Registrations open

• 8:15AM

Opening Plenary Day 1

• 9:15AM-9:35AM

• Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country - Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council

• 9:35am-9:50am

• Healing on Country Opening Dance Uncle Matty Doyle, Daniel Mateo and Lillian

• 9:50am-10.00am

• Welcome from AbSec Chairperson, Dana Clarke

• 10:00am-10.10am

• Welcome from AbSec Chief Executive Officer, John Leha

• 10:10am-10:25am

• Guest Speaker: Kate Washington, Minister for Families and Communities

• 10:25am-10.45am

• Guest Speaker: Michael Tidball, Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice

• 10:45am-11.15am

• Story telling: Carla Ware, Audit Office of NSW

Morning Tea

• 11:15AM - 11:45AM

Workshops / Presentations (Morning Session)

• 11:45AM - 12:45PM

• Voice, Truth and Treaty in Child Protection – Kishaya Delaney, Solicitor & Gemma McKinnon, Responsible Business Manager - Herbert Smith Freehills

• Navigating Intersections – How we can improve service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+SB Young People – Estelle Clarke, Program and Training Coordinator, BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation

• Practice Note 17 and Innovation in the Children's Court – Judge Nell Skinner, President of Children's Court of NSW

Lunch

• 12:45PM - 1:30PM

Workshops / Presentations (Afternoon Session 1)

• 1:30PM - 2:30PM

• Churchill Fellowship Research – Gemma Slack-Smith, Magistrate of the NSW Local Court

• Launch of ‘What we heard’ Paper – Jade Lane, Project Manager, Family Preservation, AbSec

• 'Healing through Storytelling' Alira Tufui, Director, Sector Operations, AbSec

• Reconciliation Action that leads to Transformation – Peter Morris, General Manager, Reconciliation Australia

Workshops / Presentations (Afternoon Session 2)

• 2:30PM - 3:30PM

• ‘Strong Connections, Strong Communities – A local perspective’
  Presenters: Eimear O' Farrell, Acting Director Commissioning & Planning, Sydney, South Eastern Sydney, North Sydney District, DCJ; Helen Eason, CEO Nelly's Healing Centre; Shane Philips, CEO Tribal Warrior

• Cocooning in Culture; The Development of a Culturally Situated Trauma Informed Practice Approach within an Aboriginal Community Controlled OOHC Program – Reimaging Cultural Plans for Aboriginal Children in OOHC – Dr Samantha Lukey, Senior Lecturer, Social Work, University of New England

• Futures Planning and Support – Natalie Riley, Executive Officer, Burrun Dalai Aboriginal Corporation

• FIC and active efforts and practice in children's court – Zoe De Re, Managing Solicitor, Aboriginal Legal Service

Afternoon Tea

• 3:30PM - 4:00PM

Afternoon Plenary

• 4:00PM - 4:45PM

• ‘Our Healing and Truth’ – Panel members: Uncle Bobby Young, Uncle James Michael Widdy Welsh, Moderater: Taliya-Via Tuiono

Daily wrap-up & Day 1 close

• 4:45PM - 5:00PM

Registrations open

• 8:15AM

Opening Plenary Day 2

• 9:00AM - 9:15AM

• Welcome

• Opening performance

• 9:15AM - 9:45AM

• John Leha, Absec CEO – AbSec Strategic Plan

• 9:00AM - 10:30AM

• Guest Speaker – Catherine Liddle

• 10:30AM - 10:50AM

• Guest Speaker – Claire Robbs, Life without Barriers

Morning Tea

• 11:00AM - 11:15AM

Workshops / Presentations (Morning Session)

• 11:15AM - 12:15PM

• Stabilising removal numbers in NSW and their placement prevention review – Jodie McNair & Doug Faircloth, Faircloth McNair and Associates

• The Gumaguy Way – Aboriginal led family preservation project – Michelle Rogers, Ngunya Jarjum

• Transforming the cultural safety and experience of Aboriginal children engaged with child protection services – Irene Wardle, Sydney University

• Bring them home, keep them home – BJ Newton, Sydney University

Lunch

• 12:15PM - 1:00PM

Workshops / Presentations (Afternoon Session 1)

• 1:00PM - 2:00PM

• Learning Together: Using Telepractice with First Nation Peoples – Panel Session: Melanie Hughes (Karitane), John Bryne (AbSec), Kate Spalding (Parenting Reseach Centre), Dorothee Crawley (CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes)

• Learnings from NOUS's experience working on projects across the sector, where we have established Aboriginal community controlled governance – Georgia Stern & Connor Haddad, NOUS

• Cultural supports and therapeutic interventions for OOHC – Wiradjuri Workbook series, strengthening cultural knowledge and connection for children and families – Sydney University, Associate Professor, Lynette Riley

Workshops / Presentations (Afternoon – Session 2)

• 2:00PM - 3:00PM

• Disability communities of practice – Lyn Ainsworth, ACWA

• Nikinpa Aboriginal Women's Art Group – Bonnie Simon

• NABU Model & Highlight Waminda's Operational Model – Waminda

• Gamerada Men's Healing Program – Ken Zulumovski

Afternoon Tea

• 3:00PM - 3:30PM

Afternoon plenary

• 3:30PM - 4:15PM

• Culturally Informed Practices – Rosie Armstrong-Lang

Daily wrap-up & Conference wrap-up

• 4:15PM - 4:30PM

Conference Gala Dinner

• 6:30pm for 7:00 PM start to 10:00 PM

• Presentation of the NSW Aboriginal Child and Family Awards