The proposed program schedules below is intended as a guide and subject to variation. Breaks, social events, and networking events will be listed in an updated program including speakers and presenters.
Times shown are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
- Welcome to Country
- MC Mon Schaffer Introduction
- LGBTIQ+ Health Australia Welcome
Nicky Bath, CEO, LGBTIQ+ Health Australia
- KEYNOTE Ms Christine Morgan, Mental Health Commissioner
Speakers in moderated discussion. 40 mins Panellists, 20 mins live Q&A. Panelists: Dallas Hure-Little, Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Alliance (NATSIHA) North Queensland’s Regional Peak Body, Jordan Wimbis, Aboriginal Liaison Officer at Neami National STEP and has a long history of community engagement and health promotion. Kirsten Dezuanni Social Health Manager at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services (ATSICHS), Shakara Liddelow-Hunt, Researcher at Telethon Kids Institute on the Walkern Katatdjin (Rainbow Knowledge) project, Chaired by: Professor Braden Hill, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Equity and Indigenous and Head of Kurongkurl Katitjin at Edith Cowan University.
- Mental health among Australian LGBTQA+ young people: Findings from the Writing Themselves In 4 national survey Adam Hill, Public health sociologist, La Trobe University - Corelates of psychological distress among Australian LGBTQ adults: Findings from the Private Lives 3 national survey Natalie Amos, Research Officer, La Trobe University - The Dinosaur SQUAD – an intergenerational approach to supporting LGBTIQ community members doing it tough - Merrin Wake, Coordinator, The Kindness Pandemic - Non-Binary Inclusion In The Lgbtiqa+ Community: (Un)Intelligability, (In)Validation and Mental Health Sav Zwickl, PhD Student La Trobe University and Trans Health Research Group University of Melbourne
Six speakers in moderated discussion. 40 mins Panellists, 20 mins live Q&A Panelists: Andrew Moore, Bridget Haire & Morgan Carpenter
Six speakers in moderated discussion. 40mins Panellists, 20 mins live Q&A Panelists: Bonnie Hart, Elizabeth Patton, Siobhan Irving, Mandy Henningham, Leanne Beagley. Chaired by: Simon Ruth.
- A matter of life and death: doing suicide prevention & intervention work within our own LGBTIQA+ communities Fiona Paskulich, Volunteer & Community Education Officer, Twenty 10 - MISSING: Safety on Social Media When a Suicide is Suspected Anna Bernasochi, Suicide Prevention Manager, Switchboard Victoria - Tools for communicating safely and sensitively about suicide: An overview of Mindframe and the National Communications Charter Dr Elizabeth Paton, Acting Project Lead, Everymind. - Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the Australian trans community. Sav Zwickl, PhD Student La Trobe University and Trans Health Research Group University of Melbourne.
Four speakers in moderated discussion. 40 mins, Panelists, 20 mins live Q&A
Six speakers in moderated discussion. 40mins Panellists, 20 mins live Q&A. Panelists: Jaelea Skehan, Susan Cadman, Mark Roddam. Chaired by: Joe Ball
Welcome to Country Keynote Tony Briffa, City Councillor, Former Mayor, Human Rights Advocate/Educator & Public Speaker
Six speakers in moderated discussion. 40mins Panellists, 20 mins live Q&A Panelists: Garret Prestage, Nadine Ezard, Venetia Brissenden, Julie Mooney-Somers Chaired by: Nic Parkhill
Improving psychosexual healthcare for LGBTIQ+ cancer survivors: A mixed-methods study of oncology healthcare providers Sylvia Eugene Dit Rochesson, Research Assistant, The University Of Sydney - Transitioning Flip Books Associate Professor Meghan Kelly, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Faculty of Arts and Education - Priorities and practices of risk reduction among gay and bisexual men in Australia who use crystal methamphetamine for sex Kerryn Drysdale, Research Fellow, Health Equity Research and Development Unit, Centre for Social Research in Health - Does the targeting of cancer prevention and screening interventions to LGBTQ communities achieve better outcomes? Kerryn Drysdale, Research Fellow, Health Equity Research and Development Unit, Centre for Social Research in Health - Queerability: an national disability insurance scheme toolkit for sexuality and gender diverse communities Joanna Leigh, Disability Project Community Health Promotion Officer & Charbel Zada, Disability Project Community Health Promotion Officer, ACON
Six speakers in moderated discussion. 40mins Panellists, 20 mins live Q&A “ Panelists: Ruby Mountford, Giancarlo Devera, Renee Dixon Chaired by: Margherita Copplolino
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