Speakers
To be announced
Adongwot 'AD' Manyoul
South Sudanese Youth Advocate, Community Development Professional and (Bi-Cultural Consultant)
Shorna Moore
Head of Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations | Melbourne City Mission
Nicole Hucks
A/Children’s Commissioner of the Northern Territory
A/Prof. Jess Heerde
University of Melbourne
Stephen Nash
CEO Kids Under Cover
Prof. Brian Burdekin AO
Former Federal Human Rights Commissioner
Prof. Paul Flatau
Director of the Centre for Social Impact UWA
A/Prof. Catherine Robinson
Associate Professor University of Tasmania
Pam Barker
CEO Brisbane Youth Service
Trish Connolly
CEO Yfoundations
Liz Cameron-Smith
CEO Foyer Foundation
Keith Waters
CEO Youth Development Australia and the National Youth Commission
Tyrah Chan-Hampton
Youth Ambassador | The Foyer Foundation
Paul McDonald
CEO Anglicare Victoria
Aunty Jill Gallagher AO
CEO Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Maggie Toko
Commissioner of Lived Experience at Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission
Carla Raynes
CEO Bridge It
Nada Nasser
Mission Australia State Director NSW, ACT and Victoria
The Hon Amanda Rishworth
Federal Member for Kingston, Minister for Social Services, Qualified Psychologist
Josh Burns MP
Federal Member for Macnamara. Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights. Chair of the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.
Senator Jana Stewart
Senator for Victoria, Qualified Family Therapist, Former employee for the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency and the Child Protection System
Dr. Monique Ryan
Member for Kooyong, Former Director of the Neurology Department of the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Senator David Pocock
Independent Senator for the ACT Former Wallabies Rugby Captain and Brumbies Vice Captain
Donna Bennett
CEO Hope Street Youth and Family Services
Zoë Robinson
Advocate for Children and Young People
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Lisa Dalla–Zuanna
Executive Officer for Melbourne City Mission (MCM) Housing
Douschka Dobson
Senior Policy Advisor Officer at Melbourne City Mission (MCM) on Wurundjuri Country
Steve Bevington
Managing Director Community Housing LTD
Kyzar Jing
Mentor in Youth Justice at Confit. Lived Experience Advocate for Children and Young People inciting systemic change in NSW
Michelle Ackerman
Director of Youth Support Services at Youth off the Streets
Rebecca Maward
Research Specialist in Youth HomelessnessUniversity of Sydney, Research Centre for Children and Families NSW/ACT
Helen Waters Silvia
CEO Women’s and Girls’ Emergency Centre (WAGEC). Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Lee Carnie
Executive Director of Advocacy & Campaigns | Foundation for Young Australians
Justin Barker
CEO Youth Coalition of the ACT
Cindy Young
Senior Manager of Services at Conflict Resolution Service, ACT
Justene Gordon
CEO Burdekin Association
Richie Goonan
Executive Manager Community Health Youth Projects
Dawyte Hart-O’Neill
Founder Freedom Fight Project NT. National Youth Steering Committee Member
Prof. Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre
Leanne Nicholson
Head of Youth Homelessness Services | Melbourne City Mission (MCM)
A/Prof. David MacKenzie
Upstream Australia. University of South Australia
Elvis Martin
Youth, Diversity and Inclusion Advocate
Ash Cook
Youth Ambassador | Foyer Foundation
Dr. Tom McClean
Head of Research and Social Policy at Uniting ACT/NSW. A /Prof. Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney. A /Prof. Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
Sharon Gough
CEO Indigo Junction. 2017 Churchill Fellowship Recipient. Board Director of Karlup Aboriginal Corporation and the Youth Affairs Council WA
Dianne Underwood
CEO Colony 47
Andrew Rich
The Salvation Army. Youth Services Oasis ACT
Rob Ellis
The Salvation Army, Victorian Youth Services State Manager
David Saint
Lived Experience Advocate for Homelessness and Mental Health Foyer Foundation Ambassador
Rebecca Mullins
CEO My Foundations Youth Housing Ltd
Brea Dorsett
Lived Experience Mentor and Advocate. Foyer Foundation Ambassador
Rebecca Oelkers
CEO BHC, one of the largest Community Housing Providers in Queensland
Michael Perusco
CEO Berry Street
Tracey John
AnglicareNT/ Regional Operations Manager, Katherine
Meena Singh
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People in Victoria
Mariam Nagawa
Youth Worker at Independence Australia and a Support Worker at Mxycare
Leanne Acreman
General Manager for Housing and Complex Needs at Jesuit Social Services
Breanna Lee
Singer
Nicole Bartholomeusz
CEO cohealth
Emma Greenhalgh
CEO National Shelter
Dr. Todd Fernando
(he/him) Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities
Catherine Liddle
CEO of SNAICC – National Voice for our Children
Lavinna Farani
Young person with lived experience | The Salvation Army
Luis Montero
Young person with lived experience | The Salvation Army
Natalee O’Brien
National General Manager Youth Services | The Salvation Army
Anita McCurdy
Senior Manager, Shepparton Youth Foyer and Better Futures | Berry Street
Tony Piccolo
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
Paul Healey
Victorian Secretary | Health and Community Services Union
Stephanie Thuesen
Projects and Political Liaison Officer | Health & Community Services Union
Di Mahoney
Service Delivery Director Brisbane Youth Service
Jason Juretic
CEO Stepping Stone House
Belinda Tominc
Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Young People's Health Service
Wendy Hayhurst
CEO Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA)
Alison Cole
Manager at Youth Housing Project (YHP), President at Homelessness Qld (formally Council to Homeless Persons QLD)
Dot Henning
Youth Health Nurse Practitioner and a Midwife
Leanne Mitchell
Manager of Community Strengthening and Social Planning Brimbank City Council
Maria Dimopoulos AM
Chairperson | Safe & Equal
Kate Colvin
CEO Homelessness Australia
Lorraine Dupree
Queensland Youth Housing Coalition’s Executive Director
Luke Twyford
Principal Commissioner | Queensland Family and Child Commission
Vijaya Vaidyanath
CEO Homes Melbourne
Gerard Dwyer
SDA National Secretary-Treasurer
Ray Blessing
CEO TaskForce
The Hon Colin Brooks MP
Victorian Minister for Housing
Lisa O’Brien
Senior Manager | Youth and Family Homelessness Services
Mo O’Meara
Founder | MOHOW
Kaitlyne Bowden
Rainbow Tick Project Officer | Berry Street
Prof. Andrew Beer
Executive Dean of UniSA Business
Shannon Thorne
NSW Aboriginal Advocate for Children and Young People
Dominique Rose
Youth Consultant, Policy Advisor, and Advocate
Joe Ball
(he/him) CEO Switchboard Victoria
Alvin Hava
General Manager | Mithangkaya Nguli Young People Ahead Youth and Community Services Indigenous Corporation
Vicki Sutton
CEO Melbourne City Mission (MCM)
Zali Stegall
Independent MP
Danielle Mason
Lived Experience Advisory Group member | MCM
Jon Swain
Homelessness Manager at the City of Sydney