2025 ETAWA Half Day Conference and Sundowner

🕐 12.00pm – 12.10pm

Welcome 

🕐 12.10pm – 12.55pm

Keynote Speaker - Nicki Hutley – State of the Economy - Key Issues and the Outook Ahead

Nicki Hutley is a highly experienced independent economist with expertise in macroeconomics and microeconomic policy gained over three decades of practice in financial and investment markets and in economic consulting. This session will focus on some of the international trends as well as both the current macroeconomic outlook in Australia and some of the bigger issues that will shape the economy over the longer term.

🕐 12.55pm – 1.25pm

Food and drinks break / Networking

🕐 1.30pm – 3.00pm  

Inga Kristoffersen – Externalities and Ethical Decision-Making in Production and Consumption 

Inga Kristoffersen is an applied microeconomist and Lecturer in the Department of Economics within the UWA Business School. Inga's research has been published in several high-ranked international journals, and she will discuss the topics of externalities and ethical decision-making in production and consumption.

Chris Doohan – Implementation of the Years 7-10 Humanities and Social Sciences Western Australian Curriculum (Economics & Business) in 2026

Chris Doohan, Principal Consultant - Curriculum, Assessment & Strategic Policy (Humanities and Social Sciences) at the School Curriculum and Authority, will provide an overview of key changes for the upcoming implementation of the Economics and Business curriculum for Years 7-10, with a key focus on unpacking some of the new curriculum content.

🕒 3:00pm – 3:30pm

Sundowner – Enjoy complimentary canapés and drinks while networking with fellow educators