Welcome from the 2023 Conference Chair

I am delighted to invite your participation at the 2023 Anglican Schools Australia (ASA) National Conference in Canberra. Senior leadership from Australia’s 160 Anglican schools, and the churches and communities that support them, will gather in our national capital from August 4–5, 2023.

We are excited to finally be able to gather face-to-face, on the lands of the Ngunnawal People, who have been meeting here for thousands of years. Canberra provides a myriad of national institutions, which are the perfect backdrop for our gathering and learning. Our conference attendees are looking forward to the many opportunities to network with their peers across the two days.

The program features creative thinkers and inspiring speakers, who will share their deep knowledge of the independent education space and provide exciting ideas for delegates to take back to their schools and communities across Australia.

For the past few years, we have all had to learn how to stay connected, while remaining apart. After the disruption of the past few years, our conference theme –Re-emergence – could not be more fitting.

We will explore the opportunity, innovation and connection that can re-emerge during uncertainty, and how this challenges us and allows us to consider the following questions:

• How can we prepare for individual and collective re-emergence?

• What role do tradition, shared stories, and the wisdom of others play?

• How can our school communities support individuals and groups to see hope and possibility?

• What do we take forward with us, and what do we leave behind?

• How do we respond to worry and fear?

• How can we ensure that justice, equality, and sustainability are part of our reemergence?

I do hope you will take this opportunity to be involved in the Anglican Schools Australia 2023 National Conference, as we imagine, learn and re-emerge together.

Mrs Fiona Godfrey OAM 2023 Conference Chair Principal, Radford College

Keynote Speakers:

Dr Julia Baird

JOURNALIST & AUTHOR

Dr Brad Tucker

ASTROPHYSICIST | COSMOLOGIST

Dr Donna Cross OAM

BEHAVIOURAL SCIENTIST

Mr Thomas Mayo

AUTHOR

The Most Reverend Geoffrey Smith

PRIMATE OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA & ARCHBISHOP OF ADELAIDE

Mr Brennon Dowrick OLY OAM

FORMER OLYMPIAN