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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Postponing the DAN Conference 2020

The coronavirus COVID-19 is causing understandable concern among delegates. The situation is fluid but, as a precaution and to ensure the safety of the DAN community, we have decided to postpone this year’s conference. The new date will be determined as more information becomes available.

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Melbourne Grammar School
TBC

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Our current age has been described as volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. We seem to be preparing our young people for a future of unparalleled change and uncertainty.

The environmental crisis, artificial intelligence, advances in gene editing, rising wealth inequality, the evolution of social media, fake news, geopolitical tensions, challenges to democracy … The list can go on … and, amidst all of this, young people struggle with questions as ancient as human civilization – Who am I? and How shall I live? – and many struggle to find meaning and purpose in a world that can seem individualistic, competitive and shallow.

There are clearly larger questions here about schooling and life-long education – how best to equip students with the critical and emotional skills they will need to make good decisions and live fulfilling lives.

Religious Education and Philosophy can play a significant role in this broader educational landscape and this Conference will bring together international academics and successful classroom teachers to explore these important issues.

Speakers

• Justice in an Unequal World
  The Reverend Tim Costello AO (Former Chief Executive of World Vision Australia)
• Teaching Ethics v. Preaching Ethics
  Dr Luke Russell (Lecturer in Moral Philosophy and Critical Thinking, University of Sydney)
• For Goodness’ Sake: The Fundamentals of Human Flourishing
  Dr Felicity McCutcheon (Head of Teaching and Learning, Melbourne Grammar School)
• AI and Ethics: Why all the Fuss?
  Professor Toby Walsh (Scientiua Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of New South Wales and Data61)
• From Principle to Practice: The why, how and what of teaching ethics in high school
  Mark Case (Deputy Head, Oxley College, NSW)
• Ethical Diversity at the Frontiers: The Case of Voluntary Assisted Dying
  Dr Rosalind McDougall (Senior Lecturer in Health Ethics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health)
•  ‘Climate Justice Shall You Pursue’ – a rephrasing for our time!
  Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black (Leo Baeck Centre, Melbourne)

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