Hans P Bokelund

Director, Aboriginal Melbourne - City of Melbourne

Biography

Hans is a Darumbal/Turrbal man from Queensland and past-President of Tarwirri (Indigenous Law Students and Lawyers Association of Victoria). He is currently the inaugural Director of Aboriginal Melbourne – City of Melbourne Branch. Hans decided to join the City of Melbourne because of the exciting new branch they were establishing, to build and enhance Melbourne as a recognised leader of Aboriginal culture – A City with an Aboriginal focus. He is exploring ways to bring the City of Melbourne’s Reconciliation Action Plan to life and working with his team to revitalise relationships with the Aboriginal community members and cement Aboriginal Melbourne as a benchmark par excellence.

Keynote release date

Keynote presentations will be released prior to the Symposium date so that delegates can have maximum opportunity to view these presentations before the live panel discussions at the live online event.

Monday 31 August

Hans P Bokelund, Director, Aboriginal Melbourne - City of Melbourne

Topic: Indigenous Perspective on SDGs, Cities and Climate Change

Session details

Wednesday 30 September

10:15 – 11:30 am

Responding Panel to Keynote

Indigenous Perspectives on SDGs, Cities and Climate Change - Hans P Bokelund, Director Aboriginal Melbourne - City of Melbourne

Moderator:

Marley Holloway-Clarke, Project Officer - Murrup Barak, Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development

Panellists:

Jefa Greenaway, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and Principal Architect - Greenaway Architects

Stacie Piper, Wurundjeri, Dja Dja Wurrung, Ngurai-Illam Wurrung, First Nations Curator - Yalingwa, Djirri Djirri Dancer, Chairperson Victorian NAIDOC Committee

Hans P Bokelund, Director Aboriginal Melbourne - City of Melbourne

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