Engineers Without Borders Conference 27 November - 29th November 2008 Melbourne, Australia

Engineers Without Borders will hold their 3rd Annual National Conference, 27 to 29 November 2008 in Melbourne. EWB send volunteers to disadvantaged communities in Australia and overseas to help with access to sustainable technologies, such as solar powered wireless Internet.

Program

Thursday, November 27^th

Water and Sanitation
	Registrations & breakfast
9:30 AM > 10:15 AM	Conference Opening: Daniel Almagor , CEO, Engineers Without Borders
10:15 AM > 10:45 AM	Opening Keynote: Become CONSCIOUS, in new ways, of the relationship water and sanitation have to community development.
10:45 AM > 11:15 AM	Morning Tea
11:15 AM > 12:15 PM	Parallel sessions: Grow CONCERNED by hearing stories of how this sector impacts on communities around the world (select from the following)
	1. Interactive Session With Keynote Presenter
	2. Clare Idriss, Centre for Appropriate Technology, Water and Health in Indigenous Communities
	3.Sue Lennox, Oz green
	4. EWB Challenge Presentations EWB Challenge Finalist Teams showcase their designs before a distinguished panel of judges. Outstanding teams will be recognised at the EWB Challenge Awards ceremony on Thursday evening.
12:15 PM > 1:15 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM > 2:00 PM	Parallel sessions: COMPREHEND the complexities of the situation by listening to national and international experts explore issues in detail (select from the following)
	1. Juliet Willetts , Institute for a Sustainable Future
	2. EWB Research Students, Fourth Year Research Students from around Australia share the outcomes of research programs based on EWB’s International Programs.
	3. EWB Challenge Presentations EWB Challenge Finalist Teams showcase their designs before a distinguished panel of judges. Outstanding teams will be recognised at the EWB Challenge Awards ceremony on Thursday evening.
In Depth Workshop, 1:00 PM > 3:00 PM	4. PHAST Workshop, Gabrielle Harclow, International Women’s Development Agency Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) Workshop: Learn how community water management can improve hygiene and sanitation practices
2:00 PM > 3:00 PM	Parallel sessions (select from the following)
	1. Jerome Bowen and Katie Third , Engineers Without Borders, The Tenganan Water Supply Project
	2. Alison Baker, GHD
	3. EWB Challenge Presentations EWB Challenge Finalist Teams showcase their designs before a distinguished panel of judges. Outstanding teams will be recognised at the EWB Challenge Awards ceremony on Thursday evening.
In Depth Workshop, 1:00 PM > 3:00 PM	4. PHAST Workshop, Gabrielle Harlcrow , International Women’s Development Agency Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) Workshop: Learn how community water management can improve hygiene and sanitation practices
3:00 PM > 3:30 PM	Break
3:30 PM > 4:30 PM	Keynote
4:30 PM > 5:30 PM	CHALLENGE yourself by exploring the issues that matter to you in themed discussion groups Focus Groups Development Practice | Community Engagement | Aboriginal Partnerships | Appropriate Technology and Design | Public Education | Engineering Education | Social Change | General
	Finish
6:00 PM > 7:00 PM	EWB Challenge Award: Delegates are invited to drinks with the EWB Challenge finalists and industry sponsors. Share the excitement as the 2008 EWB Challenge Champion team is announced.
7:00 PM > Onwards	Social event: BBQ & Music

Friday, November 28^th

Accessibility
	Registrations & breakfast
9:00 AM > 9:15 AM	Plenary session
	Review of Day 1 and Introduction to Day 2
9:15 AM > 10:15 AM	Become CONSCIOUS, in new ways, of the relationship technologies can have to community development.Keynote: Technology as Enabler - Disability, Development and Technology Panelists: Priscilla Brice-Weller, Online Campaign Coordinator, ANTaR
10:30 AM > 11:15 AM	Parallel sessions: Grow CONCERNED by hearing stories of how this sector impacts on communities around the world (select from the following)
	1. Interactive Session With Keynote Presenter
	2.
	3.Tam Nguyen, Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics
In Depth Workshop, 10:15 AM > 12:45 PM	4. Participatory Development Workshop: Pip Chandler, Adaptive Thinking, Strengths Based Approaches to Development: Putting Theories into Action
11:15 AM > 11:45 AM	Break
11:45 AM > 12:45 PM	Parallel sessions: COMPREHEND the complexities of the situation by listening to national and international experts explore issues in detail (select from the following)
	1.
	2.
	3. Nathan Rabe , International Development Support Services (IDSS)
In Depth Workshop, 10:15 AM > 12:45 PM	4. Participatory Development Workshop: Pip Chandler, Consultant, Adaptive Thinking, Strengths Based Approaches to Development: Putting Theories into Action
12:45 PM > 1:45 PM	Lunch
1:45 PM > 4:00 PM	Appropriate Technology Expo : Meet the Makers: Delegates informally chat with and meet the designers of innovative technologies
4:00 PM > 5:00 PM	Keynote: Mick Dodson , Co Chair, Reconciliation Australia, Access in Remote Indigenous Communities
5:00 PM > 5:30 PM	Challenge yourself by exploring the issues that matter to you in themed discussion groupsFocus Groups Development Practice | Community Engagement | Aboriginal Partnerships | Appropriate Technology and Design | Public Education | Engineering Education | Social Change | General
	Finish
	Social event: Critical Mass Birthday Ride

Saturday, November 29^th

The Built Environment
	Registrations & breakfast
9:00 AM > 9:15 AM	Review of Day 2 and Introduction to Day 3
9:15 AM > 10:15 AM	Opening Keynote: Become CONSCIOUS, in new ways, of the relationship water and sanitation have to community development.Alex Zahnd , Rural International Development Services Nepal
10:15 AM > 11:15 PM	Parallel sessions: Grow CONCERNED by hearing stories of how this sector impacts on communities around the world (select from the following)
	1. Interactive Session With Keynote Presenter, Alex Zahnd
	2. Paul Pholeros , Healthabitat
	3.
In Depth Workshop, 10:15 AM > 3:00 PM	4. Development Simulation Activity - Monsoon Become an Indian farming family and explore issues of poverty and justice under the fickle Indian monsoon. Monsoon is a realistic and highly interactive simulation game that focuses on some of the dynamics of poverty in an imaginary village near Mysore in India. Players take the roles of farmers and experience some of the forces that shape people’s lives in a village.
11:15 AM > 11:45 AM	Break
11:45 AM > 12:45 PM	Parallel sessions: COMPREHEND the complexities of the situation by listening to national and international experts explore issues in detail (select from the following)
	1.
	2.Judy Hagan, EWB Volunteer, Sanitation in Cambodia
	3.Donna Green , Climate Change and Indigenous knowledge
In Depth Workshop, 10:15 AM > 3:00 PM	4. Development Simulation Activity - Monsoon Become an Indian farming family and explore issues of poverty and justice under the fickle Indian monsoon. Monsoon is a realistic and highly interactive simulation game that focuses on some of the dynamics of poverty in an imaginary village near Mysore in India. Players take the roles of farmers and experience some of the forces that shape people’s lives in a village.
12.45 PM > 1.45 PM	Lunch
2:00 PM > 2:45 PM	Parallel sessions: (select from the following)
	1.
	2.
In Depth Workshop, 2:00 PM> 3:45 PM	3. Gender Analysis Workshop, Cara Ellickson and Anuradha Mundkur, Gender Consortium Delegates will learn about the importance of considering gender in development programs and the appropriate skills, frameworks and approaches to assess and analyse situations from a gendered perspective.
	4. Development Simulation Activity - Monsoon
3:00 PM > 3:45 PM	Challenge yourself by exploring the issues that matter to you in themed discussion groupsFocus Groups Development Practice | Community Engagement | Aboriginal Partnerships | Appropriate Technology and Design | Public Education | Engineering Education | Social Change | General
3:45 PM > 4:00 PM	Break
	Keynote session
4:00 PM > 4:45 PM	Bob McMullan Federal Minister for Fraser and Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance
4.45 PM > 5:30 PM	Finale: EWB in 2009
	Social event: Conference Party