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Program

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

 

The conference sessions will run on ACST – Northern Territory time.

 

All sessions will be recorded and made available to delegates via a link to the Resource Centre five (5) business days post conference.

 

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Please email the conference organiser if you have any questions – iwc@anzmh.asn.au

 

*Please note, this program is subject to change.


Monday, October 30, 2023

Danggalaba (Saltwater crocodile)
Boetdoemba (Sea Eagle)
Malama guligi (King brown)
Virtual / Online
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 AM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Miledma Batji-wa and Welcome!
Come see the team at Registration to collect your welcome pack!
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome to Country
The Youth Mill
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Conference Opening
Official welcome from Conference Chair & Conference MC

Nat Heath, Founder, TriMob & Director Moorditj Ways Consulting

Lateesha Jeffrey, Director, Wave of Change Consultancy

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Keynote Session 1 - Elders Interactive Panel
Facilitated by Richard Fejo, Senior Elder College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Elders/Kaumatua:

Miliwanga Wurrben- Traditional Healer

Ruru Hona - Pou Whirinaki / Pillar of Support

Dr Aleeta Fejo - Traditional Larrakia Elder & General Practitioner

William Tilmouth - Children’s Ground Chair and Co-Founder

9:50 AM - 10:15 AM From Asking to Action

Catherine Liddle

CEO, SNAICC

Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM
Morning Tea with Exhibitors
Connection to Land, Culture, Spirituality, Ancestry
Session Chair: Bron Rose
Funding & Resources for Community Organisations
Session Chair: Maraea Johns
Masterclass
Virtual 20 Min
ONLINE ONLY
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Support whànau to engage in the kaupapa of growing your own food
Gina-Lee Duncan, Kòanga Kai
Knowledge to action: Addressing the social determinants of health to promote social and emotional wellbeing
Tina Brodie, SAHMRI
Digital-Social and Emotional Wellbeing Resources for Indigenous Communities
Sharnie Roberts, University Centre Of Rural Health
Fit in Community but Fat in Clinics: Pacific Peoples, Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Dr. Edmond Fehoko, University of Otago
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM 13yarn a 24/7 Crisis Support Line for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders
Marjorie Anderson, Lifeline Australia
The Impacts of Livingworks Safetalk Suicide Intervention Workshops in the Sa Aboriginal Community
Grant Day & Trevor Wingard, Aboriginal Health Council of SA
Masterclass Cont.
Reclaiming Reconnection with Self: Indigenous Healing through ‘Body Talk’
Sharl Fynn-Wagner, EmployNZ
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Te Aka Matua: Embodying Indigenous Wisdom to Navigate Psychological Distress in Aotearoa
Sasho Stosic, Tātai Ora Charitable Trust
Family Violence: Why aren’t we talking about acquired brain injury with our mob?
Corina Martin & Victoria Hovanne, Aboriginal Family Legal Service
Masterclass Cont...
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Ūloa, a Model of Care Supporting People Experiencing Mental Distress
Associate Professor Sione Vaka, University Of Waikato
Deadly Ways of Knowing: Matauranga Maori in Mental Health & Addiction
Natasha Ruttley, Piringa Mental Health Support
Masterclass Cont....
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors
Social Connectedness and Sense of Belonging
Session Chair: Darryl Hobbs
Hearing Our Voices, From the Youth to the Elders
Session Chair: Kaela Bayliss
Masterclass.
Virtual 20 Min.
ONLINE ONLY
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM Politically Motivated Discourse and Social and Emotional Wellbeing.
Associate Professor Clinton Schultz & Justyce Pengilly - Black Dog Institute
Therapeutic Relationships - Literacy and Numeracy: Yarning, Learning and Listening
Yvette Carter, Cape Counselling And Wellbeing Centre
Kinship and Skin Names: the Importance of Positionality and Connection in Or Wellbeing.
Dr. Richard Fejo, Flinders University
Integrated Therapeutic Justice-care : Collaborating and Innovating for Systemic ‘responsivity of Care’ and Family Wellbeing
Dr. Effie Zafirakis, Independent Consultant
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM TRIMOB: Mob empowering mob through swim,bike & run and bringing deadliness to triathlon
Nat Heath, TRIMOB
MEDICAL WINGS: Redefining Regional Access
Clare Pearson, Little Wings LTD
Masterclass Cont.....
Team approach subacute care in South East Queensland -client lead approach with a recovery model
Kim Nasio, Mind Australia
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM Acknowledging colonial scars - working differently as practitioners to create safe therapeutic care in OOHC.
Laura-Jane Phoenix Singh, First Nations Healing Practitioners
Mental Health for Mob by Mob
Kristen Franks, Mental Health for Mob Aboriginal Corporation
Masterclass Cont......
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Leiti in Red: Exploring Experiences of Identity and Wellbeing of Kau Leiti Tonga in Aotea
Penni Wolfgramm, University of Auckland
WARALNANG: Gunbalanya Independent Public Schools vision for a shared language and practice for community wellbeing.
Kate Loveridge, Raylene Gellar, Hagar Nadjamerrek, Awhina Matthews & Andrew Pearson, Department of Education NT
Masterclass Cont.......
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Funding & Resources for Community Organisations.
Session Chair: Asha Bhat
Open Topic
Session Chair: Tapu Fuiava
Panel
Virtual 20 Min..
ONLINE ONLY
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM Whakawhiti Te Ra Putting Tangata and Their Whanau (Family) at the Center of Their Wellbeing
Carole Koha, Te Waka Whaiora
Addressing Cultural Capability and Attitudes in Government Agencies
Shannon Cook, Shadowlight Solutions
Developing a Mana-enhancing Approach to Athlete Wellbeing
Dr. Sierra Keung, Moana Leilua & Carmen Taplin
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM Learnings From Participant’s Cultural Journeys and Experiences Though the Solid Steps Aod Program@ Casuarina Prison
Emma Jarvis, Wei Yang, Jacskson Carter, Mike Winton, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
Tō Mātou Tūaoma l Our Journey
Shaz Bryant & Theresa Carter, Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand
Panel Cont........
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM Training Frontline Workers to Support First Nations Women and Children Experiencing Family Violence
Kerry Wall, DV Alert Lifeline Australia
Rangatiratanga: Māori Responses to the Impacts of Covid-19
Maraea Johns, Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in Aotearoa
Panel Cont.........
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM Connecting Health Professionals With Remote Communities: Building Healthy Relationships Within the Community
Justine Williams & Dean Blackney, CareFlight
Thinking Outside the Coconut Shell! Working in Partnership With Pasifika Individuals, Families & Communities
Vui Suli Tuitaupe, Tangata Atumotu
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Welcome Networking Reception
Join us for drinks canapes and entertainment!
6:20 PM - 7:00 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 PM
Danggalaba (Saltwater crocodile)
Boetdoemba (Sea Eagle)
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 AM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Miledma Batji-wa and Welcome!
Come see the team at Registration to collect your welcome pack!
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome to Country
The Youth Mill
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Conference Opening
Official welcome from Conference Chair & Conference MC

Nat Heath, Founder, TriMob & Director Moorditj Ways Consulting

Lateesha Jeffrey, Director, Wave of Change Consultancy

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Keynote Session 1 - Elders Interactive Panel
Facilitated by Richard Fejo, Senior Elder College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Elders/Kaumatua:

Miliwanga Wurrben- Traditional Healer

Ruru Hona - Pou Whirinaki / Pillar of Support

Dr Aleeta Fejo - Traditional Larrakia Elder & General Practitioner

William Tilmouth - Children’s Ground Chair and Co-Founder

9:50 AM - 10:15 AM From Asking to Action

Catherine Liddle

CEO, SNAICC

Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM
Morning Tea with Exhibitors
Connection to Land, Culture, Spirituality, Ancestry
Session Chair: Bron Rose
Funding & Resources for Community Organisations
Session Chair: Maraea Johns
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Support whànau to engage in the kaupapa of growing your own food
Gina-Lee Duncan, Kòanga Kai
Knowledge to action: Addressing the social determinants of health to promote social and emotional wellbeing
Tina Brodie, SAHMRI
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM 13yarn a 24/7 Crisis Support Line for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders
Marjorie Anderson, Lifeline Australia
The Impacts of Livingworks Safetalk Suicide Intervention Workshops in the Sa Aboriginal Community
Grant Day & Trevor Wingard, Aboriginal Health Council of SA
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Te Aka Matua: Embodying Indigenous Wisdom to Navigate Psychological Distress in Aotearoa
Sasho Stosic, Tātai Ora Charitable Trust
Family Violence: Why aren’t we talking about acquired brain injury with our mob?
Corina Martin & Victoria Hovanne, Aboriginal Family Legal Service
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Ūloa, a Model of Care Supporting People Experiencing Mental Distress
Associate Professor Sione Vaka, University Of Waikato
Deadly Ways of Knowing: Matauranga Maori in Mental Health & Addiction
Natasha Ruttley, Piringa Mental Health Support
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors
Social Connectedness and Sense of Belonging
Session Chair: Darryl Hobbs
Hearing Our Voices, From the Youth to the Elders
Session Chair: Kaela Bayliss
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM Politically Motivated Discourse and Social and Emotional Wellbeing.
Associate Professor Clinton Schultz & Justyce Pengilly - Black Dog Institute
Therapeutic Relationships - Literacy and Numeracy: Yarning, Learning and Listening
Yvette Carter, Cape Counselling And Wellbeing Centre
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM TRIMOB: Mob empowering mob through swim,bike & run and bringing deadliness to triathlon
Nat Heath, TRIMOB
MEDICAL WINGS: Redefining Regional Access
Clare Pearson, Little Wings LTD
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM Acknowledging colonial scars - working differently as practitioners to create safe therapeutic care in OOHC.
Laura-Jane Phoenix Singh, First Nations Healing Practitioners
Mental Health for Mob by Mob
Kristen Franks, Mental Health for Mob Aboriginal Corporation
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Leiti in Red: Exploring Experiences of Identity and Wellbeing of Kau Leiti Tonga in Aotea
Penni Wolfgramm, University of Auckland
WARALNANG: Gunbalanya Independent Public Schools vision for a shared language and practice for community wellbeing.
Kate Loveridge, Raylene Gellar, Hagar Nadjamerrek, Awhina Matthews & Andrew Pearson, Department of Education NT
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Funding & Resources for Community Organisations.
Session Chair: Asha Bhat
Open Topic
Session Chair: Tapu Fuiava
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM Whakawhiti Te Ra Putting Tangata and Their Whanau (Family) at the Center of Their Wellbeing
Carole Koha, Te Waka Whaiora
Addressing Cultural Capability and Attitudes in Government Agencies
Shannon Cook, Shadowlight Solutions
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM Learnings From Participant’s Cultural Journeys and Experiences Though the Solid Steps Aod Program@ Casuarina Prison
Emma Jarvis, Wei Yang, Jacskson Carter, Mike Winton, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
Tō Mātou Tūaoma l Our Journey
Shaz Bryant & Theresa Carter, Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM Training Frontline Workers to Support First Nations Women and Children Experiencing Family Violence
Kerry Wall, DV Alert Lifeline Australia
Rangatiratanga: Māori Responses to the Impacts of Covid-19
Maraea Johns, Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in Aotearoa
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM Connecting Health Professionals With Remote Communities: Building Healthy Relationships Within the Community
Justine Williams & Dean Blackney, CareFlight
Thinking Outside the Coconut Shell! Working in Partnership With Pasifika Individuals, Families & Communities
Vui Suli Tuitaupe, Tangata Atumotu
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Welcome Networking Reception
Join us for drinks canapes and entertainment!
6:20 PM - 7:00 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 PM

Malama guligi (King brown)
Virtual / Online
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 AM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Miledma Batji-wa and Welcome!
Come see the team at Registration to collect your welcome pack!
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome to Country
The Youth Mill
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Conference Opening
Official welcome from Conference Chair & Conference MC

Nat Heath, Founder, TriMob & Director Moorditj Ways Consulting

Lateesha Jeffrey, Director, Wave of Change Consultancy

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Keynote Session 1 - Elders Interactive Panel
Facilitated by Richard Fejo, Senior Elder College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Elders/Kaumatua:

Miliwanga Wurrben- Traditional Healer

Ruru Hona - Pou Whirinaki / Pillar of Support

Dr Aleeta Fejo - Traditional Larrakia Elder & General Practitioner

William Tilmouth - Children’s Ground Chair and Co-Founder

9:50 AM - 10:15 AM From Asking to Action

Catherine Liddle

CEO, SNAICC

Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM
Morning Tea with Exhibitors
Masterclass
Virtual 20 Min
ONLINE ONLY
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Digital-Social and Emotional Wellbeing Resources for Indigenous Communities
Sharnie Roberts, University Centre Of Rural Health
Fit in Community but Fat in Clinics: Pacific Peoples, Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Dr. Edmond Fehoko, University of Otago
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Masterclass Cont.
Reclaiming Reconnection with Self: Indigenous Healing through ‘Body Talk’
Sharl Fynn-Wagner, EmployNZ
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Masterclass Cont...
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
Masterclass Cont....
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors
Masterclass.
Virtual 20 Min.
ONLINE ONLY
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM Kinship and Skin Names: the Importance of Positionality and Connection in Or Wellbeing.
Dr. Richard Fejo, Flinders University
Integrated Therapeutic Justice-care : Collaborating and Innovating for Systemic ‘responsivity of Care’ and Family Wellbeing
Dr. Effie Zafirakis, Independent Consultant
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Masterclass Cont.....
Team approach subacute care in South East Queensland -client lead approach with a recovery model
Kim Nasio, Mind Australia
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM
Masterclass Cont......
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Masterclass Cont.......
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Panel
Virtual 20 Min..
ONLINE ONLY
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM Developing a Mana-enhancing Approach to Athlete Wellbeing
Dr. Sierra Keung, Moana Leilua & Carmen Taplin
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Panel Cont........
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM
Panel Cont.........
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Welcome Networking Reception
Join us for drinks canapes and entertainment!
6:20 PM - 7:00 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 PM

Danggalaba (Saltwater crocodile)
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 AM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Miledma Batji-wa and Welcome!
Come see the team at Registration to collect your welcome pack!
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome to Country
The Youth Mill
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Conference Opening
Official welcome from Conference Chair & Conference MC

Nat Heath, Founder, TriMob & Director Moorditj Ways Consulting

Lateesha Jeffrey, Director, Wave of Change Consultancy

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Keynote Session 1 - Elders Interactive Panel
Facilitated by Richard Fejo, Senior Elder College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Elders/Kaumatua:

Miliwanga Wurrben- Traditional Healer

Ruru Hona - Pou Whirinaki / Pillar of Support

Dr Aleeta Fejo - Traditional Larrakia Elder & General Practitioner

William Tilmouth - Children’s Ground Chair and Co-Founder

9:50 AM - 10:15 AM From Asking to Action

Catherine Liddle

CEO, SNAICC

Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM
Morning Tea with Exhibitors
Connection to Land, Culture, Spirituality, Ancestry
Session Chair: Bron Rose
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Support whànau to engage in the kaupapa of growing your own food
Gina-Lee Duncan, Kòanga Kai
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM 13yarn a 24/7 Crisis Support Line for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders
Marjorie Anderson, Lifeline Australia
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Te Aka Matua: Embodying Indigenous Wisdom to Navigate Psychological Distress in Aotearoa
Sasho Stosic, Tātai Ora Charitable Trust
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Ūloa, a Model of Care Supporting People Experiencing Mental Distress
Associate Professor Sione Vaka, University Of Waikato
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors
Social Connectedness and Sense of Belonging
Session Chair: Darryl Hobbs
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM Politically Motivated Discourse and Social and Emotional Wellbeing.
Associate Professor Clinton Schultz & Justyce Pengilly - Black Dog Institute
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM TRIMOB: Mob empowering mob through swim,bike & run and bringing deadliness to triathlon
Nat Heath, TRIMOB
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM Acknowledging colonial scars - working differently as practitioners to create safe therapeutic care in OOHC.
Laura-Jane Phoenix Singh, First Nations Healing Practitioners
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Leiti in Red: Exploring Experiences of Identity and Wellbeing of Kau Leiti Tonga in Aotea
Penni Wolfgramm, University of Auckland
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Funding & Resources for Community Organisations.
Session Chair: Asha Bhat
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM Whakawhiti Te Ra Putting Tangata and Their Whanau (Family) at the Center of Their Wellbeing
Carole Koha, Te Waka Whaiora
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM Learnings From Participant’s Cultural Journeys and Experiences Though the Solid Steps Aod Program@ Casuarina Prison
Emma Jarvis, Wei Yang, Jacskson Carter, Mike Winton, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM Training Frontline Workers to Support First Nations Women and Children Experiencing Family Violence
Kerry Wall, DV Alert Lifeline Australia
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM Connecting Health Professionals With Remote Communities: Building Healthy Relationships Within the Community
Justine Williams & Dean Blackney, CareFlight
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Welcome Networking Reception
Join us for drinks canapes and entertainment!
6:20 PM - 7:00 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 PM

Boetdoemba (Sea Eagle)
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 AM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Miledma Batji-wa and Welcome!
Come see the team at Registration to collect your welcome pack!
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome to Country
The Youth Mill
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Conference Opening
Official welcome from Conference Chair & Conference MC

Nat Heath, Founder, TriMob & Director Moorditj Ways Consulting

Lateesha Jeffrey, Director, Wave of Change Consultancy

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Keynote Session 1 - Elders Interactive Panel
Facilitated by Richard Fejo, Senior Elder College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Elders/Kaumatua:

Miliwanga Wurrben- Traditional Healer

Ruru Hona - Pou Whirinaki / Pillar of Support

Dr Aleeta Fejo - Traditional Larrakia Elder & General Practitioner

William Tilmouth - Children’s Ground Chair and Co-Founder

9:50 AM - 10:15 AM From Asking to Action

Catherine Liddle

CEO, SNAICC

Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM
Morning Tea with Exhibitors
Funding & Resources for Community Organisations
Session Chair: Maraea Johns
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Knowledge to action: Addressing the social determinants of health to promote social and emotional wellbeing
Tina Brodie, SAHMRI
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM The Impacts of Livingworks Safetalk Suicide Intervention Workshops in the Sa Aboriginal Community
Grant Day & Trevor Wingard, Aboriginal Health Council of SA
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM Family Violence: Why aren’t we talking about acquired brain injury with our mob?
Corina Martin & Victoria Hovanne, Aboriginal Family Legal Service
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM Deadly Ways of Knowing: Matauranga Maori in Mental Health & Addiction
Natasha Ruttley, Piringa Mental Health Support
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors
Hearing Our Voices, From the Youth to the Elders
Session Chair: Kaela Bayliss
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM Therapeutic Relationships - Literacy and Numeracy: Yarning, Learning and Listening
Yvette Carter, Cape Counselling And Wellbeing Centre
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM MEDICAL WINGS: Redefining Regional Access
Clare Pearson, Little Wings LTD
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM Mental Health for Mob by Mob
Kristen Franks, Mental Health for Mob Aboriginal Corporation
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM WARALNANG: Gunbalanya Independent Public Schools vision for a shared language and practice for community wellbeing.
Kate Loveridge, Raylene Gellar, Hagar Nadjamerrek, Awhina Matthews & Andrew Pearson, Department of Education NT
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Open Topic
Session Chair: Tapu Fuiava
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM Addressing Cultural Capability and Attitudes in Government Agencies
Shannon Cook, Shadowlight Solutions
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM Tō Mātou Tūaoma l Our Journey
Shaz Bryant & Theresa Carter, Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM Rangatiratanga: Māori Responses to the Impacts of Covid-19
Maraea Johns, Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission in Aotearoa
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM Thinking Outside the Coconut Shell! Working in Partnership With Pasifika Individuals, Families & Communities
Vui Suli Tuitaupe, Tangata Atumotu
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Welcome Networking Reception
Join us for drinks canapes and entertainment!
6:20 PM - 7:00 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 PM

Malama guligi (King brown)
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 AM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Miledma Batji-wa and Welcome!
Come see the team at Registration to collect your welcome pack!
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome to Country
The Youth Mill
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Conference Opening
Official welcome from Conference Chair & Conference MC

Nat Heath, Founder, TriMob & Director Moorditj Ways Consulting

Lateesha Jeffrey, Director, Wave of Change Consultancy

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Keynote Session 1 - Elders Interactive Panel
Facilitated by Richard Fejo, Senior Elder College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Elders/Kaumatua:

Miliwanga Wurrben- Traditional Healer

Ruru Hona - Pou Whirinaki / Pillar of Support

Dr Aleeta Fejo - Traditional Larrakia Elder & General Practitioner

William Tilmouth - Children’s Ground Chair and Co-Founder

9:50 AM - 10:15 AM From Asking to Action

Catherine Liddle

CEO, SNAICC

Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM
Morning Tea with Exhibitors
Masterclass
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Digital-Social and Emotional Wellbeing Resources for Indigenous Communities
Sharnie Roberts, University Centre Of Rural Health
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Masterclass Cont.
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Masterclass Cont...
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
Masterclass Cont....
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors
Masterclass.
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM Kinship and Skin Names: the Importance of Positionality and Connection in Or Wellbeing.
Dr. Richard Fejo, Flinders University
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
Masterclass Cont.....
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM
Masterclass Cont......
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
Masterclass Cont.......
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Panel
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM Developing a Mana-enhancing Approach to Athlete Wellbeing
Dr. Sierra Keung, Moana Leilua & Carmen Taplin
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Panel Cont........
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM
Panel Cont.........
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Welcome Networking Reception
Join us for drinks canapes and entertainment!
6:20 PM - 7:00 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 PM

Virtual / Online
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 AM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Miledma Batji-wa and Welcome!
Come see the team at Registration to collect your welcome pack!
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Welcome to Country
The Youth Mill
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Conference Opening
Official welcome from Conference Chair & Conference MC

Nat Heath, Founder, TriMob & Director Moorditj Ways Consulting

Lateesha Jeffrey, Director, Wave of Change Consultancy

8:50 AM - 9:50 AM Keynote Session 1 - Elders Interactive Panel
Facilitated by Richard Fejo, Senior Elder College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University

Elders/Kaumatua:

Miliwanga Wurrben- Traditional Healer

Ruru Hona - Pou Whirinaki / Pillar of Support

Dr Aleeta Fejo - Traditional Larrakia Elder & General Practitioner

William Tilmouth - Children’s Ground Chair and Co-Founder

9:50 AM - 10:15 AM From Asking to Action

Catherine Liddle

CEO, SNAICC

Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM
Morning Tea with Exhibitors
Virtual 20 Min
ONLINE ONLY
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Fit in Community but Fat in Clinics: Pacific Peoples, Infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Dr. Edmond Fehoko, University of Otago
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM Reclaiming Reconnection with Self: Indigenous Healing through ‘Body Talk’
Sharl Fynn-Wagner, EmployNZ
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
12:40 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors
Virtual 20 Min.
ONLINE ONLY
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM Integrated Therapeutic Justice-care : Collaborating and Innovating for Systemic ‘responsivity of Care’ and Family Wellbeing
Dr. Effie Zafirakis, Independent Consultant
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM Team approach subacute care in South East Queensland -client lead approach with a recovery model
Kim Nasio, Mind Australia
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
Afternoon Tea With Exhibitors
Virtual 20 Min..
ONLINE ONLY
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM
4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
5:20 PM - 6:20 PM Welcome Networking Reception
Join us for drinks canapes and entertainment!
6:20 PM - 7:00 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 1 PM


Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Danggalaba (Saltwater crocodile)
Boetdoemba (Sea Eagle)
Malama guligi (King brown)
Virtual / Online
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Interactive Workshops
Come and spend your morning in one of our 3 interactive cultural workshops. Participating is open and complimentary
Polynesian Group Fitness Class
Darwin Convention Centre, Concourse (inside)
Weaving Workshop (women only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
Yidaki playing (men only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Day 2 Registration Open
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Conference Commences

 

Day 2 Welcome by Chair, Nat Heath

MC Introduction, Lateesha Jeffrey

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote Session 2
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Breaking Barriers in Remote Australia by Creating Opportunities

Liandra Gaykamangu, Founder & Creative Director, LIANDRA Swim


9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

*VIRTUAL* Empowering Indigenous Excellence:

Sharon Finnan-White's Journey and the First Nations Academy of Excellence.

Sharon Finnan-White OAM, MAICD Managing Director and Founder of the Sharon Finnan-White First Nations Academy of Excellence (FNAE)


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Championing Indigenous Wellbeing

Steven Johnson, Chair of Ipswitch Jets & Arthur Beetson Foundation, Director of Qld Law Group

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors.
Hearing Our Voices, From the Youth to the Elders.
Session Chair: Sean Taylor
Connection to Land, Culture, Spirituality, Ancestry.
Session Chair: Ariel Metekingi
Masterclass..
Session Chair:
Virtual 20 Min...
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM What Matters: Developing a Suite of Wellbeing Measures for First Nations People Across the Lifespan
Dr. Darren Garvey, The University of Queensland
Researching mental health in the Pacific needs Pacific methodologies and models like talanoa and ūloa
Associate Professor Sione Vaka, University Of Waikato
Indigenous Innovation: Enhancing Māori Health Through Creative Cultural Practices and Technology
Patrick Salmon & Wikitoriaraukura Mitchell, Kairua Innovation
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Young People Connecting, Belonging, Speaking Out: the Power of Culture
Eleazar Newchurch-Paillo, Malpa
Transformation of Waiting Room to Wairua Space
Jacqueline Hori & Cherry Peeti-Tapurau, Te Whatu Ora
Panel Cont...........
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM Strong & Deadly Futures: Co-designed Alcohol and Drug Prevention for Australian First Nations Youth
John Ryan, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
He Waka Eke Noa, He Waka Kotahi E! Braving the Unknown Waters of Partnership
Tania Riwai, Heb Construction
Panel Cont............
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM What are the Youth saying!- Innovative digital solutions for improving Wellbeing in community
Dr. Michelle Sweet & Jaylene Friel, Menzies School Of Health Research
Panel Cont.............
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors.
Funding & Resources for community organisations..
Session Chair: Tahnee Sutton
Social Connectedness and Sense of Belonging.
Session Chair: Sean Taylor
Masterclass...
Virtual 20 Min.....
ONLINE ONLY
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM Djinang (See) Kadadjiny (understand) Karni (Truth) Wangkiny (Talking) - A journey of improving our organisational cultural competence to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and clients in WA
Rohan Collar & Emma Jarvis, Palmerston
The Impact of Racism on Indigenous Health and Well-being on Māori and Pasifika
Dr.Ali Rasheed, Unitec/ Te Pukenga Institute of Technology
In the Eye of the Storm: Community-led Indigenous Informed Responses During a Natural Disaster
Associate Professor Carlie Atkinson, We Al-li
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM WellMob: A digital library of online well-being resources for our deadly mob
Sharnie Roberts, University Centre Of Rural Health
‘On Solid Ground’: demonstrating health and wellbeing impacts through connection to Culture, Country and Community
Sheree Lowe, VACCHO
Panel Cont...............
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM Strengthening Functional Recovery Using a Te Ao Maori Framework
Sheridan Mcisaac, Early Intervention In Psychosis Service - Palmerston North
Road Trip Trauma Therapy
Daryl Hobbs, Nootyoong Mara Cultural Healing Centre
Panel Cont................
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM Developing a Theory of Systems Change to Achieve Social and Emotional Wellbeing on Kaurna Country
Chrystal Sumner, South Australian Health And Medical Research Institute
Collaborative Partnership
Ruru Hona
Panel Cont.................
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors..
3:40 PM - 4:50 PM Closing Keynote Session
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

3:40 PM – 4:10 PM

How Community Activated Medicine™ Heals Historical Trauma and Communal Grief

Lea S. Denny CEO & Founder of HIR Wellness Institute


4:10 PM – 4:30 PM

Te Hokinga Mai - The return home

Ariana Grant, Wairiki Provider, Life coach


4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Respect the Past. Conquer the Future. Create History. Innovation at the Intersections of Cultures

Andrew Fa'avale, CEO of Manawise Group

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM Conference Closing
Special Annoucement & Conference Prizes presented by Conference Chair, Nat Heath
5:15 PM - 5:50 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 PM
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM 9D Breathwork**

External event: One of our IWC Presenters would like to offer all delegates a somatic breathwork experience following the end of the conference.9D Breathwork is a world-first healing innovation, taking somatic breathwork to a whole new level; using a unique range of cinematic sounds, vibrations, frequencies, and guided coaching that access the subconscious mind for deep self-exploration and healing.

This is a ticketed event, to book please click here- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/718527754857?aff=oddtdtcreator and use the discount code: IWCspecial2023

Danggalaba (Saltwater crocodile)
Boetdoemba (Sea Eagle)
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Interactive Workshops
Come and spend your morning in one of our 3 interactive cultural workshops. Participating is open and complimentary
Polynesian Group Fitness Class
Darwin Convention Centre, Concourse (inside)
Weaving Workshop (women only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
Yidaki playing (men only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Day 2 Registration Open
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Conference Commences

 

Day 2 Welcome by Chair, Nat Heath

MC Introduction, Lateesha Jeffrey

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote Session 2
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Breaking Barriers in Remote Australia by Creating Opportunities

Liandra Gaykamangu, Founder & Creative Director, LIANDRA Swim


9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

*VIRTUAL* Empowering Indigenous Excellence:

Sharon Finnan-White's Journey and the First Nations Academy of Excellence.

Sharon Finnan-White OAM, MAICD Managing Director and Founder of the Sharon Finnan-White First Nations Academy of Excellence (FNAE)


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Championing Indigenous Wellbeing

Steven Johnson, Chair of Ipswitch Jets & Arthur Beetson Foundation, Director of Qld Law Group

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors.
Hearing Our Voices, From the Youth to the Elders.
Session Chair: Sean Taylor
Connection to Land, Culture, Spirituality, Ancestry.
Session Chair: Ariel Metekingi
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM What Matters: Developing a Suite of Wellbeing Measures for First Nations People Across the Lifespan
Dr. Darren Garvey, The University of Queensland
Researching mental health in the Pacific needs Pacific methodologies and models like talanoa and ūloa
Associate Professor Sione Vaka, University Of Waikato
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Young People Connecting, Belonging, Speaking Out: the Power of Culture
Eleazar Newchurch-Paillo, Malpa
Transformation of Waiting Room to Wairua Space
Jacqueline Hori & Cherry Peeti-Tapurau, Te Whatu Ora
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM Strong & Deadly Futures: Co-designed Alcohol and Drug Prevention for Australian First Nations Youth
John Ryan, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
He Waka Eke Noa, He Waka Kotahi E! Braving the Unknown Waters of Partnership
Tania Riwai, Heb Construction
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM What are the Youth saying!- Innovative digital solutions for improving Wellbeing in community
Dr. Michelle Sweet & Jaylene Friel, Menzies School Of Health Research
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors.
Funding & Resources for community organisations..
Session Chair: Tahnee Sutton
Social Connectedness and Sense of Belonging.
Session Chair: Sean Taylor
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM Djinang (See) Kadadjiny (understand) Karni (Truth) Wangkiny (Talking) - A journey of improving our organisational cultural competence to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and clients in WA
Rohan Collar & Emma Jarvis, Palmerston
The Impact of Racism on Indigenous Health and Well-being on Māori and Pasifika
Dr.Ali Rasheed, Unitec/ Te Pukenga Institute of Technology
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM WellMob: A digital library of online well-being resources for our deadly mob
Sharnie Roberts, University Centre Of Rural Health
‘On Solid Ground’: demonstrating health and wellbeing impacts through connection to Culture, Country and Community
Sheree Lowe, VACCHO
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM Strengthening Functional Recovery Using a Te Ao Maori Framework
Sheridan Mcisaac, Early Intervention In Psychosis Service - Palmerston North
Road Trip Trauma Therapy
Daryl Hobbs, Nootyoong Mara Cultural Healing Centre
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM Developing a Theory of Systems Change to Achieve Social and Emotional Wellbeing on Kaurna Country
Chrystal Sumner, South Australian Health And Medical Research Institute
Collaborative Partnership
Ruru Hona
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors..
3:40 PM - 4:50 PM Closing Keynote Session
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

3:40 PM – 4:10 PM

How Community Activated Medicine™ Heals Historical Trauma and Communal Grief

Lea S. Denny CEO & Founder of HIR Wellness Institute


4:10 PM – 4:30 PM

Te Hokinga Mai - The return home

Ariana Grant, Wairiki Provider, Life coach


4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Respect the Past. Conquer the Future. Create History. Innovation at the Intersections of Cultures

Andrew Fa'avale, CEO of Manawise Group

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM Conference Closing
Special Annoucement & Conference Prizes presented by Conference Chair, Nat Heath
5:15 PM - 5:50 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 PM
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM 9D Breathwork**

External event: One of our IWC Presenters would like to offer all delegates a somatic breathwork experience following the end of the conference.9D Breathwork is a world-first healing innovation, taking somatic breathwork to a whole new level; using a unique range of cinematic sounds, vibrations, frequencies, and guided coaching that access the subconscious mind for deep self-exploration and healing.

This is a ticketed event, to book please click here- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/718527754857?aff=oddtdtcreator and use the discount code: IWCspecial2023


Malama guligi (King brown)
Virtual / Online
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Interactive Workshops
Come and spend your morning in one of our 3 interactive cultural workshops. Participating is open and complimentary
Polynesian Group Fitness Class
Darwin Convention Centre, Concourse (inside)
Weaving Workshop (women only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
Yidaki playing (men only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Day 2 Registration Open
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Conference Commences

 

Day 2 Welcome by Chair, Nat Heath

MC Introduction, Lateesha Jeffrey

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote Session 2
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Breaking Barriers in Remote Australia by Creating Opportunities

Liandra Gaykamangu, Founder & Creative Director, LIANDRA Swim


9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

*VIRTUAL* Empowering Indigenous Excellence:

Sharon Finnan-White's Journey and the First Nations Academy of Excellence.

Sharon Finnan-White OAM, MAICD Managing Director and Founder of the Sharon Finnan-White First Nations Academy of Excellence (FNAE)


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Championing Indigenous Wellbeing

Steven Johnson, Chair of Ipswitch Jets & Arthur Beetson Foundation, Director of Qld Law Group

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors.
Masterclass..
Session Chair:
Virtual 20 Min...
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Indigenous Innovation: Enhancing Māori Health Through Creative Cultural Practices and Technology
Patrick Salmon & Wikitoriaraukura Mitchell, Kairua Innovation
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM
Panel Cont...........
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Panel Cont............
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Panel Cont.............
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors.
Masterclass...
Virtual 20 Min.....
ONLINE ONLY
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM In the Eye of the Storm: Community-led Indigenous Informed Responses During a Natural Disaster
Associate Professor Carlie Atkinson, We Al-li
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Panel Cont...............
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
Panel Cont................
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Panel Cont.................
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors..
3:40 PM - 4:50 PM Closing Keynote Session
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

3:40 PM – 4:10 PM

How Community Activated Medicine™ Heals Historical Trauma and Communal Grief

Lea S. Denny CEO & Founder of HIR Wellness Institute


4:10 PM – 4:30 PM

Te Hokinga Mai - The return home

Ariana Grant, Wairiki Provider, Life coach


4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Respect the Past. Conquer the Future. Create History. Innovation at the Intersections of Cultures

Andrew Fa'avale, CEO of Manawise Group

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM Conference Closing
Special Annoucement & Conference Prizes presented by Conference Chair, Nat Heath
5:15 PM - 5:50 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 PM
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM 9D Breathwork**

External event: One of our IWC Presenters would like to offer all delegates a somatic breathwork experience following the end of the conference.9D Breathwork is a world-first healing innovation, taking somatic breathwork to a whole new level; using a unique range of cinematic sounds, vibrations, frequencies, and guided coaching that access the subconscious mind for deep self-exploration and healing.

This is a ticketed event, to book please click here- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/718527754857?aff=oddtdtcreator and use the discount code: IWCspecial2023


Danggalaba (Saltwater crocodile)
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Interactive Workshops
Come and spend your morning in one of our 3 interactive cultural workshops. Participating is open and complimentary
Polynesian Group Fitness Class
Darwin Convention Centre, Concourse (inside)
Weaving Workshop (women only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
Yidaki playing (men only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Day 2 Registration Open
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Conference Commences

 

Day 2 Welcome by Chair, Nat Heath

MC Introduction, Lateesha Jeffrey

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote Session 2
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Breaking Barriers in Remote Australia by Creating Opportunities

Liandra Gaykamangu, Founder & Creative Director, LIANDRA Swim


9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

*VIRTUAL* Empowering Indigenous Excellence:

Sharon Finnan-White's Journey and the First Nations Academy of Excellence.

Sharon Finnan-White OAM, MAICD Managing Director and Founder of the Sharon Finnan-White First Nations Academy of Excellence (FNAE)


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Championing Indigenous Wellbeing

Steven Johnson, Chair of Ipswitch Jets & Arthur Beetson Foundation, Director of Qld Law Group

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors.
Hearing Our Voices, From the Youth to the Elders.
Session Chair: Sean Taylor
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM What Matters: Developing a Suite of Wellbeing Measures for First Nations People Across the Lifespan
Dr. Darren Garvey, The University of Queensland
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Young People Connecting, Belonging, Speaking Out: the Power of Culture
Eleazar Newchurch-Paillo, Malpa
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM Strong & Deadly Futures: Co-designed Alcohol and Drug Prevention for Australian First Nations Youth
John Ryan, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM What are the Youth saying!- Innovative digital solutions for improving Wellbeing in community
Dr. Michelle Sweet & Jaylene Friel, Menzies School Of Health Research
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors.
Funding & Resources for community organisations..
Session Chair: Tahnee Sutton
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM Djinang (See) Kadadjiny (understand) Karni (Truth) Wangkiny (Talking) - A journey of improving our organisational cultural competence to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and clients in WA
Rohan Collar & Emma Jarvis, Palmerston
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM WellMob: A digital library of online well-being resources for our deadly mob
Sharnie Roberts, University Centre Of Rural Health
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM Strengthening Functional Recovery Using a Te Ao Maori Framework
Sheridan Mcisaac, Early Intervention In Psychosis Service - Palmerston North
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM Developing a Theory of Systems Change to Achieve Social and Emotional Wellbeing on Kaurna Country
Chrystal Sumner, South Australian Health And Medical Research Institute
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors..
3:40 PM - 4:50 PM Closing Keynote Session
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

3:40 PM – 4:10 PM

How Community Activated Medicine™ Heals Historical Trauma and Communal Grief

Lea S. Denny CEO & Founder of HIR Wellness Institute


4:10 PM – 4:30 PM

Te Hokinga Mai - The return home

Ariana Grant, Wairiki Provider, Life coach


4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Respect the Past. Conquer the Future. Create History. Innovation at the Intersections of Cultures

Andrew Fa'avale, CEO of Manawise Group

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM Conference Closing
Special Annoucement & Conference Prizes presented by Conference Chair, Nat Heath
5:15 PM - 5:50 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 PM
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM 9D Breathwork**

External event: One of our IWC Presenters would like to offer all delegates a somatic breathwork experience following the end of the conference.9D Breathwork is a world-first healing innovation, taking somatic breathwork to a whole new level; using a unique range of cinematic sounds, vibrations, frequencies, and guided coaching that access the subconscious mind for deep self-exploration and healing.

This is a ticketed event, to book please click here- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/718527754857?aff=oddtdtcreator and use the discount code: IWCspecial2023


Boetdoemba (Sea Eagle)
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Interactive Workshops
Come and spend your morning in one of our 3 interactive cultural workshops. Participating is open and complimentary
Polynesian Group Fitness Class
Darwin Convention Centre, Concourse (inside)
Weaving Workshop (women only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
Yidaki playing (men only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Day 2 Registration Open
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Conference Commences

 

Day 2 Welcome by Chair, Nat Heath

MC Introduction, Lateesha Jeffrey

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote Session 2
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Breaking Barriers in Remote Australia by Creating Opportunities

Liandra Gaykamangu, Founder & Creative Director, LIANDRA Swim


9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

*VIRTUAL* Empowering Indigenous Excellence:

Sharon Finnan-White's Journey and the First Nations Academy of Excellence.

Sharon Finnan-White OAM, MAICD Managing Director and Founder of the Sharon Finnan-White First Nations Academy of Excellence (FNAE)


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Championing Indigenous Wellbeing

Steven Johnson, Chair of Ipswitch Jets & Arthur Beetson Foundation, Director of Qld Law Group

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors.
Connection to Land, Culture, Spirituality, Ancestry.
Session Chair: Ariel Metekingi
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Researching mental health in the Pacific needs Pacific methodologies and models like talanoa and ūloa
Associate Professor Sione Vaka, University Of Waikato
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Transformation of Waiting Room to Wairua Space
Jacqueline Hori & Cherry Peeti-Tapurau, Te Whatu Ora
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM He Waka Eke Noa, He Waka Kotahi E! Braving the Unknown Waters of Partnership
Tania Riwai, Heb Construction
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors.
Social Connectedness and Sense of Belonging.
Session Chair: Sean Taylor
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM The Impact of Racism on Indigenous Health and Well-being on Māori and Pasifika
Dr.Ali Rasheed, Unitec/ Te Pukenga Institute of Technology
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM ‘On Solid Ground’: demonstrating health and wellbeing impacts through connection to Culture, Country and Community
Sheree Lowe, VACCHO
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM Road Trip Trauma Therapy
Daryl Hobbs, Nootyoong Mara Cultural Healing Centre
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM Collaborative Partnership
Ruru Hona
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors..
3:40 PM - 4:50 PM Closing Keynote Session
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

3:40 PM – 4:10 PM

How Community Activated Medicine™ Heals Historical Trauma and Communal Grief

Lea S. Denny CEO & Founder of HIR Wellness Institute


4:10 PM – 4:30 PM

Te Hokinga Mai - The return home

Ariana Grant, Wairiki Provider, Life coach


4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Respect the Past. Conquer the Future. Create History. Innovation at the Intersections of Cultures

Andrew Fa'avale, CEO of Manawise Group

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM Conference Closing
Special Annoucement & Conference Prizes presented by Conference Chair, Nat Heath
5:15 PM - 5:50 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 PM
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM 9D Breathwork**

External event: One of our IWC Presenters would like to offer all delegates a somatic breathwork experience following the end of the conference.9D Breathwork is a world-first healing innovation, taking somatic breathwork to a whole new level; using a unique range of cinematic sounds, vibrations, frequencies, and guided coaching that access the subconscious mind for deep self-exploration and healing.

This is a ticketed event, to book please click here- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/718527754857?aff=oddtdtcreator and use the discount code: IWCspecial2023


Malama guligi (King brown)
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Interactive Workshops
Come and spend your morning in one of our 3 interactive cultural workshops. Participating is open and complimentary
Polynesian Group Fitness Class
Darwin Convention Centre, Concourse (inside)
Weaving Workshop (women only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
Yidaki playing (men only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Day 2 Registration Open
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Conference Commences

 

Day 2 Welcome by Chair, Nat Heath

MC Introduction, Lateesha Jeffrey

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote Session 2
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Breaking Barriers in Remote Australia by Creating Opportunities

Liandra Gaykamangu, Founder & Creative Director, LIANDRA Swim


9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

*VIRTUAL* Empowering Indigenous Excellence:

Sharon Finnan-White's Journey and the First Nations Academy of Excellence.

Sharon Finnan-White OAM, MAICD Managing Director and Founder of the Sharon Finnan-White First Nations Academy of Excellence (FNAE)


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Championing Indigenous Wellbeing

Steven Johnson, Chair of Ipswitch Jets & Arthur Beetson Foundation, Director of Qld Law Group

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors.
Masterclass..
Session Chair:
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Indigenous Innovation: Enhancing Māori Health Through Creative Cultural Practices and Technology
Patrick Salmon & Wikitoriaraukura Mitchell, Kairua Innovation
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM
Panel Cont...........
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
Panel Cont............
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
Panel Cont.............
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors.
Masterclass...
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM In the Eye of the Storm: Community-led Indigenous Informed Responses During a Natural Disaster
Associate Professor Carlie Atkinson, We Al-li
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Panel Cont...............
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
Panel Cont................
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Panel Cont.................
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors..
3:40 PM - 4:50 PM Closing Keynote Session
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

3:40 PM – 4:10 PM

How Community Activated Medicine™ Heals Historical Trauma and Communal Grief

Lea S. Denny CEO & Founder of HIR Wellness Institute


4:10 PM – 4:30 PM

Te Hokinga Mai - The return home

Ariana Grant, Wairiki Provider, Life coach


4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Respect the Past. Conquer the Future. Create History. Innovation at the Intersections of Cultures

Andrew Fa'avale, CEO of Manawise Group

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM Conference Closing
Special Annoucement & Conference Prizes presented by Conference Chair, Nat Heath
5:15 PM - 5:50 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 PM
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM 9D Breathwork**

External event: One of our IWC Presenters would like to offer all delegates a somatic breathwork experience following the end of the conference.9D Breathwork is a world-first healing innovation, taking somatic breathwork to a whole new level; using a unique range of cinematic sounds, vibrations, frequencies, and guided coaching that access the subconscious mind for deep self-exploration and healing.

This is a ticketed event, to book please click here- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/718527754857?aff=oddtdtcreator and use the discount code: IWCspecial2023


Virtual / Online
7:00 AM - 7:40 AM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Interactive Workshops
Come and spend your morning in one of our 3 interactive cultural workshops. Participating is open and complimentary
Polynesian Group Fitness Class
Darwin Convention Centre, Concourse (inside)
Weaving Workshop (women only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
Yidaki playing (men only)
Darwin Convention Centre, outside under trees
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Day 2 Registration Open
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Conference Commences

 

Day 2 Welcome by Chair, Nat Heath

MC Introduction, Lateesha Jeffrey

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Keynote Session 2
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Breaking Barriers in Remote Australia by Creating Opportunities

Liandra Gaykamangu, Founder & Creative Director, LIANDRA Swim


9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

*VIRTUAL* Empowering Indigenous Excellence:

Sharon Finnan-White's Journey and the First Nations Academy of Excellence.

Sharon Finnan-White OAM, MAICD Managing Director and Founder of the Sharon Finnan-White First Nations Academy of Excellence (FNAE)


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Championing Indigenous Wellbeing

Steven Johnson, Chair of Ipswitch Jets & Arthur Beetson Foundation, Director of Qld Law Group

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea With Exhibitors.
Virtual 20 Min...
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
11:25 AM - 11:45 AM
11:50 AM - 12:10 PM
12:15 PM - 12:35 PM
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Lunch with Exhibitors.
Virtual 20 Min.....
ONLINE ONLY
1:35 PM - 1:55 PM
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Afternoon Tea with Exhibitors..
3:40 PM - 4:50 PM Closing Keynote Session
Session Chair: Lateesha Jeffrey

 

3:40 PM – 4:10 PM

How Community Activated Medicine™ Heals Historical Trauma and Communal Grief

Lea S. Denny CEO & Founder of HIR Wellness Institute


4:10 PM – 4:30 PM

Te Hokinga Mai - The return home

Ariana Grant, Wairiki Provider, Life coach


4:30 PM – 4:50 PM

Respect the Past. Conquer the Future. Create History. Innovation at the Intersections of Cultures

Andrew Fa'avale, CEO of Manawise Group

4:50 PM - 5:10 PM Conference Closing
Special Annoucement & Conference Prizes presented by Conference Chair, Nat Heath
5:15 PM - 5:50 PM Saltwater Ceremony - Day 2 PM
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM 9D Breathwork**

External event: One of our IWC Presenters would like to offer all delegates a somatic breathwork experience following the end of the conference.9D Breathwork is a world-first healing innovation, taking somatic breathwork to a whole new level; using a unique range of cinematic sounds, vibrations, frequencies, and guided coaching that access the subconscious mind for deep self-exploration and healing.

This is a ticketed event, to book please click here- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/718527754857?aff=oddtdtcreator and use the discount code: IWCspecial2023



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