agenda overview

What to expect at Common Threads - timings, session highlights, and more.

AGENDA TIMES

All times are in AEST (Brisbane local time).

THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH

  • 8.00 am - 8.45 am: Registration and arrival

  • 9.00 am - 10.30 am: Opening plenary

  • 11.00 am - 12.30 pm: Morning breakouts

  • 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm: Lunch

  • 1.30 pm - 3.00 pm: Middle breakouts

  • 3.00 pm - 3.30 pm: Afternoon tea

  • 3.30 pm - 4.30 pm: Afternoon breakouts

  • 4.30 pm - 5.00 pm: Closing plenary

  • 5.30 pm - 9.30 pm: Social Event, upstairs at Sixteen Antlers

FRIDAY, MARCH 31ST

  • 8.15 am - 8.45 am: Day 2 registration

  • 9.00 am - 10.30 am: Opening plenary

  • 11.00 am - 12.30 pm: Morning breakouts

  • 12.30 pm - 1.30 pm: Lunch

  • 1.30 pm - 3.00 pm: Middle breakouts

  • 3.00 pm - 3.30 pm: Afternoon tea

  • 3.30 pm - 5.00 pm: Closing plenary

  • 5.30pm onwards: Informal social events OR shuttle to airport for anyone with departing flights that evening

 
 

TYPES OF SESSIONS at Common Threads

  • All-in Plenaries

    Connect with the 200 other campaigners, community organisers, communicators and changemakers that will be in the room, and create a shared vision of what’s possible in this moment.

  • Skills Sessions

    Learn from practical workshops on things like media, messaging and communications, campaign strategy, community organising and decision maker engagement

  • Issue breakouts

    Come together to discuss the work on stopping black deaths in custody; land rights and cultural heritage protection; treaties, truth-telling and self-determination; fighting racism, inequality and more.

 

 

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