9:15-10:15 AM

Exploring strategies for co-designing research, identifying community priorities, and communicating results in ways that support Ranger programs, enhance school outreach, and engage donors effectively.

Panelists: Ray Tobler,Tristen Jones, Ken Wyatt, Paul Hartley, Amos Smith, Mark Jones, Charmaine Cinnabar

MORNING TEA (10:15-10:45 am)

(Image: Bernadette Waina and Pauline Heaney, 2025, Balanggarra Country)

10:45-11:45 AM

10 min presentations, 3 mins for questions. Presentations focus on visual storytelling, significance of findings, community relevance and interdisciplinary links.

10:45-11:00: Russell Mullett* (GLaWAC)

Waribruk Revisited

11:00-11:15: Chris Clarkson (Griffith) and Njanjma Rangers

A new ARC-LP with RAA: Human Responses to Post-Glacial Sea Level Rise at Red Lily, Arnhem Land

11:15-11:30: Hamish McGowan (UQ)

65 thousand years of environmental change in the Kimberley: What we've learned and opportunities to fill our remaining gaps in knowledge.

11:30-11:45: Antonia Papasergio and Rachel Popelka Filcoff (UniMelb)

Seeing Through Time: Advanced Imaging of Painted Layers at Pundawar Manbur (Kimberley)

(Image: Scott Unghango and Rachel Popelka Filcoff, 2023, Balanggarra Country)

11:45-12:45 PM

Researchers (and their teams) deliver an elevator pitch to groups which include: RAA Board, SAC, Indigenous partners, students, and collaborators. A spokesperson from each group shares the key research points with everyone, and the researcher reports back on the most useful feedback received about their pitch.

GROUP A LEADER: Rachel Popelka-Filcoff

GROUP B LEADER: Bastien Llamas

GROUP C LEADER: Faris Ruzain

GROUP D LEADER: Tristen Jones

GROUP E LEADER: Marina Mitsopoulos

GROUP F LEADER: Theresa Dixon

GROUP G LEADER: Michael Petraglia

(Image: Faris Ruzain at East Kimberley College, Kununurra, 2025)

1:45-2:30 PM

1:45-2:00: Re-cap of Breakout Session

10 min presentations, 3 mins for questions. Presentations highlight visual storytelling, key findings, community impact and interdisciplinary links.

2:00-2:15: Belinda Martin (Flinders)

From Microbes to Minerals: Stories Locked in Rock Art Coatings

2:15-2:30: Kasih Norman (Griffith)

Human Response to Dramatic Post-Ice Age Climate Change: survey results from Java and Madura Islands, Indonesia.

(Image: Njanjma Rangers doing GPR at Malangangerr, 2018)

2:30-4:00 PM

2:30-3:00: Paul Hartley, Tony Keeble (Victorian Outdoor Ed School), Ainslie Donation and Ian Waina (Kalumburu Community) Kalumburu Women's Cultural Education Engagement Project-Video Summary and panel discussion

3:00-3:15: Amos Smith (BAC) and Donny Imberlong

Healthy Country, Healthy Communities: How rock art research can help community welfare

3:15-4:00: Louise Shewan (UniMelb) and Ian Waina

Kimberley Rock Art Virtual Reality Program for immersive learning, research, conservation and engagement.

AFTERNOON TEA 3:15-4:00

(Group splits in half for Afternoon Tea and VR headset session)

(Image: Tara Donation, Augie Unghango and family with Louise Shewan and Pauline Heaney trying out VR headsets, 2025)

4:00-4:45 PM

10-minute presentations, followed by 3 minutes for questions. Presentations highlight visual storytelling, key findings, community impact, and interdisciplinary links.

4:00-4:15: Phil Riris (Uni Bournemouth)

Rock art for insights into past ecological diversity

4:15-4:30: Sam Harper (UWA)

Where to next? Big datasets and community priorities

4:30-4:45: Dawn Lewis (Uni Adelaide)

Paleogenomic Perspectives on Indigenous Australian Rock Art and Cultural Landscapes

(Image: Uriah Waina and Sam Harper recording sites on Balanggarra Country, 2017.-Photo-Mark Jones)