Youth Summit - Video

A video montage of the 2020 Youth summit which captures the spirit and passion of the two day event is available
on the Youth Summit
section of this site.


 

 

 

Schools Summit Report

Feedback responses sent in from the schools summits have formed the basis of the Voices of the Future Schools Summits Feedback Report, launched by the Minister for Education,
Julia Gillard on
11 April 2008.


 

 

 

Related Events

2020 Youth Summit?

The 2020 Youth Summit was held in the lead up to the Australia 2020 Summit . The Youth Summit was held in Canberra, at Parliament House on 12 and 13 April 2008 and was co-chaired by the Minister for Youth, the Hon Kate Ellis MP and Hugh Evans, Young Australian of the Year for 2004.

Schools Summit

In the lead-up to the Youth Summit on 12-13 April and the Australia 2020 summit on 19 and 20 April the Australian Government invited Australian primary and secondary schools to participate in a series of school summits.

The aim of the Australia 2020 summit is to look at Australia’s future challenges and find innovative solutions by harnessing the best ideas across the nation from Australians with experience, accepted standing, credibility and authority.

The Australian Government sought to involve the whole Australian community in addressing these challenges. The level of interest and enthusiasm from schools and thousands of students across Australia has shown this project to be a resounding success. As the future adults of 2020, Australian school students have shown they have a strong and clear voice on the future of our nation.

Schools summits were held across Australia, from Mumbil in NSW to Kalgoolie in WA, Indooroopilly in Queensland to Sandy Bay in Tasmania. School principals, teachers, administrators, student leaders, parents and members of the community have been involved in this initiative, putting their time and energy into sharing their vision for Australia.

Local Summits

The Local summits were hosted by Local MPs in their respective electorates in advance of the Australia 2020 Summit.

Local Summits explored locally, the challenges facing Australia over the next decade and beyond, discuss major ambitions for Australia as a nation and identify policy levers to realise them.

The main ideas and key areas of discussion from Local Summits were be fed into the 2020 Summit.