For those of you in attendance and those who joined on line there was great merit in hearing from the keynotes including: Hon Sarah Mitchell: Minister of Education and Early Childhood Learning, Mark Scott: Secretary Department of Education, Georgina Harrison: Group Deputy Secretary School , Hon Adrian Piccoli: Professor of Practice UNSW, Dallas McInerney: CEO Catholic Schools NSW, David de Carvalho: CEO ACARA, Paul Martin: CEO NESA, Andy Hargreaves: Director of CHENINE, University of Ottowa, Professor Pasi Sahlberg: Deputy Director of Research Gonski Institute, Julia Davison: CEO Goodstart Early Learning, A/Professor Catherine Neilson: Hewett Academic Director of Early Years UOW, Angelo Gavrielatos: Teachers Federation President, Cameron Paterson: Director of Learning and Teaching Shore School, Alice Leung: Head Teacher Concord High School, Hon Dr Geoff Gallop and Julie Sonneman: School Education Fellow The Grattan Institute, Murat Dizdar: Deputy Secretary School Performance, Pam O’Dea: Principal St Phillip’s Christian College Newcastle, Renee Cooper: Principal Nymbodia PS, Matt Johnson: National President and CEO ASEPA State President SEPLAN and Principal Glenvale School ….. just to name a few.

The day was full of quality presentations, addresses, debate, panel discussion and questions from the floor.