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Programme

Pedagogies of Hope in Higher Education runs online from 9–20 November 2026. Across the two weeks, the symposium combines asynchronous participation in six online streams with a small number of live keynote conversations and workshops. All live sessions will be less than two hours long.

You can download a programme with all participants and their streams here.

To get the most out of the symposium, we have created a reflective workbook, which you can work through at your own pace. Download this for web here, or for print here.

Live programme

Tue 10 Nov
12:00 pm NZ
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Opening conversation

What is hope for in higher education now?

Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke + Bea Rodriguez-Fransen

Wed 11 Nov
2:00 pm NZ

Hope Café

Hope Café – a space for connection and conversation across the symposium community

Thu 12 Nov
9:00 am NZ

Keynote conversation · Stream 3

Hope in a time of socio-ecological crises

Chris Eames + Finn Maling
Chair: Alice Beban

Fri 13 Nov
9:00 am NZ

Keynote conversation · Stream 2

Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous perspectives for a decolonized & pluriversal future

Leonora Souza Paula + Adreanne Ormond
Chair: Amanda Flaim

Mon 16 Nov
2:00 pm NZ

Keynote conversation · Stream 1

Hope, uncertainty and the work of educational change

Wendy Steele
Chair: Lisa Vonk

Tue 17 Nov
9:00 am NZ

Keynote conversation · Stream 4

Nurturing Hope: mutuality, action, and the gift of listening

John Forester
Chair: Clare Mouat

Tue 17 Nov
2:00 pm NZ

Workshop

Building Hope in Education through Sketchy Thinking

Tammy Soanes-White + Donna-Lynn Baskin

Read an outline for this workshop here.

Wed 18 Nov
8:00 am NZ

Hope Café

Hope Café – a space for connection and conversation across the symposium community

Wed 18 Nov
2:00 pm NZ

Keynote conversation · Stream 6

Hope, Technology, and Alternative Futures in Higher Education

George Veletsianos
Chair: Elaine Khoo

Thu 19 Nov
2:00 pm NZ

Keynote conversation · Stream 5

Universities as sites of refuge, struggle and action

Florencia Rojo
Chair: Daniel Ahlquist

Fri 20 Nov
9:00 am NZ

Closing reflection

Jessica Riddell

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Session	NZ	Australia	India	SEA	UK	Europe	South Africa	US ET	US Central	Arizona	US Pacific
Tue 10 Nov – Opening: Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke + Bea Rodriguez-Fransen	12pm	10am	4:30am	7am	Mon 11pm	12am	1am	Mon 6pm	Mon 5pm	Mon 4pm	Mon 3pm
Thu 12 Nov – Chris Eames + Finn Maling	9am	7am	1:30am	4am	8pm Wed	9pm Wed	10pm Wed	3pm Wed	2pm Wed	1pm Wed	noon Wed
Fri 13 Nov – Leonora Souza Paula + Adreanne Ormond	9am	7am	1:30am	4am	Thu 8pm	Thu 9pm	Thu 10pm	Thu 3pm	Thu 2pm	Thu 1pm	Thu noon
Mon 16 Nov – Wendy Steele	2pm	noon	6:30am	9am	1am	2am	3am	Sun 8pm	Sun 7pm	Sun 6pm	Sun 5pm
Tue 17 Nov – John Forester	9am	7am	1:30am	4am	Mon 8pm	Mon 9pm	Mon 10pm	Mon 3pm	Mon 2pm	Mon 1pm	Mon noon
Tue 17 Nov – Tammy Soanes-White + Donna-Lynn Baskin workshop: Building Hope in Education through Sketchy Thinking	2pm	noon	6:30am	9am	1am	2am	3am	8pm Mon	7pm Mon	6pm Mon	5pm Mon
Wed 18 Nov – George Veletsianos	2pm	noon	6:30am	9am	1am	2am	3am	8pm Tue	7pm Tue	6pm Tue	5pm Tue
Thu 19 Nov – Florencia Rojo	2pm	noon	6:30am	9am	1am	2am	3am	8pm Wed (Nov 18)	7pm Wed	6pm Wed	5pm Wed
Fri 20 Nov – Jessica Riddell	9am	7am	1:30am	4am	Thu 8pm	Thu 9pm	Thu 10pm	Thu 3pm	Thu 2pm	Thu 1pm	Thu noon