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Thursday 6 August and Friday 7 August

RACV Club, 501 Bourke St, Melbourne

VCOSS CONGRESSThis year’s congress, Protecting Social Equity When The Going Gets Tough, will explore the challenges and opportunities for promoting social equity during the economic downturn.

With three plenary sessions and twelve workshops, local and international speakers will present a combination of thoughtful and intelligent analysis with practical sessions, providing participants excellent opportunity to get up to date with emerging policy issues as well as strengthen personal and professional networks.
Plenary speakers include:

  • Clare Martin, ACOSS CEO and former Northern Territory Chief Minister
  • Julia Unwin, Chief Executive Officer of the UK’s Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  • Anne Somerville, Health & Wellbeing Director, G21
  • Mark Yettica-Paulson, Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations
  • Sara Charlesworth, Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University
  • Mary Barry, Chief Executive Officer, Victoria State Emergency Service
  • Pauline Vamos, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia

Congress will bring together government and not-for-profit policy-makers, community sector leaders, academics and philanthropists.

Click here to download the PDF Preliminary Program and registration form.

Click here to download a word copy of the registration form.