Wednesday 1st July 2026

Welcome to Day Two of the Conference. Today’s focus will be on exploring new approaches, ideas and community development practices that are driving meaningful change. 

The world we want – a vision for justice - Draft Programme

08:00

Yoga/Mindfulness/ Campus Walk & Talks (Connect with other delegates)
08:30 Registration
09:00 – 9:45

Keynote – Cultural Genocide, Cultural Justice: Community Development as Poetics of Refuge

Professor Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts and Personal Chair in Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow
9:45– 10:45

Plenary Presentation - Community-led Sovereignty through Challenges and Change

Dr. Holly Scheib, Director of Community Development at Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
10:45 – 11:00 Tea/Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Parallel Session 5 and Practice Workshops 5
12:00 – 12:45 Singing with Penny Stone - Sing Louder Than Guns
12:45 – 13:45

Networking Lunch & Poster Presentations

Book Launch Neoliberalism and Urban Regeneration: London’s Communities Finding a Voice and Fighting Back, Dr Roger Green and Emeritus Professor Keith Popple

Global Community Development Educators’ Forum (Room 438AB)
13:45 – 14:45 Parallel Session 6 and Practice Workshops 6
14:45 – 15:45 Parallel Session 7 and Practice Workshops 7
15:45 - 16:45 Plenary Session ‘In conversation with’: details tbc
19:00 – 00:00

Conference Gala Dinner (Ticketed Event - Charge Applies)
Venue: Òran Mór, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX