National Catholic Education Commission is partnering with host diocese, Catholic Education Diocese of Cairns to offer an engaging professional learning experience for an anticipated 1,500 Catholic educators, leaders, clergy, parents and others from the broader Church involved in Catholic education. The conference will take place in Cairns, QLD from Wednesday 20th August - Friday 22nd August.

With the theme ‘hope, anchored in faith’, the conference will focus on the strategic vision and mission of Catholic education across three key areas – Faith, Excellence and Access. We will be featuring a broad range of speakers, presentations and workshops focused on Catholic identity, mission and formation; learning and teaching; leadership and governance; parent engagement; parish and community engagement; resourcing and infrastructure; advocacy and marketing; and more.

If you can’t make it to Cairns for the Conference, you may like to consider purchasing a discounted on-demand ticket. For $499, you’ll gain access to over 70 keynote presentations, panel discussions, masterclasses and workshops – available to watch from anywhere, anytime.

The on-demand ticket provides three months* access to explore a rich library of professional learning content centred around our theme hope, anchored in faith, with streams focused on Faith, Excellence and Access. It also includes access to presentations from headline speakers – Sr Nathalie Becquart xmcj, Prof Dylan Wiliam, Dr Steve Constantino, Dr Simon Breakspear and Dr Jordana Hunter.

The on-demand ticket will be available shortly after the conference concludes – so you can watch, reflect and revisit sessions at your own pace. For more information, please click here.

*Please note: due to speaker agreements, a small number of presentations will only be available for one month’s access and Dylan Wiliam’s full day workshop will not be recorded.