Friday 19 April 2024 | Canberra
This invitation-only policy roundtable connected the Productivity Commission team undertaking the inquiry into Australia’s early childhood education and care sector with a multidisciplinary group of Academy Fellows and leading social sciences experts.
The roundtable focused on two important aspects of the early learning system: effective models of system stewardship and supporting children with additional needs across the early years, within the context of the draft report A path to universal early childhood education and care.
Presenters and speakers included:
- Professor Susan Danby | Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child
- Lisa Gropp, Martin Stokie and Professor Deborah Brennan | Productivity Commissioners
- Professor Ilan Katz | Social Policy Research Centre
- Professor Cheryl Dissanayake | Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre
- Professor Jenny Downs | Telethon Kids Institute
- Professor Mark Considine | University of Melbourne
- Dr Rob Bray | Australian National University
- Professor Cheryl Dissanayake
- Emeritus Professor Gabrielle Meagher