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Friday, July 10, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5
	Conference Day 1 - Creating Communities through Literature
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 1 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Conference Opening & Welcome to Country
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote - Jeroen Dera Legitimising the Literary: The Issue of Literariness in Young People’s Reading Culture
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote - Chin Ee Loh Leading Reading: Evidence-based Insights for Empowering Change
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea Day 1
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Sirius Room Click here for session details	Pleiades Room - Workshops Click here for session details	Research Room 1 Click here for session details	Research Room 2 Click here for session details	Calista Room Click here for session details
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM	Andy Griffiths ACLF Laureate
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Brenton McKenna Workshop 60 minute workshop	ECE Lightning Talks 5 x ECE lightning talks (10 mins each). Click for more details.	Research Room 1 - 2pm Click here for session details	Research Room 2 - 2pm Click here for session details	Calista Room 2pm Click here for session details
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Professor Christine Edwards-Groves From teacher-led interrogation to student-led dialogic inquiry: Elevating comprehension and critical thinking through student questioning	Kirsten Kean (TLF) Teacher-Librarian Collaboration to Support Student Engagement and Achievement in the Secondary Classroom	Dr Kylie Zee Bradfield What kinds of ecological thinking do contemporary Australian picture books really teach?	Dr Susan Rook (TLF) & Dr Julie Carmel Using Indigenous Children's Picture Books to Promote Responsible Relationships with Country	Jim Gray Reading the World: Tours as Texts
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker - Helen Adam Equity and Empowerment in Literacy learning – what does it mean and what does it look like?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Creating communities through literature Hajnalka Malloy (SLASLA), Sarah Dyson, Ron Gorman and Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hidden Authors - Book Signings

	Track 1	Track 2
	Conference Day 1 - Creating Communities through Literature
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 1 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Conference Opening & Welcome to Country
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote - Jeroen Dera Legitimising the Literary: The Issue of Literariness in Young People’s Reading Culture
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote - Chin Ee Loh Leading Reading: Evidence-based Insights for Empowering Change
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea Day 1
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Sirius Room Click here for session details	Pleiades Room - Workshops Click here for session details
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM	Andy Griffiths ACLF Laureate
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Brenton McKenna Workshop 60 minute workshop	ECE Lightning Talks 5 x ECE lightning talks (10 mins each). Click for more details.
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Professor Christine Edwards-Groves From teacher-led interrogation to student-led dialogic inquiry: Elevating comprehension and critical thinking through student questioning	Kirsten Kean (TLF) Teacher-Librarian Collaboration to Support Student Engagement and Achievement in the Secondary Classroom
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker - Helen Adam Equity and Empowerment in Literacy learning – what does it mean and what does it look like?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Creating communities through literature Hajnalka Malloy (SLASLA), Sarah Dyson, Ron Gorman and Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hidden Authors - Book Signings

	Track 3	Track 4
	Conference Day 1 - Creating Communities through Literature
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 1 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Conference Opening & Welcome to Country
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote - Jeroen Dera Legitimising the Literary: The Issue of Literariness in Young People’s Reading Culture
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote - Chin Ee Loh Leading Reading: Evidence-based Insights for Empowering Change
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea Day 1
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Research Room 1 Click here for session details	Research Room 2 Click here for session details
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM	Andy Griffiths ACLF Laureate
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Research Room 1 - 2pm Click here for session details	Research Room 2 - 2pm Click here for session details
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Dr Kylie Zee Bradfield What kinds of ecological thinking do contemporary Australian picture books really teach?	Dr Susan Rook (TLF) & Dr Julie Carmel Using Indigenous Children's Picture Books to Promote Responsible Relationships with Country
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker - Helen Adam Equity and Empowerment in Literacy learning – what does it mean and what does it look like?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Creating communities through literature Hajnalka Malloy (SLASLA), Sarah Dyson, Ron Gorman and Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hidden Authors - Book Signings

	Track 5
	Conference Day 1 - Creating Communities through Literature
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 1 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Conference Opening & Welcome to Country
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote - Jeroen Dera Legitimising the Literary: The Issue of Literariness in Young People’s Reading Culture
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote - Chin Ee Loh Leading Reading: Evidence-based Insights for Empowering Change
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea Day 1
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Calista Room Click here for session details
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM	Andy Griffiths ACLF Laureate
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Calista Room 2pm Click here for session details
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Jim Gray Reading the World: Tours as Texts
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker - Helen Adam Equity and Empowerment in Literacy learning – what does it mean and what does it look like?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Creating communities through literature Hajnalka Malloy (SLASLA), Sarah Dyson, Ron Gorman and Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hidden Authors - Book Signings

	Track 1
	Conference Day 1 - Creating Communities through Literature
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 1 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Conference Opening & Welcome to Country
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote - Jeroen Dera Legitimising the Literary: The Issue of Literariness in Young People’s Reading Culture
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote - Chin Ee Loh Leading Reading: Evidence-based Insights for Empowering Change
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea Day 1
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Sirius Room Click here for session details
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM	Andy Griffiths ACLF Laureate
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Brenton McKenna Workshop 60 minute workshop
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Professor Christine Edwards-Groves From teacher-led interrogation to student-led dialogic inquiry: Elevating comprehension and critical thinking through student questioning
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker - Helen Adam Equity and Empowerment in Literacy learning – what does it mean and what does it look like?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Creating communities through literature Hajnalka Malloy (SLASLA), Sarah Dyson, Ron Gorman and Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hidden Authors - Book Signings

	Track 2
	Conference Day 1 - Creating Communities through Literature
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 1 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Conference Opening & Welcome to Country
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote - Jeroen Dera Legitimising the Literary: The Issue of Literariness in Young People’s Reading Culture
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote - Chin Ee Loh Leading Reading: Evidence-based Insights for Empowering Change
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea Day 1
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Pleiades Room - Workshops Click here for session details
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM	Andy Griffiths ACLF Laureate
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	ECE Lightning Talks 5 x ECE lightning talks (10 mins each). Click for more details.
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Kirsten Kean (TLF) Teacher-Librarian Collaboration to Support Student Engagement and Achievement in the Secondary Classroom
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker - Helen Adam Equity and Empowerment in Literacy learning – what does it mean and what does it look like?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Creating communities through literature Hajnalka Malloy (SLASLA), Sarah Dyson, Ron Gorman and Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hidden Authors - Book Signings

	Track 3
	Conference Day 1 - Creating Communities through Literature
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 1 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Conference Opening & Welcome to Country
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote - Jeroen Dera Legitimising the Literary: The Issue of Literariness in Young People’s Reading Culture
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote - Chin Ee Loh Leading Reading: Evidence-based Insights for Empowering Change
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea Day 1
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Research Room 1 Click here for session details
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM	Andy Griffiths ACLF Laureate
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Research Room 1 - 2pm Click here for session details
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Dr Kylie Zee Bradfield What kinds of ecological thinking do contemporary Australian picture books really teach?
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker - Helen Adam Equity and Empowerment in Literacy learning – what does it mean and what does it look like?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Creating communities through literature Hajnalka Malloy (SLASLA), Sarah Dyson, Ron Gorman and Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hidden Authors - Book Signings

	Track 4
	Conference Day 1 - Creating Communities through Literature
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 1 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Conference Opening & Welcome to Country
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote - Jeroen Dera Legitimising the Literary: The Issue of Literariness in Young People’s Reading Culture
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote - Chin Ee Loh Leading Reading: Evidence-based Insights for Empowering Change
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea Day 1
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Research Room 2 Click here for session details
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM	Andy Griffiths ACLF Laureate
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Research Room 2 - 2pm Click here for session details
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Dr Susan Rook (TLF) & Dr Julie Carmel Using Indigenous Children's Picture Books to Promote Responsible Relationships with Country
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker - Helen Adam Equity and Empowerment in Literacy learning – what does it mean and what does it look like?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Creating communities through literature Hajnalka Malloy (SLASLA), Sarah Dyson, Ron Gorman and Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hidden Authors - Book Signings

	Track 5
	Conference Day 1 - Creating Communities through Literature
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 1 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Conference Opening & Welcome to Country
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote - Jeroen Dera Legitimising the Literary: The Issue of Literariness in Young People’s Reading Culture
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Keynote - Chin Ee Loh Leading Reading: Evidence-based Insights for Empowering Change
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Morning Tea Day 1
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Calista Room Click here for session details
12:35 PM - 1:05 PM	Andy Griffiths ACLF Laureate
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 1
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Calista Room 2pm Click here for session details
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Jim Gray Reading the World: Tours as Texts
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote Speaker - Helen Adam Equity and Empowerment in Literacy learning – what does it mean and what does it look like?
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Creating communities through literature Hajnalka Malloy (SLASLA), Sarah Dyson, Ron Gorman and Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Hidden Authors - Book Signings

Saturday, July 11, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5
	Conference Day 2 - Empowering Voices
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 2 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Welcome Day Two
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Donald Graves Writing Award - Paul Gardner Writing with the heart and the eye: Agency and voice in a creative pedagogy of writing
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	ALEA Awards
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Author
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea Day 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Kathy Mills - Critical AI Literacy Workshop	Pleiades Room 11am Click here for session details	Research Room 1 - 11am Click here for session details	SFL Stream 1 Click here for session details	Calista Room 11am Click here for session details
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM	Sirius Room 12pm Click here for session details	Lisa Keskinen The Spark Before the Sentence: Using Philosophy to Ignite Writing Facilitators: Lisa Keskinen – Lisa K Connections, Independent Education Consultant Dimi Ferizis – Curriculum Leader, Lower Plenty Primary School, VIC	Research Room 1 - 12pm Click here for session details	SFL Stream 2 Click here for session details	Calista Room 12pm Click here for session details
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Sirius Room 2pm Click here for session details	Pleiades Room 2pm Click here for session details	Research Room 1 Day 2 (2pm) Click here for session details	SFL Stream 3 Click here for session details	Calista Room Day 2 (2pm) Click here for session details
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea Day 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Jill Colton
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote - Professor Annette Woods
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Empowering voices - Our students light the way Student voice - Academic Dr Ron Gorman, Principal TBC, Student Layla and, Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	ALEA AGM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Cocktail Function

	Track 1	Track 2
	Conference Day 2 - Empowering Voices
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 2 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Welcome Day Two
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Donald Graves Writing Award - Paul Gardner Writing with the heart and the eye: Agency and voice in a creative pedagogy of writing
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	ALEA Awards
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Author
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea Day 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Kathy Mills - Critical AI Literacy Workshop	Pleiades Room 11am Click here for session details
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM	Sirius Room 12pm Click here for session details	Lisa Keskinen The Spark Before the Sentence: Using Philosophy to Ignite Writing Facilitators: Lisa Keskinen – Lisa K Connections, Independent Education Consultant Dimi Ferizis – Curriculum Leader, Lower Plenty Primary School, VIC
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Sirius Room 2pm Click here for session details	Pleiades Room 2pm Click here for session details
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea Day 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Jill Colton
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote - Professor Annette Woods
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Empowering voices - Our students light the way Student voice - Academic Dr Ron Gorman, Principal TBC, Student Layla and, Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	ALEA AGM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Cocktail Function

	Track 3	Track 4
	Conference Day 2 - Empowering Voices
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 2 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Welcome Day Two
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Donald Graves Writing Award - Paul Gardner Writing with the heart and the eye: Agency and voice in a creative pedagogy of writing
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	ALEA Awards
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Author
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea Day 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Research Room 1 - 11am Click here for session details	SFL Stream 1 Click here for session details
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM	Research Room 1 - 12pm Click here for session details	SFL Stream 2 Click here for session details
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Research Room 1 Day 2 (2pm) Click here for session details	SFL Stream 3 Click here for session details
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea Day 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Jill Colton
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote - Professor Annette Woods
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Empowering voices - Our students light the way Student voice - Academic Dr Ron Gorman, Principal TBC, Student Layla and, Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	ALEA AGM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Cocktail Function

	Track 5
	Conference Day 2 - Empowering Voices
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 2 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Welcome Day Two
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Donald Graves Writing Award - Paul Gardner Writing with the heart and the eye: Agency and voice in a creative pedagogy of writing
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	ALEA Awards
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Author
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea Day 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Calista Room 11am Click here for session details
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM	Calista Room 12pm Click here for session details
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Calista Room Day 2 (2pm) Click here for session details
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea Day 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Jill Colton
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote - Professor Annette Woods
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Empowering voices - Our students light the way Student voice - Academic Dr Ron Gorman, Principal TBC, Student Layla and, Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	ALEA AGM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Cocktail Function

	Track 1
	Conference Day 2 - Empowering Voices
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 2 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Welcome Day Two
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Donald Graves Writing Award - Paul Gardner Writing with the heart and the eye: Agency and voice in a creative pedagogy of writing
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	ALEA Awards
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Author
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea Day 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Kathy Mills - Critical AI Literacy Workshop
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM	Sirius Room 12pm Click here for session details
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Sirius Room 2pm Click here for session details
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea Day 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Jill Colton
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote - Professor Annette Woods
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Empowering voices - Our students light the way Student voice - Academic Dr Ron Gorman, Principal TBC, Student Layla and, Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	ALEA AGM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Cocktail Function

	Track 2
	Conference Day 2 - Empowering Voices
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 2 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Welcome Day Two
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Donald Graves Writing Award - Paul Gardner Writing with the heart and the eye: Agency and voice in a creative pedagogy of writing
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	ALEA Awards
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Author
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea Day 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Pleiades Room 11am Click here for session details
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM	Lisa Keskinen The Spark Before the Sentence: Using Philosophy to Ignite Writing Facilitators: Lisa Keskinen – Lisa K Connections, Independent Education Consultant Dimi Ferizis – Curriculum Leader, Lower Plenty Primary School, VIC
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Pleiades Room 2pm Click here for session details
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea Day 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Jill Colton
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote - Professor Annette Woods
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Empowering voices - Our students light the way Student voice - Academic Dr Ron Gorman, Principal TBC, Student Layla and, Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	ALEA AGM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Cocktail Function

	Track 3
	Conference Day 2 - Empowering Voices
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 2 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Welcome Day Two
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Donald Graves Writing Award - Paul Gardner Writing with the heart and the eye: Agency and voice in a creative pedagogy of writing
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	ALEA Awards
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Author
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea Day 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Research Room 1 - 11am Click here for session details
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM	Research Room 1 - 12pm Click here for session details
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Research Room 1 Day 2 (2pm) Click here for session details
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea Day 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Jill Colton
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote - Professor Annette Woods
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Empowering voices - Our students light the way Student voice - Academic Dr Ron Gorman, Principal TBC, Student Layla and, Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	ALEA AGM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Cocktail Function

	Track 4
	Conference Day 2 - Empowering Voices
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 2 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Welcome Day Two
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Donald Graves Writing Award - Paul Gardner Writing with the heart and the eye: Agency and voice in a creative pedagogy of writing
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	ALEA Awards
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Author
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea Day 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	SFL Stream 1 Click here for session details
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM	SFL Stream 2 Click here for session details
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	SFL Stream 3 Click here for session details
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea Day 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Jill Colton
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote - Professor Annette Woods
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Empowering voices - Our students light the way Student voice - Academic Dr Ron Gorman, Principal TBC, Student Layla and, Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	ALEA AGM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Cocktail Function

	Track 5
	Conference Day 2 - Empowering Voices
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	Registration Day 2 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Welcome Day Two
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Donald Graves Writing Award - Paul Gardner Writing with the heart and the eye: Agency and voice in a creative pedagogy of writing
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM	ALEA Awards
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Author
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea Day 2
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Calista Room 11am Click here for session details
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM	Calista Room 12pm Click here for session details
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM	Lunch Day 2
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Calista Room Day 2 (2pm) Click here for session details
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea Day 2
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Jill Colton
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Keynote - Professor Annette Woods
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Panel: Empowering voices - Our students light the way Student voice - Academic Dr Ron Gorman, Principal TBC, Student Layla and, Briony Stewart to illustrate
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	ALEA AGM
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	Cocktail Function

Sunday, July 12, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5
	Conference Day 3 - Thinking Critically
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Day 3 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote - Jess Mantei and Lisa Kervin Making, Moving, Meaning: Lighting the Way for Playful Literacies (60 minute session)	Dr Jess Murphy Lighting the Way: Using Story, Reflection and Metaphor to Build Literacy, Leadership and Self-Awareness	Deaglan Harney Identifying and overcoming the psychological barriers to success in Literacy	Lightning Talks Click here for session details	Glenn McKenzie Deer in the headlights: enabling reluctant speakers in the secondary classroom
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote - Jess Mantei and Lisa Kervin continued	Karthika Viknarasah Play Before Print: Lighting the Way for Early Literacy Through Voice, Play and Connection	Truong Thi Thu Trang Finding Young Voices: Lighting Pathways to Early Literacy in EFL Contexts	Frankie SFL TBC Designing Dialogic Writing Pedagogies: SFL in Action Through Texts, Talk and Scaffolding	Hayley Harrison Finding their voice: writing activities to encourage thinking, experimentation and transformation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Day 3
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Big Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Andrea Robertson GenAI, Curiosity, Creativity and Critical Thinking	Julie Shepherd lluminating Understanding about Orthography With Year 2 and 4 Students	Bridget Hanna via Zoom Secret Worlds at the End of the Street: Building Stories with Tales from Outer Suburbia	Lucy Walker Lighting the way for Literacy Improvement: Building a sustainable roadmap for Literacy improvement	Jennifer Kompara-Tosio How HSC Legal Studies students write to boost their marks in the final examinations.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Fremantle Press Tour Please note this tour involves walking 15 minutes each way to the venue.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Professor Beryl Exley Lighting the Way for Pre- and Early Adolescent Readers: The GriffLinC Online Reading Tutoring Model	Libby Baker Picture Books as Grammar Gateways: Exploring the Grammar of the Australian Curriculum through Picture Books (60 minute session)	Dr Sue Treble Creating culturally aware communities with ethical AI storying	Lee Dunstall Lighting the Way: From Data to Literacy Transformation	Duolingo
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Dr Natalie Thompson Tracing evidence, guarantees and epistemic harm in literacy policy in Australia	Libby Baker continued	Bridget Hanna Session 2 Trop Jr: Empowering Young Storytellers Through Short Filmmaking	Ondine Bradbury Rich Experiences, Extraordinary Outcomes: Transforming Writing in the Primary Classroom	The Lit Centre
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Day 3
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Kristiina Kumpalianum (virtual) with Lisa Kervin Entangled literacies: Empowering imagination, agency, and relational futures
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up & Close

	Track 1	Track 2
	Conference Day 3 - Thinking Critically
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Day 3 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote - Jess Mantei and Lisa Kervin Making, Moving, Meaning: Lighting the Way for Playful Literacies (60 minute session)	Dr Jess Murphy Lighting the Way: Using Story, Reflection and Metaphor to Build Literacy, Leadership and Self-Awareness
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote - Jess Mantei and Lisa Kervin continued	Karthika Viknarasah Play Before Print: Lighting the Way for Early Literacy Through Voice, Play and Connection
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Day 3
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Big Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Andrea Robertson GenAI, Curiosity, Creativity and Critical Thinking	Julie Shepherd lluminating Understanding about Orthography With Year 2 and 4 Students
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Fremantle Press Tour Please note this tour involves walking 15 minutes each way to the venue.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Professor Beryl Exley Lighting the Way for Pre- and Early Adolescent Readers: The GriffLinC Online Reading Tutoring Model	Libby Baker Picture Books as Grammar Gateways: Exploring the Grammar of the Australian Curriculum through Picture Books (60 minute session)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Dr Natalie Thompson Tracing evidence, guarantees and epistemic harm in literacy policy in Australia	Libby Baker continued
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Day 3
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Kristiina Kumpalianum (virtual) with Lisa Kervin Entangled literacies: Empowering imagination, agency, and relational futures
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up & Close

	Track 3	Track 4
	Conference Day 3 - Thinking Critically
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Day 3 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Deaglan Harney Identifying and overcoming the psychological barriers to success in Literacy	Lightning Talks Click here for session details
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Truong Thi Thu Trang Finding Young Voices: Lighting Pathways to Early Literacy in EFL Contexts	Frankie SFL TBC Designing Dialogic Writing Pedagogies: SFL in Action Through Texts, Talk and Scaffolding
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Day 3
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Big Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Bridget Hanna via Zoom Secret Worlds at the End of the Street: Building Stories with Tales from Outer Suburbia	Lucy Walker Lighting the way for Literacy Improvement: Building a sustainable roadmap for Literacy improvement
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Fremantle Press Tour Please note this tour involves walking 15 minutes each way to the venue.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Dr Sue Treble Creating culturally aware communities with ethical AI storying	Lee Dunstall Lighting the Way: From Data to Literacy Transformation
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Bridget Hanna Session 2 Trop Jr: Empowering Young Storytellers Through Short Filmmaking	Ondine Bradbury Rich Experiences, Extraordinary Outcomes: Transforming Writing in the Primary Classroom
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Day 3
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Kristiina Kumpalianum (virtual) with Lisa Kervin Entangled literacies: Empowering imagination, agency, and relational futures
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up & Close

	Track 5
	Conference Day 3 - Thinking Critically
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Day 3 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Glenn McKenzie Deer in the headlights: enabling reluctant speakers in the secondary classroom
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Hayley Harrison Finding their voice: writing activities to encourage thinking, experimentation and transformation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Day 3
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Big Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Jennifer Kompara-Tosio How HSC Legal Studies students write to boost their marks in the final examinations.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Fremantle Press Tour Please note this tour involves walking 15 minutes each way to the venue.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Duolingo
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	The Lit Centre
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Day 3
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Kristiina Kumpalianum (virtual) with Lisa Kervin Entangled literacies: Empowering imagination, agency, and relational futures
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up & Close

	Track 1
	Conference Day 3 - Thinking Critically
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Day 3 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Keynote - Jess Mantei and Lisa Kervin Making, Moving, Meaning: Lighting the Way for Playful Literacies (60 minute session)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote - Jess Mantei and Lisa Kervin continued
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Day 3
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Big Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Andrea Robertson GenAI, Curiosity, Creativity and Critical Thinking
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Fremantle Press Tour Please note this tour involves walking 15 minutes each way to the venue.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Professor Beryl Exley Lighting the Way for Pre- and Early Adolescent Readers: The GriffLinC Online Reading Tutoring Model
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Dr Natalie Thompson Tracing evidence, guarantees and epistemic harm in literacy policy in Australia
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Day 3
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Kristiina Kumpalianum (virtual) with Lisa Kervin Entangled literacies: Empowering imagination, agency, and relational futures
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up & Close

	Track 2
	Conference Day 3 - Thinking Critically
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Day 3 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Dr Jess Murphy Lighting the Way: Using Story, Reflection and Metaphor to Build Literacy, Leadership and Self-Awareness
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Karthika Viknarasah Play Before Print: Lighting the Way for Early Literacy Through Voice, Play and Connection
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Day 3
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Big Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Julie Shepherd lluminating Understanding about Orthography With Year 2 and 4 Students
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Fremantle Press Tour Please note this tour involves walking 15 minutes each way to the venue.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Libby Baker Picture Books as Grammar Gateways: Exploring the Grammar of the Australian Curriculum through Picture Books (60 minute session)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Libby Baker continued
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Day 3
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Kristiina Kumpalianum (virtual) with Lisa Kervin Entangled literacies: Empowering imagination, agency, and relational futures
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up & Close

	Track 3
	Conference Day 3 - Thinking Critically
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Day 3 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Deaglan Harney Identifying and overcoming the psychological barriers to success in Literacy
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Truong Thi Thu Trang Finding Young Voices: Lighting Pathways to Early Literacy in EFL Contexts
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Day 3
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Big Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Bridget Hanna via Zoom Secret Worlds at the End of the Street: Building Stories with Tales from Outer Suburbia
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Fremantle Press Tour Please note this tour involves walking 15 minutes each way to the venue.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Dr Sue Treble Creating culturally aware communities with ethical AI storying
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Bridget Hanna Session 2 Trop Jr: Empowering Young Storytellers Through Short Filmmaking
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Day 3
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Kristiina Kumpalianum (virtual) with Lisa Kervin Entangled literacies: Empowering imagination, agency, and relational futures
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up & Close

	Track 4
	Conference Day 3 - Thinking Critically
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Day 3 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Lightning Talks Click here for session details
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Frankie SFL TBC Designing Dialogic Writing Pedagogies: SFL in Action Through Texts, Talk and Scaffolding
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Day 3
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Big Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Lucy Walker Lighting the way for Literacy Improvement: Building a sustainable roadmap for Literacy improvement
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Fremantle Press Tour Please note this tour involves walking 15 minutes each way to the venue.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Lee Dunstall Lighting the Way: From Data to Literacy Transformation
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	Ondine Bradbury Rich Experiences, Extraordinary Outcomes: Transforming Writing in the Primary Classroom
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Day 3
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Kristiina Kumpalianum (virtual) with Lisa Kervin Entangled literacies: Empowering imagination, agency, and relational futures
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up & Close

	Track 5
	Conference Day 3 - Thinking Critically
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Day 3 Arrival Tea & Coffee served in Foyer & Exhibition
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Glenn McKenzie Deer in the headlights: enabling reluctant speakers in the secondary classroom
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Hayley Harrison Finding their voice: writing activities to encourage thinking, experimentation and transformation
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	James Foley Day 3
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Big Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Jennifer Kompara-Tosio How HSC Legal Studies students write to boost their marks in the final examinations.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Fremantle Press Tour Please note this tour involves walking 15 minutes each way to the venue.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Duolingo
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM	The Lit Centre
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM	Lunch Day 3
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Kristiina Kumpalianum (virtual) with Lisa Kervin Entangled literacies: Empowering imagination, agency, and relational futures
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Conference Wrap Up & Close

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