Education Conference 2015
Learn Life OutdoorsEvery year the Conference becomes a little bigger and a little better, providing an important opportunity for Outdoor Educators, teachers and students alike to come together. This years’ highly successful event was held in the glorious location of Camp Marysville. Despite some rather chilly mornings, the sun gods thankfully smiled down upon us over the 2 1/2 days. We were packed to the rafters, selling over 335 tickets, up from our 203 from the previous year. We hosted 53 speakers who offered up to 84 diverse presentations from lectures to active workshops. We were also thrilled to have Mark Collard as MC, as well as 3 wonderful Keynote speakers, Andrew Douch, Dr Paul Sinclair and Andrew Brookes.
We want to send out a BIG thank you to everyone who participated, from attendees to presenters to volunteers and of course our Sponsors!! You all helped make this years’ event the biggest and most successful yet.
Education Outdoors Conference 2015 picture gallery
Links to 2015 Program
The Education Outdoors “Learn Life Outdoors” program for 2015 was full of a wonderful variety of Keynote speakers, presenters, practical workshops and lectures. Download your copy of the full program. or visit the online schedule here


Roo Davis from Wodonga Tafe was one of our wonderful presenters. If there was a prize for the best head shot in the OUTDOORS, I think Roo would win first prize! Thanks also for bringing a great bunch of students with you Roo.
A diverse group of 53 different presenters shared their wisdom and expertise with attendees this year. We thank you all for your contributions! View the full list of presenters on the SCHED program website.

Dr John Quay form Melbourne Uni has provided us with the notes from his presentation: What is outdoor education? Knowing, doing and being. Download here. You can also find this resource in our resource library Watch this space for further updates
Keynote Speakers

Andrew Douch
Andrew Douch was one of our three Keynote Speakers and he had the audience enthralled with his inspiring presentation.

Dr Paul Sinclair
Paul’s inspiring presentation officially opened the conference and in such a poignant way.

Dr. Andrew Brookes
Andrew Brookes is known and admired by many in the Outdoor Education Community. His talk inspired some lively debate.
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Volunteers
Of course being a non-profit organisation of 3 people you can imagine there is no way we could organise such an event without the assistance of our wonderful volunteers. First of all we’d like to thank all the students from Wodonga Tafe, La Trobe and Federation Uni. These girls and guys are always happy to muck in and do whatever is needed at any given moment. They also do it all with a big smile on their faces. A special thanks goes out to Geoff Adams from Fed Uni who did all the filming of the Keynotes (as well as organised the lanyards again). Stay tuned for the edited versions of the films to be uploaded shortly. Last but not least is the work of the Education Committee, and most importantly the sub-committee, Steve McMurtrie (ROSA), Michael Cox (Rubicon Education Outdoors) & Colin Abbott (many of you will know from VOEA days), who were specifically in charge of the event. Thanks for all your hard work guys.