Program

2025 SASPA Annual Conference

8:00am Registration Opens & Networking time & Light Breakfast Refreshments
8:45am Conference starts
Welcome to Country	Jack Bucksin
Minister's Official Opening	Minister for Education, Training & Skills; Hon. Blair Boyer
Chief Executive’s Conference Welcome	Kirsty Amos, SASPA Chief Executive
Welcome: Dr Alice Rigney Oration	Eva Kannis-Torry, SASPA President
Dr Alice Rigney Oration: Codesigning Indigenous Education for Deadly Futures Click here for Oration abstract	Associate Professor Marnee Shay
11:00am-11:40am Morning Tea
Keynote: Promoting inclusion and equity in education: lessons from international experience. Click here for Keynote abstract	Professor Mel Ainscow
12:55pm-1:55pm Lunch
Breakout Session 1	See Breakout Sessions here
Address to delegates	Chief Executive, Department for Education; Professor Martin Westwell
4:15pm – 5:30pm Networking function	Morphettville Racecourse: Morphett Room, includes canapés and drinks.
6:00pm Dinner function (Please select option in registration if you wish to attend)	Morphettville Racecourse - Lounge Room, includes 2 course Dinner and drinks.

8:00am Networking time & Light Breakfast Refreshments
8:45am Welcome Day 2	Rosie Heinicke
Welcome to Country	Warriapendi Secondary School
SASPA President address	Eva Kannis-Torry
Breakout Session 2	Click here for breakout session details
10:40am-11:20am Morning Tea
Breakout Session 3	Click here for breakout session details
12:30m-1:30pm Lunch
Reflections & Feedback time	Complete feedback form here
Closing Keynote: Imagination and activism for the re-conceptualised principalship. Click here for Keynote abstract	Dr Fiona Longmuir
3:30pm Closing Remarks & Conference Close	Kirsty Amos & Rosie Heinicke

Please note:
This program is subject to change by the SASPA conference planning committee