FWD+ORGANISE returns to Sydney on 4-6 May 2027.
FWD+ORGANISE is the place for digital, communications and organising practitioners from across the breadth of civil society – including grassroots movements, nonprofits, unions, service delivery charities, for-purpose business and more – to come together and share practical skills, learn innovative approaches to advocacy, and build lasting collaborations to win systemic change.
The conference will be a jam-packed program, exploring the key themes of how we can collectively tackle and mitigate against the use of deliberate lies and misinformation in public communication, and proactively engage and mobilise new and diverse audiences in our work to shift systems of injustice to create a more just, equitable and sustainable future.
Tickets go on sale soon.
LEARNING OUTCOMES AND SKILLS
Exploring the latest innovations in community organising, digital campaigning and communications
Applying practical lessons from recent winning campaigns around the world
Learning new cutting-edge digital tools and tactics
Building stronger networks and connections with other advocacy practitioners
SPEAKERS AND PROGRAM
FWD+ORGANISE will feature 50+ speakers from across Australia and around the world, exploring the following themes:
Effective messaging strategy
The future of online organising and digital campaigning
Persuasion and frameworks for building community power
Building and nurturing alliances and coalitions
New media tools, digital advertising and social media
Using data to win campaigns and measure success
Apply lessons from winning case studies (and fail shares)
TICKETS (PER PERSON)
All tickets include access to the main two days of the conference. In-person tickets include day catering. Online tickets include plenary livestreams and a dedicated online-only breakout stream.
Tickets are available on a tiered pricing structure based on the size of your organisation or movement. The categories for ticket pricing are:
Small Non-Profit | Individual – For non-profits with an annual revenue of less than $500K and individuals not affiliated with an organisation.
Regular Non-Profit — For non-profits with an annual revenue between $500K and $3 million.
Large Non-Profit — For non-profits with an annual revenue of more than $3 million.
For-Profit | Education | Government — For government bodies, education, social enterprises and organisations servicing the non-profit sector.
Full and Partial Scholarships — See below.
Additional deep-dive workshops and training sessions will be available on the third day (May 6) as first-come first-served registration, typically at an add-on cost.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Full and partial scholarships are available for First Nations people, people with disability, people of colour and people with lived experience seeking asylum who experience financial barriers to attending FWD+ORGANISE 2024.
Full scholarships are offered at no cost, and partial scholarships are offered at a reduced cost. Please note that scholarships are limited and are offered on a rolling basis. You can apply for a scholarship here.
TEAM REGISTRATIONS
Group discounts are available for organisation and movements registering their teams.
10% discount is available to those registering 3-4 team members
20% discount is available to those registering 5 or more team members
These discounts will be automatically applied at checkout.
ACCESSIBILITY
FWD+Organise 2027 is committed to being an accessible event. A full access key will be published for FWD+ORGANISE during early bird ticket sales, including information on:
Auslan interpretation and live captioning
Physical access to venues (inc wheelchair access)
How we are making presentation materials accessible
Actions for everyone to make sessions inclusive and accessible
Companion cards
If you have any questions about how we are working to make FWD+ORGANISE accessible, or if there’s anything else you’d like to know, please reach out to info@australianprogress.org.au.