Conference Proceedings and short film available

The Are We There Yet? National Youth Affairs Conference proceedings are now available in PDF format. You can download the proceedings at the YACVic website www.yacvic.org.au. Also available from this site is the conference short film, where conference delegates tackle the hard questions - are we there yet?

Welcome!

Two years of discussions and planning culminated in the Are We There Yet? National Youth Affairs Conference held from May 1st to 3rd. Over these three days, the Melbourne Park Function Centre was buzzing with 850 people walking through the doors. YACVic is excited to report that 204 delegates were aged between 12 to 25.

Opportunities for the youth affairs sector to come together at a state or a national level are rare and there had not been a national youth affairs conference held in Australia since 1998. Judging by the interest in the conference it was well overdue. We were forced to close registrations two weeks before the conference due to the large numbers who had registered. Limited by the venue’s capacity, we sadly had to turn away over 150 people who were keen to attend.

What's happens now

Key themes and issues that emerged over the three days will be discussed and used by each of the state and territory youth peak organisations in their development of policy directions in the coming year. Any key national youth issues will be used in campaigning and lobbying in the lead up to the Federal election.

Want to know more?

The conference proceedings will be available in July. The proceedings will include a list of all presenters, full copies of peer-refereed papers, details of the extra events, a thorough evaluation report, conclusions and photos of the conference. This will be a PDF that can be downloaded from this site.

Thank You!

A heartfelt thank you to all of the presenters whose dedication to the youth sector made the conference a success. Thanks to our sponsors whose support made the conference possible and to the Conference Youth Team for their time and enthusiasm.