Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/10/2026 - 03/10/2026
7:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location
St Mark's Anglican Church, Spotswood
Categories
Zadok 50th Anniversary Conference
50 Years of Living Dangerously
Looking back, moving foward
Sponsored by EA Insurance Services
Supported by Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
02-03 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 02 October
Registrations 7.00pm
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
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