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The conference sessions will run on AEST – Gold Coast time.

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12.30pm (QLD)
1.30pm AEDT (TAS, NSW, VIC, ACT)
10.30am (WA)
12.00pm (NT)
1.00pm (SA)

 

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The 2025 STOP Domestic Violence Conference reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers if necessary and without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum. 

 


Monday, November 24, 2025

Room 1: In-Person and Online
Room 2: In-Person Only
Room 3: In-Person Only
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Day 1 Registration Opens
Welcome! Come and say hello to the Conference Team and collect your Name Badge!
Keynote Session One
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Acknowledge and Welcome: The Land We Gather On
To start the conference, we acknowledge the Yugambeh people, Traditional Custodians of the land, through a Welcome to Country ceremony by the Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre. This meaningful moment honors their connection to the land and invites us to be mindful of our shared responsibility to care for it.
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Official Welcome and Housekeeping
Join us as we officially open SDVC2025 and set the stage for an impactful conference. Conference Co-Chairs Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI will extend a warm welcome to delegates, share important housekeeping details.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote Panel - The Power of Queer: Learning from Queer Communities on Strength-Based Approaches to Sexual Violence Prevention and Responses
Moderators: Katherine Berney and Juliana Nkrumah. Keynote Panellists: Kai Noonan, Director of Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention at LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, Jade Parker, Acting Manager, Sexual, Domestic, Family Violence, Dr Jessica Ison, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group at the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research, Dr Kerryn Drysdale, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Keynote Presentation by Gulnara Abbasova
Gulnara Abbasova, Head of Domestic and Family Violence Prevention and Response, SSI
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Us For Afternoon Tea with Our Poster Presenters
Poster Presentation Session
Workshop 1
Room 1 - In-Person Only 		Workshop 2
Room 2 - In-Person Only 		Workshop 3
Room 3 - In-Person Only
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Unsafe by Design: How Technology Escalates Coercive Control and Digital Abuse in Family Violence
Sarah Barnbrook, Away From Keyboard Inc. 		Healing Through Attachment: Working With Adolescent-to-Mother Violence with a History of DV
Dave Burck, Courage Training and Consulting 		What They Don’t Tell You: Coercive Control, Systemic Trauma & Survivor-Led Pathways to Justice
Alyson Richelle
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Bathroom & Stretch Break
Workshop 4
Room 1 - In-Person Only 		Workshop 5
Room 2 - In-Person Only 		Workshop 6
Room 3 - In-Person Only
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM Unlearning Myths About Coercive Control: A Survivor’s Perspective
Adam Joel, Aggressively Compassionate Llc 		Affirming Safety: Building Inclusive Therapeutic Frameworks for LGBTIQA+ Victim-Survivors of Family Violence
Carolyn Self & Alina Thomas, Engender Equality 		Shame: We Need To Talk. Working With Shame Without Shaming The Person Or Family
Michael Derby, Sexual Assault And Family Violence Centre
Room 1: In-Person and Online
Room 2: In-Person Only
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Day 1 Registration Opens
Welcome! Come and say hello to the Conference Team and collect your Name Badge!
Keynote Session One
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Acknowledge and Welcome: The Land We Gather On
To start the conference, we acknowledge the Yugambeh people, Traditional Custodians of the land, through a Welcome to Country ceremony by the Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre. This meaningful moment honors their connection to the land and invites us to be mindful of our shared responsibility to care for it.
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Official Welcome and Housekeeping
Join us as we officially open SDVC2025 and set the stage for an impactful conference. Conference Co-Chairs Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI will extend a warm welcome to delegates, share important housekeeping details.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote Panel - The Power of Queer: Learning from Queer Communities on Strength-Based Approaches to Sexual Violence Prevention and Responses
Moderators: Katherine Berney and Juliana Nkrumah. Keynote Panellists: Kai Noonan, Director of Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention at LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, Jade Parker, Acting Manager, Sexual, Domestic, Family Violence, Dr Jessica Ison, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group at the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research, Dr Kerryn Drysdale, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Keynote Presentation by Gulnara Abbasova
Gulnara Abbasova, Head of Domestic and Family Violence Prevention and Response, SSI
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Us For Afternoon Tea with Our Poster Presenters
Poster Presentation Session
Workshop 1
Room 1 - In-Person Only 		Workshop 2
Room 2 - In-Person Only
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Unsafe by Design: How Technology Escalates Coercive Control and Digital Abuse in Family Violence
Sarah Barnbrook, Away From Keyboard Inc. 		Healing Through Attachment: Working With Adolescent-to-Mother Violence with a History of DV
Dave Burck, Courage Training and Consulting
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Bathroom & Stretch Break
Workshop 4
Room 1 - In-Person Only 		Workshop 5
Room 2 - In-Person Only
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM Unlearning Myths About Coercive Control: A Survivor’s Perspective
Adam Joel, Aggressively Compassionate Llc 		Affirming Safety: Building Inclusive Therapeutic Frameworks for LGBTIQA+ Victim-Survivors of Family Violence
Carolyn Self & Alina Thomas, Engender Equality

Room 3: In-Person Only
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Day 1 Registration Opens
Welcome! Come and say hello to the Conference Team and collect your Name Badge!
Keynote Session One
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Acknowledge and Welcome: The Land We Gather On
To start the conference, we acknowledge the Yugambeh people, Traditional Custodians of the land, through a Welcome to Country ceremony by the Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre. This meaningful moment honors their connection to the land and invites us to be mindful of our shared responsibility to care for it.
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Official Welcome and Housekeeping
Join us as we officially open SDVC2025 and set the stage for an impactful conference. Conference Co-Chairs Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI will extend a warm welcome to delegates, share important housekeeping details.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote Panel - The Power of Queer: Learning from Queer Communities on Strength-Based Approaches to Sexual Violence Prevention and Responses
Moderators: Katherine Berney and Juliana Nkrumah. Keynote Panellists: Kai Noonan, Director of Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention at LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, Jade Parker, Acting Manager, Sexual, Domestic, Family Violence, Dr Jessica Ison, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group at the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research, Dr Kerryn Drysdale, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Keynote Presentation by Gulnara Abbasova
Gulnara Abbasova, Head of Domestic and Family Violence Prevention and Response, SSI
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Us For Afternoon Tea with Our Poster Presenters
Poster Presentation Session
Workshop 3
Room 3 - In-Person Only
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM What They Don’t Tell You: Coercive Control, Systemic Trauma & Survivor-Led Pathways to Justice
Alyson Richelle
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Bathroom & Stretch Break
Workshop 6
Room 3 - In-Person Only
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM Shame: We Need To Talk. Working With Shame Without Shaming The Person Or Family
Michael Derby, Sexual Assault And Family Violence Centre

Room 1: In-Person and Online
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Day 1 Registration Opens
Welcome! Come and say hello to the Conference Team and collect your Name Badge!
Keynote Session One
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Acknowledge and Welcome: The Land We Gather On
To start the conference, we acknowledge the Yugambeh people, Traditional Custodians of the land, through a Welcome to Country ceremony by the Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre. This meaningful moment honors their connection to the land and invites us to be mindful of our shared responsibility to care for it.
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Official Welcome and Housekeeping
Join us as we officially open SDVC2025 and set the stage for an impactful conference. Conference Co-Chairs Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI will extend a warm welcome to delegates, share important housekeeping details.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote Panel - The Power of Queer: Learning from Queer Communities on Strength-Based Approaches to Sexual Violence Prevention and Responses
Moderators: Katherine Berney and Juliana Nkrumah. Keynote Panellists: Kai Noonan, Director of Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention at LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, Jade Parker, Acting Manager, Sexual, Domestic, Family Violence, Dr Jessica Ison, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group at the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research, Dr Kerryn Drysdale, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Keynote Presentation by Gulnara Abbasova
Gulnara Abbasova, Head of Domestic and Family Violence Prevention and Response, SSI
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Us For Afternoon Tea with Our Poster Presenters
Poster Presentation Session
Workshop 1
Room 1 - In-Person Only
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Unsafe by Design: How Technology Escalates Coercive Control and Digital Abuse in Family Violence
Sarah Barnbrook, Away From Keyboard Inc.
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Bathroom & Stretch Break
Workshop 4
Room 1 - In-Person Only
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM Unlearning Myths About Coercive Control: A Survivor’s Perspective
Adam Joel, Aggressively Compassionate Llc

Room 2: In-Person Only
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Day 1 Registration Opens
Welcome! Come and say hello to the Conference Team and collect your Name Badge!
Keynote Session One
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Acknowledge and Welcome: The Land We Gather On
To start the conference, we acknowledge the Yugambeh people, Traditional Custodians of the land, through a Welcome to Country ceremony by the Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre. This meaningful moment honors their connection to the land and invites us to be mindful of our shared responsibility to care for it.
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Official Welcome and Housekeeping
Join us as we officially open SDVC2025 and set the stage for an impactful conference. Conference Co-Chairs Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI will extend a warm welcome to delegates, share important housekeeping details.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote Panel - The Power of Queer: Learning from Queer Communities on Strength-Based Approaches to Sexual Violence Prevention and Responses
Moderators: Katherine Berney and Juliana Nkrumah. Keynote Panellists: Kai Noonan, Director of Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention at LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, Jade Parker, Acting Manager, Sexual, Domestic, Family Violence, Dr Jessica Ison, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group at the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research, Dr Kerryn Drysdale, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Keynote Presentation by Gulnara Abbasova
Gulnara Abbasova, Head of Domestic and Family Violence Prevention and Response, SSI
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Us For Afternoon Tea with Our Poster Presenters
Poster Presentation Session
Workshop 2
Room 2 - In-Person Only
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Healing Through Attachment: Working With Adolescent-to-Mother Violence with a History of DV
Dave Burck, Courage Training and Consulting
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Bathroom & Stretch Break
Workshop 5
Room 2 - In-Person Only
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM Affirming Safety: Building Inclusive Therapeutic Frameworks for LGBTIQA+ Victim-Survivors of Family Violence
Carolyn Self & Alina Thomas, Engender Equality

Room 3: In-Person Only
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Day 1 Registration Opens
Welcome! Come and say hello to the Conference Team and collect your Name Badge!
Keynote Session One
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Acknowledge and Welcome: The Land We Gather On
To start the conference, we acknowledge the Yugambeh people, Traditional Custodians of the land, through a Welcome to Country ceremony by the Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre. This meaningful moment honors their connection to the land and invites us to be mindful of our shared responsibility to care for it.
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Official Welcome and Housekeeping
Join us as we officially open SDVC2025 and set the stage for an impactful conference. Conference Co-Chairs Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI will extend a warm welcome to delegates, share important housekeeping details.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Keynote Panel - The Power of Queer: Learning from Queer Communities on Strength-Based Approaches to Sexual Violence Prevention and Responses
Moderators: Katherine Berney and Juliana Nkrumah. Keynote Panellists: Kai Noonan, Director of Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention at LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, Jade Parker, Acting Manager, Sexual, Domestic, Family Violence, Dr Jessica Ison, Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director of Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group at the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research, Dr Kerryn Drysdale, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Keynote Presentation by Gulnara Abbasova
Gulnara Abbasova, Head of Domestic and Family Violence Prevention and Response, SSI
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Join Us For Afternoon Tea with Our Poster Presenters
Poster Presentation Session
Workshop 3
Room 3 - In-Person Only
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM What They Don’t Tell You: Coercive Control, Systemic Trauma & Survivor-Led Pathways to Justice
Alyson Richelle
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM
Bathroom & Stretch Break
Workshop 6
Room 3 - In-Person Only
4:10 PM - 5:10 PM Shame: We Need To Talk. Working With Shame Without Shaming The Person Or Family
Michael Derby, Sexual Assault And Family Violence Centre

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Room 1: In-Person and Online
Room 2: In-Person Only
Room 3: In-Person Only
Room 4: In-Person Only
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM
Trauma-Informed Yoga Classes, hosted by Mollie Cox, Jala Yoga
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 2 - Registration Open
Keynote Session Two
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome Back by Conference Co-Chairs's
Join us as we start Day Two with a warm welcome from Conference Co-Chair's, Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI. This session will outline today’s highlights, provide key housekeeping updates, and set the tone for another inspiring day ahead.
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Keynote Presenter Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts - Invited
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Human Rights Lawyer, Advocate, Author, Speaker, Survivor and Scholar
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM CommBank Next Chapter: Supporting Pathways to Financial Independence
Nathan Barker, Head of Community Investment, Commonwealth Bank, Julie Kun, Director of Julie Kun Consultancy and Acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria,
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Transfemme: Addressing Men’s Violence Against Trans Women and Trans Feminine People.
Starlady, ZBGC Director, Zoe Belle Gender Collective
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Spotlighting Trauma: Survivor Led and Trauma-Informed Approaches
Chair: 		Femicide in Australia: Confronting the Escalating Crisis
Chair: 		Empowering Every Survivor: Strengthening Responses for Our Most Vulnerable
Chair: 		Breaking the Cycle: Working with People who use Violence
Chair:
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Peer-Led Healing: Embedding Lived Experience in the ROAR Family Violence Recovery Program
Kristy Berryman, Meli 		Increasing Support To Children, Young People And Families Impacted By Domestic And Family Violence Homicide
Tara Hunter, Full Stop Australia 		Build from the Rubble: A New Model for Survivor Identity After Violence
Amanda Anderson, L'occitane 		Turning the Tide: Sussex Street Legal Services as a National Case Study in Shaping Change
Joharna Anne Wynaden, Sussex Street Community Law Service
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Supporting LGBTQA+ Victim-Survivors Of Sexual Violence
Hamish Whelan, Acon 		Losing A Loved One To Intimate Partner Homicide: Giving Voice To Co-Victims
Li Eriksson, Griffith University 		Gender, Intersectionality & Domestic Violence
Sharon Granek, Safe Steps 		Talk4Change: The Future Of Working With People Using Family Violence
Tony Johannsen, Family Life
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM RESTORE: Turn The Tide On Healing, From Isolation And Trauma To Connection, Growth And Empowerment
Kate Crowley-Smith, Broken To Brilliant
Presentation To Be Announced Soon
Service Provider Perspectives of Loneliness and Connection in the Journey Through Domestic and Family Violence
Leah Sharman, University Of Queensland 		Evaluation Of A Promising Intervention For AFV: The Step Up: Building Healthy Relationships Program
Amanda Rosenthal, Meli
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Rebuilding Strength: Trauma-Informed Strength Training as a Recovery Pathway for IPV Survivors
Erin Kelly, University Of Canberra 		Proximity Of Pornography To Femicide: Case Studies From Australia
Laurinda Babb, Law Plus 		Reshaping Survivor Support: Why We Need A Triple-Track Approach To Support LGBTIAQ+ Domestic Abuse Survivors
Ali Khan, Australian Churchill Fellow 		Developing Interventions for Men Who Use Violence and Have Experienced Childhood Trauma: What Do We Know – the Example of Men Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood.
Patrick O'Leary
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Open Topic
Chair: 		Safer Together: Strengthening Community Engagement and Multi-agency Collaboration
Chair: 		Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
Chair: 		Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
Chair:
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM "If Not Here, Then Where?" Churchill Fellowship To Investigate Global Residential Men's Behaviour Change Programs
Melissa Perry 		Building Dental Workforce Capability and Best Practice: Collaboratively Developed Domestic and Sexual Violence Training Resources
Ann Carrington, Be Conscious 		Universal Settings: Can A Kindergarten Be A Site Of Earlier Intervention Into Family Violence? Ask ChatGPT
Mandy Baxter, Meli Kindergarten Services 		Domestic and Family Violence Death Review in Australia: A Comparative Analysis
Hayley Tuttle, Empowering Growth Pty Ltd
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM PANEL Barriers to Safety: First Nations Women’s Engagements with the Family Law System
Moderator: Rebecca Digny, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, Panelists: Stephanie Monck, Women’s Legal Service WA, Vanessa Graf, Mulleun Mura, Women’s Legal Centre ACT, Serrina Kenny, North Queensland Women’s Legal Service 		Outcomes Of A Pilot Integrated Clinic For DFV Survivors In The Northern Sydney LHD
Shamini Ramoo, Parvan Nslhd 		Unifying Community Efforts To Reach Zero DFV: Lessons From Australia's First Pilot
Kirrily Dear, Click Collab 		Weaponising the Home: How Economic Abuse and Family Violence Fuel Mortgage Stress
Yvonne Montfort, Mortgage Stress Victoria
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Panel Continued
Locally Led, Prevention Focused: Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Rural and Small Towns
Professor Lana Wells, University Of Calgary 		Supporting our Health Workforce for a Better Response to Non-fatal Strangulation and Suffocation
Rebecca Webster, Shine - Presbyterian Support Northern 		Enabling Recovery And Rebuilding After Domestic And Family Violence
Jo Mason, Workhaven Pty Ltd
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Three
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM Keynote Presention by Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Hayley Boxall
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Founder, Sequre Consulting & Hayley Boxall, Research Fellow, ANU
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Kuop Maaman
Rohan Collard, CEO, Dooga Waalitj Healing
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM How to Reach, Recognise and Respond to Young Men Online - A Strength-Based Approach to Change Making
Zac Seidler, Global Director Of Research, Movember
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Networking Function
You’re invited to join us at our conference networking event, amongst the exhibitors at the conference venue. Join us for an evening of great conversations, live music, local cuisine, drinks, and entertainment. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, industry peers, sponsors, and exhibitors.
Room 1: In-Person and Online
Room 2: In-Person Only
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM
Trauma-Informed Yoga Classes, hosted by Mollie Cox, Jala Yoga
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 2 - Registration Open
Keynote Session Two
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome Back by Conference Co-Chairs's
Join us as we start Day Two with a warm welcome from Conference Co-Chair's, Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI. This session will outline today’s highlights, provide key housekeeping updates, and set the tone for another inspiring day ahead.
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Keynote Presenter Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts - Invited
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Human Rights Lawyer, Advocate, Author, Speaker, Survivor and Scholar
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM CommBank Next Chapter: Supporting Pathways to Financial Independence
Nathan Barker, Head of Community Investment, Commonwealth Bank, Julie Kun, Director of Julie Kun Consultancy and Acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria,
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Transfemme: Addressing Men’s Violence Against Trans Women and Trans Feminine People.
Starlady, ZBGC Director, Zoe Belle Gender Collective
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Spotlighting Trauma: Survivor Led and Trauma-Informed Approaches
Chair: 		Femicide in Australia: Confronting the Escalating Crisis
Chair:
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Peer-Led Healing: Embedding Lived Experience in the ROAR Family Violence Recovery Program
Kristy Berryman, Meli 		Increasing Support To Children, Young People And Families Impacted By Domestic And Family Violence Homicide
Tara Hunter, Full Stop Australia
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Supporting LGBTQA+ Victim-Survivors Of Sexual Violence
Hamish Whelan, Acon 		Losing A Loved One To Intimate Partner Homicide: Giving Voice To Co-Victims
Li Eriksson, Griffith University
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM RESTORE: Turn The Tide On Healing, From Isolation And Trauma To Connection, Growth And Empowerment
Kate Crowley-Smith, Broken To Brilliant
Presentation To Be Announced Soon
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Rebuilding Strength: Trauma-Informed Strength Training as a Recovery Pathway for IPV Survivors
Erin Kelly, University Of Canberra 		Proximity Of Pornography To Femicide: Case Studies From Australia
Laurinda Babb, Law Plus
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Open Topic
Chair: 		Safer Together: Strengthening Community Engagement and Multi-agency Collaboration
Chair:
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM "If Not Here, Then Where?" Churchill Fellowship To Investigate Global Residential Men's Behaviour Change Programs
Melissa Perry 		Building Dental Workforce Capability and Best Practice: Collaboratively Developed Domestic and Sexual Violence Training Resources
Ann Carrington, Be Conscious
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM PANEL Barriers to Safety: First Nations Women’s Engagements with the Family Law System
Moderator: Rebecca Digny, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, Panelists: Stephanie Monck, Women’s Legal Service WA, Vanessa Graf, Mulleun Mura, Women’s Legal Centre ACT, Serrina Kenny, North Queensland Women’s Legal Service 		Outcomes Of A Pilot Integrated Clinic For DFV Survivors In The Northern Sydney LHD
Shamini Ramoo, Parvan Nslhd
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Panel Continued
Locally Led, Prevention Focused: Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Rural and Small Towns
Professor Lana Wells, University Of Calgary
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Three
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM Keynote Presention by Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Hayley Boxall
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Founder, Sequre Consulting & Hayley Boxall, Research Fellow, ANU
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Kuop Maaman
Rohan Collard, CEO, Dooga Waalitj Healing
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM How to Reach, Recognise and Respond to Young Men Online - A Strength-Based Approach to Change Making
Zac Seidler, Global Director Of Research, Movember
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Networking Function
You’re invited to join us at our conference networking event, amongst the exhibitors at the conference venue. Join us for an evening of great conversations, live music, local cuisine, drinks, and entertainment. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, industry peers, sponsors, and exhibitors.

Room 3: In-Person Only
Room 4: In-Person Only
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM
Trauma-Informed Yoga Classes, hosted by Mollie Cox, Jala Yoga
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 2 - Registration Open
Keynote Session Two
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome Back by Conference Co-Chairs's
Join us as we start Day Two with a warm welcome from Conference Co-Chair's, Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI. This session will outline today’s highlights, provide key housekeeping updates, and set the tone for another inspiring day ahead.
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Keynote Presenter Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts - Invited
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Human Rights Lawyer, Advocate, Author, Speaker, Survivor and Scholar
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM CommBank Next Chapter: Supporting Pathways to Financial Independence
Nathan Barker, Head of Community Investment, Commonwealth Bank, Julie Kun, Director of Julie Kun Consultancy and Acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria,
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Transfemme: Addressing Men’s Violence Against Trans Women and Trans Feminine People.
Starlady, ZBGC Director, Zoe Belle Gender Collective
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Empowering Every Survivor: Strengthening Responses for Our Most Vulnerable
Chair: 		Breaking the Cycle: Working with People who use Violence
Chair:
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Build from the Rubble: A New Model for Survivor Identity After Violence
Amanda Anderson, L'occitane 		Turning the Tide: Sussex Street Legal Services as a National Case Study in Shaping Change
Joharna Anne Wynaden, Sussex Street Community Law Service
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Gender, Intersectionality & Domestic Violence
Sharon Granek, Safe Steps 		Talk4Change: The Future Of Working With People Using Family Violence
Tony Johannsen, Family Life
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM Service Provider Perspectives of Loneliness and Connection in the Journey Through Domestic and Family Violence
Leah Sharman, University Of Queensland 		Evaluation Of A Promising Intervention For AFV: The Step Up: Building Healthy Relationships Program
Amanda Rosenthal, Meli
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Reshaping Survivor Support: Why We Need A Triple-Track Approach To Support LGBTIAQ+ Domestic Abuse Survivors
Ali Khan, Australian Churchill Fellow 		Developing Interventions for Men Who Use Violence and Have Experienced Childhood Trauma: What Do We Know – the Example of Men Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood.
Patrick O'Leary
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
Chair: 		Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
Chair:
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Universal Settings: Can A Kindergarten Be A Site Of Earlier Intervention Into Family Violence? Ask ChatGPT
Mandy Baxter, Meli Kindergarten Services 		Domestic and Family Violence Death Review in Australia: A Comparative Analysis
Hayley Tuttle, Empowering Growth Pty Ltd
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM Unifying Community Efforts To Reach Zero DFV: Lessons From Australia's First Pilot
Kirrily Dear, Click Collab 		Weaponising the Home: How Economic Abuse and Family Violence Fuel Mortgage Stress
Yvonne Montfort, Mortgage Stress Victoria
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Supporting our Health Workforce for a Better Response to Non-fatal Strangulation and Suffocation
Rebecca Webster, Shine - Presbyterian Support Northern 		Enabling Recovery And Rebuilding After Domestic And Family Violence
Jo Mason, Workhaven Pty Ltd
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Three
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM Keynote Presention by Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Hayley Boxall
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Founder, Sequre Consulting & Hayley Boxall, Research Fellow, ANU
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Kuop Maaman
Rohan Collard, CEO, Dooga Waalitj Healing
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM How to Reach, Recognise and Respond to Young Men Online - A Strength-Based Approach to Change Making
Zac Seidler, Global Director Of Research, Movember
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Networking Function
You’re invited to join us at our conference networking event, amongst the exhibitors at the conference venue. Join us for an evening of great conversations, live music, local cuisine, drinks, and entertainment. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, industry peers, sponsors, and exhibitors.

Room 1: In-Person and Online
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM
Trauma-Informed Yoga Classes, hosted by Mollie Cox, Jala Yoga
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 2 - Registration Open
Keynote Session Two
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome Back by Conference Co-Chairs's
Join us as we start Day Two with a warm welcome from Conference Co-Chair's, Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI. This session will outline today’s highlights, provide key housekeeping updates, and set the tone for another inspiring day ahead.
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Keynote Presenter Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts - Invited
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Human Rights Lawyer, Advocate, Author, Speaker, Survivor and Scholar
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM CommBank Next Chapter: Supporting Pathways to Financial Independence
Nathan Barker, Head of Community Investment, Commonwealth Bank, Julie Kun, Director of Julie Kun Consultancy and Acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria,
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Transfemme: Addressing Men’s Violence Against Trans Women and Trans Feminine People.
Starlady, ZBGC Director, Zoe Belle Gender Collective
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Spotlighting Trauma: Survivor Led and Trauma-Informed Approaches
Chair:
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Peer-Led Healing: Embedding Lived Experience in the ROAR Family Violence Recovery Program
Kristy Berryman, Meli
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Supporting LGBTQA+ Victim-Survivors Of Sexual Violence
Hamish Whelan, Acon
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM RESTORE: Turn The Tide On Healing, From Isolation And Trauma To Connection, Growth And Empowerment
Kate Crowley-Smith, Broken To Brilliant
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Rebuilding Strength: Trauma-Informed Strength Training as a Recovery Pathway for IPV Survivors
Erin Kelly, University Of Canberra
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Open Topic
Chair:
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM "If Not Here, Then Where?" Churchill Fellowship To Investigate Global Residential Men's Behaviour Change Programs
Melissa Perry
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM PANEL Barriers to Safety: First Nations Women’s Engagements with the Family Law System
Moderator: Rebecca Digny, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, Panelists: Stephanie Monck, Women’s Legal Service WA, Vanessa Graf, Mulleun Mura, Women’s Legal Centre ACT, Serrina Kenny, North Queensland Women’s Legal Service
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Panel Continued
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Three
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM Keynote Presention by Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Hayley Boxall
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Founder, Sequre Consulting & Hayley Boxall, Research Fellow, ANU
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Kuop Maaman
Rohan Collard, CEO, Dooga Waalitj Healing
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM How to Reach, Recognise and Respond to Young Men Online - A Strength-Based Approach to Change Making
Zac Seidler, Global Director Of Research, Movember
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Networking Function
You’re invited to join us at our conference networking event, amongst the exhibitors at the conference venue. Join us for an evening of great conversations, live music, local cuisine, drinks, and entertainment. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, industry peers, sponsors, and exhibitors.

Room 2: In-Person Only
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM
Trauma-Informed Yoga Classes, hosted by Mollie Cox, Jala Yoga
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 2 - Registration Open
Keynote Session Two
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome Back by Conference Co-Chairs's
Join us as we start Day Two with a warm welcome from Conference Co-Chair's, Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI. This session will outline today’s highlights, provide key housekeeping updates, and set the tone for another inspiring day ahead.
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Keynote Presenter Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts - Invited
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Human Rights Lawyer, Advocate, Author, Speaker, Survivor and Scholar
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM CommBank Next Chapter: Supporting Pathways to Financial Independence
Nathan Barker, Head of Community Investment, Commonwealth Bank, Julie Kun, Director of Julie Kun Consultancy and Acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria,
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Transfemme: Addressing Men’s Violence Against Trans Women and Trans Feminine People.
Starlady, ZBGC Director, Zoe Belle Gender Collective
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Femicide in Australia: Confronting the Escalating Crisis
Chair:
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Increasing Support To Children, Young People And Families Impacted By Domestic And Family Violence Homicide
Tara Hunter, Full Stop Australia
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Losing A Loved One To Intimate Partner Homicide: Giving Voice To Co-Victims
Li Eriksson, Griffith University
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Presentation To Be Announced Soon
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Proximity Of Pornography To Femicide: Case Studies From Australia
Laurinda Babb, Law Plus
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Safer Together: Strengthening Community Engagement and Multi-agency Collaboration
Chair:
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Building Dental Workforce Capability and Best Practice: Collaboratively Developed Domestic and Sexual Violence Training Resources
Ann Carrington, Be Conscious
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM Outcomes Of A Pilot Integrated Clinic For DFV Survivors In The Northern Sydney LHD
Shamini Ramoo, Parvan Nslhd
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Locally Led, Prevention Focused: Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Rural and Small Towns
Professor Lana Wells, University Of Calgary
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Three
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM Keynote Presention by Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Hayley Boxall
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Founder, Sequre Consulting & Hayley Boxall, Research Fellow, ANU
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Kuop Maaman
Rohan Collard, CEO, Dooga Waalitj Healing
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM How to Reach, Recognise and Respond to Young Men Online - A Strength-Based Approach to Change Making
Zac Seidler, Global Director Of Research, Movember
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Networking Function
You’re invited to join us at our conference networking event, amongst the exhibitors at the conference venue. Join us for an evening of great conversations, live music, local cuisine, drinks, and entertainment. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, industry peers, sponsors, and exhibitors.

Room 3: In-Person Only
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM
Trauma-Informed Yoga Classes, hosted by Mollie Cox, Jala Yoga
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 2 - Registration Open
Keynote Session Two
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome Back by Conference Co-Chairs's
Join us as we start Day Two with a warm welcome from Conference Co-Chair's, Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI. This session will outline today’s highlights, provide key housekeeping updates, and set the tone for another inspiring day ahead.
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Keynote Presenter Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts - Invited
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Human Rights Lawyer, Advocate, Author, Speaker, Survivor and Scholar
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM CommBank Next Chapter: Supporting Pathways to Financial Independence
Nathan Barker, Head of Community Investment, Commonwealth Bank, Julie Kun, Director of Julie Kun Consultancy and Acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria,
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Transfemme: Addressing Men’s Violence Against Trans Women and Trans Feminine People.
Starlady, ZBGC Director, Zoe Belle Gender Collective
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Empowering Every Survivor: Strengthening Responses for Our Most Vulnerable
Chair:
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Build from the Rubble: A New Model for Survivor Identity After Violence
Amanda Anderson, L'occitane
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Gender, Intersectionality & Domestic Violence
Sharon Granek, Safe Steps
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM Service Provider Perspectives of Loneliness and Connection in the Journey Through Domestic and Family Violence
Leah Sharman, University Of Queensland
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Reshaping Survivor Support: Why We Need A Triple-Track Approach To Support LGBTIAQ+ Domestic Abuse Survivors
Ali Khan, Australian Churchill Fellow
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
Chair:
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Universal Settings: Can A Kindergarten Be A Site Of Earlier Intervention Into Family Violence? Ask ChatGPT
Mandy Baxter, Meli Kindergarten Services
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM Unifying Community Efforts To Reach Zero DFV: Lessons From Australia's First Pilot
Kirrily Dear, Click Collab
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Supporting our Health Workforce for a Better Response to Non-fatal Strangulation and Suffocation
Rebecca Webster, Shine - Presbyterian Support Northern
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Three
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM Keynote Presention by Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Hayley Boxall
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Founder, Sequre Consulting & Hayley Boxall, Research Fellow, ANU
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Kuop Maaman
Rohan Collard, CEO, Dooga Waalitj Healing
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM How to Reach, Recognise and Respond to Young Men Online - A Strength-Based Approach to Change Making
Zac Seidler, Global Director Of Research, Movember
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Networking Function
You’re invited to join us at our conference networking event, amongst the exhibitors at the conference venue. Join us for an evening of great conversations, live music, local cuisine, drinks, and entertainment. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, industry peers, sponsors, and exhibitors.

Room 4: In-Person Only
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM
Trauma-Informed Yoga Classes, hosted by Mollie Cox, Jala Yoga
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 2 - Registration Open
Keynote Session Two
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome Back by Conference Co-Chairs's
Join us as we start Day Two with a warm welcome from Conference Co-Chair's, Katherine Berney, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, Manager, Gender Equality and Women’s Safety SSI. This session will outline today’s highlights, provide key housekeeping updates, and set the tone for another inspiring day ahead.
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Keynote Presenter Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts - Invited
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Human Rights Lawyer, Advocate, Author, Speaker, Survivor and Scholar
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM CommBank Next Chapter: Supporting Pathways to Financial Independence
Nathan Barker, Head of Community Investment, Commonwealth Bank, Julie Kun, Director of Julie Kun Consultancy and Acting CEO of Women with Disabilities Victoria,
9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Transfemme: Addressing Men’s Violence Against Trans Women and Trans Feminine People.
Starlady, ZBGC Director, Zoe Belle Gender Collective
10:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Breaking the Cycle: Working with People who use Violence
Chair:
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Turning the Tide: Sussex Street Legal Services as a National Case Study in Shaping Change
Joharna Anne Wynaden, Sussex Street Community Law Service
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Talk4Change: The Future Of Working With People Using Family Violence
Tony Johannsen, Family Life
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM Evaluation Of A Promising Intervention For AFV: The Step Up: Building Healthy Relationships Program
Amanda Rosenthal, Meli
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Developing Interventions for Men Who Use Violence and Have Experienced Childhood Trauma: What Do We Know – the Example of Men Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood.
Patrick O'Leary
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:45 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
Chair:
1:35 PM - 2:05 PM Domestic and Family Violence Death Review in Australia: A Comparative Analysis
Hayley Tuttle, Empowering Growth Pty Ltd
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM Weaponising the Home: How Economic Abuse and Family Violence Fuel Mortgage Stress
Yvonne Montfort, Mortgage Stress Victoria
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Enabling Recovery And Rebuilding After Domestic And Family Violence
Jo Mason, Workhaven Pty Ltd
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Three
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM Keynote Presention by Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Hayley Boxall
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Founder, Sequre Consulting & Hayley Boxall, Research Fellow, ANU
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Kuop Maaman
Rohan Collard, CEO, Dooga Waalitj Healing
4:45 PM - 5:15 PM How to Reach, Recognise and Respond to Young Men Online - A Strength-Based Approach to Change Making
Zac Seidler, Global Director Of Research, Movember
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
Wrap Up and Audience Wellness Check
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Networking Function
You’re invited to join us at our conference networking event, amongst the exhibitors at the conference venue. Join us for an evening of great conversations, live music, local cuisine, drinks, and entertainment. This is the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, industry peers, sponsors, and exhibitors.

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Room 1: In-Person and Online
Room 2: In-Person Only
Room 3: In-Person Only
Room 4: In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 3 - Registration Open
Safer Together: Strengthening Community Engagement And Multi-Agency Collaboration
Chair: 		Navigating Harm: Young Lives, Legal Systems and Digital Power
Chair: 		Shaping the Future: Legislative and Policy Innovations to Combat Domestic Violence
Chair: 		Rethinking Safety and Connection: Gender, Culture and Systems Change
Chair:
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM A Whole of Community Response – Walking Alongside the DFSV Sector: The Role of PHNs in Responding to Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence
Shannon Richardson, HNECC PHN 		Forgotten Youth - Examining Legal Gaps in Domestic Violence Laws
Maneesha Prakash, Youth Advocacy Center 		DFV Counselling And The Impact On Practice Of The Criminalisation Of Coercive Control In Queensland
Angela Lynch, DV-alert and QSAN 		Where Are The Opportunities To Improve Men’s Relationships? Learnings From The Relationship Indicators Survey
Briohny Kennedy, Relationships Australia
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM The Reducing Intergenerational Violence (RIV) Project
Rebecca O'reilly & Maria Losurdo, ACU 		Interconnection Between Perinatal Mental Health and Family Violence
Ashima Soni, Northern Health 		Text Mining Domestic Violence Police Narratives Among Adult Male Victims In Non-Intimate Relationships
Georgios Karystianis, UNSW 		The Role Of Gender In Non-Binary People's Experiences Of Domestic And Family Violence
Shannon Harvey, UNSW Sydney
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Sisters In Justice: A Community-Led Response To SGBV For Women Refugees In Indonesia
Nimo Adam Ahmed, The Sisterhood 		"Build Yourself Back Up Again" Young Women's Resistance, Recovery And Healing From Intimate Partner Violence
Bianca Johnston, Monash University 		Establishing The Family Domestic And Sexual Violence Integrated Data System (FDSV IDS)
Arianne Schlumpp, Australian Institute Of Health And Welfare 		Advancing Culturally Responsive Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Responses: The Adira Centre Model
Gulnara Abbasova, SSI
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM The Beyond DV Recovery Pillars Framework: Supporting Victim-Survivors Of Domestic, Family And Sexual Violence
Lata Satyen, Deakin University 		“There Is A Very Thin Line”: Young People’s Perceptions Of Technology-Facilitated Coercive Control
María Atiénzar-Prieto, Griffith University
Presentation by KHQ Lawyers
From Victim to Voice: How Lived Experience Can Reshape the System
Louise Smith, Miracle Mums Movement Inc.
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
Chair: 		Engaging Men and Boys to Disrupt Violence: Challenging Stereotypes and Creating Change
Chair: 		Empowering Every Survivor: Strengthening Responses for Our Most Vulnerable
Chair: 		Spotlighting Trauma: Survivor Led and Trauma-Informed Approaches
Chair:
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM Bridging Health And Safety: Addressing Critical Gaps In DFSV Response Across South Australian Regional LHNs
Meg Gulbin & Natasha Harvey, SA Health 		The WiseGuyz Program for Adolescent Boys: Evidence of Effectiveness for Preventing Teen Dating Violence
Deinera Exner-Cortens, University Of Calgary 		Turning the Tide in the Goldfields: Mara Pirni Healing Place– A Regional Response to FDV
Tucker Christou, Hope Community Services 		What Safety Feels Like: A Survivor’s Journey Through Fragmented Systems
Kellie McGlynn, Deakin University
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM Safe & Together: Mapping Perpetrator Behaviour Patterns To Uncover Coercive Control Ask ChatGPT
Jackie Wruck, Safe And Together Institute - Australia 		Panel - Changing Systems: Policy And Practice To Address Socially Dominant Masculinities And Prevent Gender-Based Violence
Henry Newton, Shelley Hewson-Munro & Shane Tas, Our Watch 		Silent Witnesses, Lasting Wounds: Hidden Impact of Domestic and Family Violence on Children and Adolescents
Reuben Dwyer, 54 Reasons
Presentation To Be Announced
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Curriculum- Aligned Domestic and Family Violence Prevention: Educating and Empowering Young People Across Tiwi Islands
Sarah Austin, Darwin Youth Services
Panel Continued
Leveraging Technology To Better Support Our Most Vulnerable: Real Time Family Violence Data
Jessica Bermudez, Monash Health 		Co-Design with Lived Experience
Julianna Marshall
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Four
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM
Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
1:20 PM - 1:50 PM We Say They Matter. But Do We Hear and Act with Them?
Conor Pall, Deputy Chair, Victim Survivors' Advisory Council
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM Breaking Down the Silos: Responding to Co-Occurring Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse
Michael Salter, Director, Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Chair Wrap Up
Join us as we wrap up an incredible three days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. Conference Co-Chairs, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, SSI will guide us through the key learnings from the conference, highlight pivotal moments, and formally close the event. This session will also include the highly anticipated prize draw—don’t miss your chance to win! Let’s reflect on our shared journey and leave inspired to make an impact.
Room 1: In-Person and Online
Room 2: In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 3 - Registration Open
Safer Together: Strengthening Community Engagement And Multi-Agency Collaboration
Chair: 		Navigating Harm: Young Lives, Legal Systems and Digital Power
Chair:
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM A Whole of Community Response – Walking Alongside the DFSV Sector: The Role of PHNs in Responding to Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence
Shannon Richardson, HNECC PHN 		Forgotten Youth - Examining Legal Gaps in Domestic Violence Laws
Maneesha Prakash, Youth Advocacy Center
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM The Reducing Intergenerational Violence (RIV) Project
Rebecca O'reilly & Maria Losurdo, ACU 		Interconnection Between Perinatal Mental Health and Family Violence
Ashima Soni, Northern Health
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Sisters In Justice: A Community-Led Response To SGBV For Women Refugees In Indonesia
Nimo Adam Ahmed, The Sisterhood 		"Build Yourself Back Up Again" Young Women's Resistance, Recovery And Healing From Intimate Partner Violence
Bianca Johnston, Monash University
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM The Beyond DV Recovery Pillars Framework: Supporting Victim-Survivors Of Domestic, Family And Sexual Violence
Lata Satyen, Deakin University 		“There Is A Very Thin Line”: Young People’s Perceptions Of Technology-Facilitated Coercive Control
María Atiénzar-Prieto, Griffith University
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
Chair: 		Engaging Men and Boys to Disrupt Violence: Challenging Stereotypes and Creating Change
Chair:
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM Bridging Health And Safety: Addressing Critical Gaps In DFSV Response Across South Australian Regional LHNs
Meg Gulbin & Natasha Harvey, SA Health 		The WiseGuyz Program for Adolescent Boys: Evidence of Effectiveness for Preventing Teen Dating Violence
Deinera Exner-Cortens, University Of Calgary
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM Safe & Together: Mapping Perpetrator Behaviour Patterns To Uncover Coercive Control Ask ChatGPT
Jackie Wruck, Safe And Together Institute - Australia 		Panel - Changing Systems: Policy And Practice To Address Socially Dominant Masculinities And Prevent Gender-Based Violence
Henry Newton, Shelley Hewson-Munro & Shane Tas, Our Watch
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Curriculum- Aligned Domestic and Family Violence Prevention: Educating and Empowering Young People Across Tiwi Islands
Sarah Austin, Darwin Youth Services
Panel Continued
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Four
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM
Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
1:20 PM - 1:50 PM We Say They Matter. But Do We Hear and Act with Them?
Conor Pall, Deputy Chair, Victim Survivors' Advisory Council
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM Breaking Down the Silos: Responding to Co-Occurring Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse
Michael Salter, Director, Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Chair Wrap Up
Join us as we wrap up an incredible three days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. Conference Co-Chairs, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, SSI will guide us through the key learnings from the conference, highlight pivotal moments, and formally close the event. This session will also include the highly anticipated prize draw—don’t miss your chance to win! Let’s reflect on our shared journey and leave inspired to make an impact.

Room 3: In-Person Only
Room 4: In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 3 - Registration Open
Shaping the Future: Legislative and Policy Innovations to Combat Domestic Violence
Chair: 		Rethinking Safety and Connection: Gender, Culture and Systems Change
Chair:
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM DFV Counselling And The Impact On Practice Of The Criminalisation Of Coercive Control In Queensland
Angela Lynch, DV-alert and QSAN 		Where Are The Opportunities To Improve Men’s Relationships? Learnings From The Relationship Indicators Survey
Briohny Kennedy, Relationships Australia
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM Text Mining Domestic Violence Police Narratives Among Adult Male Victims In Non-Intimate Relationships
Georgios Karystianis, UNSW 		The Role Of Gender In Non-Binary People's Experiences Of Domestic And Family Violence
Shannon Harvey, UNSW Sydney
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Establishing The Family Domestic And Sexual Violence Integrated Data System (FDSV IDS)
Arianne Schlumpp, Australian Institute Of Health And Welfare 		Advancing Culturally Responsive Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Responses: The Adira Centre Model
Gulnara Abbasova, SSI
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM
Presentation by KHQ Lawyers
From Victim to Voice: How Lived Experience Can Reshape the System
Louise Smith, Miracle Mums Movement Inc.
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Empowering Every Survivor: Strengthening Responses for Our Most Vulnerable
Chair: 		Spotlighting Trauma: Survivor Led and Trauma-Informed Approaches
Chair:
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM Turning the Tide in the Goldfields: Mara Pirni Healing Place– A Regional Response to FDV
Tucker Christou, Hope Community Services 		What Safety Feels Like: A Survivor’s Journey Through Fragmented Systems
Kellie McGlynn, Deakin University
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM Silent Witnesses, Lasting Wounds: Hidden Impact of Domestic and Family Violence on Children and Adolescents
Reuben Dwyer, 54 Reasons
Presentation To Be Announced
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Leveraging Technology To Better Support Our Most Vulnerable: Real Time Family Violence Data
Jessica Bermudez, Monash Health 		Co-Design with Lived Experience
Julianna Marshall
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Four
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM
Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
1:20 PM - 1:50 PM We Say They Matter. But Do We Hear and Act with Them?
Conor Pall, Deputy Chair, Victim Survivors' Advisory Council
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM Breaking Down the Silos: Responding to Co-Occurring Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse
Michael Salter, Director, Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Chair Wrap Up
Join us as we wrap up an incredible three days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. Conference Co-Chairs, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, SSI will guide us through the key learnings from the conference, highlight pivotal moments, and formally close the event. This session will also include the highly anticipated prize draw—don’t miss your chance to win! Let’s reflect on our shared journey and leave inspired to make an impact.

Room 1: In-Person and Online
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 3 - Registration Open
Safer Together: Strengthening Community Engagement And Multi-Agency Collaboration
Chair:
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM A Whole of Community Response – Walking Alongside the DFSV Sector: The Role of PHNs in Responding to Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence
Shannon Richardson, HNECC PHN
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM The Reducing Intergenerational Violence (RIV) Project
Rebecca O'reilly & Maria Losurdo, ACU
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Sisters In Justice: A Community-Led Response To SGBV For Women Refugees In Indonesia
Nimo Adam Ahmed, The Sisterhood
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM The Beyond DV Recovery Pillars Framework: Supporting Victim-Survivors Of Domestic, Family And Sexual Violence
Lata Satyen, Deakin University
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
Chair:
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM Bridging Health And Safety: Addressing Critical Gaps In DFSV Response Across South Australian Regional LHNs
Meg Gulbin & Natasha Harvey, SA Health
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM Safe & Together: Mapping Perpetrator Behaviour Patterns To Uncover Coercive Control Ask ChatGPT
Jackie Wruck, Safe And Together Institute - Australia
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Curriculum- Aligned Domestic and Family Violence Prevention: Educating and Empowering Young People Across Tiwi Islands
Sarah Austin, Darwin Youth Services
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Four
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM
Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
1:20 PM - 1:50 PM We Say They Matter. But Do We Hear and Act with Them?
Conor Pall, Deputy Chair, Victim Survivors' Advisory Council
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM Breaking Down the Silos: Responding to Co-Occurring Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse
Michael Salter, Director, Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Chair Wrap Up
Join us as we wrap up an incredible three days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. Conference Co-Chairs, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, SSI will guide us through the key learnings from the conference, highlight pivotal moments, and formally close the event. This session will also include the highly anticipated prize draw—don’t miss your chance to win! Let’s reflect on our shared journey and leave inspired to make an impact.

Room 2: In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 3 - Registration Open
Navigating Harm: Young Lives, Legal Systems and Digital Power
Chair:
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Forgotten Youth - Examining Legal Gaps in Domestic Violence Laws
Maneesha Prakash, Youth Advocacy Center
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM Interconnection Between Perinatal Mental Health and Family Violence
Ashima Soni, Northern Health
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM "Build Yourself Back Up Again" Young Women's Resistance, Recovery And Healing From Intimate Partner Violence
Bianca Johnston, Monash University
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM “There Is A Very Thin Line”: Young People’s Perceptions Of Technology-Facilitated Coercive Control
María Atiénzar-Prieto, Griffith University
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Engaging Men and Boys to Disrupt Violence: Challenging Stereotypes and Creating Change
Chair:
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM The WiseGuyz Program for Adolescent Boys: Evidence of Effectiveness for Preventing Teen Dating Violence
Deinera Exner-Cortens, University Of Calgary
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM Panel - Changing Systems: Policy And Practice To Address Socially Dominant Masculinities And Prevent Gender-Based Violence
Henry Newton, Shelley Hewson-Munro & Shane Tas, Our Watch
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Panel Continued
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Four
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM
Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
1:20 PM - 1:50 PM We Say They Matter. But Do We Hear and Act with Them?
Conor Pall, Deputy Chair, Victim Survivors' Advisory Council
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM Breaking Down the Silos: Responding to Co-Occurring Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse
Michael Salter, Director, Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Chair Wrap Up
Join us as we wrap up an incredible three days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. Conference Co-Chairs, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, SSI will guide us through the key learnings from the conference, highlight pivotal moments, and formally close the event. This session will also include the highly anticipated prize draw—don’t miss your chance to win! Let’s reflect on our shared journey and leave inspired to make an impact.

Room 3: In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 3 - Registration Open
Shaping the Future: Legislative and Policy Innovations to Combat Domestic Violence
Chair:
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM DFV Counselling And The Impact On Practice Of The Criminalisation Of Coercive Control In Queensland
Angela Lynch, DV-alert and QSAN
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM Text Mining Domestic Violence Police Narratives Among Adult Male Victims In Non-Intimate Relationships
Georgios Karystianis, UNSW
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Establishing The Family Domestic And Sexual Violence Integrated Data System (FDSV IDS)
Arianne Schlumpp, Australian Institute Of Health And Welfare
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM
Presentation by KHQ Lawyers
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Empowering Every Survivor: Strengthening Responses for Our Most Vulnerable
Chair:
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM Turning the Tide in the Goldfields: Mara Pirni Healing Place– A Regional Response to FDV
Tucker Christou, Hope Community Services
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM Silent Witnesses, Lasting Wounds: Hidden Impact of Domestic and Family Violence on Children and Adolescents
Reuben Dwyer, 54 Reasons
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Leveraging Technology To Better Support Our Most Vulnerable: Real Time Family Violence Data
Jessica Bermudez, Monash Health
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Four
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM
Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
1:20 PM - 1:50 PM We Say They Matter. But Do We Hear and Act with Them?
Conor Pall, Deputy Chair, Victim Survivors' Advisory Council
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM Breaking Down the Silos: Responding to Co-Occurring Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse
Michael Salter, Director, Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Chair Wrap Up
Join us as we wrap up an incredible three days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. Conference Co-Chairs, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, SSI will guide us through the key learnings from the conference, highlight pivotal moments, and formally close the event. This session will also include the highly anticipated prize draw—don’t miss your chance to win! Let’s reflect on our shared journey and leave inspired to make an impact.

Room 4: In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Day 3 - Registration Open
Rethinking Safety and Connection: Gender, Culture and Systems Change
Chair:
8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Where Are The Opportunities To Improve Men’s Relationships? Learnings From The Relationship Indicators Survey
Briohny Kennedy, Relationships Australia
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM The Role Of Gender In Non-Binary People's Experiences Of Domestic And Family Violence
Shannon Harvey, UNSW Sydney
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Advancing Culturally Responsive Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Responses: The Adira Centre Model
Gulnara Abbasova, SSI
9:45 AM - 10:05 AM From Victim to Voice: How Lived Experience Can Reshape the System
Louise Smith, Miracle Mums Movement Inc.
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
10:05 AM - 10:35 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors
Spotlighting Trauma: Survivor Led and Trauma-Informed Approaches
Chair:
10:35 AM - 11:05 AM What Safety Feels Like: A Survivor’s Journey Through Fragmented Systems
Kellie McGlynn, Deakin University
11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Presentation To Be Announced
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Co-Design with Lived Experience
Julianna Marshall
Session Chair Insights and Reflections
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch With Exhibitors
Keynote Session Four
1:15 PM - 1:20 PM
Afternoon Welcome and Audience Wellness Check
1:20 PM - 1:50 PM We Say They Matter. But Do We Hear and Act with Them?
Conor Pall, Deputy Chair, Victim Survivors' Advisory Council
1:50 PM - 2:50 PM Breaking Down the Silos: Responding to Co-Occurring Domestic Violence and Child Sexual Abuse
Michael Salter, Director, Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Conference Chair Wrap Up
Join us as we wrap up an incredible three days of learning, collaboration, and inspiration. Conference Co-Chairs, Executive Director, National Women's Safety Alliance & Juliana Nkrumah, SSI will guide us through the key learnings from the conference, highlight pivotal moments, and formally close the event. This session will also include the highly anticipated prize draw—don’t miss your chance to win! Let’s reflect on our shared journey and leave inspired to make an impact.

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