Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Parramatta

2025

Program

Future Leaders Forum

Name: Future Leaders Forum
Start: 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-06-05T04:00:00.000Z
Location: Castle Hill

Ended 5 Jun 2025

Free

Castle Hill

High School students from across Sydney are invited to join Future Leaders Forum to explore climate leadership.

The forum will include talks and interactive workshops, providing opportunities for aspiring climate advocates and leaders to connect and voice new perspectives on climate change and its impacts.

Presented by Powerhouse in collaboration with the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Program

10am Keynote with Yehansa Dahanayake
Yehansa Dahanayke, Youth climate justice advocate, activist, artist, Youth research assistant at Western Sydney University Young and Resilient Research Centre.

11am and 12.30pm Workshop Melissa Gilbert X UTS
Led by Eora-based multidisciplinary artist, educator and facilitator Melissa Gilbert, whose socially engaged practice fosters togetherness and connection, this workshop is presented in collaboration with researcher, maker and curator Dr Julia Scott-Stevenson (UTS) and Thomas Ricciardiello, Visualisation Developer at UTS Data Arena.

With the opportunity to consider their own leadership, students will use generative AI to design collective visions of desirable climate futures.

11am and 12.30pm Design Your Leadership Style
Everyone has a role to play in building a better world and in strengthening the communities we are part of. In this workshop developed by Grace Vegesana (National Director, Australian Youth Climate Coalition) and Phoebe McIlwraith (News and Current Affairs Journalist), students will explore the different roles needed for change. Are you a disruptor, a visionary, or something else entirely?

1.30pm One Mic
Students will regroup to share thoughts, reflections, ideas. Focus will be centered on a single microphone on stage where individual offerings will be shared with the whole group to close the event. Students can choose to actively participate or listen and reflect on their colleagues’ sharing.