Agenda and presentations

The agenda for the Leading Reform Summit showcases innovation in service delivery, best practice initiatives and contemporary evidence from state, national and international examples of reform.

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Day 1

Wednesday 21 November 2018

8.15	Registration
9.00	Welcome	Madonna King, Master of Ceremonies
9.05	Welcome to Country	Aunty Carol Currie Mununjali Bundjalung Elder
9.10	Official opening Video	The Hon, Dr Steven Miles MP Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services
9.20	Leading reform: A vision for the future Video and speech	Ivan Frkovic Queensland Mental Health Commissioner
MENTAL ILLNESS
9.35	My experience and hopes for reform Video	Tanya Kretschmann Qld Consumer Representative National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum
9.45	Reducing the burden of mental disorders in Queensland Presentation	Professor Harvey Whiteford Research Director, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
10.05	Morning tea
10.35	Panel discussion :: Mental health reform priorities	Tanya Kretschmann Ivan Frkovic Professor Harvey Whiteford Assoc. Professor John Allan, Executive Director MHAODB, Deptartment of Health Pattie Hudson CEO, CQ, Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast PHN Jacklyn Whybrow, Queensland Alliance for Mental Health
ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS (AOD)
11.20	A lived experience of AOD reform
11.30	Setting the scene for alcohol and other drug reform Video and presentation	Professor Alison Ritter, Director Drug Policy Modelling Program, UNSW
11.50	Pill-testing: the Australian way Video and presentation	Gino Vumbaca, President Harm Reduction Australia
12.10	Lunch
13.10	Refresh:Reset interactive refresher	Tim Orgias, Director InRhythm
13.25	KEYNOTE :: Sharing Portugal's experience of 17 years of decriminalisation of all drugs Video	Dr Nuno Capaz, Dissuasion Commission of Lisboa, Portugese Ministry of Health
14.00	Panel discussion :: Drug policy reform	Inspector Brook Dwyer, Drug & Alcohol Coordination Unit, Queensland Police Service Rebecca Lang, CEO, QNADA Eddie Fewings Qld Aboriginal and Islander Health Council Amanda Newbery, Articulous Jennifer Perry, Parent & Carer
SERVICE INTEGRATION
14.50	Integrated Service Centres Video and presentation	Amelia Callaghan, General Manager, Integrated Service Centres, Aftercare
15.10	Afternoon tea
EMPLOYMENT
15.35	Panel discussion :: Capturing employment opportunities Video	Lorraine Yabsley, Director, Training and Skills Pathways, Department of Employment, Small Business and Training Daniel Valiente Riedl, General Manager, Job Access Mike Lepre, Bertonni, social entrepreneur Nunzia Confessore General Manager Innovation and Growth, HELP Enterprises Dr Kylie Henderson, Managing Director, Back2Work
16.20	Day 1 closing remarks	Ivan Frkovic

Day 2

Thursday 22 November 2018

8.30	Tea and coffee
9.00	Welcome day 2	Madonna King, Master of Ceremonies
SUICIDE PREVENTION
9.10	My experience and hopes for reform Video	Bronwen Edwards Chief Executive, Roses in the Ocean
9.20	Suicide prevention - Are we asking the right questions? Presentation	Professor David Crompton OAM Chair, AISRAP, Griffith University
9.40	Embarking on our journey to zero: Implementing the Zero Suicide Framework Video and presentation	Dr Kathryn Turner Clinical Director MHSS, Gold Coast HHS
10.00	Way Back Support Service Video and presentation	Susan Anderson, Deputy CEO, beyondblue Jennifer Pouwer, Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer, Recovered Futures
10.20	Morning tea
10.50	Panel discussion :: Why are suicide rates increasing?	Bronwen Edwards Dr Derek Chong, Senior Psychiatry Registrar, Institute of Urban Indigenous Health Professor Rory O'Connor, University of Glasgow Jacinta Hawgood, AISRAP, Griffith University
PROMOTION, PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION (PPEI)
11.40	Why we need a focus on mental health PPEI Video and presentation	Dr Simone Caynes A/Director, Queensland Mental Health Commission
12.00	Giving Queenslanders the best start Video and presentation	Dr Elisabeth Hoehn, Medical Director Queensland Centre for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
12.20	Embedding positive mental health Video and presentation	Tony Coggins, Lead Associate on Mental Health Promotion, Implemental
12.40	Lunch
13.30	Blow out the cobwebs interactive refresher	Debby Lewis, Corporate Yoga Australia
13.45	Workplace mental health: what we know, what we don't know and where to next for prevention V ideo and presentation	Dr Allison Milner, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
14.05	Panel discussion :: Making PPEI a priority	Dr Elisabeth Hoehn Dr Alison Milner Mark Tucker-Evans, Chief Executive, Council on the Ageing Queensland Hayley Stevenson, Assistant Director-General, Department of Education
14.45	Afternoon tea
HOUSING
15.10	Panel discussion :: A place to call home Video	Fiona Caniglia, Executive Director, QShelter Mark Henley, Chief Executive, Queensland Council of Social Services Mick Linnan, General Manager Service Delivery, Dept of Housing and Public Work Assoc. Professor. Cameron Parsell, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Brett Hanna ,Chief Executive, Regional Housing Ltd
15.55	Questions and reflections from audience
16.20	Closing remarks	Ivan Frkovic

Lea

Topics:

System performance

Service improvement

Suicide prevention

Alcohol & other drugs

Mental illness

Mental health & wellbeing

Housing

Employment

Social & economic opportunity