Program Highlights

A number of major sessions and themes have already been developed…

	IPAA Congress Program Programme construct of sessions and speakers – do you want to know who is speaking on what topic and at what time? For more information download the program here The IPAA Congress Program
	Armando Iannucci Armando Iannucci is a British satirist who devised, directs and writes The Thick of It, the much applauded political satire-cum-farce for BBC television, which is now in its third series. Armando will draw on his unique experience to discuss why the portrayal of public administration and politics in popular culture matters. More information about Armando Iannucci
	Site Visits A unique group of site visits during the Congress will give you the chance to get a behind-the-scenes view of some of the infrastructure that public administration funds, operates or supports. More information about the Site Visits
	Dinners with a Difference In partnership with Heart of Philosophy, the IPAA Congress will be hosting six concurrent Philosophy Dinners at some of the Melbourne’s best restaurants.  This is a chance to test your thinking and tantalise your tongue! Dinners with a Difference!
	IPAA Congress Grand Finale – The Great Value Proposition Challenge We ask the Mad Men [and Women] of Australia’s best advertising agencies to describe the value of public administration. More information about this session
	Fashion and Public Administration Public servants have a poor reputation for fashion and seem to be forever linked to the cardigan. More information about this session
	Trust How can we build – or re-build – trust in public administration? More information about this session
	What public adminstrators should be wary of thinking about…. Could it be that modern, innovative and efficient public administration is actually a bad idea in times of crisis? More information about this session
	What do you look like? How do outsiders view the world of public administration? Private and community sectors leaders who suddenly found themselves working in the public administration world provide their unique insights on what they experienced. More information about this session
	[Classified] From national security to commercial-in-confidence, a growing number of public administrators have to think about secrecy at a time when the demand for openness has never been louder. More information about this session
	Ready for your close up? The first ever study that compares how public administrators are portrayed in US and Australian films. Analysing more than 300 of the most popular films in the United States and Australia, this research contradicts the myths about how public administrators are portrayed in popular culture. Find out more and see how you can be involved in this research! More information about this session
	The Politics of Fiscal Austerity Professor Paul Posner, former head of the American Society for Public Administration, suggests that, despite the current fashion for pessimism, that we can be optimistic about the capacity of democracies to make hard choices to deal with longer term problems. More information about this session
	Public Administration in Giant States The challenges of building modern administrative systems that can respond to the needs of more than one billion people. More information about this session
	Public Administration in Our Region Our northern neighbours discuss the challenges they face in creating public administration systems that can respond to their country’s needs. More information about this session
	Public Administration in History The history of public administration in the world goes far further back. How did earlier public administration systems function when it was papyrus and parchment, not email and e-docs? More information about this session
	Pictures of The People we Work For… The demographic challenges facing public administration. See twenty five thousand words replaced by twenty five charts. More information about this session
	Public Administration Working in Contested Space Perspectives on working in a world where there are rivals in the services or ideas offered by public administrators. More information about this session
	Public Administration and the Urban World The buildings and planning decisions of public administrators helps to change and create the urban environment. But does good design cost more and what sort of time line do we use to assess the value of public buildings? And how can the community play a role in shaping the urban environment? More information about this session
	When Anthropologists meet Administrators… What do anthropologists see when they turn their eyes onto the world of public administration and the people who work in it? Two experts report their findings about the role of ritual, tradtion, tribalism and totems in the world of the public service. More information about this session
	Creating Value by Changing Behaviour A showcase of five major interventions that have used new tools and services to create behaviour change and better outcomes. From nudges and nagging to community wide actions and shock-and-awe communications, what works in getting people to do things differently? More information about this session
	The Curated Innovation Showcase – They Know it when they see it… Three big thinkers – who all have a personal reputation for innovation – present their favourite examples of public sector innovation in action… More information about this session
	The Curated Public Sector Leadership Showcase – others talk about it… Is good leadership generic across the private, community and government sectors? Or are there special skills needed in the public sector? More information about this session
	Entertaining Performances! The IPAA International Congress supports emerging performing artists by featuring performers commissioned by Multicultural Arts Victoria and the Victorian College of the Arts. More information about this session

PLUS CONGRESS STREAMS ON…

• new models of governance that improve government responses to “wicked” problems
• the challenges of service delivery at a time when public expectation about the quality of service delivery is growing
• the possibilities and limits in internal and external engagement
• improving our models of public sector leadership
• the role of the public sector as enabler

AND…

• Site visits to infrastructure created by, or for, public administration
• Congress book club and TED style presentations
• Open to the public festival-style events, including fashion in the public service and the History of Public Administration in 20 Objects…

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