NYNTC
Draft Program
We're working on an inspiring conference experience with content that will make it impossible for you to unsee and unthink what you learn.
Conference Design
Deep-Dive Presentations
These explorations serve as thought-provoking sessions that challenge participants to examine the foundational thinking behind regeneration. These sessions create a space for deep reflection on paradigms, assumptions, and mental models that shape how we approach tourism.
Practical Tools & Frameworks
Practical Framework Sessions provide hands-on learning experiences with specific tools, methodologies, and frameworks that participants can immediately apply to their work. These sessions balance theory with application and are paired with the Tourism Colab's Regenerative Tourism Practitioner Program.
Experience Regeneration in Place
Immersive Field Experiences take learning beyond the conference room and into the living laboratory of Flinders Island. These experiences facilitate direct connection with place, people, and nature through authentic engagement helping us see how regenerative living systems work in practice.
Portal #1 Shifting Perspectives
Shifting Perspectives invites participants to challenge their existing mental models and the dominant paradigm shaping tourism. Through interactive sessions that explore how we know, sources of knowledge and thought-provoking discussions, we'll explore how our foundational thinking shapes outcomes, and discover new ways of seeing that can transform our approach to tourism.
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Mindsets, mental models and paradigms shaping tourism
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Futures thinking for a changing world
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Regenerative development and tourism
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Regenerative storytelling that connects
Portal #2 Deepening Connection
Deepening Connection focuses on fostering meaningful relationships between people and places. This theme explores how tourism can strengthen bonds with local communities and landscapes, enabling authentic connections that benefit visitors and hosts alike. Through immersive experiences and thoughtful dialogue, we'll discover how genuine connection creates the foundation for regenerative tourism practices that honour place and community.
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Understanding place identity, belonging and stewardship
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Connecting with nature and llistening
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Authentic community conversations
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Social licence, welcome, and hosting
Portal #3 Design for Impact
Shifting Perspectives invites participants to challenge their existing mental models and the dominant paradigm shaping tourism. Through interactive sessions that explore how we know, sources of knowledge and thought-provoking discussions, we'll explore how our foundational thinking shapes outcomes, and discover new ways of seeing that can transform our approach to tourism.
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Regenerative business development
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Regenerative experience design
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Designing for net positive impact
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Monitoring and evaluating systemic change
Portal #4 Leading
Regeneratively
Leading Regeneratively addresses the critical need for new leadership approaches in tourism that build resilience and foster positive change. This theme explores how we develop adaptive capacities, implement innovative governance models, and cultivate regenerative economies that thrive through uncertainty. Through collaborative sessions and practical tools, participants will discover how to lead in ways that nurture the conditions for regenerative places to flourish and welcome visitors with an invitation to connect.
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Building resilience and capacity to adaptation
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Regenerative leadership
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Future-fit governance
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Diverse value creation and regenerative economies
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we reside today, the palawa people of the trawulwai Nation, and recognise their continuing connection to the land, waters and culture of the Islands. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.