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The Global Indigenous Data Sovereignty (GIDSov) Conference 2025 is being held on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country from 1 – 3 April 2025. The GIDSov Conference 2025 will bring together Indigenous Peoples from across the globe to reflect on successes and map future pathways to advance Indigenous Data Sovereignty.


The Conference marks ten years icsince the first Indigenous Data Sovereignty event hosted by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia where attendees discussed the implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for data.


The conference program will commence on 1 April and the first two days of the Conference, 1 - 2 April, will be exclusively for Indigenous Peoples and communities. We are welcoming governments and other non-Indigenous organisations and individuals to join the conference on the third and final day, 3 April.

       

                                                                             

       

     

       

     

       

     

       

       

       

     

       

     

       

       

       

     

       

     

       

     

       

     

       

     

       

     

       

     

       

     

Conference location

The Australian National University (ANU) acknowledges the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples as the traditional owners of the ACT. The GIDSov Conference and Gala Dinner on the second day (2 April) will be held on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country (Canberra, ACT) at Kambri at the ANU. For thousands of years, Kambri has been a significant meeting place for the traditional custodians of this land. The name was graciously bestowed upon ANU by representatives of the Little Gudgenby River Tribal Council, Buru Ngunawal Aboriginal Corporation, King Brown Tribal Group, and the Ngarigu Currawong Clan.

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GIDSov 2025 Conference artwork

ABOUT THE ARTWORK This artwork created for the Global IDSov Conference, features 4 community circles representing each attending nation - all connected to each other through the use of journey lines. The centre is symbolic of belonging and sovereignty, with the utilisation of a large hand print as the feature of the logo. ABOUT THE ARTIST Ambrose Scott Killian is a proud desert/Eastern Arrernte and Western Bundjalung man and proud father and husband. He was born on Larrakia country (Darwin) and currently resides in Meanjin (Brisbane) on beautiful Quandamooka country to which he now calls home. Ambrose’s Nana, Barbara-Anne Chisholm, was born on Eastern Arrernte country and was stolen and raised north of Darwin on Melville Island before moving to Brisbane and then back to Darwin after her schooling had finished. His Grandfather, Ambrose Morgan was of Bundjalung and African-American descent and grew up around Redfern, NSW, so he has family, connections, experiences and stories to share through all of these regions.

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Conference organisers and key stakeholders live and work across the homelands of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We pay our respect to their Elders, past and present, and acknowledge their continuing connection to their lands, waters, culture and heritage. Always was, always will be. Please contact the conference organiser This is Creative if you have any questions. gidsov@thisiscreative.com.au (02) 8091 2620