Common Threads Summit 2026: The Next Horizon

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

INTRODUCING OUR SPEAKERS

  • Ngarra Murray

  • Dr Anne Poelina

  • Celeste Liddle

  • Leeroy Bilney

  • Josie Alec

  • Karina Lester

  • Dr Jackie Huggins

  • Larissa Baldwin-Roberts

  • Mililma May

AGENDA TIMES

 

All times are in ACST (Adelaide local time) and are subject to minor changes.

TUESDAY, MAY 12

  • 8.30am: Arrival and registration

  • 9.30am: Welcome to Country and introduction to Common Threads

  • 11.00am: Morning tea

  • 11:30am: Morning plenary - the political moment we’re in

  • 1pm: Lunch

  • 2pm: Regional breakouts - relationship-building and reflections

  • 3pm: Afternoon tea

  • 3:30pm: Afternoon plenary - women leading frontline fights for justice

  • 5pm: Close of day one

  • 5:30pm: Optional social dinner

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

  • 9:30 am: Morning plenary - towards Treaty, rights and representation

  • 11:00 am: Morning tea

  • 11:30am: Morning breakouts - organising our communities for Treaty and justice

  • 1pm: Lunch

  • 2pm: Afternoon plenary - caring for Country

  • 3:30pm: Afternoon tea

  • 4pm: Afternoon breakouts - big ideas for climate justice and protecting Country

  • 5pm: Close of day two

THURSDAY, MAY 14

  • 9am: Opening plenary - big ideas for collaboration and action

  • 10am: Morning tea

  • 10:30am: Morning breakouts - collaborative campaign strategies

  • 12pm: Lunch

  • 1pm: Skills workshops - including organising, messaging and media training

  • 2:30pm: Closing reflections + staying connected 

  • 3:30pm: End of Summit - option for departure to airport

 
 

TYPES OF SESSIONS at Common Threads

  • All-in Plenaries

    Connect with the hundreds of campaigners, community organisers, communicators and changemakers that will be in the room, hear from guest speakers, 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:
    > Treaties, truth-telling and self-determination
    > Climate change response, land rights and cultural heritage protection
    > Fighting racism, police violence, inequality and more

 

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