PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Date: Tuesday 8th October, 2024

Location: Members Dining Room 2,
Old Parliament House
18 King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT, 2600

Arrival Instructions:
Please arrive through the front entrance of Old Parliament House where a member of the Regional Arts Australia team will welcome you. Registration will be open from 9am, the Summit will commence at 10am.

9am: Registration & Morning Tea on arrival | Old Parliament House, Members Dining Room 2

9am - 10am: Terrace, Old Parliament House 
Warren and Donna Mason will host a grounding practice for the day’s activities.

10am: Welcome to Country
Ngunnawal Traditional Owner Aunty Violet Sheridan

10am - 12:30pm: Morning Session
The mornings conversations will be focused around systems change. We are so often reminded how diverse and extraordinary artistic practice is. To be effectively equipped for the advances and opportunities that will be part of our future, we need to be guided by systems change; First nations self-determination, place-informed initiatives, economic sustainability, diversifying engagement and connection. We question the need for innovative creative ecosystems, and to understand the challenges of systemic, core and purposive elements.

12:30pm - 1:10pm: Lunch break
We will be catering for vegetarian/vegan diets but please let us know if you have any severe food restrictions.

1:10pm: Afternoon Session
After lunch, we will shift our thinking to look beyond the arts sector at agriculture, Circular Economy Transition and Tech economies. The time is right for the arts and creative industries to take a lead role in regional development, for the arts be been understood as essential in the make-up of future liveable regions.

3:30pm - 4pm: Afternoon Tea Break

4pm - 5:30pm: The Summit will wrap up with an in-room discussion around the opportunities to work collectively in cross sector partnerships and collaborations as critical to success of a creative, innovative, sustainable future.

5:30pm - 6:30pm: Summit Networking 
We invite you to join the Regional Arts Australia Board and team in Members Dining Room 3 for Summit Networking. We will be providing light snacks and a range of non-alcoholic beverages.

VENUE + ACCESS INFORMATION

Location: Members Dining Room 2,
Old Parliament House
18 King George Terrace, Parkes
ACT, 2600

Arrival Instructions:
Please arrive through the front entrance of Old Parliament House where a member of the Regional Arts Australia team will welcome you. Registration will be open from 9am, the Summit will commence at 10am. 

Access:
Accessible access to Members Dining Room 2 is from Queen Victoria Terrace via the driveway and pedestrian bridges; the latter have easy access ramps, and easy access toilets are also at level. A hearing loop is available in this space. Free accessible parking and accessible pick-up and drop-off are located at the front of the Museum of Australian Democracy.

Parking:
There are paid, short-stay spaces at the front and on either side of Old Parliament House. Paid, long-stay spaces are behind Old Parliament House on Queen Victoria Terrace and next to the Treasury and John Gorton Buildings.

Buses from Canberra city
• Routes 57 and 58 stop near the Treasury Building on Langton Crescent, a five-minute walk.
• Rapid routes 2 and 6 stop at the John Gorton Building on Parkes Place, a six-minute walk.
• Rapid routes 4, 5, 7 and 10 stop opposite Albert Hall on Commonwealth Avenue, a 12-minute walk.