
2025 CONFERENCE PROGRAM (DRAFT)
THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Description of first day.
9:30-10:00 am
Arrival Tea and Coffee
10:00-10:05 am
Welcome and Housekeeping – NEAS
TBC
TBC
NEAS Australia
10:05-10:10 am
Welcome to Country
10:10-10:15 am
Welcome from the NEAS Board
Prof. Tanya Buchanan
Chair of the NEAS Board
NEAS Australia

10:15-10:25am
Welcome from the Conference Premium Sponsor
10:25-11:10 am
Opening Plenary
Noor Azizah
Co-Founder & Director
Rohingya Women’s Network
11:10-11:30 am
Morning Tea
11:30am-12:30 pm
Keynote Session
TBC
12:30-1:30 pm
Buffet Lunch and Networking
1:30-2:30 pm
Sponsored by LanguageCert
Keynote Session
The Need for Oracy in the Age of AI
Cathy Jones
LanguageCert

2:30-3:30 pm
Panel: Government Voices
TBC
3:30-4:00 pm
Afternoon Tea
4:00-4:45 pm
Panel: International Student Voices-From
Arrival to Belonging: An International Student’s Story in Australia
Dr Olaitan Temitope Ogunbodede
4:45-5:00 pm
New Endorsements Ceremony
5:00-6:00 pm
Networking Drinks and Canapes
FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
9:00-9:20 am
Arrival Tea and Coffee
9:20-9:25 am
Welcome Back and Housekeeping – NEAS
9:25-10:00 am
School Accommodation: Rethinking Homestay
Professional Learning Teams – Creating a Supportive Community with ELT and Mainstream Teachers of EAL/D Students

David Ferguson
John Paul College

Megan Huber
St Laurence’s College
10:00-10:35 am
TBC
Building Bridges: Fostering Belonging Through Peer-Driven Engagement in International Education

Jo Hernandz
Allianz Partners Australia
10:35-11:00 am
Morning Tea
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Finding your place when you don’t belong’?
Community Engagement Through Language Projects and Outreach
Vanessa Newberry
Hills International College
Jo Kwai
John Paul College
Leisl Bruhn
Ivanhoe Grammar School
Zoe Repse
Swinburne University
12:00-1:00 pm
Buffet Lunch and Networking
1:00-1:35 pm
A Transnational Delivery Experience
Whole-person and in-community learning and support as a basis for enabling student success
Saavas Papandony
Australian Academy of Commerce
Ash Moor
UQ College
1:35-2:05 pm
TBC
TBC
2:05-2:35 pm
Afternoon Tea
2:35-3:35 pm
Closing Plenary
3:35-4:00 pm
NEAS CEO Address
Adam Kilburn
Chief Executive Officer
NEAS Australia

4:00-5:00 pm
Networking Drinks and Canapes
Please note, all times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
