DAY THREE | MORNING PLENARY
9:00AM — 10:30AM
Venue open for arrivals from 8:00 AM
Side Event - Track 8
RISE Disco (8:15AM)
Courtney Krulis (Founder, Rise Disco)
Rise Disco is an uplifting movement experience for the mind, body and soul. We’ll incorporate breathwork, dance, motivational movement and meditation to elevate your state and express your joy. In a judgment-free space, you will be guided on an inward journey with silent disco headphones through motivational movement and visualisation techniques. You will walk away feeling more confident, connected and clear minded for the day ahead.
Plenary - Bay 17
Welcome to Day 3
Jirra Harvey (Nexus emcee)
Join emcee Jirra Harvey to welcome in day 3, reflect on highlights from the Summit so far and guide us on how we’ll move from ideas to practical action today.
Plenary - Bay 17
StartGiving: growing the pool to match the scale of the challenges we face
Daniel Petre AO (Founder, StartGiving)
Courtney Miller (Executive Director, The Next Generation)
Nick Molnar (Founder, Afterpay)
Afterpay co-founder Nick Molner and tech veteran Dan Petre will be challenging us to meet the significant philanthropic investment needed to tackle today's biggest social and environmental challenges. High-net-worth Australians’ serial underperformance on the philanthropic front has been a worry of Dan Petre’s since he returned from the US in the early 2000’s. Now he’s helping to inspire a culture of philanthropy amongst young start-up founders and wealth holders. In what is sure to be a thought (and action) provoking conversation with Courtney Miller from the Next Gen Foundation we’re setting the bar high for the second full day of the summit.
Plenary - Bay 17
Behind the scenes: meet the movement leading climate advocacy
Claire O'Rourke (Author and Energy Transformation Project Co-director, The Sunrise Project)
Arielle Gamble (Co-founder, Groundswell)
Larissa Baldwin (CEO, GetUp)
Simon Holmes à Court (Founder, Climate200)
Varsha Yajman (Organiser, School Strike for Climate)
Brynn O'Brien (Executive Director, Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility)
2022 was the climate election - but this didn’t happen by chance, it happened as the result of decades of behind the scenes advocacy, community organising and decision maker engagement. In this session we’ll take you under the hood of the climate movement - you’ll develop an understanding of climate advocacy and different roles within the movement, and gain an understanding of the logic behind supporting the ‘ecosystem’ of advocacy in order to win enormous societal shifts. Political opportunity, socitial appetite and the urgent need all make this moment a critical one to scale up climate advocacy, so join us to find out how you can get involved.
DAY THREE | MORNING BREAK
10:30AM — 11:00AM
DAY THREE | BREAKOUT 1
11:00AM — 12:00PM
Breakout - Bay 17
Business for good
Christina Chun (COO, Social Enterprise Australia)
Stuart Cook (Founder, Twiyo Capital)
Nicole Engelman (Head of Philanthropy, Cooper Investors and the MaiTri Foundation)
Marcus Watson (BackTrack Youthworks)
In this enlightening session you’ll learn from successful social entrepreneurs using business for good. From shifting the narrative on First Nations issues within business frameworks, to providing OzHarvest with an exciting new income stream, our speakers have all set up successful social enterprises that use integrity of business as tools for good. Come away with practical lessons and a thirst for innovation.
Breakout - Track 8
Redefining philanthropy
Apryl Day (Executive Officer, Djadhowa Foundation)
Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran (Activist and entrepreneur)
Georgia Mathews (Director of Philanthropic Services, Australian Communities Foundation)
Amelia Telford (First Nations Justice Director, Australian Progress)
How can we transform philanthropy in a way that transforms society? Getting to the root cause is critical to making a difference and having impact, but we need to make sure that we’re walking the talk and holding ourselves accountable to this in our work, our lives and in philanthropy. In this session we’ll hear stories and examples of how those lived experiences, particularly First Nations people and communities of colour, are already leading the solutions and calling on you to get behind them.
Breakout - Track 12
Launch: Climate Compass results
Claire O'Rourke (Energy Transformation Program Director, The Sunrise Project)
Rebecca Huntley (Director of Research, 89 Degrees East)
TBC
DAY THREE | MIDDAY PLENARY
12:00PM — 1:15PM
Plenary - Bay 17
Funding the future: keynote
Monica Cordova (Executive Director, Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing - FYCO)
Founded in 2000, the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing (FCYO) is a dynamic collective of social justice funders and youth organising practitioners dedicated to advancing youth organising as a strategy for youth development and social change. They bring funders and youth organisers together to ensure that young people have the resources, capacities and infrastructure they need to fight for a more just and democratic society. We are so honoured to have the Executive Director of FCYO, Monica Cordova, here in Sydney for a keynote address - expect to be inspired and motivated by Monica's passion and commitment to transformative social change.
Plenary - Bay 17
Philanthropy's role in amplifying lived expertise
Jirra Harvey (Nexus emcee)
Victoria Yim (Grantmaking Partnerships Program Manager, Zoom Cares)
Viv Benjamin (Founder, Global & Collective )
Amelia Telford (First Nations Justice Director, Australian Progress)
Over the last few years Zoom has taken over the world from school kids to grandparents using the platform to connect and learn and work. With Zoom Cares they have focused their philanthropy on grassroots organisations who amplify the lived experience of communities. In this session you’ll learn about the revolutionary Zoom giving model, whereby community expertise is centred and informs where the money flows.
DAY THREE | LUNCH
1:15PM — 2:30PM
DAY THREE | LUNCH NETWORKING
1:45PM — 2:30PM
Lunch Event - Bay 17
Accelerate Your Passions
Jirra Harvey (Facilitated Table Conversations)
We know the best connections often happen over food. You’ll have the chance to connect with other summit participants, discuss your ideas and discover shared passions during these facilitated table conversations.
DAY THREE | BREAKOUT 2
2:30PM — 3:30PM
Breakout - Bay 17
How to build your impact investing strategy
Neeraj Aggarwal (Associate Director, Australian Impact Investments)
Grace Mathew (Managing Director, We Think)
Hanna Ebeling (CEO, Sefa)
Join Associate Director at Australian Impact Investments, Neeraj Aggarwal, and Growth and Impact Strategist Grace Mathew for a workshop to learn the skills and knowledge needed to achieve profitable investments for transformative change. You’ll have the chance to network with other changemakers interested in impact investing, learn how to figure out if an investment is unintentionally doing harm and walk away with practical advice to develop your own impact investing strategy.
Breakout - Track 8
The role of philanthropy in disaster recovery
Naomi Moran (General Manager, Koori Mail)
Sarah Matthee (General Manager Partnerships, Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal)
Peter McArdle (Climate and Environment Leader, Humanitarian Advisory Group)
Over the last few years we have seen the impacts of devastating bushfires and floods on communities in Australia, and many of us have asked, what is the role of philanthropy in responding to, and supporting mitigation of, these crises. In this session you’ll hear an engaging panel discussion with diverse perspectives on the role of philanthropy in disaster recovery and investment in community building. We’ll cover funding advocacy and systems change, examples of supporting community power and capacity, and reactive vs proactive approaches to funding disasters.
Breakout - Track 12
(FUNDER ONLY) Managing challenging family conversations
Ali Green (CEO and Co-founder, Pantera Press)
Marty Green (Director, Pantera Press)
Bec Milgrom (CEO, Tripple)
Rachel English (Senior Foundation Manager, Mutual Trust)
In this session Rachel English will lead us through how to navigate difficult conversations about the direction of family philanthropy. You’ll have a chance to discuss and learn from peers who have a wide range of experience as next gen wealth holders.
DAY THREE | AFTERNOON TEA
3:30PM — 4:00PM
DAY THREE | CLOSING PLENARY
4:00PM — 5:30PM
Plenary - Bay 17
Transformative change from the NEXUS community and beyond: speaker relay
Vanessa Farrelly (Arrernte Language Project Officer, Partame Master-Apprentice Project)
Stuart Cook (Chair, For Purpose Co - OzHarvest Ventures)
JoJo Ferris (Head, Olympic Refugee Foundation)
Laurence Marshbaum OAM (Founder and Chair, 10x10 Philanthropy)
Melanie Tran (User Experience Designer, HireUp)
Bec Milgrom (CEO, Tripple)
These are the changemakers you don’t want to miss! Hear from Vanessa Farrelly, Grace Vegesana, Melanie Tran, JoJo Ferris, Laurence Marshbaum, Bec Milgrom and Stuart Cook, who’ll share insights from their thought-leading work to shift systems for a fairer future and transform ambitious plans from an idea to reality.
Performance - Bay 17
Musical PEFORMANCE
Little Green (Musician, Songwriter, Artist)
As we say goodbye after a mind-expanding few days Little Green, otherwise known as Amy Nelson will delight our ears with her unique blend of acoustic jazz, indie, folk and pop. Incorporating acoustic guitar loops, vocals, sax and flute into her live show, she has been likened to artists such as Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, Tash Sultana, and the guy from Anchor Man.
DAY THREE | CLOSING DRINKS
6:00PM — 8:00PM
Side Event
Closing Drinks
The Rose of Australia, Erskineville (1 Swanston Street, Erskineville)
A chance to debrief, share your lessons or maybe just relax and have a few drinks with new friends.