Achieving Social Connection & Community Resilience

Keynote: Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP

Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities & Treasury delivers the keynote address for the conference, Achieving Social Connection & Community Resilience: Joining the dots between policy, practice, research and community.

The session and Q&A is facilitated by Chris Kwong, Head of Government & Strategic Initiatives, Australian Red Cross and Kath Cooney, Red Cross Emergency Services Volunteer.

Making Connection Happen in Practice: What is the role of local government?

Seb Cunningham, Team Leader Social Policy and Planning, Connected Communities and Janet Reid, Head of Community Facility Management, both from the City of Casey discuss the findings from the research and their experiences to examine the role of local government in building social connection.

This is followed by a Q&A with Dr Milovan Savić and Professor Jane Farmer from the Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne University and Chris Kwong from Australian Red Cross.

Blurred Boundaries: Social Media and Social Connection in Outer Metropolitan Suburbs

Dr Milovan Savić, Research Fellow, Social Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University shares the findings on the role of social media from the ARC Linkage Project, Activating Social Connection.

This is followed by a Q&A with Dr Milovan Savić and Professor Jane Farmer from the Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne University and Chris Kwong from Australian Red Cross.

What is to be done about community disaster resilience & is it an issue of better social connection?

Rhiannon Hunt, Acting National Lead, Disaster Resilience, Australian Red Cross explores the relationship between community disaster resilience and social connection by presenting the work being done by Australian Red Cross.

This is followed by a Q&A with Rhiannon, Professor Jane Farmer (Swinburne University) and Chris Kwong (Australian Red Cross). This is followed by a Q&A with Dr Milovan Savić and Professor Jane Farmer from the Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne University and Chris Kwong from Australian Red Cross.

Social connection for individuals & communities: early findings from Activating Social Connection

Professor Jane Farmer, Foundation Director, Social Innovation Research Institute, Swinburne University, examines what can be done for social connection for individuals and communities and how are we faring by presenting the research findings from the ARC Linkage Project, Activating Social Connection (LP200301335).

This is followed by a Q&A with Rhiannon, Professor Jane Farmer (Swinburne University) and Chris Kwong (Australian Red Cross). This is followed by a Q&A with Dr Milovan Savić and Professor Jane Farmer from the Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne University and Chris Kwong from Australian Red Cross.