Headline Speakers


Brenda Matthews
Author & Speaker
The Last Daughter

Candice Butler
Board member
SNAICC

Ursula Elisara
Co-founder and CEO
Immerse Charitable Trust

Government Speakers


The Hon. Amanda Rishworth MP
Minister for Social Services
Australian Government

The Hon. Kate Washington MP
NSW Minister for Families and Communities, and Minister for Disability Inclusion

The Hon. Ryan Park MP
NSW Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health and Minister for the Illawarra and South Coast

Daniel Barakate
Acting Executive Director
Strategy and Implementation Unit at NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Dr Sylvia Corish
Executive Director
Student Support and Specialist Programs, NSW Department of Education

Children’s Commissioners and Advocates


Steve Kinmond
Children's Guardian NSW

Leanne McLean
Commissioner for Children and Young People
Commissioner for Children and Young People

Luke Twyford
Queensland Family and Child Commission Chief Executive and Principal Commissioner

Zoë Robinson
NSW Advocate for Children and Young People

Speakers


Tom Allsop
Chief Executive Officer
PeakCare Queensland Inc.

Kylie Anderson
Carer Support
My Forever Family

Dr Stacy Blythe
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University

Angela Bontea
Executive Director General Programs
CASPA Services Ltd

Belinda Coleman
Scheduling & Quality Lead
Curijo

Dr Lisa J. Griffiths
Chief Executive Officer
OzChild

Emily Hikaiti
Ambassador & Lived Experience Advocate

Julie Lord
Manager of Education & Training
CASPA Services

Anna Viola
Communications Manager
Foster Care Association of Victoria

Jane Vadiveloo
CEO
Children’s Ground

Ellie White
Legal Practitioner and Lived Experience Advocate
Littles

Gus Worland
Director and Founder
Gotcha4Life

Jason
Owner
Bawamarra Cultural Services

Hosts


Renee Carter
CEO
Adopt Change

Joe Hildebrand
Ambassador & Journalist

Zufi Emerson
Adoptee & Actor

Michelle Stacpoole
Head of Communications, Projects & Events
Adopt Change