8.00am–9.00am RegistrationRoom Auditorium9.00am–10.30am Welcome to country: Mrs Iris Glenbar

Cultural performance: Wulgurukaba Walkabout DancersIntroduction: NQLC and AIATSIS ChairpersonKeynote address: Kevin SmithChair: Glen Kelly

10.30am–11.00am Morning tea

Room Magnetic Room Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Palm Room

Chair David Saylor Keith Thomas Lisa Strelein

11.00am–12.30pm

Women’s Indigenous Talking Circle

Overcoming challenges in the Torres Strait

Building strong Aboriginal Corporations

Working through issues in compensation

Sandra Creamer, Ivy Trevallion, Leann Wilson & Joanne Cassady Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s empowerment and moving forward to self-determination and economic gain

Please note that this session is for Indigenous women only.

Doug Passi, Ned David & Garagu Kanai 25 years since the Mabo decision: the advancement of PBCs in the Torres Strait and the challenges we face

Frank Loban Ngalpun lag – Managing Land Tenure and Native Title on Badu: Successes and Challenges

Simon Hawkins Emerging Aboriginal Corporations: Executive Office Support, Trusts and the future role of Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation

Margaret Rose, Martina Badal, Shirley Spratt & Geraldine George How we work together to share Nyangumarta/Karajarri country

Lisa Strelein & Rebecca Hughes Compensation in native title

Pamela Kaye & Glenys Hayes Planning for the future: maximising native title compensation through the use of Future Funds

Marcus Stewart & Dan Kelly The Victorian Traditional Owner Settlement Act: Taungwurrung Negotiations

12.30pm–1.30pm Lunch

Room Magnetic Room Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Palm Room

Chair Belinda Burbidge Austin Sweeney

1.30pm–3.00pm

Indigenous Men’s Talking Circle

National representation for Prescribed Bodies Corporate

Research and technology in the native title sector

Indigenous knowledges and agreement making

Please note that this session is for Indigenous men only.

Glen Kelly Developing a national dialogue on native title

Erika Blades & Chelsea Stanway PBCs Capabilities and Services Framework: enabling PBCs to assess, evaluate and develop their capability and function

Tim Wishart, Rachel Bray & Eugine McCluskey Harnessing technology to manage native title: TraKS – a bespoke, secure cloud-based agreement management tool

David Saylor, Kathleen Wiletts, Brad Foster, Shirley Chong, Rodney Connelly, Kevin Cairns, Fred O’Keefe, Eunice O’Keefe & Derek Aplin Century Mine and the Gulf Communities Agreement: lessons learnt from a Waanyi Perspective

3.00pm–3.30pm Afternoon tea

Day 1: NTRB and PBC Program Monday 5 June, 9.00am–5.00pm

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Day 1: NTRB and PBC Program continuedRoom Magnetic Room Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Palm Room

Chair Stephen Ducksbury Graham O’Dell Kaylene Malthouse

3.30pm–5.00pm

Indigenous Youth Forum Community development in northern Australia

Regional claims and agreements

Looking after native title

Charlee-Sue Frail & Dune Fraser

Please note that this session is for Indigenous youth only.

Rhonda Jacobsen, Jasmine Clubb, Alwyn Lyall & Brad Grogran Planning for your Community

Joann Schmider, Fiona Jose & Allan Dale Traditional owners and ‘Our North, Our Future: Developing Northern Australia’

Robert Blowes SC Native title claims research - where to pitch the microscope

Adam Mclean & Dion Creek Regional native title claims and large infrastructure agreements: on the way to a regional treaty?

Tim Wishart Section 203BJ(b) and regional research - the Queensland South Approach

Colleen Wall Aboriginal Grandmother's law

Peter Murray, Terry Murray, Marmingee Hand, Joseph Nuggett & Irene Jimbidee It's time to wake up that Ngurrara Canvas - Parnkijarrinyu Ngurrara

5.00pm Day 1: NTRB and PBC Program comes to an end

Welcome Reception 5.15pm–7.30pmVenue Auditorium and Lawns, Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre

5.15pm–7.30pmWelcome to Country: Virginia WylesWelcome: Craig Ritchie, Chief Executive Officer, AIATSIS, Kaylene Malthouse, Chairperson, North Queensland Land CouncilCultural Performance: Wulgurukaba Walkabout Dancers and the Yarrabah Dancers

Monday 5 June, 9.00am–5.00pm

8.00am–9.00am RegistrationRoom Auditorium

9.00am–10.30am

Welcome to country: Virginia WylesCultural performance: Meriam and Torres Strait IslanderIntroductory remarks: Gail MaboMabo lecture: June Oscar AOChair: Craig Ritchie

10.30am–11.00am Morning tea

Room Magnetic Room Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Palm Room

Chair Cedric Hassing Kevin Smith Chris Marshall Geoffrey Winters

11.00am–12.30pm

Reflecting on Mabo 25 years later

Partnerships for energy security

Water: gaining rights Considering decision-making in native title claims

Bryan Keon-Cohen AM QC with Meriam families The Mabo Litigation 1982–1992: A photographic reflection

Eddie Fry, Harriet Kater, Marcus Stewart, Steve Rogers & Kirsty Gowan Partnerships for energy security: a pathway for independence and self-determination

Virginia Marshall Establishing a compelling case for a Reserved Indigenous Water Rights regime as a crucial step towards advancing Aboriginal health, economic prosperity and cultural vitalityKatie O’Bryan Beyond native title: Future Directions in legislative recognition of Indigenous water management rights in Aotearoa New Zealand and Victoria Jennifer Jude Proposal for a native title registration model to supplement the current native title registration system

Susan Phillips Options for overlapping claims and shared country: filling in the gaps Michael Dockery & Lynette Shaw Aboriginal Assets? The impact of major agreements associated with native title in Western Australia Graham Castledine, Royce Evans & Elaine James Traditional decision making in native title: finding a pathway through the cultural, legal and administrative maze

12.30pm–1.30pm Lunch

Book Launch Gugu Badhun – the people of the Valley of Lagoons by Yvonne Cadet James (Magnetic Room)

Day 2: Public Program Tuesday 6 June, 9.00am–5.00pm

Room Magnetic Room Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Palm Room

Chair Donisha Duff Henrietta Marrie Stephen Kinnane Tony Kelly

1.30pm–3.00pm

Cultural heritage and repatriation

Protecting country: youth in policy making

Water: research and cultural flows

Authorisation and the McGlade amendments

Matthew Storey & Marcus Stewart Traditional owner responses to legislative recognition of Aboriginal Intangible Heritage in Victoria

Craig Allen Death by 1000 Cuts: How to ensure we do not die this way

Rachel Perkins & Lyndon Ormond-Parker Australia's National Heritage List

Holly Doel-Mackaway ‘Ask Us … This is Our Country’ – Seeking, respecting and responding to Indigenous children and young people’s views

Larissa Baldwin & Karrina Nolan Building Power to Protect Country

Luke Smyth & Rod Kennett Opportunities and obstacles to expanding Indigenous fishing livelihoods

Grant Rigney & Michael Anderson Cultural flows: the missing element in Australia’s water management regime

Heidi Evans & Tracey Jefferies Preparing superior Form 1 and ILUA applications and supporting documents: Presentation for Native Title Representative Bodies/Service Providers

Angus Frith Imperfect mechanisms for native title groups to make agreements: McGlade v Native Title Registrar

3.00pm–3.30pm Afternoon tea

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Day 2: Public Program continued Tuesday 6 June, 9.00am–5.00pmRoom Magnetic Room Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Palm Room

Chair Chrissy Grant Sally Babidge Joann Schmider Glen Kelly

3.30pm–5.00pm

Cultural burning and fire management

Expanding native title research

Joint management of land and sea

Legal and anthropological principles of compensation

Bhiamie Williamson & Dean Freeman Reigniting cultural burning in south-eastern Australia: The ACT Aboriginal Cultural Fire Initiative

Terrence Taylor & Marnie Parkinson Indigenous Fire Ecology Training in the Lower Gulf of Carpentaria

Noel Webster Mudjingaalbaraga Firesticks Project

Andrea Myers Applying AIATSIS’ Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies to work in native title

Kayannie Denigan, Narelle Rivers, PJ Williams & Erin Vink Exploring the future of Indigenous family history research

Lorraine Briggs & Campbell Clarke Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993: Wet Tropics Management Plan 1998 Review

Richard Bradshaw Dambimangari Marine Parks Indigenous Land Use Agreement

Graham Atkinson & Doug Humann AM Joint management of ‘upside down’ country on Dja Dja Wurrung traditional lands (Victoria)

Vance Hughston SC Griffiths v Northern Territory (No. 3): Principles of compensation and native title law

Tina Jowett & Charles Gregory The role of experts in compensation

5.00 pm Day 2: Public Program comes to an end

8.00am–9.00am RegistrationRoom Auditorium

9.00am–10.30amKeynote: Professor Mick Dodson AMKeynote: Murrawah JohnsonChair: Letitia Hope

10.30am–11.00am Morning tea

Room Magnetic Room Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Palm Room

Chair Matt Storey Cedric Hassing Rhonda Jacobsen

11.00am–12.30pm

Conservation management Land reform: reflecting back, looking forward

Socio-economic development and law reform

Claiming and enacting native title rights

Polly Grace, Terry Piper & Matthew Salmon Conservation management and native title: opportunities for Indigenous ownership

Cissy Gore-Birch & Beau Austin Strengthening partnerships for people and country

Greg McIntyre Mabo: a catalyst for change: 25 years on

Leon Terrill The past and future of debate about Indigenous land tenure reform

Eddie Fry Maximising future benefit from the Indigenous Estate

Scott Singleton & Andrea Olsen Where to now for the Australian Law Reform Commission Native Title Act recommendations

Raelene Webb QC & Lisa Eaton Post determination processes, regulations and memberships: exercising native title rights and interests

Elizabeth Harvey Hunting, shooting, fishing: the content of native title rights and the right to take and use resources for commercial purposes

12.30pm–1.30pm Lunch

Day 3: Public Program Wednesday 7 June, 9.00am–5.00pm

Room Magnetic Room Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Palm Room

Chair Rod Kennett Martin Dore Bhiamie Williamson Erika Blades

1.30pm–3.00pm

Workshopping land and sea management

Land reform: development, use and planning

Resources for native title Commercial development for Prescribed Bodies Corporate

Duane Fraser Developing a National Indigenous Land and Sea Management Network

Margaret Stephenson Indigenous Land Reform: the question of incorporation of Indigenous land titles into land registration systems?

Bruce White & Vincent Mundraby Owner’s Consent? Pursuing statutory land use management planning & development approval rules for registered native title holders

Greg Roche Recent developments in Commonwealth support for PBCs Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and native title organisations Discussion time

Ashleigh Blechynden & Belinda Burbidge Developing information resources for PBCs

Tony Bevan Native title: creating and realising commercial opportunities

Jeremy Clark & Janine Cooms Banking the Credit of Community Ownership: The Victorian Experience

Michelle Cioffi, Rex Tjami & Peter De Rose De Rose Hill: then, now and tomorrow

3.00pm–3.30pm Afternoon tea

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Day 3: Public Program continued Wednesday 7 June, 9.00am–5.00pmRoom Magnetic Room Auditorium 1 Auditorium 2 Palm Room

Chair Chrissy Grant Russ Taylor Ju-Lin O’Connor

3.30pm–5.00pm

Designing ethics protocols for native title research

Constitutional Recognition National opportunities for native title

Indigenous Youth Forum

Chrissy Grant Ethics workshop for native title research practitioners and PBCs

Pat Anderson An update on the Referendum Council Co-Chair

Noel Pearson Constitutional recognition

Sally Clarke, Mark Coffey, Wayne Beswick, Kirsti McQueen & Chris Rees Opportunities for Indigenous Australians in the Northern Australia Development Agenda

Andrew Walter & Zoë Sanderson Amendments to the Native Title Act: recent changes and the process for future reforms

Duane Fraser & Charlee-Sue Frail

Please note that this session is for Indigenous youth only.

5.00 pm Day 3: Public Program comes to an end

Conference Dinner 7.00pm–11.00pmVenue Auditorium, Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre

6.30pm–7.00pm Pre drinks will be provided prior to dinner in the Queensland Foyer, at the Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre.

7.00pm–11.00 pm Entertainment: Rochelle Pitt and the Nightshift Band