About
đź“… Thursday, 25 September 2025
⌚ Registration opens at 8:30am
đź“ŤGadigal Country
Aerial Function Centre – Building 10, Level 7, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo NSW 2007
Secure your spot
Click here to secure your spot at this must-attend conference or use the QR Code
Speakers
Emceed by Karen Bevan, CEO of Full Stop Australia, our event features a powerful lineup of speakers with more to be announced soon.
Professor Daryl Higgins, will present “Hope is a Strategy: Harnessing Evidence to Build a Safer, Stronger Future.”
Drawing on the findings of the Australian Child Maltreatment Study, Professor Higgins will confront the stark realities of child maltreatment in our communities. In his opening keynote, he challenges us to ask: In the face of such evidence, can we still believe in early intervention and prevention? His presentation offers a compelling vision for how our sector can transform data into action—and despair into hope.
Our day rounds out with renowned social worker and researcher, Mary Jo McVeigh.
In this closing keynote, Mary Jo McVeigh draws on the metaphor of Pandora’s Jar to reflect on the enduring role of hope in child and family work. She invites us to honour the dignity of children and the strength they carry, even in the face of adversity and to hold hope as a shared responsibility across our sector.
Our Theme
“Safe | Strong | Supportive” is a continuation of our last conference. We recognise that our vision to see children thrive within safe, strong and supportive families and communities is ongoing.
This year, it’s about reinforcing this message and showcasing our sector’s unwavering commitment to safe children, strong families and supportive communities.
Our Workshops
Your conference ticket unlocks a full day of inspiration and connection featuring dynamic keynote addresses, energising plenary sessions, delicious catering (morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea), and exclusive access to two 1-hour workshops of your choice.
Our workshops include:
- Parenting in Today’s World – Learnings from the National Parenting Today Survey
- Don’t Just Translate the Flyer: Culture, Trust and Practice that Lands
- Embedding Cultural Safety in Everyday Decision Making
- There’s smoke, but is there fire? Managing the Unknown “Crisis”
- More than the Individual – Rethinking Self Care
- Navigating Stigma and Unfair Systems – A Mental Health and AOD perspective
- Green Flags – Walking the talk on the Child Safe Standards
- Data (What is it good for?) Absolutely outcomes!
- It’s Child Play – Contemporary Practice in Play-based Programs
- Getting It Right – Child Centred Responses to Family & Domestic Violence
Resources
FAQs
Program Plan
Official Flyer – Coming soon