Speakers and Participants
SPEAKERS - DAY 1 The speakers on Day 1 of the Conference, (Friday 1st September) were as follows and where available, their presentation slides are provided also: Kate Raworth, author of 'Doughnut Economics' joined us from the UK, via Skype, to give a keynote address on Friday 1st September. Professor Robert Costanza, one of the world's leading...
Side Events
Our 2017 'Building a new economy for Australia conference' is being held from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd September 2017, South Bank, Brisbane. We also have some fantastic 'side events' on offer for conference delegates. To book your place at any of these side events, please click here for ONE convenient booking page: Thursday night,...
Conference Program
The FINAL CONFERENCE program is now available by clicking here! It contains a list of all speakers, presentation times and side events for the conference weekend. For a general map showing conference venues and accommodation at South Bank, please click here and scroll down to the map at the bottom of this page. More detailed...
About the Conference
The 2017 ‘Building a New Economy for Australia’ is being held from 1-3 September 2017 in Brisbane. Building on the inaugural 2016 conference held in Sydney, the 2017 gathering invites people to come together to share stories of success, address challenges and join the broader movement so we can continue working together to build a...
2023 Conference
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2021 Conference
The New Economy Network Australia (NENA) hosted our 6th Annual Conference from 5 – 7 November 2021, as part of our very first 'Wellbeing Economy Week', which kicked off on 1 November and concluded at the end of the NENA Conference on 7 November.
2020 Conference
The theme of NENA’s 2020 Conference was “New Economy—Work in Progress”, and the intention was to share the amazing work being done by individuals and organisations across Australia to build a new economy, focused on ecological health and social & economic justice.
2019 Conference
New Economy Network Australia (NENA) and the Enkel Collective collaborated to host NENA 2019, the 4th Annual NENA conference, in Perth, Western Australia. The Perth Conference was hosted from Friday night 4th October until after lunch Monday 7th October. The event was auspiced by Enkel and was held at the Centre for Social Impact at...
2018 Conference
NENA’s second annual conference "Strengthening the New Economy for the Common Good", was held in Melbourne from October 19 - 21, inviting people to come together to share stories of success, address challenges and join the broader movement, to appreciate our shared purpose, and create transformative approaches to a fairer and ecologically sustainable economy and...
2017 Conference
From September 1 - 3 in Brisbane, NENA hosted its second conference, bringing together 350 delegates from across Australia and abroad to share, discuss, challenge, provoke and build ideas for the new economy. Delegates represented a wide range of interests and brought an equally diverse array of issues to the Conference.The New Economy Network Australia...
2016 Conference
On August 16 & 17, 2016, the UNSW Law School and the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) co-hosted the first NENA Annual Conference at the Glebe Town Hall in Sydney.