PLENARY SPEAKERS

The conference featured a series of plenary sessions held in Sir John Clancy Auditorium.
Guest speakers included:

• Sylvia Scott - Welcome to Country
• Carol Beaumont - National Secretary, NZ CTU
• Linda Everingham - Lindsay Campaign
• George Wright - Policy and Communications Manager, ACTU
• Greg Combet - Secretary, ACTU
• Chris Walton - Assistant Secretary, ACTU
• Paul Goulter - Director, ACT ECC
• David Clement - National Training Manager, ACTU ECC
• Kevin Curran - IUF
• Vanessa Pillay - Program Manager, Ditsela (South Africa)
• Tristan Douglas - QPSU
• Jeff Lawrence - ACTU Secretary elect
• John Robertson - Secretary, Unions NSW
• Stephen Jones - National Secretary, CPSU
• Louise Tarrant - Assistant Secretary, LHMU
• Tony Maher - General President, CFMEU
• David Whiteley - Executive Manager, Industry Super Network

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

During the conference four separate workshop sessions held over the three days.
The workshop program featured a host of sessions divided into four streams:
Industry planning,
Capacity building,
Internal management/accountability,
Comprehensive campaigning.  

The workshop program included the following sessions (listed by stream):

Industry Planning - Global Growth Project Food Unions - conducted by Kevin Curran, IUF
Industry Planning - The ComCare Scam - conducted by Steve Mullins, ACTU
Industry Planning - Multi union industry planning- conducted by James Ritchie, The New Zealand Dairy Workers Union - Te Runanga Wai U - NZ

Building Capacity - Call Centres - conducted by Stephen Jones, CPSU
Building Capacity - Teaching Defiance: Using learning as a tool in struggle - conducted by Mike Newman & Kathleen Galvin, ACTU
Building Capacity - Delegate Development - conducted by Jane Clarke, ACTU ECC & David Peetz, Griffith University
Building Capacity - Organiser Development - conducted by Jill Biddington, LHMU & Kate Coleman, ACTU ECC
Building Capacity - Industry research - conducted by Troy Burton, LHMU

Internal Management - Building a national union - conducted by Cath Noye & Rose Kerlin, FSU
Internal Management - Lead Organisers - conducted by Tom Lynch, CPSU SPSF Tasmania
Internal Management - Maintenance Organising - conducted by Karene Walton, ACTU ECC
Internal Management - Tracking to Win: internal accountability - conducted by Chris Warren & Erin Knott, MEAA

Comprehensive Campaigning - YRAW: Panel - conducted by Ian Wilson, ACTU & Chris Walton, ACTU
Comprehensive Campaigning - Political Organising - conducted by Adam Kerslake, Unions NSW
Comprehensive Campaigning - Coalitions and Community Unionism - conducted by Amanda Tattersall, Unions NSW
Comprehensive Campaigning - Employer Strategies - conducted by Paul Goulter, ACTU ECC
Comprehensive Campaigning - Successful Political Campaigning - conducted by Tony Sheldon, TWU
Comprehensive Campaigning - Corporate Campaigning - conducted by Sam Roberts, NUW
Comprehensive Campaigning - Using the YRAW to Mobilise Members and Leadership Development - conducted by Judith Kiejda, NSW Nurses’ Association & Nick Lewocki, RTBU
Comprehensive Campaigning - Campaigning as a movement - conducted by Paul Watson & Luke Coxon, NDU NZ

Various - Union Change in South Africa - conducted by Vanessa Pillay, Ditsela South Africa
Various - Forward with Fairness: Examining the ALP IR policy - conducted by Cath Bowtell, ACTU
Various - Commonwealth Bank individual contracts/AWA case study - conducted by Paul Goulter, ACTU ECC
Various - Union Leadership: What works in the current crisis? - Focus group - conducted by Prof, Barbara Pocock & Karen Brown, Centre for Work+Life, UniSA 

If you have any questions regarding The Organising Conference please contact the following:
Sponsorship or General Enquiries: Jackie Kimpton -  jkimpton@actu.asn.au
Registration: Sav Chirumbolo - schirumbolo@actu.asn.au