Conference 2024

The HEIA 2024 National Conference: Provenance, presence, prospects: Home economics storytelling was a great successs. HEIA would like to thank the Principal Partners, Expert Events, our Conference PCO, the Academic, Steering and Host Committees, Sponsors and trade exhibitors. We would also like to thank the speakers and the concurrent session speakers for the fabulous work they did to bring the conference together and provide such a wealth of knowledge and interesting topics for the delegates to enjoy and learn from.

Thank you to the delegates for attending the conference and for the collegiality and friendliness that was experienced during the conference. I am sure that you will agree that the conference met the major objectives outlined below.

Major objectives of the conference 

It is intended that the conference will:

·       inspire all home economics professionals to encourage others to take personal actions that promote futures in which they will be proud to play a part

·       empower home economics professionals in the education sector to take strong and confident actions related to school
curricula and to deliver rigorous and exciting programs for the student cohort

·       enable delegates to share views about past, current and future practices through storytelling

·       promote contemporary Home Economics

·       enable networking and collaboration with like-minded individuals

·      promote the value of the work of the home economics profession and the value of the Home Economics Institute of Australia.