Thought leaders. Trailblazers.
Expert facilitators.
Our speakers are experts in their field.
Elizabeth Gaines she/her
Former CEO, Non Executive Director and Global Green Ambassador
Fortescue Metals Group
Prof Tom Bennett
Director & Founder
ResearchED & Behaviour Advisor to the United Kingdom Department for Education
Dr Russ Fox
Lecturer, School of Educational Psychology & Counselling, Faculty of Education
Monash University
Dr Tim McDonald
Chief Executive Officer
YMCA WA & subject matter expert, The Engaged Classroom Initiative, Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)
Dr Erin Leif
Senior Lecturer in the School of Educational Psychology & Counselling, Faculty of Education
Monash University
Lisa Ogolo
Chief Executive Officer
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Ageing & Aged Care Council
Ross Joyce
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO)
Dr Melanie Tan
Independent Clinical Governance & Medico-legal Consultant
Dr Melanie Tan Consulting

Robert Fitzgerald AM
Commissioner
NSW Ageing and Disability Commission

Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM
President and Acting Age Discrimination Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission

Tom Symondson
Chief Executive Officer
Aged and Community Care Providers (ACCPA)

Janet Anderson
Commissioner
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

Craig Gear OAM
Chief Executive Officer
Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN)

Mel Metz
Assistant Secretary Legislative Reform Branch
Australian Department of Health and Aged Care
Dr Kristin Diemer
Principal Research Fellow, Department of Social Work
The University of Melbourne
Lisa McPhie
Project Coordinator and Facilitator
ARC Gender Relations Project, Men and Family Centre (Bundjalung Country, Northern Rivers, NSW)
Hunter McBride
Project Coordinator and Facilitator
ARC Gender Relations Project, Men and Family Centre (Bundjalung Country, Northern Rivers, NSW)
Sarah Drury
Project Coordinator and Facilitator
ARC Gender Relations Project, Men and Family Centre (Bundjalung Country, Northern Rivers, NSW)
Dr Brodie Evans
Practice Manager
YFS SE QLD; Queer and Trans Workers Against Violence (QTWAV)
Dr Astrid Perry OAM
Head of Women, Equity & DFV, Stakeholder Relations, Research & Policy
SSI
Susan Beattie
Director, Policy and Systems
Queensland Network of Alcohol and Other Drug Agencies (QNADA)
Luke Addinsall
Mental Health Social Worker and FDV Specialist & Private Practitioner & Counsellor
The Centre of Change
Jolene Ellat
CEO & Founder
DART Institute (Domestic Abuse Resource and Training Group)
Hayley Foster
Director – Family Violence, Director – Access, Equity and Inclusion
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Tony Johannsen
Psychotherapist, AOD clinician & accredited MBCP facilitator and Executive Manager Clinical Practice & Quality
Family Life
Hayley Boxall
Research Fellow
Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
Prof Michael Flood
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice, School of Justice
QUT

Jason McHeyzer
National Director, Cosmetic Surgery and Compliance
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Lil Gordon (She/Her)
Ngemba Woman & First Assistant Secretary - First Nations Outcomes
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Frances Gamble (She/Her)
CEO, Out for Australia & Principal Strategic Designer, NDDA
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Greta Doherty (She/Her)
Group Manager Women's Safety & LGBTQIA+ Ally
Department of Social Services
Yenn Purkis (They/Them)
Author, Autism Advocate & Inclusion Officer
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Simon Cotterell PSM (He/Him)
First Assistant Secretary, Primary Care
Department of Health and Aged Care
Senator Scott Wiener He/Him
Chair, Housing Committee. Former Chair, Legislative LGBTQ Caucus
California State Senate
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG (He/Him)
Former Justice of the High Court of Australia, Educator and Jurist
Lauren Mills
Branch Manager, Digital Strategy, Policy & Engagement
Digital Transformation Agency
Dr Cathy Balding
Director
Qualityworks PL
Professor David Turner
Director of Professional Learning
Queensland Association of State School Principals
Dr Don Carter
Deputy Head of School (Acting), School of International Studies & Education, Head Initial Teacher Education Discipline
University of Technology Sydney
Professor Simone White
Professor & Dean of Education, President
RMIT University, Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE)
Professor John Fischetti
Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Human and Social Features
University of Newcastle
Professor Donna Pendergast
Engagement and Director of Engagement, Arts, Education & Law Group
Griffith University
Tiffany Roos
Director of the Evidence Institute
Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AISNSW)
Professor Michele Simons
Dean and Head of the School of Education, President
Western Sydney University, Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE)
Mark Grant
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)

John Anthony
A/g Manager, National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator, Compliance, Assurance & Performance,
Department of Industry, Science & Resources

Angela Masson
Chief Building Regulator
Queensland Building & Construction Commission

Matthew Graham
General Manager Strategy & Integration
Noetic Group

Rose Webb
Chair of the National Committee , ANZSOG National Regulators Community of Practice & Former Deputy Secretary, Better Regulation Division & Commissioner
NSW Fair Trading

Pavel Ananikyan
Principal Policy Adviser, System Reform & Workforce Division
Department of Families, Fairness & Housing Victoria

Lachlan Phillips
Deputy Chief Executive Officer,
ACT Independent Competition & Regulatory Commission

Erica McLuckie
A/Executive Director, Regulation, Assessment & Service Quality, Early Childhood & Education Improvement
Queensland Department of Education

Dr Sandra Cuthbert
Chief Executive Officer
Food Standards Australia New Zealand

Dr Grant Pink
Managing Director, Recap Consultants
Pracademic, Steering Group for National Regulators Community of Practice, ANZSOG

Brigadier Damien McLachlan
CSC & Bar, Director General Land Worthiness
Department of Defence

Amiette Wakenshaw
Principal Project Manager, Biodiversity Conservation & Science
Department of Planning & Environment NSW

Cynthia Giles
Author
Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era
Rachael Bonetti (She/Her)
Keynote Speaker, Forbes Contributor, Podcast Host & Founder
Elite EA Academy

Jason Scarborough
Principal Consultant
JS Regulatory Services
Anna Feringa (She/Her)
Workplace Mental Health Consultant, Director
Anna Feringa Consulting Pty
Dr Qinghua Lu
Principal Research Scientist & Leader Responsible AI Science Team
CSIRO Data61
Letitia Hope
proud Bundjalung, Torres Strait Islander and South Pacific Islander woman, Deputy Secretary Families and Communities
Department of Social Services
Deidre Mulkerin (She/Her)
Director-General
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, QLD
Tricia Malowney OAM (She/Her)
Chief Accessibility Advocate
Department of Transport and Planning
Dr Rachel Chay (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General and Chief Biosecurity Officer
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, QLD
Dr Niki Vincent (She/Her)
Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner
Public Sector Gender Equality Commission
Dr Linda Colley
Special Commissioner
Office of the Special Commissioner Public Sector Commission, QLD
Nicole McCartney (She/Her)
Yorta Yorta woman & Chief Aboriginal Health Adviser
Department of Health & Human Services
Beth Jones (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary, Rural and Regional Victoria
Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
Michelle Sheppard (She/Her)
Senior Diversity and Inclusion Advisor
Department of Transport & Planning VIC
Florine Baerlocher (She/Her)
Co-Chair VPS Women of Colour Network, Co-Founder DEECA Women of Colour Network and Senior Policy Officer
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Hon Jodie Harrison MP (She/Her)
Minister for Women, Minister for Seniors, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Anne Moffatt (She/Her)
Chief Operations Officer
Department of Transport and Main Roads, QLD
Tania Porter (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General Early Childhood
Department of Education, QLD
Erin Earle (She/Her)
Senior Executive Director
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, QLD
Dr Elise Stephenson (She/Her)
Social Entrepreneur, Gender Equality Researcher, Speaker & Deputy Director
Global Institute of Women's Leadership
Emilie Priday (She/Her)
Director, Workforce Inclusion and Experience
NSW Public Service Commission
Catherine Carvolth (She/Her)
Chief People Officer
NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Monica Forlano (She/Her)
Head of AFL Studios, AFL Digital, Chair and Director
Endometriosis Australia
Famey Williams (She/Her)
Githabul woman & Chief Executive Officer
NSW Aboriginal Housing Office
Yvonne Weldon AM (She/Her)
Wiradjuri woman, City of Sydney Councillor, Deputy Chair Metro Land Council
Author, Mum & Nin
Stacie Hansel (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General Schools and Student Support
Department of Education, QLD
Mark Rossiter
Executive Director Operations
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA)
Amanda de Jong
Strategic Environmental Consultant & Director
Making Good Decisions Certificate Holder - Certified Independent Commissioner
Liam Smith
PhD, Professor & Director
BehaviourWorks Australia Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University

Stephanie Morrow
Specialist Advisor, Compliance & Enforcement
Essential Services Commission
Jarrod Cowley-Grimmond
Acting Deputy Director-General
Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing & Water, Queensland
Rebecca Billings
Commissioner, Victorian Essential Services Commission
Interim Commissioner, Better Regulation Victoria

Dr Marie Doole
Principal Advisor| Kaitohutohu Mātāmua, Regulatory Strategy & Stewardship
Ministry for the Environment | Manatū Mō Te Taiao
David Ironside
Assistant Secretary, Plant Import Operations, Biosecurity Plant & Science Services Division
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
Juanita McCarthy
proud Mithaka woman, Director Operations, Aboriginal Land Strategy
Department of Environment and Planning NSW
Dr Allan Wade PhD, Cathy Richardson & Shelly Dean
Dr India Bryce & Dr Simone Collier
Elena Campbell & Silke Meyer
Steve Grant & Bruce Fuda
Eleanor Groat
Developer of Leaders and Teams
Your Best Asset
Professor Sandra Creamer AM
Chief Executive Officer
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance
Dr. Emma Katz
Associate Professor
Durham University, SHERA Research Group & Author of 'Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives’ 2022
Craig Rigney
Chief Executive Officer
KWY Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family Services
Matthew West
Wiradjuri man, Director Closing the Gap, Aboriginal Outcomes, Crown Lands and Public Spaces
Department of Environment and Planning NSW
Lisa Stark
Disability Focussed Caseworker
Macarthur Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
Mayra Lindao
Youth Focussed Case Manager
Macarthur Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
Adam Hasandedic
Family Violence Practice Leader
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (VIC)
Megan Duffy
Child Safety Team Leader
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, Rockhampton (QLD)
Emma Rogers
DFV Principal Project Officer
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs (QLD)
Cathy Richardson
Director, First Peoples Studies at Concordia University &
Co-founder, Centre for Response-Based Practice
Superintendent Greg Moore
Commander, Incident & Emergency Management Command
NSW Police Force
Dr Tony Stanley
National Practice Advisor Design at Oranga Tamariki
Ministry for Children (NZ)
Corey Trembath
proud Kurnai brother boy
Director, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Board and Board Director & Secretary, Wear It Purple
Zoe Weston
Manager Practice and Permanency - Northern Cluster
Department of Communities and Justice
Tahlia-Rose Vanissum
Woppaburra women, Commonwealth Public Servant
Board Director and Chairperson, Department of Social Services
Dr. Anita Morris
Statewide Family Violence Principal Practitioner
Department of Families, Fairness & Housing (VIC)
Melanie Hawyes
Deputy Secretary Crown Lands and Public Spaces
Department of Environment and Planning NSW
April Lawrie
Mirning and Kakatha Woman
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People SA
Wendy Ah Chin
Proud Waanyi Woman, Chief Superintendent First Nations and Cultural Capability
Queensland Corrective Services
Wynetta Dewis
proud Torres Strait Islander Woman, Joint Council Representative for Queensland, Coalition of Peaks & Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Prevention Service
Richie Ah Mat
descendant of the Yupungathi and Wuthathi peoples, Co-Chair
Cape York Partnership Board and Chairperson, Cape York Land Council
Vonda Malone
Torres Strait Islander Woman, Chief Executive Officer
Torres Strait Regional Authority
Shane Hamilton
Wakka Wakka and Bundjalung Man, Deputy Secretary Aboriginal Affairs and Outcomes
Aboriginal Affairs NSW
C’Zarke Maza
descendant of the Meriam people of Mer (Murray Island) in the Torres Strait Islands and Yidinjdji people
Commissioner (Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa)
Renee Blackman
proud Gubbi Gubbi Woman, Chief Executive Officer
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane
Pele Ware
Proud Torres Strait Islander Woman, Chair
Queensland South Native Title Services
Lil Anderson
Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi Woman, Chief Executive Officer
Office of Maori Crown Relations - Te Arawhiti
Theresa Anderson
Social Informaticist, Connecting Stones Consulting Honorary Fellow, Connected Intelligence Centre
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Women in Data Science (WiDS) Ambassador
Emma Liversidge GAICD
Advisory Committee Member, Queensland AI Hub, Founder
The Insight of Things
Phillip Brooks
Bidjara, Kairi and Ducabrook Man, Deputy Director General First Nations Strategy and Partnership
Department of Education QLD
Stan Grant
Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and Dharrawal man
Australian journalist, writer and radio and television presenter
Rohan Samaraweera
Senior Director - Data Science Branch Warehouse
Department of Home Affairs
Darshil Mehta
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Fawad Abro
Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Data & Analytics
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Paul Kidson
Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) & Senior Lecturer - Educational Leadership
Australian Catholic University
Kane Bradford
Head - Professional Practice, Innovation and Partnerships
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School
Ella Camporeale
Curriculum Leader for Art, Design and Digital Technologies
Westminster College
Dr Romina Santos Reyftmann (She/Her)
Human Rights Lawyer, PhD (Medicine), Mentor, Mother of tween twins & Pro Bono Leader
Illawarra Reproductive Medicine and Laparoscopy
Josh Byrnes (He/Him)
Institutional CSA survivor and advocate
Attorney-General's Department
Liam Scotland (He/Him)
Senior Advisor, Safety, Leadership and Comm-State Engagement, Office for Women & PM&C Pride Co-Chair
Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet
Jason Lodge
Deputy Associate Dean (Academic) & Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
University of Queensland
Budi Sudarto (They/Them)
Intersectionality, Inclusion and Belonging Expert, Educator and Consultant
Leslie Loble AM
Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney & Expert Panel Member
Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education & Care
MAJGEN Tony Rawlins DSC, AM (He/Him)
Major General, Head Force Design
Department of Defence
Professor Nareen Young (She/Her)
Former CEO, Diversity Council of Australia & Associate Dean, Indigenous Leadership & Engagement
UTS
Mandy Young (She/Her)
Gomeroi Woman & Deputy Secretary, Chief Commissioner of State Revenue & Commissioner of Fines Administration
Revenue NSW
Nicky Bell (She/Her)
General Manager, Smart Centres Operations Division
Services Australia
Elena Campbell
Associate Director - Research, Advocacy and Policy, Centre for Innovative Justice
RMIT University
Catherine Baulch
Manager, Children, Youth and Families | Family Support and Commissioning Oversight
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs (QLD)
Sarah Decrea
Manager Family Led Decision Making, Ngartuitya Family Group Conference Service
Relationships Australia SA
Aunty June Riemer
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
First Peoples Disability Network Australia
Lakshmi Sri
Manager Child and Family Early Intervention Services,
Relationships Australia SA
Nerida Mason
DET Implementation, Victorian Child Information Sharing and Early Childhood Systems Division
Victorian Department of Education
Tamara Weaver
Director Community Engagement
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Kate Alexander
Executive Director, Office of the Senior Practitioner
Department of Family and Community Services (NSW)
Dr Jeffrey Chan
Deputy Commissioner Practice Quality and Clinical Advisory Division & Senior Practitioner Behaviour Support
NDIS Quality and Safeguards
Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre & Professor of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts
Monash University
Professor Silke Meyer
Chair in Child & Family Research
School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith Criminology Institute & Griffith Centre for Mental Health, Griffith University
Akii Ngo (They/Them)
Disability, Equity, Inclusion and Gender Equity Activist, Family and Intimate Partner Survivor-Advocate, Accessibility Educator & Trainer. Councillor
Victorian Disability Council - International Day People with Disabilities Ambassador | United Nations - Consultant: Senior Co-Design & Engagement Advisor | National Disability Insurance Agency
Andrew McCausland
Senior Manager of Education and Early Intervention Services
Berry Street
Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM
2021 Queensland Australian of the Year
Doctor, Lawyer, Researcher and Disability Advocate
Prof. Richard Rose
Director, Therapeutic Life Story Work International (TLSWi) &
Associate Professor, Latrobe University
Barbara Causon PSM
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Children and Young People Advocate ACT
The Honourable John Ryan AM
Royal Commissioner
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Jodie Griffiths-Cook
Public Advocate and Children and Young People Commissioner
ACT Human Rights Commission
Jacqueline McGowan-Jones
Former Executive Director, Office of Aboriginal Education
Commissioner for Children and Young People WA
Dr Michelle Veljanovska
Director, Data, Advice, Research and Testing
NSW Transport Safety, Environment and Regulation Division