ACA Conference: New Directions & Better Business 
Program

Day 1, Monday October 1^st, 2012

8:30am

Registrations

9:15am

Welcome & State of Play- David Petherick

10:00-10:45am
 Keynote

Bruce Esplin- Community Resilience- Outdoor Participation & Art- More Alike and More Important Thank You Might Think!

10:45-11 Snapshot

Adam Ruggero: GSDM- Guide to Camps & Outdoor Activity Providers 2013

11:00am

Morning Tea

11:30am

Breakout Sessions

Breakout 1

Breakout 2

Breakout 3

Dr. Paul Salmon-

An Update on UPLOADS: New Insights, New Methods and a new Dawn for the Led Outdoor Activity Domain

Fred Wright- Conflict Management

Anthony Hall- Facilitation on High Ropes Courses

*limited numbers

12:30pm

Lunch- My Camp Stove Rules- Colin Kneebone

2:00pm Snapshot

Tony Carden: Outdoor Leader Online

2:15pm Keynote

Jon Faine- Media and the Outdoors: In the Good Times and the Bad, What do they want and What Should you Give Them?

3:15pm

Afternoon Tea

3:45-4:45pm
Breakout Sessions

Breakout 1

Breakout 2

Breakout 3

Cameron McLeod- VicHealth

Increasing Physical Activity Participation:
A Framework for Action

Peter Eynaud (ACCC): Consumer Gurantees & Cartels

Paul Colagiuri: ‘Why Are They Having So Much Fun’
(Outdoor Session)

5:00-5:45pm
Breakout Sessions

Breakout 1

Breakout 2

Breakout 3

Murray Irwin: Encourage Appropriate Behaviour: A six step approach

Claire Dallat: ACA AAS Bushwalking Audit Tool and Guidance Notes

6:00pm

Annual General Meeting

6:30pm

Pre Dinner Drinks

7:00pm -

Snapshot: Don MacDowall: Outdoor Business Online (15min)

Snapshot: ICDC: What its all about (15min)

Snapshot: GACO

Conference Dinner
Dinner Keynote: REACH Foundation: Finding Heroes Program

ACA Conference: New Directions & Better Business 
Program

Day 2, Tuesday October 2^st, 2012

7:30am

Breakfast

8:00am

Registration

830am Snapshot

Camp America: 

9:00am Keynote

Keynote: Michelle McQuaid:

Positive Psychology and its application for Camps & Outdoor Programs

10:00am (45min)

Breakout Sessions

Breakout 1

Breakout 2

Breakout 3

Dr. Ian Williams-

'Do Outdoor Programs Work? Findings from the National Survey of Outdoor Youth Programs'

Steve Cusworth- Advocacy for the Outdoors: A Campaign Approach

REACH Foundation: Engaging and Facilitating Young People to Realise their Potential

10:45am

Morning Tea

11:00am

Breakout Sessions

Breakout 1

Breakout 2

Breakout 3

Paul Colagiuri- Camp Somerset/Encompass Outdoors:

‘And When It Happened, How Did It All Stack Up In Court?’

Brett Bowden: What is the Value of My Camp?

Mark Collard-

Why Icebreakers Don’t Work

12:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm  

ATAP LAUNCH & WORKSHOP

1:45pm Breakouts 

Breakout 1

Breakout 2

Breakout 3

Anthony Hall & David Forsyth (Halls Outdoors): Outdoor Recreation Traineeships

Scott Bewley: Murrindindi Training Institute:

John Dixon & Peter Thompson-
Protecting People through Asset Improvement

Dr. Simon Sambrano (Venezuela):

Creative Programming

2:45pm

Afternoon Tea

3:15 Snapshot

Joel Treadwell: Fire Levy Update

3:30-4:30pm Keynote

Insp. Greg Hough A.P.M, O.A.M and S/Sgt. Paul Cliffe –

 ‘Chaos to Order’ Crisis Management & Preparation

4:30pm

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