Program

DAY 1 - 6th March
OPENING SESSION
9:00	Welcome to country	Ms Pat Miller, Deputy Administrator
9:10	Introduction - The Importance of Economic Development	Mr Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Chairman, NLC
9:30	Formal opening - The Importance of Indigenous Involvement in the Territory Economy	The Hon Clare Martin, Chief Minister
9:50	Overview - the job ahead Setting the scene - The Challenge Ahead - drawing on latest census and administrative data for the NT	Dr John Taylor, Senior Fellow, CAEPR
10:20	Introductory Comments	Professor Jon Altman, Director, CAEPR
10:30 MORNING TEA
THEME 1 - EMPLOYMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING
11:00	Introduction by session chair
11:10	Case Studies
	Education for What? Partnerships in Indigenous education in the Pilbara	Mr John Cunningham, CEO Projects, Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation
11:25	Mining and employment in Central Australia - The CLC Job Shop - lessons and future directions	Mr David Ross, Director CLC
11:40	Mining and employment in North East Arnhem	Mr Craig Bonney, Administrator, YBE Nabalco Operator Training School
11:55	Papunya IHANT project - Partnerships in community housing that maximise local training and employment opportunities	Ms Alison Anderson, ATSIC Commissioner & Mr Clarry Robinya, ATSIC Regional Council Chairman
12:10	Employment and Training from the Alice to Darwin Railway in the Katherine Region - Lessons and Future Directions	Mr Sean Lange, Railway Project Coordinator, NLC
12:30	Discussion from floor	Ways forward - Panel of Presenters
1:00 LUNCH
THEME 2- FINANCIAL CAPACITY AND GOVERNANCE
2:00	Introduction by session chair	The Hon Paul Henderson MLA, Minister for Business, Industry & Resource Development
2:10	Case Studies
	The Traditional Credit Union - Access to financial services	Ms Bev McMillan, Assistant General Manager, TCU
2:25	Governance	Professor Mick Dodson, Chairman, ANU Institute for Indigenous Affairs & Ms Diane Smith, Fellow, CAEPR
2:55	Central Australian Aboriginal Buying Service	Mr Des Rogers, ATSIC Regional Council Chairman
3:10	Financial Training and Governance	Mr Hugh Lovesy, CEO, Pangea
3:25	Rural Transaction Centres	Mr Paul Davies, Director, Rural Transaction Centres Program, Department of Transport & Regional Services
3:40 AFTERNOON TEA
4:00	Discussion from floor - Ways forward - Panel of Presenters	The Hon Paul Henderson MLA
4:30	Rapporteur - Summary of the Day	Professor Jon Altman
7:00 DINNER *Guest Speaker: The Hon Fred Chaney AO* *Entertainment: Ms Shellie Morris and Ms Lexine Solomon*

DAY 2 - 7th March
THEME 3 - SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC USE OF COUNTRY
9:00	Introduction by session chair	Mr Des Rogers, ATSIC Regional Council Chairman
9:10	Case Studies
9:25	Caring for Country	Mr Michael Storrs, Manager of Land Management, NLC
9:40	Sustainable Harvesting of Wildlife	Dr Peter Whitehead, Director, Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife
9:55	Carbon and Aboriginal Lands	Dr Dick Williams, Principal Research Scientist & Dr Jeremy Russell-Smith, Senior Scientist, CSIRO
10:10	Barramundi Aquaculture Project - Bathurst Island	Mr Jim Smith, Manager & Mr Robert Rowland (Wilipijimi), Farm Technician, Marine Harvest
10:25	Joint management of a pastoral property - Numul Numul station	Ms Moira O’Brien, Director, Numul Numul Station
	Future direction of mining in the Northern Territory	Mr John Carroll, General Manager, Department of Business Industry & Resource Development
10:40 MORNING TEA
11:10	Discussion from floor - Ways forward - Panel of presenters	Mr Des Rogers
12:00 LUNCH
THEME 4 - INDIGENOUS ARTS AND TOURISM STRATEGIES
1:00	Introduction by session chair	Mr Kim Hill, ATSIC Commissioner
1:10	Joint Management of National Park and Tourism - The Nitmiluk Experience	Mr Robert Lee, Chairman, Jawoyn Association
1:25	Northern Territory Indigenous Strategy	Mr Anthony Ellis, Manager of Destination Development, NTTC
1:40	Arts - Case Studies
	The bush economy goes international - Association of Northern Kimberley & Arnhem Aboriginal Artists	Ms Susan Congreve, Manager & Mr Djambawa Marawili, Chairman, Association of Northern Kimberley & Arnhem Aboriginal Artists
1:55	Music business - linking tourism with talent - Marketing Indigenous Performing Arts (MIPA)	Ms Shellie Morris, Performer & Ms Sonny Kent, Project Manager, Marketing Indigenous Performing Arts
2:10	CAAMA - a world leader in multimedia	Ms Priscilla Collins, Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
2:25	Discussion from floor - Ways forward	Commissioner Hill
3:00	Rapporteur - Summary of the Day	Prof Jon Altman
3:30 AFTERNOON TEA
CLOSING SESSION
4:00	Introduction by session chair	The Hon John Ah Kit MLA, Minister Assisting the Chief Minister on Indigenous Affairs
4:10	Next steps	Discussion from floor
4:30	Summary of outcomes	Prof Jon Altman

Last updated: Thursday, May 31, 2007

Program

DAY 1 - 6th March

DAY 2 - 7th March