Outdoors Victoria Conference 2025
Program & Timetable
Program & Timetable
This year, we’re moving away from traditional conference streams and focusing on key topics instead. Each session is tagged with relevant themes and target audiences, making it easier for attendees to find what interests them most.
Download a PDF version of the agenda. (Last updated version: 6th August 4pm)
Day 1: Thursday, 14th August
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Registration and Networking (Gallery) | Hot Drinks for purchase/Coffee Cart
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Smoking Ceremony + Didjeridoo playing (outside of the Registration and Exhibitor Gallery)
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | MC Welcome, Welcome to Country & Opening Address – Bec Phillips, Chair of Djaara (Circular Lecture Theatre – CLT)
10:30 AM – 11:10 AM | Keynote Session 1: Peta Lawler (40 mins) (CLT) – Director of Experiential Learning at St Michael’s Grammar School (CLT)
11:10 AM- 11:20 AM | MC Next steps/ Transition time
11:20 AM- 11:50 AM | Morning Tea (Gallery)
11:55 AM – 12:55 PM | Concurrent Session Block 1 (6 Presentations) (60 mins)
12:55 PM – 1:55 PM | Lunch (Gallery)
1:55 PM – 2:55 PM | Concurrent Session Block 2 (8 Presentations) (60 mins)
2:55 PM – 3:05 PM | Transition Time
3:05 PM – 4:05 PM | Concurrent Session Block 3 (8 Presentations) (60 mins)
4:05 PM – 4:35 PM | Afternoon Tea (Gallery)
4:40 PM – 5:20 PM | Brian Nettleton Lecture: Dr. Scott Polley RN, BEd, MEd, PhD, SFHEA, FOEA – Program Director of the Bachelor of Outdoor and Environmental Leadership at University of South Australia (Circular Lecture Theatre – CLT)
5:20 PM – 5:40 PM |Group Photo
5:45 PM – 8:00 PM | Drinks + Dinner (Gallery)
Day 2: Friday, 15th August
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Registration and Networking | Hot Drinks for purchase/Coffee Cart
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM | Optional choice of activity
-AAAS workshop by David Marsden (Nancy Long Building)
-Experiential place-based education by La Trobe students – interpretative walk around campus (meet at the IBC lobby)
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Opening address – Special guest + Professor Anna Peeters AM, PhD, Vic Health’s CEO (CLT)
10:15 AM – 11:05 AM | Keynote Session 2 (40 mins) (CLT): Adam Heath – Headmaster of Ballarat Grammar (CLT)
11:05 AM – 11:35 AM | Morning Tea (Gallery)
11:40 AM – 12:40 PM | Concurrent Session Block 4 (10 Presentations) (60 mins)
12:40 PM – 12:50 PM | Transition Time
12:50 PM – 1:50 PM | Concurrent Session Block 5 (8 Presentations) (60 mins)
1:50 PM – 2:50 PM | Lunch (Gallery)
2:50 PM – 3:50 PM | Concurrent Session Block 6 (10 Presentations) (60 mins)
3:50 PM – 4:30 PM | Closing address (CLT) & Afternoon Tea (Gallery)
(Use the filter bar on the right to explore sessions by topic or audience type)
Audiences
- Outdoor Activity, Recreation, and Camp Providers
- State Activity Peaks, Clubs, and Community Groups
- Outdoor Educators (Schools & Tertiary)
- Outdoor Leaders, Guides, Practitioners, and Coordinators
- Emerging Professionals – Uni/TAFE students, trainees, and recent graduates
Please note that some sessions will share a 60-minute time slot (e.g. two 30-minute presentations within the same session).
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