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Tuesday, June 24, 2025

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Masterclass with Dr Damien Puddle
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Activating Play in the Community Tour
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Playgrounds and Play Spaces Tour

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Masterclass with Dr Damien Puddle
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Activating Play in the Community Tour
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Playgrounds and Play Spaces Tour

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Masterclass with Dr Damien Puddle
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Activating Play in the Community Tour
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Playgrounds and Play Spaces Tour

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

	Urban Planning & Design	Education & The Arts	Health & Wellbeing
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM	Welcome & Introductions
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Hitoshi Shimamura: Mapping Childhood Play and Harnessing our Collective Wisdom
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM	David Engwicht: Why is play, not hard work, the key to creating a better world?
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea and Playful Conversation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Dr Sudeshna Chatterjee: Can we really plan child friendly cities without planning for play?	Assoc. Prof Brendon Hyndman: School Based Play beyond early childhood - Status Quo or time to overthrow?	Assoc. Prof. Jill Sewell: Risky play - does exhilaration improve health and development and what are the dangers of ‘keeping it safe'?
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Role of Play in Urban Transformation	Learning Efficacy	Play as a Primary Health Care Intervention
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:40 PM	1.1: Can play itself be a medium to drive broader social change?	2.1: From Indoors to Outdoors - Transforming Play and Learning Across Landscapes	3.1: Two Sides of the Same Coin - Enhanced Play Therapy Advocacy
	1.2: Designing for Play: A Case Study of aProCh's Urban Interventions	2.2: Rebirthing the Curriculum - The way to rediscovering children’s curiosity	3.2: Playing in life's unexpected places
		Harnessing our Collective Wisdom Extended
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea and Playful Conversation
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Mark Curr: How can a national play system be a driver for change in enhancing community wellbeing?	Uno Lin: Children as Play Experts - Co-creating in alternative education	Assoc. Prof. Rachel Jones: The Tyranny of Safety vs Freedom - How much risk is too much risk?
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	In Conversation: Making Play an everywhere activity in cities and regions: Building a national play system	In Conversation: Reimagining Museums, Cultural Institutions and the Arts Through a Lens of Play	In Conversation: Thriving with risky play - Creating a shared vision for risk in play
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	NSC Networking Event

	Urban Planning & Design	Education & The Arts
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM	Welcome & Introductions
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Hitoshi Shimamura: Mapping Childhood Play and Harnessing our Collective Wisdom
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM	David Engwicht: Why is play, not hard work, the key to creating a better world?
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea and Playful Conversation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Dr Sudeshna Chatterjee: Can we really plan child friendly cities without planning for play?	Assoc. Prof Brendon Hyndman: School Based Play beyond early childhood - Status Quo or time to overthrow?
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Role of Play in Urban Transformation	Learning Efficacy
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:40 PM	1.1: Can play itself be a medium to drive broader social change?	2.1: From Indoors to Outdoors - Transforming Play and Learning Across Landscapes
	1.2: Designing for Play: A Case Study of aProCh's Urban Interventions	2.2: Rebirthing the Curriculum - The way to rediscovering children’s curiosity
		Harnessing our Collective Wisdom Extended
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea and Playful Conversation
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Mark Curr: How can a national play system be a driver for change in enhancing community wellbeing?	Uno Lin: Children as Play Experts - Co-creating in alternative education
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	In Conversation: Making Play an everywhere activity in cities and regions: Building a national play system	In Conversation: Reimagining Museums, Cultural Institutions and the Arts Through a Lens of Play
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	NSC Networking Event

	Health & Wellbeing
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM	Welcome & Introductions
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Hitoshi Shimamura: Mapping Childhood Play and Harnessing our Collective Wisdom
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM	David Engwicht: Why is play, not hard work, the key to creating a better world?
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea and Playful Conversation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Assoc. Prof. Jill Sewell: Risky play - does exhilaration improve health and development and what are the dangers of ‘keeping it safe'?
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Play as a Primary Health Care Intervention
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:40 PM	3.1: Two Sides of the Same Coin - Enhanced Play Therapy Advocacy
1:35 PM - 2:40 PM	3.2: Playing in life's unexpected places
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea and Playful Conversation
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Assoc. Prof. Rachel Jones: The Tyranny of Safety vs Freedom - How much risk is too much risk?
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	In Conversation: Thriving with risky play - Creating a shared vision for risk in play
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	NSC Networking Event

	Urban Planning & Design
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM	Welcome & Introductions
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Hitoshi Shimamura: Mapping Childhood Play and Harnessing our Collective Wisdom
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM	David Engwicht: Why is play, not hard work, the key to creating a better world?
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea and Playful Conversation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Dr Sudeshna Chatterjee: Can we really plan child friendly cities without planning for play?
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Role of Play in Urban Transformation
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:40 PM	1.1: Can play itself be a medium to drive broader social change?
1:35 PM - 2:40 PM	1.2: Designing for Play: A Case Study of aProCh's Urban Interventions
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea and Playful Conversation
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Mark Curr: How can a national play system be a driver for change in enhancing community wellbeing?
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	In Conversation: Making Play an everywhere activity in cities and regions: Building a national play system
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	NSC Networking Event

	Education & The Arts
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM	Welcome & Introductions
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Hitoshi Shimamura: Mapping Childhood Play and Harnessing our Collective Wisdom
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM	David Engwicht: Why is play, not hard work, the key to creating a better world?
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea and Playful Conversation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Assoc. Prof Brendon Hyndman: School Based Play beyond early childhood - Status Quo or time to overthrow?
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Learning Efficacy
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:40 PM	2.1: From Indoors to Outdoors - Transforming Play and Learning Across Landscapes
	2.2: Rebirthing the Curriculum - The way to rediscovering children’s curiosity
	Harnessing our Collective Wisdom Extended
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea and Playful Conversation
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Uno Lin: Children as Play Experts - Co-creating in alternative education
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	In Conversation: Reimagining Museums, Cultural Institutions and the Arts Through a Lens of Play
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	NSC Networking Event

	Health & Wellbeing
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM	Welcome & Introductions
8:50 AM - 9:30 AM	Hitoshi Shimamura: Mapping Childhood Play and Harnessing our Collective Wisdom
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM	David Engwicht: Why is play, not hard work, the key to creating a better world?
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea and Playful Conversation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Assoc. Prof. Jill Sewell: Risky play - does exhilaration improve health and development and what are the dangers of ‘keeping it safe'?
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM	Play as a Primary Health Care Intervention
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM	Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:40 PM	3.1: Two Sides of the Same Coin - Enhanced Play Therapy Advocacy
1:35 PM - 2:40 PM	3.2: Playing in life's unexpected places
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea and Playful Conversation
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM	Assoc. Prof. Rachel Jones: The Tyranny of Safety vs Freedom - How much risk is too much risk?
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM	In Conversation: Thriving with risky play - Creating a shared vision for risk in play
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM	NSC Networking Event

Thursday, June 26, 2025

	Urban Planning & Design	Education & The Arts	Health & Wellbeing	Wild Card
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Dr Damien Puddle: How many play opportunities did your city kill today?	Professor Hiroyuki Kasama: Social innovation starts in the sandpit; reclaiming primordial play	Preeti Prada Panigrahi: If play is good for children and community, how do we ensure inclusion not marginalisation?
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM				Risky play is not a dirty word: A tool to measure benefit-risk in outdoor playgrounds and educational settings
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	In Conversation: The Economic Rationalism of Play	In Conversation: Resourcing for Play in Schools and Children’s Services	In Conversation: Play as a Community Health Strategy
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM				‘Middle T (Thrill)’ Parenting: An Alternative Discourse for the Provision of Children’s Risky Play
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	1.3: Cities for Play - Shaping Liveable and Inclusive Urban Futures	2.3: Engaging parents and children in co-creating playful community	3.3: Creating sanctuaries for children to achieve better outcomes for health and wellbeing	Navigating the Digital Divide between play and devices
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Cultural Reflection and Inclusion	Perspectives on Art and Play	Empowering Pediatric Patients through Play - the Magic Bonding	Creating an agenda for play
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM	Lunch Break
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM	Building play into urban planning and design Play Café	Play as the foundation for better educational outcomes Play Café	Play as a means to achieving better health outcomes Play Café
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Creating a Vision for Play in the Asia Pacific

	Urban Planning & Design	Education & The Arts
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Dr Damien Puddle: How many play opportunities did your city kill today?	Professor Hiroyuki Kasama: Social innovation starts in the sandpit; reclaiming primordial play
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	In Conversation: The Economic Rationalism of Play	In Conversation: Resourcing for Play in Schools and Children’s Services
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	1.3: Cities for Play - Shaping Liveable and Inclusive Urban Futures	2.3: Engaging parents and children in co-creating playful community
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Cultural Reflection and Inclusion	Perspectives on Art and Play
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM	Lunch Break
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM	Building play into urban planning and design Play Café	Play as the foundation for better educational outcomes Play Café
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Creating a Vision for Play in the Asia Pacific

	Health & Wellbeing	Wild Card
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Preeti Prada Panigrahi: If play is good for children and community, how do we ensure inclusion not marginalisation?
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM		Risky play is not a dirty word: A tool to measure benefit-risk in outdoor playgrounds and educational settings
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	In Conversation: Play as a Community Health Strategy
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM		‘Middle T (Thrill)’ Parenting: An Alternative Discourse for the Provision of Children’s Risky Play
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	3.3: Creating sanctuaries for children to achieve better outcomes for health and wellbeing	Navigating the Digital Divide between play and devices
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Empowering Pediatric Patients through Play - the Magic Bonding	Creating an agenda for play
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM	Lunch Break
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM	Play as a means to achieving better health outcomes Play Café
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Creating a Vision for Play in the Asia Pacific

	Urban Planning & Design
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Dr Damien Puddle: How many play opportunities did your city kill today?
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	In Conversation: The Economic Rationalism of Play
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	1.3: Cities for Play - Shaping Liveable and Inclusive Urban Futures
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Cultural Reflection and Inclusion
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM	Lunch Break
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM	Building play into urban planning and design Play Café
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Creating a Vision for Play in the Asia Pacific

	Education & The Arts
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Professor Hiroyuki Kasama: Social innovation starts in the sandpit; reclaiming primordial play
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	In Conversation: Resourcing for Play in Schools and Children’s Services
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	2.3: Engaging parents and children in co-creating playful community
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Perspectives on Art and Play
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM	Lunch Break
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM	Play as the foundation for better educational outcomes Play Café
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Creating a Vision for Play in the Asia Pacific

	Health & Wellbeing
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM	Preeti Prada Panigrahi: If play is good for children and community, how do we ensure inclusion not marginalisation?
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	In Conversation: Play as a Community Health Strategy
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	3.3: Creating sanctuaries for children to achieve better outcomes for health and wellbeing
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Empowering Pediatric Patients through Play - the Magic Bonding
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM	Lunch Break
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM	Play as a means to achieving better health outcomes Play Café
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Creating a Vision for Play in the Asia Pacific

	Wild Card
8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM	Risky play is not a dirty word: A tool to measure benefit-risk in outdoor playgrounds and educational settings
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM	‘Middle T (Thrill)’ Parenting: An Alternative Discourse for the Provision of Children’s Risky Play
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Morning Tea
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Navigating the Digital Divide between play and devices
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Creating an agenda for play
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM	Lunch Break
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM
2:50 PM - 3:40 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:40 PM - 5:00 PM	Creating a Vision for Play in the Asia Pacific

Friday, June 27, 2025

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Masterclass with David Engwicht
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Playful Provocations - a masterclass for playful practitioners
1:45 PM - 4:45 PM	CANCELLED - Masterclass with Sudeshna Chatterjee

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Masterclass with David Engwicht
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Playful Provocations - a masterclass for playful practitioners
1:45 PM - 4:45 PM	CANCELLED - Masterclass with Sudeshna Chatterjee

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Masterclass with David Engwicht
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Playful Provocations - a masterclass for playful practitioners
1:45 PM - 4:45 PM	CANCELLED - Masterclass with Sudeshna Chatterjee

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