Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/10/2026 - 03/10/2026
7:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location
St Mark's Anglican Church, Spotswood
Categories
2-3 October 2026
In Person or Online
St Mark’s Anglican Church
616 Melbourne Rd, Spotswood 3015
Parking at the back of Childcare Centre (via Hudson Road)
Program
Friday 2 October
Registrations 7.00 pm
7:30-9:30 pm – Panel Session
Zadok’s Dangerous Past & Future
David Millikan, Founding Zadok Director, The Sunburnt Soul
Peter Marshall, 2nd Zadok Director, Inter-CHurch Trade & Industry Mission
John Harris, 3rd Zadok Director, Bible Society, One Blood
Jim Barr, 4th Zadok Director, Theology in a Third Voice
Doug Hynd, Zadok Editor & Zadok History Writer Part I
Facilitated by: Gordon Preece, 5th Director, The Viability of the Vocation Tradition
Saturday 03 October
Registrations 8.00am
Program 9.00am-5.30pm
9.00am – Panel Session
AI: Creativity, Truth & Digital Discernment
Richard Gunton, Data Scientist, St. Mary’s University London (online)
Daniel Lowe, Associate Director ISCAST, Science, Religion & AI Researcher
Kristin Argall, Publisher & Editor – Acorn & Bible Society
Dave Chiswell, Youth Worker, City on a Hill, Adjunct Ridley College
Jo Cruickshank, Associate Professor, Deakin University
Facilitated by Gordon Preece
10:30am Coffee Break
11.00am – Panel Session
Generational Justice: Money & Ethical Investment
Jonathan Cornford, MannaGum & Seeds Community
Trevor Thomas, ex Chair of TEAR, CEO Ethinvest
Facilitated by Claire Harvey, Boards of MannaGum Board & Ethos
And Deborah Upton, Ethos Chair, Business Executive
12.30pm Lunch Provided
1.30pm – Session
Generational Justice & Ecology
Steve Hatfield-Dodds, ex Zadok Chair, EY Net Zero Centre Head of Research
Jo Knight, CEO Anglican Overseas Aid,
Award Nominated Called to Care For People & Planet (online)
Facilitated by Claire Harvey, A Climate of Hope?
2.45pm – Session
Christian & Islamic Public Theologies
Paul Tyson, Independent Theologian, Scientist, Sociologist
3.45pm Coffee Break
4.15pm – Session
Zadok & Ethos Dangers:
From ‘Progressive’ Transformation to Christ Transfiguring Culture
Gordon Preece, Director Ethos & ex-Three Ethics Centres, Chair Melbourne Anglican SRC
5.30pm Close & 6pm Self-paid Dinner at Spotswood Pub – 5 min walk away
Early Bird In Person Tickets: $70
Online Tickets: $70
Early Bird Tickets Extended until 31 August 2026
Book Tickets Here
Supported by Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
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