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Cornerstones Conference
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Event date:
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22 September 2006 - 23 September 2006
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Location:
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The Wesley Centre, 220 Pitt St. Sydney.
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The Cornerstones Conference is a historic public education event, exploring the issues which confront the teaching profession, putting these issues into the public domain and building policy foundations for the next generation.
Key Speakers
John Ralston Saul
Award-winning essayist and novelist, John Ralston Saul has had a growing impact on political and economic thought in many countries. Declared a "prophet" by TIME magazine, he is included in the prestigious Utne Reader's list of the world's 100 leading thinkers and visionaries.
Professor Peter Doherty
Professor Peter Doherty shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996 with Swiss colleague Rolf Zinkernagel, for their discovery of how the immune system recognises virusinfected cells. He was Australian of the Year in 1997.
Heather-jane Robertson
Heather-jane Robertson is a Canadian educator and activist who has been at the forefront of challenging neoliberal education reforms. She is the author of two books and many, many articles on the politics of education reform.
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