#SIITR2024 in Review
A look back at our 2024 Conference
- Date: 3 - 5 September 2024
- Host Community: Kempsey, NSW
- The Venue: Kempsey Central
- Theme Day 1: Investing in regional impact
- Theme Day 2: Amplifying regional voices
- Theme Day 3: Understanding regional challenges
- Streams: Youth futures, housing, place-based practice
Impact
Economic impacts:
- $348K generated in local economy
- 50% of delegates said they were likely or very likely to visit Kempsey again after the conference
- 246 attendees
- 96% of conference spend with SMEs
- over 80% conference spend with businesses in the Mid North Coast (NSW)
Social impacts:
- Space activation: Kempsey Central retail space and Anglican Church precinct
- 28 school students attended paving the way for future generations of social impact practitioners
- Local exhibitions: ‘love letters to the Macleay’ and Impressions of Tomorrow (Ronnie Grammatica), mural created by Sion Thomas
- Ready Macleay program
- 35 bursaries
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2024 Program
Take a look back at the jam-packed program from the 2024 conference and find out what it was all about.Â
The Speakers
We had a high calibre of presenters at the inaugural event. Take a look back at the #SIITR2024 speakers.
The Performers
Social Impact in the Regions has a strong focus on the arts and we curate a program that both supports local creative industries practitioners and also enhances the delegate experience through the application of neoro-arts practice (transdisciplinary study of how the arts and aesthetic experiences measurably change the body, brain, and behavior and how this knowledge is translated into specific practices that advance health and wellbeing).
Artists showcased in 2024 included: Ronnie Grammatica (Photographer), Joanne Stead (visual artist), Sion Thomas (visual artist) and Lucy Frost (performer). Our arts program in 2024 was sponsored by Arts MNC.
Reports and Outcomes
With the inclusion of the Ready Communities pilot program in 2024 we have produce a paper which will be available very soon.
