Final Program

26 – 29 June 2006

Monday 26 June 2006
8am	Registration	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
9am	Conference Official Opening Welcome to Country by Tribal Elder Carolyn Briggs Professor Narenda Chadha ICIP President  Dr Susan Feldman Victoria University Convenor 2006 Conference Welcome Prof Terry Seedsman Victoria University   Official Opening Dr Rob Moodie CEO, VicHealth
10.30am	Morning Tea	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
11am	Keynote Address Prof Valerie Kuehne International Academic/Research University of Victoria British Columbia	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
12 Noon	Lunch	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1pm	Interactive Session Laughter workshop     Singing workshop Dancing Weaving Sudanese & Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
2pm	Afternoon Tea	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3pm	Activities Options - special arrangements ACMI Film Botanic Gardens Library                 Museums City Circle Tram Tours at own expense eg. Philip Island Penguins, River cruises, city sights bus tours	Around Melbourne
5pm	Welcome Reception Introduction: Narender Chadha Keynote Address Justice Between Generations Dr Harry (Rick) Moody Director  Academic Affairs, AARP Mixer	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
6.30pm	Informal at own expense dinner groups: South bank, Lygon Street, Chinatown, St Kilda, River cruise
Tuesday 27 June 2006
8am	Registration	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
9am	Supported by Generated United Chairperson: Donna Butts  Keynote Speaker Crossing gaps; Sudanese, Australian, young, old Matthew Albert   2005 Victorian Young Australian of the year  Gatwech Puoch Sudanese Community Representative Dr Michele Grossman  Victoria University	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
10.30am	Morning Tea	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
11am	Chair: Susan Feldman Supporting Indigenious Australians: Story Writing in Remote Locations – (S.W.I.R.L.) AUDIO VISUAL Link up with Central Australia. Lawry Mahon Victoria University and coordinator of Nyerna Studies University Echuca  Hon Alison Anderson MP Northern Territory  Theresa Nipper Areyonga elder	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
11.30am	Keynote Address Life Long Learning - Intergenerational Exchange Dr Harry (Rick) Moody Director  Academic Affairs, AARP	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
12.30pm	Lunch	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Chair: Danny Ben Moshe Contributed Papers Symposium - Spirituality, Culture, Identity, Language, Community Memory Intergenerational Communication across Three Generations: Working with Trauma's Legacy Tania Nahum, George Halasz, Dr Paul Valent and Ruth Wein Jewish Care	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Chair: Mary Rose McLaren Contributed Papers - Community Development Reaching out - Intergenerational Friendships Diana McCormack and Sharon McCormack Good Shepherd Aged Services Inc. Community Development and Food Security Melville Miranda Victoria University Mixing the generations - from 6 years to 99 years Austen Paterson and Dianne Ritchie Kalkee Community	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Chair: Donna Butts Contributed Papers - Community Capacity Sustaining the teaching profession through intergenerational mentoring and research Professor Barbara Kamler Deakin University The Caring Sandwich Caring for Young and Old - The Price Women Pay Elizabeth Bennett Australian Women's Coalition The World of Paid Care: Innovative Practice Jane Mears Social Justice & Social Change Research Centre, University of Western Sydney	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Chair: Okpovire Oduaran Contributed Papers - Spirituality, Culture, Identity, Language, Community Memory How can creative arts amd cultural activities be used to build connections between young and older people in a diverse community Susan Langford Magic Me, United Kingdom	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Chair: Valerie Kuehne Contributed Papers - Social Connections, Sport and Leisure From Strategy to Street: The Development of Intergenerational Practice in Wales Angela Fish and Alan Hatton-Yeo Wales Centre for Intergenerational Practice Women & Superannuation Chau Jo Vu and Jamie Doughney School of Applied Economics, Victoria University Supportive Policies for all Ages: An analysis of intergenerational policy making in the U.S. Jaia Lent Generation United	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3pm	Afternoon Tea	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3.30pm	Chair: Leng Leng Thang Contributed Papers Symposium – Social Connection Stories of Ageing Alisoun Robertson Older Women's Network Older women Breaking Intergenerational Barriers Amanda Knights and Marjorie Christopher	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3.30pm	Chair: Mary Rose McLaren Contributed Papers – Community Development and Capacity Experience Corps: Creating Pathways for Older Adult to Play Leadership Roles Robert Tietze Temple University Center for Intergenerational Learning Breaking Down Barriers Between Generations Christine Gray The School Volunteer Program Inc Intergenerational Wealth Transfer Michael Liffman Swinburne University	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3.30pm	Chair: Terence Seedsman Contributed Papers – Community Capacity Intergenerational Ethics: Care, Gender, Economics and Justice Dr James Doughney and Susan Feldman Victoria University A Descriptive Analysis of Residential Location Patterns by Race in Huntsville, Alabama for the years 1964, 1980, and 2000 Alison Couch and Wilma Ruffin Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Alabama A&M University Reaching out to CALD elderly: Communication and Information Strategies Klaudia Vainshtein Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3.30pm	Chair: John Carlson Contributed Papers – Social Connections, Sport and Leisure Vive La Difference: Creating Relationship Through Dance And Movement Dr Heather Hill RMIT Exploring Intergenerational Play across a Distance Using Cultural Probes Hilary Davis, Frank Vetere, Peter Francis, Martin Gibbs and Steve Howard  University of Melbourne	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3.30pm	Chair: Akpovire Oduaran Symposium   International Perspectives on Intergenerational Practice: A symposium by the members of the Intergenerational Consortium for Intergenerational Programmes (ICIP) Narender Chadha, Akpovire Oduarano, Alan Hatton-Yeo and Susan Feldman University of Delhi, University of Botswana, Beth Johnson Foundation, and Victoria University	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
5pm	Close Day 2
	Conference Dinner Emu Bottom Historic Homestead (buses depart 6.15 from Flinders Street) Introduction: Karen Jackson Guest Speaker Kutya Edwards Indigenous singer/song writer  Entertainment: Damian's Bush Band	Sunbury
Wednesday 28 June 2006
8am	Registration	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
9am	Chair: Terence Seedsman Keynote Speaker Prof John Carlson  Victoria University Paul Briggs and Katrina Newton Mohamed Rumbalara Football Netball Club Shepparton   Dennis McIntosh	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
10.30am	Morning Tea	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11am	Chair: Margaret Griffiths Contributed Papers Symposium – Social Connections Learning Exchanges: sharing across the generations at Museum Victoria Margaret Griffith, Genevieve Wadham, Georgie Meyer Visitors Programs, Melbourne Museum	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11.00am	Chair: Valerie Keuhne Contributed Papers – Community capacity and Development "Ripples on a pond": the multidimensional consequences of intergenerational practice Dr Judith MacCallum Murdoch University Research Journey Andrew Brown Telford and Wrekin Development Service Raising the single child in urban China –Intergenerational joint mission between parents and grandparents Esther C H Goh University of Hong Kong	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11.00am	Chair: Susan Langford Contributed Papers – Spiritually, Culture, Identity, Language, Community Memory CHISHOLM’S HOMES: Shaking Down the Miracle Flossie Peitsch Victoria University   History of Golden Age Clubs Rimma Sverdlin   Intergenerational issues among minority ethnic groups; The Maltese-Australian case Dr Victoria Borg and Associate Professor Adrian Fisher Victoria University	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11.00am	Chair: Narender Chadha Contributed Papers – Social Connection, Sport and Leisure Participation, Ageing & Wellbeing - The Village Glee Club Intergenerational Choir Pamela Freeman Jewish Care Tai Chi & Chi Kung for Vitality and Longevity Snezana Dabic Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11.00am	Chair: Donna Butts Spirituality, Culture, Identity, Language, Community Memory Culture Matters: The Basics Amy Goyer & Leng Leng Thang  AAARP Foundation Multigenerational Initiatives & National University of Singapore	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
12.30pm	Lunch	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Chair: Leng Leng Thang Contributed Papers   Symposium – Socail Connections, Sport and Leisure Intergenerational relationships in Asia: new transformations in grandparent-grandchildren relationships Dr Leng Leng Thang, Vivian Lou Wei-Qun, Narender K Chadha, Yongwha Kee, Samuel Yeo, Sheng-Ming Yan National University of Singapore, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Delhi, Soongsil University, National University of Singapore, and University of Southern California	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Chair: Brenda Cherednichenko Contributed Papers – Community Development The Effects of Educational Background on Women's Attitudinal Disposition Towards Street Children with Implications for Intergenerational Relationships in Botswana Dr Choja Oduaran University of Botswana   Prolonging independence for older people: an intergenerational solution Beris Campbell and Sarah Pollock Wesley Mission Melbourne   Royal South Street. A case study in intergenerational learning Dr Mary-Rose McLaren Victoria University	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Chair: Amy Goyer Contributed Papers – Dislocation, Exclusion, Ageism & Racism International Collaboration to Improve Health Disparities in Africa Marian Iguanzo Social Worker/Civil Rights Activist   The Age Concern Intergenerational Network Tracey Berridge and Caroline Robertson Age Concern England Chronological age as a normative model of classification and selection Dr Ester Lavie Ruppin Academic Center	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Chair: Joselyn Angus Contributed Papers – Community Wellbeing and Health Intergenerational caring: Current trends in Australian custodial Grandparenting Dr Susan Dann & Jean Shepley National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre Attitudes and concerns of Indian Educators towards Integration of special children Nisha Bhatnagar Victoria University Political Strategies to foster the awakening of intergenerational practices. The case of Spain Mariano Sanchez University of Granada	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3pm	Afternoon Tea	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3.30pm	Chair: Mariano Sanchez Contributed Papers Symposium – Spiritually, Culture, Identity, Language, Community Memory The Status of Intergenerational Approaches to Social Issues: A Multi-Nation Perspective Mariano Sanchez, Leng Leng Thang and Ann-Kristin Bostrom University of Pittsburgh, University of Granada, National University of Singapore and National Swedish Agency for School Improvement	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3.30pm	Chair: Brenda Cherednichenko Contributed Papers – Community Capacity Blacktown Older Womens Network - An integenerational Success Story Pamela Hawkins Blacktown City Council   Community control & knowledge management: community members as facilitators of research Ruth Wallace and Anja Tait Charles Darwin University Alabama Relatives As Parents Program Wilma Ruffin and Alison Couch Alabama A & M University	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3.30pm	Chair: Alan Hatton-Yeo Contributed Papers – Spiritually, Culture, Identity, Language, Community Memory Intergenerational living in culturally and linguistically diverse families Jaya Manchikanti & Connie san Jose Ethic Communities' Council of Victoria (ECCV), Phillipino Community Council of Victoria   School Grandparents in Norway Per Olav Strande School Grandparents Sustaining a Local Intergenerational Network Maureen Statland Chicago Metropolitan Intergenerational Committee	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3.30pm	Chair: Rick Moody Contributed Papers - Donna Butts Generations United The role of family in shaping Diaspora identity with the homeland Danny Ben-Moshe Victoria University Joining Hands Across the Water: Anglo-Japanese Project Scott Baron  International Arts Collaborative	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
5pm	Close Day 3	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
6pm	Informal Dinner (at own expense) - Southbank, Lygon Street, Chinatown, Yarra River Cruise
Thursday 29 June 2006
8am	Registration	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
9am	Chair: Amy Goyer Keynote Speakers Hon Gavin Jennings (MLC) Minister for Aged Care Minister responsible for Senior Victorians Bernard Korbman   Director of Education and Research  and 2  guides from the Holocaust Museum Alan Hatton Yeo   ICIP CEO  Beth Johnson Foundation	Swanston Room, Melbourne Town Hall
10.30am	Morning Tea	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11am	Chair: Victoria Borg Contributed Papers Symposium – Intergenerational issues among minority ethnic groups: The Maltese-Australian case Victoria Borg, Brian Zammit, David Muscat Victoria University	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11.00am	Chair: Mariano Sanchez Contributed Papers Identity and Intergenerational Learning - A challenge for ICIP Ludger Veelken University of Dortmund Under One Roof: Starting and Strengthening Intergenerational Shared Sites Sheri Steinig, Vicki Rosebrook Generations United Supporting Grandfamilies: Information from the Second US Symposium on Grandparents and Other Relatives  Raising Children Brent Elrod, Amy Goyer Generations United and AARP Foundation Multigenerational Initiatives	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11.00am	Chair: Narender Chadha Contributed Papers Grandparents - the alchemists of the 21st century Anne McLeish Grandparents Australia Running Head:  Voices of African American Grandmothers S. Yvette Murphy University of Arkansas Australian Adult “March of the Living”.. ….a three generational journey Pauline Rockman Adult March of the Living, Australia	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11.00am	Chair: Susan Feldman Contributed Papers Changing values Among the Generations: From the Iranian Grand Parents & Grand Children Point of view Raana Boroumand Najafabad Azad University All you need is love - The importance of Keeping Older People Connected in their Communities Sandra Hills Aged & Community Care, Brotherhood of St Laurence Overview for International Consortium for Intergenerational Communities through Creative Exchange Conference Helen Armstrong Old Mates            Waranga Cluster	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
11.00am	Chair: Susan Langford Contributed Papers It was fun dancing with Grandma Diane Amans Freedom in Dance Intergenerational Interchange at School in Japan Yoko Kakuma, Atsuko Kusano Japan Intergenerational Unity Association	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
12.30pm	Lunch	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
1.30pm	Issues Forum facilitated by Prof Terence Seedsman  Victoria University Disaster Impacts: Generations at Risk Panel members: Alan Hatton Yeo ICIP CEO  Beth Johnson Foundation Karen Jackson Victoria University Professor Akpovire Oduaran  University of Botswana Dr Harry (Rick) Moody Director  Academic Affairs, AARP	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
3pm	Closing Ceremony Prof John McCallum Deputy Vice Chancellor Victoria University Dr Susan Feldman hand over for next conference in 2008 Smoking Ceremony	level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne