Question 1

Summit Day 1 - Wednesday 22 November 2023

Accepted Answer

Time Item Topic Speaker 8.00am Registration opens OPENING 9.00am Welcome to delegates Welcome to Country Tribal Experiences 9.30am Opening address Opening address (via video) The Hon. Shannon Fentiman Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services, and Minister for Women 9.50am Commissioner address Leading reform in Queensland Ivan Frkovic Queensland Mental Health Commissioner SESSION 1 Lived experience and carer welcome 10.10am Address Lived experience address Jordan Frith NMHCCF Queensland Representative 10.20am Address Carer address Cindy Heddle NMHCCF Queensland Representative 10.30am Morning tea SESSION 2 Stigma / Implementing reform 11.00am Address Ending stigma and discrimination in mental health Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft Professor of Community Psychiatry Kings College London 11.20am Address + audience Q&amp;A The challenge of implementation Professor Harvey Whiteford Professor of Psychiatry and Population Mental Health University of Queensland 11.50am Discussion panel + audience participation Policy implementation challenges and priorities for Queensland Sector leaders: A/Prof. John Allan, Queensland Health Jennifer Black, CEO QAMH Emma Kill, CEO QuIVAA Jorgen Gullestrup, CEO MHLEPQ Irene Clelland, CEO Arafmi Bronwen Edwards, CEO RITO 12.30pm Lunch SESSION 3 Collective action and joint responsibility 1.30pm Address The Path to Truth, Healing and Treaty in Queensland Professor Cindy Shannon AM Deputy Vice Chancellor, Griffith University Chair, Queensland Mental Health and Drug Advisory Council 1.50pm Address Leading Healing our Way: The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Strategy 2020-2040 Shannan Dodson Chief Executive Officer The Healing Foundation 2.10pm Discussion panel + audience participation Truth, Treaty and healing in practice—What does collective action look like? Professor Cindy Shannon AM, Griffith University Shannan Dodson, The Healing Foundation Candice Butler, Director Centre of Excellence QATSICPP 2.30pm Afternoon tea SESSION 4 Collective action and joint responsibility 3.00pm Lifetime Achievement Awards + Choral Performance Upbeat Arts Absolutely Everybody Brisbane Choir 3.30pm Address Unit-based pricing for alcohol Dr Erin Lalor Chief Executive Officer Alcohol and Drug Foundation 3.50pm Address Implementing drug diversion in Queensland Margo Watson A/Inspector, Drug and Alcohol Coordination Unit Queensland Police Service Helen Taylor Director, Alcohol and Other Drug Strategy Queensland Health 4.10pm Discussion panel + audience participation Key harm reduction initiatives for Queensland Dr Erin Lalor, ADF Margo Watson, QPS Helen Taylor, Qld Health Bec Lang, QNADA Emma Kill, QuIVAA 5.00pm CLOSE DAY 1 5.00pm-6.30pm NETWORKING EVENT

Question 2

Summit Day 2 - Thursday 23 November 2023

Accepted Answer

Time Item Topic Speaker 8.30am Registration opens SESSION 5 Prevention and getting in early 9.00am Address Mental wealth Professor John Buchanan The Brain and Mind Centre The University of Sydney 9.20am Address New Zealand’s mental wellbeing strategy (Kia Manawanui Aotearoa) and its implementation Kiri Richards Associate Deputy Director-General Mental Health and Addiction System Performance and Monitoring Ministry of Health NZ 9.40am Address Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership Michael Hogan Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership 10.00am Discussion panel + audience participation Professor John Buchanan, The University of Sydney Kiri Richards, Ministry of Health NZ Michael Hogan, TQKP 10.30am Morning tea SESSION 6 Community-based and community-led 11.00am Address The future of community psychiatry and community mental health services Professor Patrick McGorry Executive Director Orygen 11.20am Address New Zealand’s approach to community-based mental health service delivery Abbe Anderson National Director, Commissioning Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) Aroha Metcalf General Manager Oranga Hinengaro Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority) 11.50am Address Principles and approach to community-led suicide prevention Marnie Wuele Executive Manager Service Delivery, Thirrili Chenoa Dowling Regional Coordinator for Queensland and Northern Territory, Thirrili 12.10pm Discussion panel + audience participation Professor Patrick McGorry, Orygen Abbe Anderson, Health New Zealand Aroha Metcalf, Māori Health Authority Jennifer Black, QAMH Marnie Wuele, Thirrili Chenoa Dowling, Thirrili 12.30pm Lunch SESSION 7 Social determinants 1.30pm Address How can we protect people’s mental health during cost-of-living pressures? Greg Jennings Chief Engagement Officer Beyond Blue 1.50pm Address Unemployment and underemployment: significant drivers of suicide Dr Adam Skinner Brain and Mind Centre The University of Sydney 2.10pm Address The interplay between housing and mental health Dr Nicola Brackertz Senior Manager, AHURI Professional Services 2.30pm Discussion panel + audience participation Addressing Queensland’s current socio-economic circumstances Greg Jennings, Beyond Blue Dr Adam Skinner, Brain and Mind Centre Dr Nicola Brackertz, AHURI Karyn Walsh, CEO Micah Projects Neil Willmett, CEO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Queensland 3.00pm Afternoon tea SESSION 8 Person-first and person-led approaches 3.30pm Discussion panel + audience participation Improving our responses to trauma Professor David Forbes, Director Phoenix Australia Dr Lucy Grummitt, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use Dr Elizabeth Hoehn, Medical Director, Queensland Centre for Perinatal Infant Health Nieves Murray, CEO, Suicide Prevention Australia Vivianne Kissane, CEO, Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness CLOSING 4.30pm Address Closing remarks - Lived experience perspective Jordan Frith NMHCCF Queensland Representative 4.40pm Address Closing remarks - Carer perspective Cindy Heddle NMHCCF Queensland Representative 4.50pm Address Closing remarks Ivan Frkovic Queensland Mental Health Commissioner 5.00pm CLOSE DAY 2 - END SUMMIT

Time	Item	Topic	Speaker
8.00am	Registration opens
OPENING
9.00am	Welcome to delegates	Welcome to Country	Tribal Experiences
9.30am	Opening address	Opening address (via video)	The Hon. Shannon Fentiman Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services, and Minister for Women
9.50am	Commissioner address	Leading reform in Queensland	Ivan Frkovic Queensland Mental Health Commissioner
SESSION 1	Lived experience and carer welcome
10.10am	Address	Lived experience address	Jordan Frith NMHCCF Queensland Representative
10.20am	Address	Carer address	Cindy Heddle NMHCCF Queensland Representative
10.30am	Morning tea
SESSION 2	Stigma / Implementing reform
11.00am	Address	Ending stigma and discrimination in mental health	Professor Sir Graham Thornicroft Professor of Community Psychiatry Kings College London
11.20am	Address + audience Q&A	The challenge of implementation	Professor Harvey Whiteford Professor of Psychiatry and Population Mental Health University of Queensland
11.50am	Discussion panel + audience participation	Policy implementation challenges and priorities for Queensland	Sector leaders: A/Prof. John Allan, Queensland Health Jennifer Black, CEO QAMH Emma Kill, CEO QuIVAA Jorgen Gullestrup, CEO MHLEPQ Irene Clelland, CEO Arafmi Bronwen Edwards, CEO RITO
12.30pm	Lunch
SESSION 3	Collective action and joint responsibility
1.30pm	Address	The Path to Truth, Healing and Treaty in Queensland	Professor Cindy Shannon AM Deputy Vice Chancellor, Griffith University Chair, Queensland Mental Health and Drug Advisory Council
1.50pm	Address	Leading Healing our Way: The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Strategy 2020-2040	Shannan Dodson Chief Executive Officer The Healing Foundation
2.10pm	Discussion panel + audience participation	Truth, Treaty and healing in practice—What does collective action look like?	Professor Cindy Shannon AM, Griffith University Shannan Dodson, The Healing Foundation Candice Butler, Director Centre of Excellence QATSICPP
2.30pm	Afternoon tea
SESSION 4	Collective action and joint responsibility
3.00pm	Lifetime Achievement Awards + Choral Performance		Upbeat Arts Absolutely Everybody Brisbane Choir
3.30pm	Address	Unit-based pricing for alcohol	Dr Erin Lalor Chief Executive Officer Alcohol and Drug Foundation
3.50pm	Address	Implementing drug diversion in Queensland	Margo Watson A/Inspector, Drug and Alcohol Coordination Unit Queensland Police Service Helen Taylor Director, Alcohol and Other Drug Strategy Queensland Health
4.10pm	Discussion panel + audience participation	Key harm reduction initiatives for Queensland	Dr Erin Lalor, ADF Margo Watson, QPS Helen Taylor, Qld Health Bec Lang, QNADA Emma Kill, QuIVAA
5.00pm	CLOSE DAY 1
5.00pm-6.30pm	NETWORKING EVENT

Time	Item	Topic	Speaker
8.30am	Registration opens
SESSION 5	Prevention and getting in early
9.00am	Address	Mental wealth	Professor John Buchanan The Brain and Mind Centre The University of Sydney
9.20am	Address	New Zealand’s mental wellbeing strategy (Kia Manawanui Aotearoa) and its implementation	Kiri Richards Associate Deputy Director-General Mental Health and Addiction System Performance and Monitoring Ministry of Health NZ
9.40am	Address	Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership	Michael Hogan Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership
10.00am	Discussion panel + audience participation		Professor John Buchanan, The University of Sydney Kiri Richards, Ministry of Health NZ Michael Hogan, TQKP
10.30am	Morning tea
SESSION 6	Community-based and community-led
11.00am	Address	The future of community psychiatry and community mental health services	Professor Patrick McGorry Executive Director Orygen
11.20am	Address	New Zealand’s approach to community-based mental health service delivery	Abbe Anderson National Director, Commissioning Te Whatu Ora (Health New Zealand) Aroha Metcalf General Manager Oranga Hinengaro Te Aka Whai Ora (Māori Health Authority)
11.50am	Address	Principles and approach to community-led suicide prevention	Marnie Wuele Executive Manager Service Delivery, Thirrili Chenoa Dowling Regional Coordinator for Queensland and Northern Territory, Thirrili
12.10pm	Discussion panel + audience participation		Professor Patrick McGorry, Orygen Abbe Anderson, Health New Zealand Aroha Metcalf, Māori Health Authority Jennifer Black, QAMH Marnie Wuele, Thirrili Chenoa Dowling, Thirrili
12.30pm	Lunch
SESSION 7	Social determinants
1.30pm	Address	How can we protect people’s mental health during cost-of-living pressures?	Greg Jennings Chief Engagement Officer Beyond Blue
1.50pm	Address	Unemployment and underemployment: significant drivers of suicide	Dr Adam Skinner Brain and Mind Centre The University of Sydney
2.10pm	Address	The interplay between housing and mental health	Dr Nicola Brackertz Senior Manager, AHURI Professional Services
2.30pm	Discussion panel + audience participation	Addressing Queensland’s current socio-economic circumstances	Greg Jennings, Beyond Blue Dr Adam Skinner, Brain and Mind Centre Dr Nicola Brackertz, AHURI Karyn Walsh, CEO Micah Projects Neil Willmett, CEO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Queensland
3.00pm	Afternoon tea
SESSION 8	Person-first and person-led approaches
3.30pm	Discussion panel + audience participation	Improving our responses to trauma	Professor David Forbes, Director Phoenix Australia Dr Lucy Grummitt, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use Dr Elizabeth Hoehn, Medical Director, Queensland Centre for Perinatal Infant Health Nieves Murray, CEO, Suicide Prevention Australia Vivianne Kissane, CEO, Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness
CLOSING
4.30pm	Address	Closing remarks - Lived experience perspective	Jordan Frith NMHCCF Queensland Representative
4.40pm	Address	Closing remarks - Carer perspective	Cindy Heddle NMHCCF Queensland Representative
4.50pm	Address	Closing remarks	Ivan Frkovic Queensland Mental Health Commissioner
5.00pm	CLOSE DAY 2 - END SUMMIT

Leading Reform 2023

22–23 November 2023, Sofitel Brisbane Central

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Leading Reform 2023

22–23 November 2023, Sofitel Brisbane Central

Summit program

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