We are pleased to present the program for the Our Reform conference.
Please note that peer workers will be available for support during the entire event, and a quiet space will be open all day to all attendees.
A hard copy program (PDF) is also available to print at home here.
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Plenary
Breakout room 1
Breakout room 2 — Imaginarium
Plenary
9:00 Welcome to Country
9:15 Open
MC Graham Panther, the Big Feels Club
9:20 Minister address
The Hon Gabrielle Williams MP, Minister for Mental Health
9:35 CEO and Board addreses
- Craig Wallace (VMIAC)
- Marie Piu (Tandem)
- Peter Mckenzie (Tandem)
- James Horton (VMIAC)
- Marcelle Mogg (Mental Health Victoria)
9:50 The Lived and Living Experience
VMIAC presentation: How we looking team? The reform so far from a consumer perspective
- Shweta Krishnan
- John Martyr
- Bryony Wilson
Tandem presentation: Why lived and living experience-led reform matters: Tandem's work on the Family and Carer-led Centres
- Dr Caroline Lambert
- Caroline Walters
- Amaya Alvarez
- Sarah Irving
- Tessa Young
- Andrew Tomlinson
Audience Q&A
11:10 Morning tea
11:30 Social and Emotional Wellbeing
Featuring the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. Speakers to be announced.
12:30 Meet the Collaborative Centre: Putting collaboration at the heart of reform
Introduction and Q/A with Board members:
- Maria Katsonis, Deputy Chairperson of the Centre, long-time consumer advocate and Public Policy Fellow at the University of Melbourne
- Amelia Walters, mental health peer worker, advocate, consultant and researcher
- Prof Lisa Brophy, Professor and Discipline Lead in Social Work and Social Policy at La Trobe University
1:00 Lunch
1:15 Implementation Integrity: How do we make the change happen?
Fireside chat with Dr Robyn Mildon (Executive Director) and Dr Anna Williamson (Director) from the Centre for Evidence and Implementation
2:00 Legal perspectives: Creating a human rights-based system (2:00-3:05)
Includes launch of joint Mental Health Victoria/Castan Centre report The Human Rights Roadmap and an introduction and Q&A with members of the Independent Review Panel.
To speak about the report::
- Professor the Honourable Kevin Bell AM QC, Commissioner for the Yoorrook Justice Commission and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
- Joshua Finn, Senior Legal Policy Advisor, Mental Health Victoria
From the Independent Review Panel:
- Justice Shane Marshall AM, Panel Chair, former Federal Court judge, and educator and advocate for mental health
- Flick Grey, long-time worker in mental health roles including as a consumer consultant and consumer academic
- Erandathie Jayakody, Senior Project Lead at at the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council
- Lisa Sweeney, Tandem Board member and Senior Advocacy and Engagement advisor at Orygen
- Professor Richard Newton, Adjunct Clinical Professor at Monash University and has a private practice specialising in eating disorders
3:10 We are the future: Growing the next generation of change-makers
- Alexander Dalton, transgender public speaker who has worked with a number of mental health organisations including Orygen, headspace, and ReachOut
- Melissa Keller-Tuberg, youth mental health advocate, psychology student and aspiring researcher and a member of Orygen's Youth Research Council
- Emily Unity, mental health professional with lived and living experiences as an LGBTQIA+, disabled, neurodiverse young person from a refugee and migrant background
- Jason Skyllas completed the Satellite Young Leaders program a few years ago and is one of the primary carers for his mother, who suffers from schizophrenia
- Nicole Yaneza-Bagatsing is a civic leader originally from the Philippines. She is passionate about youth empowerment and mental health advocacy
4:10 Afternoon tea
4:30 Relections: Where to from here?
- Craig Wallace (VMIAC)
- Marie Piu (Tandem)
- Marcelle Mogg (Mental Health Victoria)
- Justin Heazlewood
5:00 Close
Breakout room 1
7:00am CEO Breakfast (1 hour)
Featuring an address from the Hon Gabrielle Williams MP, Minister for Mental Health
2:00 Worker perspectives: Reimagining a journey through care
- Gillian Clark, VAADA
- Andrew Morgan, Eastern Health
- Dr Paul Denborough, Alfred Health
- Jacinta Kuklych, Alfred Health
- Charlie Wood, Alfred Health
- Kim Holmes, Neami
3:10 Workshop: Lived and Living Experience Workforce Reforms, Gaps and Improvement Ideas
- Jennifer Bite, Tandem
- Sharon Williams, VMIAC
- Katrina Clarke, Monash Health
Breakout room 2
1:00 The Imaginarium
Let your imagination run wild! Open from 1pm to 4.30pm, the Imaginarium will be a relaxed, creative space for reflecting, finding inspiration and sharing ideas. A range of activities will be available designed to get you thinking, talking, and imagining what might be possible in our new mental health and wellbeing system.
