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Hear from 40+ thought leaders, including:

Bernard Galbally
Chief Executive Officer
Youth Live4Life
Laura Crozier
Crew Champion
Youth Live4Life
Jenny Ockwell
Chief Executive Officer
The Dandenong and District Aborigines Co-operative Ltd (DDACL)
Associate Professor Sophie Adams
Chief Psychiatrist of Victoria
Victorian Department of Health
Floyd Leedie
Chief Executive Officer
Goondir Health Services
Alison Asche
Regional Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Senior Lead
Eastern Melbourne PHN
David Edwards
David Edwards
Director
WellMob, University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney
Chad Onley
Senior Therapeutic Case Manager
The Glen Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre
Ivan Frkovic
Queensland Mental Health Commissioner
Queensland Government
Aunty Sheryl Batchelor
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Yiliyapinya Indigenous Corporation
Jacob Leo Skilling
Chief Executive Officer
The Broken Movement Trust NZ
Jeremy Nikora
Founder
Kaiarahi Cultural Collective
Dr Anthony Cidoni
Chief Psychiatrist
Office of the Chief Psychiatrist ACT
Kerry Russell
Director
Beyond the Pale Indigenous Organisation
Dr Nathan Gibson
Chief Psychiatrist
Office of the Chief Psychiatrist WA
Wendy Hoey
Chief Executive
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
Taimi Allan
Mental Health Commissioner
Mental Health Commissioner for South Australia
Dr Dinesh Arya
Chief Psychiatrist and Chief Medical Officer
Department of Health, Tasmania
Kim Brooklyn
Chief Executive Officer
Parkerville Children and Youth Care
Eleanor Booth
Managing Director and Founder
For-Purpose Evaluations
Suzanne Dick
Chief Executive Officer
Prevention United
Sarah Decrea
Sarah Decrea
Executive Manager Children’s Services
Relationships Australia South Australia
Heidi Sturk
Heidi Sturk
Director of eMHPrac
Queensland University of Technology
Luke Wilson
Director
Paylos
Jamie Crosby
Chief Executive Officer
Families Australia
Tim Spall
Director
Beyond the Pale Indigenous Organisation
Allison Wainwright
Chief Executive Officer
Family Life
Lynette Anderson
Instructor Delivery and Quality Manager – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander MHFA Programs
Mental Health First Aid International
Andrea Kelly
Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner
Department of Health and Aged Care
Belinda Scott
Executive Director
Northern Health
Rose Lougheed
General Manager Primary Care
Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
Dean McWhinney
Dean McWhinney
Aboriginal Health Programs
The Dandenong and District Aborigines Co-operative Ltd (DDACL)
Sarah Williams
Sarah Williams
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
What Were You Wearing
Nyachan Nyak
Nyachan Nyak
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Nas Recovery Centre (NRC)
Steve Morris
Operations Manager
The Glen Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre
Melissa Neal
Director Commissioning, Mental Health and AoD
COORDINARE
Toni Garretty
Toni Garretty
Deputy Mental Health Commissioner
NSW Health
Dr Jenifer Hamer
Executive Manager – Education, Youth, and Disability Services
Relationships Australia South Australia
The Hon Ged Kearney MP
The Hon Ged Kearney MP
Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health
Australian Federal Government (virtual pre-record)
Nathan Deaves
Nathan Deaves
Social and Emotional Wellbeing and Partnerships Manager
SANE
Darren Finn
Darren Finn
General Manager
Sapphire Academy of Sports
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
Suicide Prevention Regional Response Coordinator
Western NSW Primary Health Network
Ben Brien
Ben Brien
Suicide Prevention Regional Response Coordinator
Western NSW Primary Health Network
Lewis Bird
Lewis Bird
Program Manager Suicide Prevention
Western NSW Primary Health Network
Julie Hogarth-Williams
Julie Hogarth-Williams
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
The SeniorsChannel
Rachael Wass
CHIEF Executive Officer
Meaningful Aging Australia
John Davis
Member of Council of Elders
Australian Department of Health and Aged Care

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