Conference Plenaries and Presentations
Wednesday 23 August - 8.30am to 4.15pm
8.30am BBQ Breakfast
Official Launch of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032
9am to 12 noon

Join us for a spectacular line-up of national and international keynote speakers, cultural performance, and the reveal of Australia’s commitment to preserving Australian Indigenous languages

Lunch 12 - 1pm
Wednesday 1pm - 1.30pm Presentations
Language Revitalization: the Case of the Eyak People of Alaska
Moombaki Digital Quest: Science behind the co-creation and co-design process of the Moombaki Digital Quest and how language is prioritised
Moombaki Digital Quest: Science behind the co-creation and co-design process of the Moombaki Digital Quest and how language is prioritised
Gathang Garawaga (Gathang in Karuah)
Presenter: Guillaume Leduey
Presenter: Cheryl Kickett-Tucker,Sophie Karangaroa, Charlene Carlise, Taylor Jade Gray, Keisha Reed
Presenters: Michelle Perry, Bron Paddington Webb, Marissa Holland, Ngaja Perry-Tighe



Wanarruwa Language Development Guide
Yirriyengburnama-langwa ayakwa-langwa: Methods and ways of describing word meanings in Anindilyakwa
Young Champions Program - First Languages Australia (FLA)
Presenters: Sharon Edgar-Jones;
Albert Burgman; Julie Long
Presenters: Katelynn Bara, Jennie Bara Bara, James Bednall, Judy Lalara, Donna Mamarika, Sarah Mamarika, Carol Wurramara, Elvis Wurramara, Lucille Wurramara
Presenters: Eight Young Champions



Wednesday 1.35pm - 2.05pm Presentations
Wording together: collaborations between communities and academia in language documentation and promotion
Bayala Muru - speaking pathways: The importance of Digital Storytelling and maintaining our ICIP
Massive Open Online Courses on "Indigenous Languages: From Policy and Planning to Implementation and Assessment"
Presenters: Clint Bracknell, Allyra Murray, Rachel Nordlinger, Nick Thieberger, Bill Forshaw
Presenter: Anissa Jones
Presenters: Candace Kaleimarmoowahinekapu Galla, Shannon Bischoff



Multi Lingual e-Learning: the Good, the Bad, and the Amazing
Building Trust with Aboriginal Communities: The Role of the Aboriginal Languages Trust
Deafness and Mental Health: Indigenous Sign Languages and its implication on Indigenous Population in Canada and Australia
Presenter: Koen den Hartogh
Presenters: Jazlie Davis,
Jayden Kitchener-Waters
Presenters: Rodney Adams, Paula Wesley



Afternoon Tea 2.05pm - 2.25pm
Wednesday 2.25pm - 2.55pm Presentations
Gamification of language learning for acquisition and retention of a language in revitalisation
Teaching Warlpiri Language Through a Structured Phonics Program
Making the Little Kids Word List
Presenter: Gulwanyang Moran
Presenters: Fiona Napaljarri Gibson, Courtney Lynch
Presenters: Vanessa Davis, Jessie Bartlett, Alice Nelson, Carmel O'Shannessy



United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Centering Language in Action Plans for Distinctions-based Federal Commitments to the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Language: The Ultimate Gatekeeper
ICTV's Community News
Presenters: Jennifer Bellchambers,
Mackenzie Roop
Presenter: Otis Carmichael
Presenter: Damien Williams



Wednesday 3.00pm - 3.30pm Presentations
NSW Department of Education – Gumbaynggirr Language and Culture Nest
Revivalistics in Cape York
Coming together to benefit the community of Dharug , through speaking, sharing and growing others in Dharug Dhalang
Presenter: Michael (Micklo) Jarrett
Presenters: Xavier Barker, Sophie Rendina, Jan Goetesson, Ragnel Jansdotter, Karin Calley, Priscilla Major, Michelle Major, Lillian Bowen
Presenter: Leanne King, Terry Fahy,
Debbie Smith, Anissa Jones



Growing the Indigenous Ecological Knowledge Network for plants and animals
Amplifying your language work
Aboriginal Interpreting WA: Operating with Cultural Protocols and Respect
Presenter: Bernadette Duncan, Denise Smith-Ali, Nat Raisbeck-Brown
Presenters: Rudi Bremer, Gary Jon Lysaght
Presenters: Annette Kogolo, Deanne Lightfoot, David Newry



Wednesday 3.35pm -4.05pm Presentations
Co-Development of the Indigenous Languages Act
New technologies fostering community-driven, governed and managed First Language revitalisation, maintenance and teaching
New technologies for community language reclamation
Presenters: Jennifer Bellchambers,
Julia Stockdale-Otarola
Presenters: Prof Tom Calma AO FANZSOG FAA FASSA, Glenise Coulthard AM, Kenny Bedford, Lala Gutchen, Kapua Gutchen, Karan Hayward
Presenters: Dorothea Hoffmann, Wil Meya, Glenn Windschuttel



NSW Department of Education – Aboriginal Language and Culture Nests in NSW schools
MDQ How Moombaki Digital Quest operates on 3 interfaces including virtual reality
Learning and assessing phonological awareness in a Yolgnu Matha dialect
Presenters: Glen Cook, Brenda Mitchell, Belinda French, Glen Rhodes
Presenters: Prof Cheryl Kickett-Tucker AM, Jonathan Pillai, Max Wright, Malakai Clinch, Caroline Rodney, Savannah Martin
Presenters: Yalmay Yunupingu, Jill Wigglesworth, Melanie Wilkinson, Robyn Beecham



Wednesday 4.10 - 4.40 pm Plenary 1
Galbaan barray, gathang, gimbay ngukaliliyn
Women in kinship with country, language, and kin
Presenters: Rhonda Radley 'Anjilkurri', Gili Arlene Mehan, Gulwanyang Moran

Thursday 24 August - 9am to 4.40pm
Thursday 9.00am - 10.05 Plenary 2
The emerging movement of
language digital activism
Presenters: Eddie Avila, Subhashish Panigrahi, Isela Xospa, Shana Elena Inofuentes

10.05am - 10.30am Morning Tea
Thursday 10.30am - 11.00am Presentations
Kajili Warlpiri-rli pina-mani, ngula kurdu-kurdu kapi pina-jarrimi ('If taught in Warlpiri, children will learn'): WETT's vision for learning on country in four Warlpiri communities
Multi-modal language learning in the classroom
Aboriginal Kinship Linguistics
Presenters: Annette Patrick Nampijinpa, Verona Jurrah, Nangala, Maisie Kitson Napaljarri, Kirsten Egan Nangala, Michaeline Gallagher Napaljarri
Presenter: Rozanne Bilminga
Presenter: Nola Turner Jensen



NSW AECG Inc. Aboriginal Languages and Cultural NESTs
First Languages Australia - National Projects
Elumat: a resource to help teachers promote language (using maths) skills
Presenters: Connie Ah See,
Catherine Trindall
Presenters: FLA Staff and Committe Members
Presenter: Peter Garside



Thursday 11.05am - 11.35am Presentations
Unlocking Warlpiri Literacy for our Children
Agtas as Netizens: Their Language Preferences in Mobile Communication and Social Media Use
Language as the key to grow reciprocity and respect between Indigenous peoples and the Australian science community.
Presenters: Fiona Napaljarri Gibson, Courtney Lynch and Warlpiri presenters involved in the project
Presenter: Aldrin L. Salipande
Presenters: Denise Smith-Ali, Nat
Raisbeck-Brown



Co-designing a community language revitalisation course
Our Yarning: Capturing authentic stories and creating mirror books for a free children's app.
Language projects at Batchelor Institute’s Centre of Australian Languages and Linguistics (CALL)
Presenters: Desmond Crump, Robert McClelland, Dr Samantha Disbray
Presenter:
Jessica Wimbus
Presenters: April Campbell, Donna Campbell, Maureen Campbell, Fiona Gibson, Angela Harrison, Sheena Abbott, Dwight Campbell, Cassie Campbell



Thursday 11.40am - 12.10pm Presentations
Keeping Martu Wangka Strong
The Invisible Languages
Bayala Aboriginal languages databases
Presenters: Lynne “Eileen” Charles, Jacqui Battin
Presenters: Ngalu Patsy Bedford, Siobhan K Casson
Presenter: Jeremy Macdonald Steele



Mathematics through Yolŋu Matha
Bininj Kunwok – kunwok dja mankarre kadberre (Bininj Kunwok – our language, our culture)
Ngawa ngirramini- our story about a book of Tiwi songs.
Presenters: Yolŋu educators TBA
(assisted by John Bradbury)
Presenters: Jill Nganjmirra, Jeanette Burrunali, Seraine Namundja, with the team from the Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre
Presenters: Molly Munkara, Jacinta Tipungwuti, Ella Puruntatameri, Regina Kanilla, Marie Simplicia Tipuamantimeri, Genevieve Campbell, Tiwi Strong Women’s group



12.10pm - 1.00pm Lunch
Thursday 1.00pm - 1.30pm Presentations
National Languages Policy Partnership
A Summer Immersed in Language - Creating a Community of Adult L2 Speakers
Interpreter certification - earning and upskilling with pride to strengthen our languages, cultures, and identities
Presenters: Vicki Cousins, Patsy Bedford, Yaraan Couzens-Bundle, Leitha Assan
Presenter: Karonhiióstha Shea Sky
Presenter: Lavinia Heffernan



"Roper Languages: Past
Present and Future"
Gadji Gadji Garden – creating safe spaces to collect, protect and share Indigenous language and knowledge about plants and animals.
Living memory reviving language: The Bidjara Language Project
Presenters: Linda Huddleston, Rebecca Joshua, Julie Nelson, Keziah Miller, Debbie Pyro, Dawson Daniels, Charlee Horni
Presenters: Bernadette Duncan, Nat Raisbeck-Brown, Denise Smith-Ali
Presenters: Olivia Robinson: Darlene Robinson, Desmond Crump



Thursday 1.35pm - 2.05pm Presentations
Integrating Indigenous Language, Culture and Song into Yoga and Deep Relaxation Techniques
Two sisters' journey of their re-connection with culture through language
Ampe-mape Alyelheme: Kids Sing! Listening Party
Presenters: Uncle Micklo Jarrett, Ilka Schroeder
Presenters: Jade McHughes, Kyla McHughes
Presenters: Amanda Turner, Carol Turner, William Lowah, Edmond Doolan



Wiyi Yani u. Baali Ganbawarra (The Tracks of the Women We Follow). Bunuba wiyi (women) and the caring for Country through the teaching of thangani (language) Bunuba to the next generations
Mungo Stories - Walk Togther App
Language Parties: Celebrating our Languages through storytelling
Presenters: Ngalu (Patsy Bedford), Selina Middleton, Penny Purdie
Presenter: Shane Bosley, Ivan Johnson, Warren Clarke
Presenters: Stepven Bird, Angelina Joshua, Joy Bulkanhawuy, Ian Gumbula



2.05pm - 2.25pm Afternoon Tea
Thursday 2.25pm - 2.55 pm Presentations
Maintaining Samoan Language in American Sāmoa and the Diaspora: The Online Hybrid Language Nest Offerred Through the Vāimoana Early Learning Center
Digital language learning cards
Language Collection Rescue
Presenter: John Patu Jr
Presenters: Lucille Cassar, Linda Walker,Lily Yougie
Presenters: Robert McLellan, Ben Foley, Karan Manton, Parlun Rosaria Tipiloura , Alanga Gemma Nganbe



Building resources to teach Marranunggu language
The Keeping Place
Revitalising Akarre- Akityarre: New learning for an endangered language
Presenters: Linda Ford, Chloe Ford, Emily Ford, Mark Ford, Joshua Harkins, Eden Harkins-Ford, Ian Green, Fran Murray
Presenters: Michelle warren, Bradley Brown
Presenters:
Presenter: Andrena Webb Maria Ross, C. Turner, Amanda Turner



Thursday 3.00pm - 3.30pm Presentations
Nharangga’s journey with language revival: making the AC Framework work for revival languages.
Delivering language revival in Gunggari School-Communities
An overview of Aboriginal languages education in Victoria
Presenters: Tania Wanganeen, Guy Tunstill, Rosa Garcia
Presenters: Tennille Bainbridge;
Sonya Martin; Desmond Crump
Presenters: Neville Atkinson,
Kylie Kennedy,
Jannalli Brown, Vaso Elefsiniotis



Aboriginal Interpreter Service - Importance of interpreters
Revitalising a language ... app: new digital resources for Yolŋu languages at Charles Darwin University
'…wata pootnooyt tharn…. Follow the ancient path …'
Presenter: Mischa Cartright et all
Presenters: Brenda Muthamuluwuy, Waymamba Gaykamaŋu, David Nathan, Yasunori Hayashi
Presenter: Yaraan Couzens-Bundle,
Bernadette Duncan



Thursday 3.35pm - 4.05pm Presentations
Creating a comfortable space for cultural transmission
Raising our babies as First Language Indigenous speakers again
Making Indigenous Languages part of everyday ABC
Presenters: Tereza Hlavackova, Salome Nabarlambarl
Presenters: Vanessa Farrelly, Leeanne Swan, Shania Armstrong, Samantha Armstrong, Doreen Abbott, Kathleen Bradshaw, Auriel Swan, Elsa Swan, Sashanna Armstrong
Presenters: Bridget Caldwell-Bright, Kelly Williams, Suzanna Dredge



Linking language and cross cultural knowledge for animals and plants of South East Arnhem Land to western science knowledge through the Atlas of Living Australia
So many languages, so many pathways for kids in the NT
The Nyingarn Project – is echidna doesn’t walk alone
Presenters: Yugul Mangi Rangers,
Emile Ens, Nat Raisbeck-Brown
Presenters: Tina Raye, Dr Rebecca Green
Presenters: Thomas Watson, Sophie Lewincamp



Thursday 4.10pm - 4.40pm Plenary 3
Introduction to Larrakia
Presenter: Aunty Bilawara

Friday 25 August - 9am to 4.40pm
Friday 9.00am - 9.30am Presentations
Noongar Boodja Waangkan
Teaching Yolngu language with Märr in university
Reawakening First Nations Language through place naming in New South Wales
Presenter: Jayden Boundry
Presenter: Brenda Muthamuluwuy, Yasunori Hayashi
Presenter: Gizette Waldron



Anwerne Ingkerrekele Mpwareke : By Us, For Us
The National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Language:growing the forest in language awakening
Approaches to Enhancing Indigenous Representation at CoLang 2022
Presenters: Amanda Turner, Carol Turner, William Lowah, Edmond Doolan
Presenters: Jerome Viles, Gabriela Perez Baez, Stella Beerman
Presenters: Mizuki Miyashita,
Richard Littlebear, Susan Penfield



Friday 9.35am - 10.05am Presentations
What's the impact of your Language work? Research and evaluation done proper ways.
Yagarabul languages: The Gifts and Challenges of working with historic language records
Ngiyangilanha Ngiyampaa Guthi Wirradhurray Guthi – Decolonising musicology through language revitalisation for the analysis of traditional Ngiyampaa and Wiradjuri songs
Presenters: Nathan Brennan, Gulwanyang Moran, Britt Jacobsen, Alanah Jack
Presenters: Gaja Kerry Charlton, Barry A. Brown, Hana Hamilton
Presenter: Jesse Hodgetts



Strengthening Bilingual Education Opportunities
Milaythina Palawa – kani takariliya-nanya & ningina karati-tu Tasmanian Aboriginal country – the stories in our names. Tools for Palawa families + sharing palawa kani with others.
People, Language, Country: An alternative model of language centre work
Presenter: Nina Lawrence
Presenters: Rosetta Thomas, Daisy Allan, Annie Reynolds
Presenters: Edie Maher, Bernie Jones,
Nadine Taylor, Rosalie Egan-Jones



10.05am - 10.30am Morning Tea
Friday 10.30am - 11.00am Plenary 5
More information to come

Friday 11.05am - 11.35am Presentations
QLD Rail & the Central QLD Language Centre Project
Online Safety for you, your community and Language Centre
How to adapt and survive as a language center
Presenters: Chenica Saltner, Tanja Pompey, Delysha Tanner
Presenters: Emma Millis, Julie Gibson
Presenters: Karan Hayward



BOOK LAUNCH: NT Mob Sharing Stories in Language
Reclaiming a new reality: The potential(s) of virtual reality technology in learning and revitalization efforts of the Cayuga language
We’ve got to get it right! Integrity and Authenticity if Kaurna language reclamation.
Presenters: NT Mob Sharing Stories in Language
Presenters: Stanley R. (Bobby) Henry,
Dr. Nicole Luke, Ryanne Logan, Tom Deer
Presenters: Taylor Tipu Power-Smith, Zoey Warruyu Bonney, Jaylon Pila Newchurch, Rob Amery



Friday 11.40am - 12.10pm Presentations
NSW Department of Education – Preschool Aboriginal Language and Culture Program
Ancient Women's Milkarri (Wailing) - Djambarrpuyŋu
The Fourth National Indigenous Languages Survey
Presenters: Brooke Ferguson,
Nadine Castor
Presenters: Joy Bulkanhawuy Dhamarrandji, Rachel Dikuḻ Dhamarrandji, Roslyn Malŋumba Guyula, Kathrin Dixon
Presenters: Lauren W. Reed, Jason Chong



Revivalistics: Language Reclamation and Mental Health
Kunbarlang lerrk: teaching the Kunbarlang language through the Mawng language
Breaking down the jargon
Presenters:Prof Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Michael Walsh
Presenters: Jenny Manmurulu, Margaret Marlingarr, Sandra Makurlngu, Isabel O'Keeffe, Ruth Singer
Presenters: Robert McLellan, Simon Musgrave



12.10pm - 1.00pm Lunch
Friday 1.00pm - 1.30pm Plenary 5
Teo reo Maori: 50 years of lessons
Presenters: Rainia Higgins, Ngahiwi Apanui

Friday 1.35pm - 2.05pm Presentations
Re-engaging the Community with Language
Landowners and Linguists
Enena emeba yirrimebinama yarnumamalya ayangkidarrba-langwa
Presenters: Aunty Loraine Padgham,
Soren Pederson
Presenters: Ian Gumbula, Steven Bird
Presenters: Jennie BaraBara, Judy Lalara, Carol Wurramara, Elvis Wurramara, Lucille Wurramara, Sarah Mamarika, Donna Mamarika



Living languages: Grassroots training to support language work in Australia
Language Revival simple ways to teach language to children and adults
Celebrating the Ngarrindjeri language of SA: reflecting on our successes and many lessons learnt over the last 10 years of MIPAAC
Presenters: Mandy Davis, Desiree Johnson, Amy Parncutt
Presenter: Mia Stanford
Presenters: Angela Giles, Judy Cole, Cedric Varcoe, Rosemary Kartinyeri, Valetta Thornton, Ashleigh Thornton, Abby Bricknell, Kristal Matthews, Jimmy Hurford & Mary-Anne Gale



2.05pm - 2.25pm Afternoon Tea
Friday 2.25pm - 2.55 pm Plenary 6
Yirrkala
Presenters: Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr, Tarna Andrews, Gwen Warmbirrirr,
Elizabeth Milmilany, Senior Educators Shepherdson College Galiwin'ku,
Yapa Educators from Warlpiri Bilingual schools

Friday 3.00pm - 3.30pm Presentations
History of community engagement and collaboration in developing Nationally recognised Aboriginal Language courses in Vocational Education and Training (VET) for TAFE NSW
Language revival from Kindy to Year 12
Guula Gimbayga
Presenter: Terrie Lowe
Presenters: Preston Parter, Corey Appo
Presenters: Anjilkurri Rhonda Radley,
Gilli Arlene Mehan



Collecting resources for teaching Aboriginal languages
Integrating Wik languages and technology across school and on country
Moombaki Digital Quest: Lessons learned: Feedback from end users and co-designers
Presenters: Leanne King, Cat Kutay, Debbie Smith
Presenters: Baressa Frazer, Althea Giblet, Adelaide Toikalkin, Vera Koomeeta, Perry Yunkaporta, Cassy Nancarrow, Louise Ashmore
Presenters: Cheryl Kickett-Tucker,Trevor Martin, Derek Clinch, Charlene Carlisle, Malakai Clinch, Savanah Martin, Caroline Rodney



3.35pm - 4.05pm Presentations
Bigalgu-Na'hik - The Language Basket
Work of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
#ItsOurTime - 21st Century Education Reconciliation
Presenters: Gulwanyang Moran, Sarah Bock
Presenters: Tictac Moore, Josephine Lardy
Presenter: Dakota Edwards



Resources to support project teams to evaluate their digital tools for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages
Teaching mathematics in Indigenous languages
Co-designing language learning for Miriwoong
Presenters: Linda Blake, Jennyfer Tylor, Julian Vido
Presenters: Cris Edmonds Wathen, James Bednall
Presenters: Glennis Galbat-Newry, Rozanne Bilminga, Dianne Dingle, Che Kelly, Henry Leslie-O'Neill


