenfield community of Yarrabilba Andrew Resetti Children’s Health Queensland	Ready, Set, Prep!: a collaborative approach to support school readiness and early life outcomes by increasing family engagement, implementing targeted interventions for the most vulnerable and streamlining early years health and education systems in northern Melbourne. Kat Thorn Merri Health	Enabling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to thrive in their early years Andria Mastroianni & Sue-Anne Hunter SNAICC – National Voice for our Children	Preschool Aged Children’s Accounts of their Own Wellbeing: How do Current Child Wellbeing Assessments Accord with Young Children’s Perspectives? Jennifer Fane Capilano University, British Columbia
1815 – 1845	Using the AEDC to Drive Community Action: Loddon, Victoria Catherine Nolan & Jane Hosking Department of Education and Training, Victoria	Tiny Tots Talking in Doonside – A Model of Effective Place-Based Service Integration Cathrine Nielsen-Hewett University of Woolongong	Children’s Ground: Backing Aboriginal people to lead the way in systems and service reform Jen Lorains Children’s Ground, Alice Springs	Early life predictors of suspensions from primary school: a longitudinal multi-agency record-linkage study Kristin Laurens Queensland University of Technology
1845 – 1915	Networking Session to share your thoughts and learn with/from the other attendees

THURSDAY

Thursday 18^th March 2021

1200 – 1215

Networking Session

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

1215 – 1315

Keynote Speaker

William Tilmouth, Chairperson, Children’s Ground

1315 – 1445	CONCURRENT SESSION ONE
1315 – 1345	Community	Education (ECEC and schools)	Government / Policy	Research
1315 – 1345	The Flourishing Physical Child (FPC): a Tasmanian community-based, community-led action research project Megan Gibson QUT	No one gets left behind: Managing early learning equity and COVID-19 Myra Geddes Goodstart Early Learning, Queensland	Child development and student wellbeing: A six-year follow up study using 2009 AEDC data Tess Gregory Telethon Kids Institute	Child protection profiles for children with special health care needs: A population record linkage study Gabrielle Hindmarsh School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
1345 – 1415	Improving educational outcomes in a disadvantaged community: using AEDC as a reference point for cross-sector collaboration Liz Chapman OAM Tomorrow Today Foundation, Victoria	Twelve Books for Twelve Months: Enhancing the language and pre-literacy teaching skills of Early Childhood Educators using a multifaceted resource Jessica Anton South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) Speech Pathology Department	Trauma informed practice in education Tania Plueckhahn, Lizzie Button & Yasmin Harman Smith Telethon Kids Institute	Jurisdictional change over time in the AEDC Sally Brinkman Telethon Kids Institute
RAPID PRESENTATIONS
1415 – 1445	Supporting Vulnerable Families & Communities to Achieve Better Developmental Outcomes for Their Children Regional distribution of mental health risk at age 5 years in an Australian population sample. Siblings of individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities: Exploring dynamic networks of risk and resilience to enable early identification, intervention, translation, and implementation of sustainable scalable change. Thriving Qld Kids Partnership: enabling systems leadership for child wellbeing. Integrating early childhood services: determining definitions and factors for success.
PROGRAM BREAK
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
1845 – 1945	Keynote Speaker Dr Georgie Nutton, Senior Lecturer in Education & Course Manager, Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Teaching, Charles Darwin University
1945 – 2045	CONCURRENT SESSION TWO
1945 – 2015	Community	Education (ECEC and schools)	Government / Policy	Research
1945 – 2015	Using AEDC data as the foundation for collective action in improving children’s oral language and emotional maturity before school Rebekah Pick Mission Australia, Queensland	Improving Child Development Outcomes by Connecting Early Learning and Care Services and Schools Anne Nilsen Ngala; Nicole Hunt, Connecting Community for Kids; Christine Bewetz, Leda Primary School.	Compounding impacts of Bushfire on Developmental Vulnerability in Rural and Remote Communities: Intervening to change trajectories Sarah Eagland Royal Far West, NSW	Stronger Starts Brighter Futures – Exploring trends in the early development of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australia Tadgh McMahon Settlement Services International
2015 – 2045	Does Paint the Town REaD Help Turn the Curve? Barbie Bates Paint the Town Read Ltd	Oral Language Development: The Foundation of Later Literacy Success and Social Emotional Well-Being Sharlene Samuel-May Trumpet Early Years Consultancy, WA	Lead indicators to drive ECD systems Sharon Goldfeld Murdoch Children’s Research Institute	Language in Little Ones – when do gaps in talk emerge Mary Brushe Telethon Kids Institute
2045 – 2115	Networking Session

FRIDAY

Friday 19^th March 2021

1200 – 1215	Networking Session with other delegates
PANEL SESSION
1215 – 1300	To be Advised

KEYNOTE & CLOSING PRESENTATIONS
1300 – 1400	Keynote Speaker Jay Weatherill, Chief Executive, Thrive By Five Initiative, Minderoo Foundation
1400 – 1430	Conference Close