Desert Knowledge Symposium and Business Showcase 2011

The 4th Desert Knowledge Symposium and Business Showcase will once again draw together a unique and diverse group of experts, business operators, scientists, innovators, regional and economic development practitioners, educators, policy makers, workers and community members to learn from each other and explore the issues and opportunities of the desert in particular, and remote Australia more generally.

There are critical issues that confront desert Australia – issues that affect Aboriginal and other Australians and these will be explored in the Symposium. The failure of short-term, piecemeal ‘solutions’ has become obvious and the national awareness of these unresolved challenges is heightened. New ‘whole system’ approaches are needed.

The 4th Desert Knowledge Symposium and Business Showcase is an intercultural forum where Aboriginal and other perspectives will be actively engaged and explored. The symposium aims to carefully consider the whole picture and bring Aboriginal and other voices together, and begin to forge an intercultural approach to shared challenges and realising the many opportunities available to desert people, communities and the nation.