2026 Indigenous Wellbeing Conference

Program

This program is interactive. You can click on each of the presenter sessions to view the presentation outline and presenter’s biography.

The conference sessions will run on AEST – Canberra Time

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Dark Blue sessions will be available in person and online via OnAIR

Teal sessions will be available in person only

All sessions (excluding workshops) will be recorded and made available to delegates in the Resource Centre five business days post-conference.

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The 2026 Indigenous Wellbeing Conference reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and presenters 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.

Sunday, October 11, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4
	Optional Pre-Conference Activity
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Immersive Cultural Experiences As part of IWC26’s commitment to Indigenous wellbeing, connection and holistic healing, delegates and their guests are invited to take part in a range of immersive cultural activities prior to the official conference opening. Think guided tours and basket weaving workshops to bush tucker experiences and other hands-on cultural activities, these experiences are designed to encourage connection, reflection, creativity and cultural appreciation. Led by local Indigenous artists, knowledge holders and community members, each activity will offer a meaningful opportunity to engage with culture, Country and community in a respectful and welcoming environment. Details on the cultural activities will be made available to delegates soon. Please note, you will only be able to select one activity to participate in as they will be running at the same time. Date: Sunday 11 October Time: 2pm – 4:30pm - Cultural Activities 4:30pm - 5:30pm - Networking Function Location: Hotel Realm, Canberra Cost: To be advised

	Track 1	Track 2
	Optional Pre-Conference Activity
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Immersive Cultural Experiences As part of IWC26’s commitment to Indigenous wellbeing, connection and holistic healing, delegates and their guests are invited to take part in a range of immersive cultural activities prior to the official conference opening. Think guided tours and basket weaving workshops to bush tucker experiences and other hands-on cultural activities, these experiences are designed to encourage connection, reflection, creativity and cultural appreciation. Led by local Indigenous artists, knowledge holders and community members, each activity will offer a meaningful opportunity to engage with culture, Country and community in a respectful and welcoming environment. Details on the cultural activities will be made available to delegates soon. Please note, you will only be able to select one activity to participate in as they will be running at the same time. Date: Sunday 11 October Time: 2pm – 4:30pm - Cultural Activities 4:30pm - 5:30pm - Networking Function Location: Hotel Realm, Canberra Cost: To be advised

	Track 3	Track 4
	Optional Pre-Conference Activity
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Immersive Cultural Experiences As part of IWC26’s commitment to Indigenous wellbeing, connection and holistic healing, delegates and their guests are invited to take part in a range of immersive cultural activities prior to the official conference opening. Think guided tours and basket weaving workshops to bush tucker experiences and other hands-on cultural activities, these experiences are designed to encourage connection, reflection, creativity and cultural appreciation. Led by local Indigenous artists, knowledge holders and community members, each activity will offer a meaningful opportunity to engage with culture, Country and community in a respectful and welcoming environment. Details on the cultural activities will be made available to delegates soon. Please note, you will only be able to select one activity to participate in as they will be running at the same time. Date: Sunday 11 October Time: 2pm – 4:30pm - Cultural Activities 4:30pm - 5:30pm - Networking Function Location: Hotel Realm, Canberra Cost: To be advised

	Track 1
	Optional Pre-Conference Activity
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Immersive Cultural Experiences As part of IWC26’s commitment to Indigenous wellbeing, connection and holistic healing, delegates and their guests are invited to take part in a range of immersive cultural activities prior to the official conference opening. Think guided tours and basket weaving workshops to bush tucker experiences and other hands-on cultural activities, these experiences are designed to encourage connection, reflection, creativity and cultural appreciation. Led by local Indigenous artists, knowledge holders and community members, each activity will offer a meaningful opportunity to engage with culture, Country and community in a respectful and welcoming environment. Details on the cultural activities will be made available to delegates soon. Please note, you will only be able to select one activity to participate in as they will be running at the same time. Date: Sunday 11 October Time: 2pm – 4:30pm - Cultural Activities 4:30pm - 5:30pm - Networking Function Location: Hotel Realm, Canberra Cost: To be advised

Track 1

Optional Pre-Conference Activity

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Immersive Cultural Experiences
As part of IWC26’s commitment to Indigenous wellbeing, connection and holistic healing, delegates and their guests are invited to take part in a range of immersive cultural activities prior to the official conference opening.
Think guided tours and basket weaving workshops to bush tucker experiences and other hands-on cultural activities, these experiences are designed to encourage connection, reflection, creativity and cultural appreciation. Led by local Indigenous artists, knowledge holders and community members, each activity will offer a meaningful opportunity to engage with culture, Country and community in a respectful and welcoming environment. Details on the cultural activities will be made available to delegates soon. Please note, you will only be able to select one activity to participate in as they will be running at the same time.

Date: Sunday 11 October
Time:
2pm – 4:30pm - Cultural Activities
4:30pm - 5:30pm - Networking Function
Location: Hotel Realm, Canberra
Cost: To be advised

	Track 2
	Optional Pre-Conference Activity
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Immersive Cultural Experiences As part of IWC26’s commitment to Indigenous wellbeing, connection and holistic healing, delegates and their guests are invited to take part in a range of immersive cultural activities prior to the official conference opening. Think guided tours and basket weaving workshops to bush tucker experiences and other hands-on cultural activities, these experiences are designed to encourage connection, reflection, creativity and cultural appreciation. Led by local Indigenous artists, knowledge holders and community members, each activity will offer a meaningful opportunity to engage with culture, Country and community in a respectful and welcoming environment. Details on the cultural activities will be made available to delegates soon. Please note, you will only be able to select one activity to participate in as they will be running at the same time. Date: Sunday 11 October Time: 2pm – 4:30pm - Cultural Activities 4:30pm - 5:30pm - Networking Function Location: Hotel Realm, Canberra Cost: To be advised

Track 2

Optional Pre-Conference Activity

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM

	Track 3
	Optional Pre-Conference Activity
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Immersive Cultural Experiences As part of IWC26’s commitment to Indigenous wellbeing, connection and holistic healing, delegates and their guests are invited to take part in a range of immersive cultural activities prior to the official conference opening. Think guided tours and basket weaving workshops to bush tucker experiences and other hands-on cultural activities, these experiences are designed to encourage connection, reflection, creativity and cultural appreciation. Led by local Indigenous artists, knowledge holders and community members, each activity will offer a meaningful opportunity to engage with culture, Country and community in a respectful and welcoming environment. Details on the cultural activities will be made available to delegates soon. Please note, you will only be able to select one activity to participate in as they will be running at the same time. Date: Sunday 11 October Time: 2pm – 4:30pm - Cultural Activities 4:30pm - 5:30pm - Networking Function Location: Hotel Realm, Canberra Cost: To be advised

Track 3

Optional Pre-Conference Activity

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM

	Track 4
	Optional Pre-Conference Activity
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Immersive Cultural Experiences As part of IWC26’s commitment to Indigenous wellbeing, connection and holistic healing, delegates and their guests are invited to take part in a range of immersive cultural activities prior to the official conference opening. Think guided tours and basket weaving workshops to bush tucker experiences and other hands-on cultural activities, these experiences are designed to encourage connection, reflection, creativity and cultural appreciation. Led by local Indigenous artists, knowledge holders and community members, each activity will offer a meaningful opportunity to engage with culture, Country and community in a respectful and welcoming environment. Details on the cultural activities will be made available to delegates soon. Please note, you will only be able to select one activity to participate in as they will be running at the same time. Date: Sunday 11 October Time: 2pm – 4:30pm - Cultural Activities 4:30pm - 5:30pm - Networking Function Location: Hotel Realm, Canberra Cost: To be advised

Track 4

Optional Pre-Conference Activity

2:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Monday, October 12, 2026

	Ballroom 1 - In-Person Only	Ballroom 2 - In-Person & Virtual via OnAIR	Ballroom 3 - In-Person Only	Ballroom 4 - In-Person Only
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open! Visit our friendly team at the registration desk to collect your name badge and conference materials.
	Day 1 - Conference Opening
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Opening & Housekeeping
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Relational Leadership and the Politics of Knowledge: Who Gets to Decide What Counts? Natasha McCormack, Deputy CEO \| Governance, Systems & Community Reform, Purple House
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Radically Hopeful, Hopefully Radical: Envisioning in and Beyond the Now Dr Emalani Case, Senior Lecturer, Pacific Studies
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea With Exhibitors Need to swap your IWC shirt? Meet us in the exhibition hall near the IWC Booth to swap with other delegates!
	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Chair: Asha Bhat	From Distress to Strength: Indigenous Approaches to the Primary Prevention of Mental Distress Chair: Denise Kingi-Uluave	Cultural Workshop	The Role of Culture, Arts and Story in Community Strength
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Exciting Presenter to be Announced	PANEL: Talanoa and Tauhi Vā: Culturally Grounded Approaches for Effective Practice with Pacific Peoples Dr Hilda Port Dr Grace Fatetutulu Chanae Ihimaera Ross Laufoli Auckland University Of Technology	WORKSHOP: Indigenous Futures in Action: Youth-Led Pathways and Two-Way Learning Rhian Miller, Epic Pathways	Art and Yarning: A Culturally Responsive Method to Engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children Kate Anderson, Ms Tasha-Jade Cole and Ms Taleah Carson, Australian National University
11:35 AM - 12:05 PM	PACIFIKAI: Community-Led Co-Design for Health Equity Robati Harrison, & Kirstine Kira Pacifikai, Children's Health Queensland	Panel Continued	Workshop Continued	‘Do You Deserve It?’: Wāhine Māori, Kauae Expectations, and TikTok Mia-Mae Taitimu-Stevens, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University Of Auckland
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM	Lalaga ia au Tasi Methdology - Including Community Participation from Start to Finish in Research Talai Mapusua, University Of Otago	I Roto i te Pouri, Te Maramataka e Whiti ana: Maramataka-Informed Approaches to Suicide Prevention Stevana Tuhoro, Matewai Wharepapa & Te Rina Ransfield, Te Puna Ora O Mataatua	Workshop Continued	Tā Moko Mataora (Māori Male Facial Tattoo) – the Language of the Gods Curtis Bristowe, Te Rūnanga Nui O Ngāti Porou
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Embedding, Scaling, & Protecting Indigenous Models of Care in Practice	Building Systems that Support Healing and Accountability	Cultural Workshop	Education for Influence: Indigenous Pathways to Leadership and Decision Making
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM	Te Whatu Ao Māori: Weaving Systemic Touchpoints into Indigenous Models of Care in Real Time Te Waitere Paahi, Tamara Marsden & Hannah Rogers, Hoani Waititi Marae	Healing Through Accountability: Strengthening Systems for Aboriginal Families Jackie Wruck, Safe And Together Institute - Australia	WORKSHOP: Exploring What Enables Culturally Safe Practice: An Experiential Workshop Richard Tankesley, Matariki Services	Deadly Minds: Indigenous-Led Education for Youth Influence, Leadership and Decision-Making Charlene Carlisle, Act Belong Commit
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM	The Ma'ala Framework: Re-imagining Diabetes Care through Tongan Epistemology Janina'ofa Galewski-Tangataevaha, University Of Waikato	Murungidyal Framework and HERO: Reframing Systems, Accountability and Indigenous Wellbeing Chrystale Langford	Workshop Continued	Saplings: Indigenous Research Pathways Growing First Nations Disability Research Leadership Jasmine Thorburn, Girra Maa Indigenous Health Disability Wellbeing, University Of Technology Sydney
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Fitting a Square Standard into a Round Hole: Cultural Safety and the Limits of One-Size-Fits-All Ben Poona, Renee Bray & Jessie White, Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation	45 Weeks — When the System Becomes the Harm Te Ao O Hinepehinga Rauna, Te Runanga O Turanganui A Kiwa	Workshop Continued	On Our Terms: Rangatahi Māori Leadership in Global Wellbeing Spaces Lauryn Maxwell, Auckland Council
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 1 - Conference Closing
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Tamariki Ora - A Tamariki-Anchored Wellbeing and Safety Model in the Oranga Tamariki/Children's Protection Context Jaye Wainui, Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Indigenous Wellbeing Beyond the Limits of Modernity: Indigenous Systems in an Age of Global Malaise Professor Meihana Durie, Te Toi Aronui - Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori, AUT
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Conference Day 1 Reflection
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Culture Connect Networking Function We invite all conference delegates and guests to join us for the IWC26 Culture Connect Networking Function, an evening of connection, conversation and cultural celebration. Enjoy delicious food and drinks while connecting with fellow attendees in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, accompanied by live entertainment. This special gathering offers an opportunity to continue conversations from the conference, build meaningful connections, and celebrate together on Country. Tickets are included for 2-day conference registrations.

	Ballroom 1 - In-Person Only	Ballroom 2 - In-Person & Virtual via OnAIR
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open! Visit our friendly team at the registration desk to collect your name badge and conference materials.
	Day 1 - Conference Opening
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Opening & Housekeeping
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Relational Leadership and the Politics of Knowledge: Who Gets to Decide What Counts? Natasha McCormack, Deputy CEO \| Governance, Systems & Community Reform, Purple House
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Radically Hopeful, Hopefully Radical: Envisioning in and Beyond the Now Dr Emalani Case, Senior Lecturer, Pacific Studies
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea With Exhibitors Need to swap your IWC shirt? Meet us in the exhibition hall near the IWC Booth to swap with other delegates!
	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Chair: Asha Bhat	From Distress to Strength: Indigenous Approaches to the Primary Prevention of Mental Distress Chair: Denise Kingi-Uluave
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Exciting Presenter to be Announced	PANEL: Talanoa and Tauhi Vā: Culturally Grounded Approaches for Effective Practice with Pacific Peoples Dr Hilda Port Dr Grace Fatetutulu Chanae Ihimaera Ross Laufoli Auckland University Of Technology
11:35 AM - 12:05 PM	PACIFIKAI: Community-Led Co-Design for Health Equity Robati Harrison, & Kirstine Kira Pacifikai, Children's Health Queensland	Panel Continued
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM	Lalaga ia au Tasi Methdology - Including Community Participation from Start to Finish in Research Talai Mapusua, University Of Otago	I Roto i te Pouri, Te Maramataka e Whiti ana: Maramataka-Informed Approaches to Suicide Prevention Stevana Tuhoro, Matewai Wharepapa & Te Rina Ransfield, Te Puna Ora O Mataatua
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Embedding, Scaling, & Protecting Indigenous Models of Care in Practice	Building Systems that Support Healing and Accountability
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM	Te Whatu Ao Māori: Weaving Systemic Touchpoints into Indigenous Models of Care in Real Time Te Waitere Paahi, Tamara Marsden & Hannah Rogers, Hoani Waititi Marae	Healing Through Accountability: Strengthening Systems for Aboriginal Families Jackie Wruck, Safe And Together Institute - Australia
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM	The Ma'ala Framework: Re-imagining Diabetes Care through Tongan Epistemology Janina'ofa Galewski-Tangataevaha, University Of Waikato	Murungidyal Framework and HERO: Reframing Systems, Accountability and Indigenous Wellbeing Chrystale Langford
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Fitting a Square Standard into a Round Hole: Cultural Safety and the Limits of One-Size-Fits-All Ben Poona, Renee Bray & Jessie White, Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation	45 Weeks — When the System Becomes the Harm Te Ao O Hinepehinga Rauna, Te Runanga O Turanganui A Kiwa
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 1 - Conference Closing
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Tamariki Ora - A Tamariki-Anchored Wellbeing and Safety Model in the Oranga Tamariki/Children's Protection Context Jaye Wainui, Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Indigenous Wellbeing Beyond the Limits of Modernity: Indigenous Systems in an Age of Global Malaise Professor Meihana Durie, Te Toi Aronui - Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori, AUT
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Conference Day 1 Reflection
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Culture Connect Networking Function We invite all conference delegates and guests to join us for the IWC26 Culture Connect Networking Function, an evening of connection, conversation and cultural celebration. Enjoy delicious food and drinks while connecting with fellow attendees in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, accompanied by live entertainment. This special gathering offers an opportunity to continue conversations from the conference, build meaningful connections, and celebrate together on Country. Tickets are included for 2-day conference registrations.

	Ballroom 3 - In-Person Only	Ballroom 4 - In-Person Only
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open! Visit our friendly team at the registration desk to collect your name badge and conference materials.
	Day 1 - Conference Opening
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Opening & Housekeeping
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Relational Leadership and the Politics of Knowledge: Who Gets to Decide What Counts? Natasha McCormack, Deputy CEO \| Governance, Systems & Community Reform, Purple House
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Radically Hopeful, Hopefully Radical: Envisioning in and Beyond the Now Dr Emalani Case, Senior Lecturer, Pacific Studies
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea With Exhibitors Need to swap your IWC shirt? Meet us in the exhibition hall near the IWC Booth to swap with other delegates!
	Cultural Workshop	The Role of Culture, Arts and Story in Community Strength
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	WORKSHOP: Indigenous Futures in Action: Youth-Led Pathways and Two-Way Learning Rhian Miller, Epic Pathways	Art and Yarning: A Culturally Responsive Method to Engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children Kate Anderson, Ms Tasha-Jade Cole and Ms Taleah Carson, Australian National University
11:35 AM - 12:05 PM	Workshop Continued	‘Do You Deserve It?’: Wāhine Māori, Kauae Expectations, and TikTok Mia-Mae Taitimu-Stevens, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University Of Auckland
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM	Workshop Continued	Tā Moko Mataora (Māori Male Facial Tattoo) – the Language of the Gods Curtis Bristowe, Te Rūnanga Nui O Ngāti Porou
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Cultural Workshop	Education for Influence: Indigenous Pathways to Leadership and Decision Making
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM	WORKSHOP: Exploring What Enables Culturally Safe Practice: An Experiential Workshop Richard Tankesley, Matariki Services	Deadly Minds: Indigenous-Led Education for Youth Influence, Leadership and Decision-Making Charlene Carlisle, Act Belong Commit
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM	Workshop Continued	Saplings: Indigenous Research Pathways Growing First Nations Disability Research Leadership Jasmine Thorburn, Girra Maa Indigenous Health Disability Wellbeing, University Of Technology Sydney
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Workshop Continued	On Our Terms: Rangatahi Māori Leadership in Global Wellbeing Spaces Lauryn Maxwell, Auckland Council
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 1 - Conference Closing
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Tamariki Ora - A Tamariki-Anchored Wellbeing and Safety Model in the Oranga Tamariki/Children's Protection Context Jaye Wainui, Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Indigenous Wellbeing Beyond the Limits of Modernity: Indigenous Systems in an Age of Global Malaise Professor Meihana Durie, Te Toi Aronui - Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori, AUT
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Conference Day 1 Reflection
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Culture Connect Networking Function We invite all conference delegates and guests to join us for the IWC26 Culture Connect Networking Function, an evening of connection, conversation and cultural celebration. Enjoy delicious food and drinks while connecting with fellow attendees in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, accompanied by live entertainment. This special gathering offers an opportunity to continue conversations from the conference, build meaningful connections, and celebrate together on Country. Tickets are included for 2-day conference registrations.

	Ballroom 1 - In-Person Only
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open! Visit our friendly team at the registration desk to collect your name badge and conference materials.
	Day 1 - Conference Opening
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Opening & Housekeeping
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Relational Leadership and the Politics of Knowledge: Who Gets to Decide What Counts? Natasha McCormack, Deputy CEO \| Governance, Systems & Community Reform, Purple House
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Radically Hopeful, Hopefully Radical: Envisioning in and Beyond the Now Dr Emalani Case, Senior Lecturer, Pacific Studies
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea With Exhibitors Need to swap your IWC shirt? Meet us in the exhibition hall near the IWC Booth to swap with other delegates!
	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Chair: Asha Bhat
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Exciting Presenter to be Announced
11:35 AM - 12:05 PM	PACIFIKAI: Community-Led Co-Design for Health Equity Robati Harrison, & Kirstine Kira Pacifikai, Children's Health Queensland
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM	Lalaga ia au Tasi Methdology - Including Community Participation from Start to Finish in Research Talai Mapusua, University Of Otago
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Embedding, Scaling, & Protecting Indigenous Models of Care in Practice
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM	Te Whatu Ao Māori: Weaving Systemic Touchpoints into Indigenous Models of Care in Real Time Te Waitere Paahi, Tamara Marsden & Hannah Rogers, Hoani Waititi Marae
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM	The Ma'ala Framework: Re-imagining Diabetes Care through Tongan Epistemology Janina'ofa Galewski-Tangataevaha, University Of Waikato
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Fitting a Square Standard into a Round Hole: Cultural Safety and the Limits of One-Size-Fits-All Ben Poona, Renee Bray & Jessie White, Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 1 - Conference Closing
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Tamariki Ora - A Tamariki-Anchored Wellbeing and Safety Model in the Oranga Tamariki/Children's Protection Context Jaye Wainui, Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Indigenous Wellbeing Beyond the Limits of Modernity: Indigenous Systems in an Age of Global Malaise Professor Meihana Durie, Te Toi Aronui - Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori, AUT
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Conference Day 1 Reflection
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Culture Connect Networking Function We invite all conference delegates and guests to join us for the IWC26 Culture Connect Networking Function, an evening of connection, conversation and cultural celebration. Enjoy delicious food and drinks while connecting with fellow attendees in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, accompanied by live entertainment. This special gathering offers an opportunity to continue conversations from the conference, build meaningful connections, and celebrate together on Country. Tickets are included for 2-day conference registrations.

	Ballroom 2 - In-Person & Virtual via OnAIR
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open! Visit our friendly team at the registration desk to collect your name badge and conference materials.
	Day 1 - Conference Opening
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Opening & Housekeeping
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Relational Leadership and the Politics of Knowledge: Who Gets to Decide What Counts? Natasha McCormack, Deputy CEO \| Governance, Systems & Community Reform, Purple House
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Radically Hopeful, Hopefully Radical: Envisioning in and Beyond the Now Dr Emalani Case, Senior Lecturer, Pacific Studies
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea With Exhibitors Need to swap your IWC shirt? Meet us in the exhibition hall near the IWC Booth to swap with other delegates!
	From Distress to Strength: Indigenous Approaches to the Primary Prevention of Mental Distress Chair: Denise Kingi-Uluave
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	PANEL: Talanoa and Tauhi Vā: Culturally Grounded Approaches for Effective Practice with Pacific Peoples Dr Hilda Port Dr Grace Fatetutulu Chanae Ihimaera Ross Laufoli Auckland University Of Technology
11:35 AM - 12:05 PM	Panel Continued
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM	I Roto i te Pouri, Te Maramataka e Whiti ana: Maramataka-Informed Approaches to Suicide Prevention Stevana Tuhoro, Matewai Wharepapa & Te Rina Ransfield, Te Puna Ora O Mataatua
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Building Systems that Support Healing and Accountability
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM	Healing Through Accountability: Strengthening Systems for Aboriginal Families Jackie Wruck, Safe And Together Institute - Australia
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM	Murungidyal Framework and HERO: Reframing Systems, Accountability and Indigenous Wellbeing Chrystale Langford
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	45 Weeks — When the System Becomes the Harm Te Ao O Hinepehinga Rauna, Te Runanga O Turanganui A Kiwa
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 1 - Conference Closing
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Tamariki Ora - A Tamariki-Anchored Wellbeing and Safety Model in the Oranga Tamariki/Children's Protection Context Jaye Wainui, Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Indigenous Wellbeing Beyond the Limits of Modernity: Indigenous Systems in an Age of Global Malaise Professor Meihana Durie, Te Toi Aronui - Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori, AUT
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Conference Day 1 Reflection
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Culture Connect Networking Function We invite all conference delegates and guests to join us for the IWC26 Culture Connect Networking Function, an evening of connection, conversation and cultural celebration. Enjoy delicious food and drinks while connecting with fellow attendees in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, accompanied by live entertainment. This special gathering offers an opportunity to continue conversations from the conference, build meaningful connections, and celebrate together on Country. Tickets are included for 2-day conference registrations.

	Ballroom 3 - In-Person Only
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open! Visit our friendly team at the registration desk to collect your name badge and conference materials.
	Day 1 - Conference Opening
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Opening & Housekeeping
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Relational Leadership and the Politics of Knowledge: Who Gets to Decide What Counts? Natasha McCormack, Deputy CEO \| Governance, Systems & Community Reform, Purple House
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Radically Hopeful, Hopefully Radical: Envisioning in and Beyond the Now Dr Emalani Case, Senior Lecturer, Pacific Studies
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea With Exhibitors Need to swap your IWC shirt? Meet us in the exhibition hall near the IWC Booth to swap with other delegates!
	Cultural Workshop
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	WORKSHOP: Indigenous Futures in Action: Youth-Led Pathways and Two-Way Learning Rhian Miller, Epic Pathways
11:35 AM - 12:05 PM	Workshop Continued
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM	Workshop Continued
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Cultural Workshop
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM	WORKSHOP: Exploring What Enables Culturally Safe Practice: An Experiential Workshop Richard Tankesley, Matariki Services
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM	Workshop Continued
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	Workshop Continued
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 1 - Conference Closing
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Tamariki Ora - A Tamariki-Anchored Wellbeing and Safety Model in the Oranga Tamariki/Children's Protection Context Jaye Wainui, Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Indigenous Wellbeing Beyond the Limits of Modernity: Indigenous Systems in an Age of Global Malaise Professor Meihana Durie, Te Toi Aronui - Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori, AUT
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Conference Day 1 Reflection
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Culture Connect Networking Function We invite all conference delegates and guests to join us for the IWC26 Culture Connect Networking Function, an evening of connection, conversation and cultural celebration. Enjoy delicious food and drinks while connecting with fellow attendees in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, accompanied by live entertainment. This special gathering offers an opportunity to continue conversations from the conference, build meaningful connections, and celebrate together on Country. Tickets are included for 2-day conference registrations.

	Ballroom 4 - In-Person Only
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open! Visit our friendly team at the registration desk to collect your name badge and conference materials.
	Day 1 - Conference Opening
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Conference Opening & Housekeeping
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM	Relational Leadership and the Politics of Knowledge: Who Gets to Decide What Counts? Natasha McCormack, Deputy CEO \| Governance, Systems & Community Reform, Purple House
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM	Radically Hopeful, Hopefully Radical: Envisioning in and Beyond the Now Dr Emalani Case, Senior Lecturer, Pacific Studies
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea With Exhibitors Need to swap your IWC shirt? Meet us in the exhibition hall near the IWC Booth to swap with other delegates!
	The Role of Culture, Arts and Story in Community Strength
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Art and Yarning: A Culturally Responsive Method to Engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children Kate Anderson, Ms Tasha-Jade Cole and Ms Taleah Carson, Australian National University
11:35 AM - 12:05 PM	‘Do You Deserve It?’: Wāhine Māori, Kauae Expectations, and TikTok Mia-Mae Taitimu-Stevens, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University Of Auckland
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM	Tā Moko Mataora (Māori Male Facial Tattoo) – the Language of the Gods Curtis Bristowe, Te Rūnanga Nui O Ngāti Porou
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Education for Influence: Indigenous Pathways to Leadership and Decision Making
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM	Deadly Minds: Indigenous-Led Education for Youth Influence, Leadership and Decision-Making Charlene Carlisle, Act Belong Commit
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM	Saplings: Indigenous Research Pathways Growing First Nations Disability Research Leadership Jasmine Thorburn, Girra Maa Indigenous Health Disability Wellbeing, University Of Technology Sydney
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM	On Our Terms: Rangatahi Māori Leadership in Global Wellbeing Spaces Lauryn Maxwell, Auckland Council
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 1 - Conference Closing
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Tamariki Ora - A Tamariki-Anchored Wellbeing and Safety Model in the Oranga Tamariki/Children's Protection Context Jaye Wainui, Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM	Indigenous Wellbeing Beyond the Limits of Modernity: Indigenous Systems in an Age of Global Malaise Professor Meihana Durie, Te Toi Aronui - Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori, AUT
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM	Conference Day 1 Reflection
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Culture Connect Networking Function We invite all conference delegates and guests to join us for the IWC26 Culture Connect Networking Function, an evening of connection, conversation and cultural celebration. Enjoy delicious food and drinks while connecting with fellow attendees in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere, accompanied by live entertainment. This special gathering offers an opportunity to continue conversations from the conference, build meaningful connections, and celebrate together on Country. Tickets are included for 2-day conference registrations.

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

	Ballroom 1 - In-Person Only	Ballroom 2 - In-Person & Virtual via OnAIR	Ballroom 3 - In-Person Only	Ballroom 4 - In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open!
	Day 2 - Conference Opening
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM	Centring our knowledges: Development of the Indigenous Quality of Wellbeing Index for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Professor Ray Lovett Director Mayi Kuwayu \| Director Culture and Wellbeing Research Yardhura Walani
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Economic Sovereignty and Collective Prosperity Lyle Whitefish & Ralph Morin, Creenation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Presentations
	From Distress to Strength: Indigenous	Reimagining Otherwise: Indigenous Futures Beyond Current Systems Chair: Jemaima Tiatia-Siau	Cultural Workshop	Building Systems that Support Healing and Accountability
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Buwindyala: Strengthening Identity, Responsibility and Wellbeing through Indigenous Knowledge Systems Raymond Timbery, Marring	Puntu Pirni Palya, Men's Wellbeing Project: A Decolonised Space Leslie Schultz & Georgia Sawyer, Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre Aboriginal Corporation	WORKSHOP: ConfidentMe: An Indigenous Wellbeing Model Building Confidence and Identity Across Tamariki, Rangatahi and Adults Kristyl Neho, Maia Dreams Charitable Trust	We Already Told You: Evidence, Power, and the Refusal to Act Tamara Noel & Rebecca Cort, Kwy Aboriginal Corporation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Restor(y)ing Relationships with Pasifika Youth Following Violent Offending: Navigating Towards Wellbeing Through Teu le Vā Rayna Tuina Tuunaifo Phillips, Massey University Of Wellington	Holding Culture in High Esteem in the Creation of Culturally Responsive Trauma Informed Workforce Development Casey Mcmurtie, Snaicc	Workshop Continued	Presenter Announcement Coming Soon
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM	The Atua Within: Balancing Māori Masculinity Between Tūmatauenga and Rongomātāne Tu Williams, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa	When Māori and Pacific Ways of Knowing Rewrite How the Library Behaves. Fay Nanai & Mia-Mae Taitimu-Stevens & Veronika Iloilo, Waipapa Taumata Rau - University Of Auckland	Workshop Continued	BlakAbility: Confronting Racism and Ableism in Indigenous Education, Justice and Health A/Prof Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes, Dr Sharon Kerr & Dr Aunty Roslyn Sackley, University of Melbourne
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Open Topic	Beyond Healing: Sustaining Social and Emotional Wellbeing	Cultural Workshop
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM	Healing Through Enterprise: Kimberley Indigenous Women's Entrepreneurial Pathways to Economic Sovereignty Maree Cutler Naroba, MCN Consulting	Kaiarahi Cultural Collective - Weaving Journeys of Wellbeing and Belonging Jeremy Nikora, Kaiarahi Cultural Collective	WORKSHOP: Bush Tucker & Medicine Presenter details to be announced
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM	Elders Think What? - Changes to Country and What Nyoongar Elders Have Told Us Dr Tia Whyman, Jacob West & Cammi Murrup-Stewart, Murdoch University	Understanding Cultural Wellbeing among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: the Yukaaywa Purrary Study Oliver Black, Yardhura Walani - ANU	Workshop Continued
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Integrating Different Knowledge Systems Between Western Science and TEK to Care for Country Graham Moore, Department of Climate Change, Environment, Energy & Water	Whānau Ora: The Voice of Māori and Pasifika Whānau James Cherrington, He Puna Hauora	Workshop Continued
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM	Session to be Announced	When the System Becomes the Stressor: Moving from Individual Resilience to Collective Care Georgina Ambrum, Heart-based	Workshop Continued
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 2 - Conference Closing
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	Cultural Performance
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Sandra Creamer, CEO, Australian Women’s Health Alliance
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM	What We Carry, What We Care For Tishiko King, Founder, Masigalgal, Kulkalgal Nation
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM	Official Conference Closing

	Ballroom 1 - In-Person Only	Ballroom 2 - In-Person & Virtual via OnAIR
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open!
	Day 2 - Conference Opening
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM	Centring our knowledges: Development of the Indigenous Quality of Wellbeing Index for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Professor Ray Lovett Director Mayi Kuwayu \| Director Culture and Wellbeing Research Yardhura Walani
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Economic Sovereignty and Collective Prosperity Lyle Whitefish & Ralph Morin, Creenation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Presentations
	From Distress to Strength: Indigenous	Reimagining Otherwise: Indigenous Futures Beyond Current Systems Chair: Jemaima Tiatia-Siau
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Buwindyala: Strengthening Identity, Responsibility and Wellbeing through Indigenous Knowledge Systems Raymond Timbery, Marring	Puntu Pirni Palya, Men's Wellbeing Project: A Decolonised Space Leslie Schultz & Georgia Sawyer, Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre Aboriginal Corporation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Restor(y)ing Relationships with Pasifika Youth Following Violent Offending: Navigating Towards Wellbeing Through Teu le Vā Rayna Tuina Tuunaifo Phillips, Massey University Of Wellington	Holding Culture in High Esteem in the Creation of Culturally Responsive Trauma Informed Workforce Development Casey Mcmurtie, Snaicc
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM	The Atua Within: Balancing Māori Masculinity Between Tūmatauenga and Rongomātāne Tu Williams, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa	When Māori and Pacific Ways of Knowing Rewrite How the Library Behaves. Fay Nanai & Mia-Mae Taitimu-Stevens & Veronika Iloilo, Waipapa Taumata Rau - University Of Auckland
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Open Topic	Beyond Healing: Sustaining Social and Emotional Wellbeing
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM	Healing Through Enterprise: Kimberley Indigenous Women's Entrepreneurial Pathways to Economic Sovereignty Maree Cutler Naroba, MCN Consulting	Kaiarahi Cultural Collective - Weaving Journeys of Wellbeing and Belonging Jeremy Nikora, Kaiarahi Cultural Collective
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM	Elders Think What? - Changes to Country and What Nyoongar Elders Have Told Us Dr Tia Whyman, Jacob West & Cammi Murrup-Stewart, Murdoch University	Understanding Cultural Wellbeing among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: the Yukaaywa Purrary Study Oliver Black, Yardhura Walani - ANU
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Integrating Different Knowledge Systems Between Western Science and TEK to Care for Country Graham Moore, Department of Climate Change, Environment, Energy & Water	Whānau Ora: The Voice of Māori and Pasifika Whānau James Cherrington, He Puna Hauora
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM	Session to be Announced	When the System Becomes the Stressor: Moving from Individual Resilience to Collective Care Georgina Ambrum, Heart-based
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 2 - Conference Closing
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	Cultural Performance
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Sandra Creamer, CEO, Australian Women’s Health Alliance
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM	What We Carry, What We Care For Tishiko King, Founder, Masigalgal, Kulkalgal Nation
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM	Official Conference Closing

	Ballroom 3 - In-Person Only	Ballroom 4 - In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open!
	Day 2 - Conference Opening
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM	Centring our knowledges: Development of the Indigenous Quality of Wellbeing Index for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Professor Ray Lovett Director Mayi Kuwayu \| Director Culture and Wellbeing Research Yardhura Walani
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Economic Sovereignty and Collective Prosperity Lyle Whitefish & Ralph Morin, Creenation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Presentations
	Cultural Workshop	Building Systems that Support Healing and Accountability
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	WORKSHOP: ConfidentMe: An Indigenous Wellbeing Model Building Confidence and Identity Across Tamariki, Rangatahi and Adults Kristyl Neho, Maia Dreams Charitable Trust	We Already Told You: Evidence, Power, and the Refusal to Act Tamara Noel & Rebecca Cort, Kwy Aboriginal Corporation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Workshop Continued	Presenter Announcement Coming Soon
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM	Workshop Continued	BlakAbility: Confronting Racism and Ableism in Indigenous Education, Justice and Health A/Prof Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes, Dr Sharon Kerr & Dr Aunty Roslyn Sackley, University of Melbourne
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Cultural Workshop
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM	WORKSHOP: Bush Tucker & Medicine Presenter details to be announced
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM	Workshop Continued
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Workshop Continued
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM	Workshop Continued
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 2 - Conference Closing
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	Cultural Performance
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Sandra Creamer, CEO, Australian Women’s Health Alliance
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM	What We Carry, What We Care For Tishiko King, Founder, Masigalgal, Kulkalgal Nation
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM	Official Conference Closing

	Ballroom 1 - In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open!
	Day 2 - Conference Opening
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM	Centring our knowledges: Development of the Indigenous Quality of Wellbeing Index for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Professor Ray Lovett Director Mayi Kuwayu \| Director Culture and Wellbeing Research Yardhura Walani
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Economic Sovereignty and Collective Prosperity Lyle Whitefish & Ralph Morin, Creenation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Presentations
	From Distress to Strength: Indigenous
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Buwindyala: Strengthening Identity, Responsibility and Wellbeing through Indigenous Knowledge Systems Raymond Timbery, Marring
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Restor(y)ing Relationships with Pasifika Youth Following Violent Offending: Navigating Towards Wellbeing Through Teu le Vā Rayna Tuina Tuunaifo Phillips, Massey University Of Wellington
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM	The Atua Within: Balancing Māori Masculinity Between Tūmatauenga and Rongomātāne Tu Williams, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Open Topic
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM	Healing Through Enterprise: Kimberley Indigenous Women's Entrepreneurial Pathways to Economic Sovereignty Maree Cutler Naroba, MCN Consulting
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM	Elders Think What? - Changes to Country and What Nyoongar Elders Have Told Us Dr Tia Whyman, Jacob West & Cammi Murrup-Stewart, Murdoch University
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Integrating Different Knowledge Systems Between Western Science and TEK to Care for Country Graham Moore, Department of Climate Change, Environment, Energy & Water
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM	Session to be Announced
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 2 - Conference Closing
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	Cultural Performance
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Sandra Creamer, CEO, Australian Women’s Health Alliance
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM	What We Carry, What We Care For Tishiko King, Founder, Masigalgal, Kulkalgal Nation
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM	Official Conference Closing

	Ballroom 2 - In-Person & Virtual via OnAIR
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open!
	Day 2 - Conference Opening
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM	Centring our knowledges: Development of the Indigenous Quality of Wellbeing Index for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Professor Ray Lovett Director Mayi Kuwayu \| Director Culture and Wellbeing Research Yardhura Walani
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Economic Sovereignty and Collective Prosperity Lyle Whitefish & Ralph Morin, Creenation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Presentations
	Reimagining Otherwise: Indigenous Futures Beyond Current Systems Chair: Jemaima Tiatia-Siau
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Puntu Pirni Palya, Men's Wellbeing Project: A Decolonised Space Leslie Schultz & Georgia Sawyer, Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre Aboriginal Corporation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Holding Culture in High Esteem in the Creation of Culturally Responsive Trauma Informed Workforce Development Casey Mcmurtie, Snaicc
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM	When Māori and Pacific Ways of Knowing Rewrite How the Library Behaves. Fay Nanai & Mia-Mae Taitimu-Stevens & Veronika Iloilo, Waipapa Taumata Rau - University Of Auckland
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Beyond Healing: Sustaining Social and Emotional Wellbeing
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM	Kaiarahi Cultural Collective - Weaving Journeys of Wellbeing and Belonging Jeremy Nikora, Kaiarahi Cultural Collective
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM	Understanding Cultural Wellbeing among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: the Yukaaywa Purrary Study Oliver Black, Yardhura Walani - ANU
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Whānau Ora: The Voice of Māori and Pasifika Whānau James Cherrington, He Puna Hauora
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM	When the System Becomes the Stressor: Moving from Individual Resilience to Collective Care Georgina Ambrum, Heart-based
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 2 - Conference Closing
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	Cultural Performance
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Sandra Creamer, CEO, Australian Women’s Health Alliance
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM	What We Carry, What We Care For Tishiko King, Founder, Masigalgal, Kulkalgal Nation
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM	Official Conference Closing

	Ballroom 3 - In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open!
	Day 2 - Conference Opening
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM	Centring our knowledges: Development of the Indigenous Quality of Wellbeing Index for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Professor Ray Lovett Director Mayi Kuwayu \| Director Culture and Wellbeing Research Yardhura Walani
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Economic Sovereignty and Collective Prosperity Lyle Whitefish & Ralph Morin, Creenation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Presentations
	Cultural Workshop
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	WORKSHOP: ConfidentMe: An Indigenous Wellbeing Model Building Confidence and Identity Across Tamariki, Rangatahi and Adults Kristyl Neho, Maia Dreams Charitable Trust
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Workshop Continued
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM	Workshop Continued
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors
	Cultural Workshop
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM	WORKSHOP: Bush Tucker & Medicine Presenter details to be announced
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM	Workshop Continued
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM	Workshop Continued
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM	Workshop Continued
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 2 - Conference Closing
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	Cultural Performance
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Sandra Creamer, CEO, Australian Women’s Health Alliance
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM	What We Carry, What We Care For Tishiko King, Founder, Masigalgal, Kulkalgal Nation
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM	Official Conference Closing

	Ballroom 4 - In-Person Only
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Exhibition Open!
	Day 2 - Conference Opening
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM	Centring our knowledges: Development of the Indigenous Quality of Wellbeing Index for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Professor Ray Lovett Director Mayi Kuwayu \| Director Culture and Wellbeing Research Yardhura Walani
9:10 AM - 10:10 AM	Economic Sovereignty and Collective Prosperity Lyle Whitefish & Ralph Morin, Creenation
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Presentations
	Building Systems that Support Healing and Accountability
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	We Already Told You: Evidence, Power, and the Refusal to Act Tamara Noel & Rebecca Cort, Kwy Aboriginal Corporation
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Presenter Announcement Coming Soon
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM	BlakAbility: Confronting Racism and Ableism in Indigenous Education, Justice and Health A/Prof Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes, Dr Sharon Kerr & Dr Aunty Roslyn Sackley, University of Melbourne
12:20 PM - 1:20 PM	Lunch With Exhibitors

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM	Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
	Day 2 - Conference Closing
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	Cultural Performance
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM	From Consultation to Consent: Restoring Community Authority in Decision-Making Sandra Creamer, CEO, Australian Women’s Health Alliance
3:50 PM - 4:20 PM	What We Carry, What We Care For Tishiko King, Founder, Masigalgal, Kulkalgal Nation
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM	Official Conference Closing