Program Overview
Join leading primary, secondary and tertiary geoscience educators at Hallett Cove to explore this special location and best practice for field trips.
Get hands-on with workshops dedicated to the highest levels of engagement, with practical exercises to take back to your classroom.
Gather tips, tricks and innovative ideas from international leaders in this space. Join educators and industry leaders to answer the pressing questions at the Big Ideas Day.
Please note: Program times shown are Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). The program overview below is preliminary and subject to change.
Day ONE - Field |
Friday 14 August 2026 |
| 9:30am | Meet near Adelaide
Botanic High School and travel (via bus) to the field location, Hallett Cove |
| 10:30am | Explore the incredible
geology of Hallett Cove while we use this as a model for world-leading field
engagement. Primary, secondary and tertiary focused groups will explore best
practice field engagements, have a go at a range of techniques and share their
own best practice in the field. |
| 4:30pm | Depart Hallett Cove |
| 5:30pm | Return to Adelaide
Botanic High School for a BBQ dinner with delegates |
Day TWO - Workshops and Interactions |
Saturday 15 August 2026 |
| 8:30am | Opening address |
| 9:00am | Morning tea - posters
available for viewing |
| 11:00am | Earth Systems Education Approach Choose from an array of interactive workshops across primary, secondary, tertiary and general interest categories from leading geoscience educators from across the world. |
| 12:30pm | Lunch - posters
available for viewing |
| 1:30pm | Workshops and
presentations continue. |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon tea - posters
available for viewing |
| 3:30pm | Workshops and
presentations continue. |
| 4:15pm | Engaging Earth Science Education Explore an interactive and engaging showcase of resources, work, ideas, equipment and more from a vast array of educators from around the world. Explore displays, speak with educators and take away classroom ready ideas |
| 5:30pm | Enjoy networking with
the option of visiting the poster presentations, now with their authors
standing by to answer your questions. |
| 6:30pm | Conference day ends |
| 7:00pm | Conference dinner
(details TBC) |
Day THREE - The Big Ideas Day |
Sunday 16 August 2026 |
| 8:30am | Join primary, secondary
and tertiary geoscience educators, industry professionals, government
representatives and community members at your table for a day of appreciative
inquiry. |
| 9:00am | The Discovery Stage What gives life? What is already happening globally in the geoscience education space? What works? What is best practice? |
| 10:30am | Morning tea |
| 11:00am | The Dream Stage What might be? What could global geoscience education look like? What could we aspire to be? |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm | The Design Stage What should be the ideal? What does the ideal look like? What is the model/s? |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon tea |
| 3:30pm | The Destiny Stage How to empower, learn and adjust. Rounding up the day. Note: findings from this day will be utilised to produce a summary document which includes recommendations/models that can be utilised globally. |
| 5:30pm | Drinks and networking |
Pre-and-Post-Conference Field Trips |
Thursday 13 August and from Monday 17 August 2026 |
A number of field trips are being planned for the days surrounding the conference, offering delegates the chance to explore some of South Australia's unique regions. Destinations include:
For more information and updates, visit the Field Trips page. |