The Community Engagement Symposium, Engage Today, Transform Tomorrow, will be held at the University of Wollongong on 24 July, 2014.

1. ENGAGE TODAY/
TRANSFORM TOMORROW
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM
24 JULY 2014 - UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG

2. THURSDAY 24 JULY 2014
BUILDING 20 - UNIVERSITY OF
WOLLONGONG
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ENGAGE TODAY/
TRANSFORM TOMORROW
WELCOME
UOW has a long and proud history of engaging with its multiple
communities to enrich and enhance the student experience,
research, teaching and learning. It is a pivotal part of our history
and will continue to be a critical part of achieving our future vision.
UOW has committed to playing “an active role in advancing and
championing social, cultural and environment and economic devel-
opments in our regional communities”(University of Wollongong,
2013-2018 Strategic Plan).
We look forward to sharing a day of learning, networking and
inspiration and hope that we can continue to work together to
create and realise bold visions for the future.
Melva Crouch, CSM
Chief Administrative Officer
University of Wollongong

3. Registration
Welcome and Introduction
Melva Crouch CSM, UOW
Building 20.2
Community based research in Australian
Universities: Reflections on national policy,
institutional strategy and research practice
Professor Michael Cuthill, University of Southern
Queensland Building 20.2
Creating Shared Value - the Evolution of Capitalism
and Corporate Behaviour
Shamal Dass, JBWere
Building 20.2
Turning Rubble into Rupees
Kimberley Abbott, ROKA
Building 20.2
Lunch - Foyer, Building 20
Concurrent Workshops
8:30am
9:00am
9:20am
10:20am
11:20am
12:20pm
1:00pm
Afternoon Tea - Foyer, Building 20
Research Presentations
Working Responsively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Communities
Dr Bronwyn Carlson , UOW
Lively, Creative, Active: Cities in Transition
Professor Ian Buchanan, UOW
Building 20.2
PROGRAM
2:00pm
3:00pm
3:30pm
4.00pm
4:30pm
4:45pm
The Complex Processes of
Connecting with
Communities
Dr Craig Lundy, UOW
Building 20.2
UOW Community
Engagement Grants Scheme
Showcase
Mr Shawn Burns,UOW
then
Dr Karen Walton,
A/PR Karen Charlton,
Dr Siobhan McHugh, UOW &
Melinda Stuckey, Meals on
Wheels
Building 20.3
Concurrent Presentations
Community based research
in Australian Universities: An
exploration of opportunity
Engaging Together: Shared
Outcomes, Shared Results
Professor Michael Cuthill,
University of Southern
Queensland
Building 20.2
Dr Glenn Mitchell,
UOW
Building 20.3
Closing Remarks
Mr Nick Rheinberger, ABC Illawarra
Building 20.2
Networking drinks and canapes
Introduction of ‘Collaborative Communities Network’
Sixty Seven Dining, Building 67

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5. COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIAN
UNIVERSITIES: REFLECTIONS ON NATIONAL
POLICY, INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGY AND
RESEARCH PRACTICE
Community-based research (CBR) is one important expression of university
community engagement. It draws together the public good mission of the
university with a scholarly intent. This presentation will provide a brief outline of
the current policy, institutional and practice settings for CBR in Australia. The main
focus will describe the underlying values, methodologies and methods employed
by researchers in this area, and how genuine relationships between universities
and communities can be fostered through CBR.
PROF. MICHAEL CUTHILL
9:20AM
Professor Michael Cuthill is currently
Chair, Regional Community Development
at University of Southern Queensland.
Prior to this he spent seven years as
Director of the Community Engagement
Research Centre at the University of
Queensland, and six years at the Gold
Coast City Council.
In addition to this, he has also held
various senior leadership positions
in professional and non-government
organisations including as Vice President
of the Queensland Council of Social
Services, member of the Australasian
Board of the International Association for
Public Participation.

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7. CREATING SHARED VALUE - THE EVOLUTION OF
CAPITALISM AND CORPORATE BEHAVIOUR
The Global Financial Crisis created a significant trust deficit in business and
entrenched the community view of sociopath-like corporations blindly chasing
profits at the cost of everyone else. In this context, a new paradigm began to emerge,
one that moved ‘social responsibility’ from the periphery to the core of business - the
principle of Shared Value.
This presentation will cover:
- an introduction to Shared Value and the context of its emergence;
- the fundamental tenets of Shared Value including international and local
examples;
- how Shared Value differs from Corporate Social Responsibility; and
- the implications for Governments and Civil Society.
Mr Dass has been a Director in JBWere’s
Philanthropic Team since November
2012. Shamal provides specialist
advice to both non-profit organisations
and private clients in areas ranging
from the structuring of philanthropic
giving to governance structures and
organisational strategy.
MR SHAMAL DASS
10:20AM

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9. TURNING RUBBLE INTO RUPEES
Ms Abbott will be talking about how innovation can spring from the most unlikely
sources when people are engaged in the communities around them. In her case,
Kimberley founded a social business “Roka” after a visit to India. “Roka” aims
to break the cycle of poverty through economic empowerment of women &
education. Ms Abbott will be discussing how engaging young people and engaging
the women of Maranahalli Bande in India has been the key to success in founding
an award winning business that is changing lives.
Ms Abbott completed a B Engineering(Hons)/B Science at the University of
Wollongong, and co-founded and ran the successful ‘Yes WE(women Engineers)
can!’ girls in engineering program. She currently works fulltime as an engineer, and
is acting CEO of Roka.
At 24, Ms Kimberley Abbott has already
established a reputation as a young
leader, entrepreneur, and inspirational
changemaker. She has been named
on the 2013 Westpac and Financial
Review’s list of Australia’s 100 Women of
Influence, was named Young Australian
Citizen of the Year 2012 by Kiama
council, and was a finalist in the 2011
Pride of Australia Medal Young leader.
MS KIMBERLEY ABBOTT
11:20AM

10. WORKSHOP
COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIAN
UNIVERSITIES: AN EXPLORATION OF OPPORTUNITY
Community-based research (CBR) is one important expression of university
community engagement. It draws together the public good mission of the
university with a scholarly intent. Following a ten minute presentation on results
from a preliminary review of CBR in Australia, this workshop will explore this
topic and its application at UOW in more detail, using a visioning framework –
‘where we have come from?’, ‘where we are now?’, ‘where we would like to be in
five years’ time?’, and discussion on ‘how to get there’.Professor Michael Cuthill is
currently Chair, Regional Community
Development at University of Southern
Queensland. Prior to this he spent seven
years as Director of the Community
Engagement Research Centre at the
University of Queensland, and six years
at the Gold Coast City Council.
In addition to this, he has also held
various senior leadership positions
in professional and non-government
organisations including as Vice
President of the Queensland Council
of Social Services, member of the
Australasian Board of the International
Association for Public Participation.
PROF MICHAEL CUTHILL
1:00PM

11. WORKSHOP
ENGAGING TOGETHER: SHARED OUTCOMES, SHARED
RESULTS
The purpose of this workshop is to provide an ‘insider’s guide’ to engaging with the
University of Wollongong. This will include commentary on current community
engaged scholarship, drivers for academics, provide examples of previous
research/community engaged projects and time to workshop one or two audience
community examples.
Some of his successful projects including ARTS001, success in Community
Engagement Grants Scheme (CEGS), Dark Side of Wollongong Tour, and ABC
Radio segments.
Dr Glenn Mitchell is a Senior Lecturer in
and the Convenor of the History Program
in the School of History and Politics at
the University of Wollongong.
Dr Mitchell was Director of Migrant
Health for the NSW Department of
Health, as well as being responsible
for ethic access policies for the NSW
Department of Local Government and
the national migrant health policy for the
Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
Dr Mitchell has received two OCTAL
awards - Vice-Chancellor’s Award for
Outstanding Contribution to Teaching
and Learning.
DR GLENN MITCHELL
1:00PM

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13. THE COMPLEX PROCESSES OF
CONNECTING WITH COMMUNITIES
This presentation will outline the findings from a research project, funded by
the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK), that examined the processes
of researching with communities. In particular, this project sought to determine
the extent to which ‘complexity theory’ might offer the most effective means
for understanding how communities can be successfully engaged in and with
academic research.
In the project, we adopted a case study approach, working with participants in a
number of academic-community engagement projects that had been support by
the UK Beacons for Public Engagement. Our objective was to identify the initial
conditions that facilitate the creation of enabling environments for community
engagement. A number of the research results challenged our theoretical
assumptions in unexpected ways, ultimately leading to the development of
a new way of conceptualizing community engagement that we refer to as an
‘engagement cycle’.
Dr Craig Lundy is a Postdoctoral
Research Fellow at the Institute for
Social Transformation Research,
University of Wollongong.
He is the author of History and
Becoming: Deleuze’s Philosophy
of Creativity (Edinburgh University
Press, 2012) and various papers on the
processes of transformation, complexity
theory and community engagement.
DR CRAIG LUNDY
2:00PM

14. UOW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GRANTS
SCHEME (CEGS) SHOWCASE
SHOALHAVEN MEDIA MAKERS – CONVERSATIONS THAT
COUNT
In 2012, as part of a Community Engagement Grant, UOWTV, and the then Faculty
of Creative Arts’ Journalism and Graphic Design programs, teamed-up with
Sydney-based youth organisation Vibewire to deliver the Shoalhaven Media Makers
program.
Shoalhaven Media Makers brought together years 10 and 11 students from high
schools across the Shoalhaven to take part in a series of multimedia workshops
at the UOW Shoalhaven Campus. Under the banners – Conversations that Count,
and Multimedia for Social Good – the workshops helped provide the students with
the knowledge and skills needed to produce digital media artefacts that raised
awareness of issues important to the students, their friends and their communities.
The program culminated in the production and publication of a collection of a
website and a collection of videos that addressed issues that included recycling,
cyber bullying, labelling, underage drinking, living with Autism, and Belonging.
Mr Shawn Burns has many years of
experience as newspaper journalist,
photographer, sub-editor and editor.
He has worked as journalist, chief of
staff, and State News Director with WIN
Television.
He is the editorial coordinator of UOWTV
and received a National Office for
Learning and Teaching (OLT) Citation for
Outstanding Contributions to Student
Learning 2013, and a UOW Outstanding
Contribution to Teaching and Learning
(OCTAL) award 2011.
MR SHAWN BURNS
2:00PM

15. UOW CEGS SHOWCASE
FROM SNACK PACKS TO MINI MEALS: INNOVATIVE WAYS TO
IMPROVE THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF MEALS ON WHEELS
CLIENTS
Over 80% of Illawarra hospital patients aged 65+ are at high nutritional risk. Many of
these frail older adults are discharged home where they may feel too ill or frail to shop
or prepare their own meals, may experience a poor appetite, or simply forget to eat.
Meals on Wheels (MOW), a not-for-profit organisation, delivers pre-prepared meals to
older people in their homes. Through a number of successful community engagement
grants, a team of UOW researchers have partnered with MOW service providers in
the region with the aim of improving the nutritional status and wellbeing of older
people. Projects have been conducted to: (1) identify the characteristics of MOW
clients and to assess their nutritional status; (2) explore their views, experiences
and recommendations regarding the MOW service; (3) assess reasons why referrals
from local health-care providers to the MOW service have declined in recent years;
(4) pilot test novel additions to the meal service, including provision of a snack pack,
and fortified mini-meals; and (5) test the feasibility of performing routine nutritional
screening for MOW clients.
Clients report that they enjoy the nutritious meals as well as the social interaction
with volunteers who deliver the meals. However, due to their multiple medical and
social risk factors, many recipients of MOW remain malnourished, with older persons
themselves often not recognising that they require additional dietary support. The
partnership has allowed MOW organisations in the Illawarra to lead the way nationally
in developing a client-centred approach to improving services.
DR KAREN WALTON,
A/PROF KAREN CHARLTON,
DR SIOBHAN MCHUGH & MS
MELINDA STUCKEY
2:00PM
Dr Walton, A/Prof Charlton and Melinda
Stuckey first teamed up as successful
Community Engagement Grants Scheme
(CEGS) recipients in 2011. From this
successful collaboration a number of
new projects emereged including the
2013 CEGS Impact round project which
included Dr Siobahn McHugh.

16. Dr Bronwyn Carlson is a senior lecturer
in the Indigenous Studies Unit, Faculty
of Law, Humanities and the Arts. Prior
to taking a position at UOW Bronwyn
worked in a managerial position at the
Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service for
seven years and then ran a successful
Indigenous research and development
company.
Bronwyn has extensive experience
working with and for Aboriginal
community groups and organisations
as well as developing training for many
corporations. Notable achievements
include the development of online
cultural competence training packages
for the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation and Hearing Australia.
RESEARCH PRESENTATION
WORKING RESPONSIVELY WITH ABORIGINAL AND TORRES
STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES
According to Reconciliation Australia (2012) only 31% of Australians say they
know about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures but 82% want to know
more. The research also found that there were high levels of prejudice that
reflect low levels of understanding and personal contact that many in the general
community have with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As a result,
most Australians’ views about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are
shaped by secondary sources such as the media. In this presentation Dr Carlson
will share some of her experiences working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people and communities.
DR BRONWYN CARLSON
3:30PM

17. RESEARCH PRESENTATION
LIVELY, CREATIVE, ACTIVE: CITIES IN TRANSITION
Professor Buchanan will speak about three inter-related research projects he
is working on with city councils around Australia. His research focuses on three
different strategies regional Australian cities use to reinvent themselves to
generate economic growth and cultural sustainability. In particular he will talk
about the ‘Lively City’ project he and Professors Gordon Waitt (UOW) and Elaine
Stratford (University of Tasmania) are working on in collaboration with Wollongong
City Council.
PROF IAN BUCHANAN
4.00PM
Professor Ian Buchanan is the
Director of the Institute for Social
Transformation Research. He is the
author of the Oxford Dictionary of
Critical Theory.

18. DR BRONWYN CARLSON
30PM
Nick Rheinberger has worked as a blues singer, children’s entertainer, songwriter
and cook, but one consistent thing on his CV is his work in radio.
Nick started in radio as a comedy writer in Canberra, eventually working as a
writer and announcer for stations in Melbourne, Sydney, Geelong and Perth. He
started working with the ABC on Overnights, before moving to NSW Statewide
Drive, and most recently has been hosting the Morning Show on ABC Illawarra.
Nick has also spent quite a lot of time writing comedy for TV, including working
with the first season of BackBerner and the final season of Good News Week.
Overnights, before moving to NSW Statewide Drive, and most recently has been
hosting the Morning Show on ABC Illawarra.
MR NICK RHEINBERGER
NETWORKING EVENT
EMCEE
CLOSING ADDRESS

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