Please note: All session times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) which is GMT+10.

Sep 11

5:30pm AEST

Welcome dinner

6:30pm AEST

Resisting Trump’s New Colonialism

Helen Yaffe (Scotland), Sabrina Fernandes (Brazil), N Sai Balaji (India)
Main hall
Sep 12

9:30am AEST

Sovereignty, Solidarity, Socialism

Sam Woripa Watson (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Nerelle Nicol (Gimuy/Cairns)
Main Hall

Campaigning for Trans Rights

Jodie Hall (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Rachel Evans (Gadigal/Sydney)
Marquee

Meet Asia's Lew Left

Khyl Ramos (Philippines), N Sai Balaji (India), Rocky (Singapore), Ayesha Ahmad (Pakistan)
Windsor Bowling Club

11:30am AEST

Modi, Trump, Hanson: Resisting the Rise of the Far Right

Ella Teevan (United States), N Sai Balaji (India), Peter Boyle (Gadigal Country/Sydney), Nandini Sen Mehra (Magan-djin/Brisbane)
Main hall

Cultural Intifada: Art and Social Change

Markela Panegyres (Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide), James Hillier/Nordacious (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Kamala Emanuel (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Katrine McLeod (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Aleea Monsour (Magan-djin/Brisbane)
Marquee

Save Barrambin/Victoria Park

Seal Chong Wah (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Gaja Kerry Charlton (Magan-djin/Brisbane)
Windsor Bowls Club

1:00pm AEST

Lunch break

2:00pm AEST

Breaking AUKUS: Australian Imperialism in the Asia Pacific

Abigail Boyd (Darkinjung land/Terrigal, NSW), Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine (Googatha Country/Ceduna, South Australia), Sam Wainwright (Walyalup/Fremantle)
Main hall

The US–Iran War and Imperialism and Anti-imperialism in Iran

Ali Keshtkar (Iranian-Australian), Mary Merkenich (Naarm/Melbourne)
Marquee

Film screening: Pig Feast – Colonialism in Our Time

Windsor Bowls Club

4:00pm AEST

Defeating the Zionist monster

Remah Naji (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Janet Parker (Boorloo/Perth), Haidar Eid (Gaza/South Africa)
Main hall

Introduction to Ecosocialism and Socialist Alliance

Marquee

The campaign against the death penalty in Singapore

Rocky (Singapore)
Windsor Bowling Club

6:00pm AEST

Art exhibition opening

Main Hall

6:30pm AEST

Conference dinner - Palestinian feast

Main hall

7:00pm AEST

Solidarity Music Night with Phil Monsour

Main Hall
Sep 13

9:30am AEST

Ecosocialist Perspectives

Ian Angus (Canada), Sabrina Fernandes (Brazil)
Main hall

Latin America: Pushing back against the Donroe Doctrine

Mariana Riscali (Brazil), Ben Radford (Gadigal Country/Sydney), Adela Brent (Magan-djin/Brisbane)
Marquee

Western Sahara: Africa's Last Colony

Kamal Fadel (Western Sahara)
Windsor Bowling Club

11:30am AEST

Fighting the Manosphere: The Struggle for Women's Liberation Today

Ayesha Ahmad (Pakistan), Kamala Emanuel (Magan-djin/Brisbane)
Main hall

Climate Debt, Ecosocialism and the Global South

Khyl Ramos (Philippines), Yong Feng (Singapore)
Marquee

Free speech, Free Palestine: Defeating Crisafulli's stupid law

Alex Bainbridge (Magan-djin/Brisbane), Helen O'Sullivan (Kombumerri/Gold Coast)
Windsor Bowling Club

Introduction to Ecosocialism and Socialist Alliance

WPC Green Room

1:00pm AEST

Lunch break

2:00pm AEST

Gen Z Youth Revolts in the Region: What Can We Learn?

Kirisna Veni Singham (Malaysia), Khyl Ramos (Philippines)
Main Hall

Workers Rights Under Labor

Jiselle Hanna (Naarm/Melbourne), Tim Gooden (Djilang/Geelong), Pedro Gallo
Marquee

Big Tech, AI and Digital Liberation

Martin Hart-Landsberg (United States), Jacob Andrewartha (Naarm/Melbourne)
Windsor Bowling Club

4:00pm AEST

Round table: The Way Forward

Main hall