Day One - Friday 22 November, 12:30pm to 7pm at University of Canberra Room 1A21 (Theatrette). 

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For Day One, participants can attend in-person or online, just choose your ticket type when you register for your tickets (free).

 

• Short and engaging presentations with experts discussing poetry and wellbeing experiments  from a range of perspectives.

• Keynote address by UC Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Leadership, Bidjara woman Professor Maree Meredith, about art and health in and for Indigenous communities.

• Announcement of UC Vice-Chancellor's International Poetry Prize and Health Poetry Prize winners (including light catering).

 

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Day Two - Saturday 23 November, 9am to 5pm, Rehearsal Room at Belconnen Arts Centre.

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Day Two is in-person only and ticket numbers are limited. Be sure to register for your tickets (free)  ASAP.

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• Creative workshops delivered by UC specialists: a haiku workshop, for connectedness and wellbeing, and a creative expression workshop, for health workers and researchers, to help participants improve their understanding of the impact of creative practice.

• Keynote address by Dr Vic McEwan, who works on themes of repair with diverse partners in sound, video, installation and performance, and is the first artist to complete an arts-led PhD from the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, with work that later featured at the Tate Liverpool.

• Facilitated panel discussion by arts health workers on social prescribing policy and approaches

 

Accessibility: both venues have accessibility options for attendees, please ask at reception. ​