Speakers

Invited Speakers

We’re thrilled to announce the below speakers for the Third National Forum on Australia's Wellbeing. New speakers are always being confirmed, so be sure to check back regularly for new additions.

Lorenzo Fioramonti

Lorenzo Fioramonti
Keynote Speaker, Academic Director of NATIVA

Taylor Dee Hawkins

Taylor Dee Hawkins
Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow

Matt Donoghue

Matt Donoghue
Director, Early Intervention and Reform Team - Department of Treasury and Finance (Vic.)

Xuan Deng

Xuan Deng
Director, Performance Budgeting Framework - NSW Treasury

Dr Richard Denniss

Dr Richard Denniss
Executive Director, The Australia Institute

Dr Katherine Trebeck

Dr Katherine Trebeck
Economic Change Lead, The Next Economy

Dr Sophie Scamps

Dr Sophie Scamps
Federal Member for Mackellar

Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis

Angelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis
Project Manager, Future Healthy Countdown 2030

Justine Felton

Justine Felton
Group Social Sustainability Manager, Stockland

Dr Angela Jackson

Dr Angela Jackson
Commissioner, Australian Government Productivity Commission

Sarah Hardy

Sarah Hardy
Deputy CEO, Philanthropy Australia

Professor Sharon Goldfeld

Professor Sharon Goldfeld
Theme Director, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Kaj Löfgren

Kaj Löfgren
CEO, Regen Melbourne

Pastor Ray Minniecon

Pastor Ray Minniecon
Director, Bunji Consultancies

Ian Bird

Ian Bird
CEO, Community Foundations Australia

Eleanor Williams

Eleanor Williams
Managing Director, Australian Centre for Evaluation - Australian Department of the Treasury

Natalie Egleton

Natalie Egleton
Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR)

Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet

Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University

Siobhan Henderson

Siobhan Henderson
Head of Social Impact and Strategy Manager, Australian Unity

Lachlan Feggans

Lachlan Feggans
Senior Director for Sustainability and Regeneration, Brambles

Dr Erin O`Donnell

Dr Erin O`Donnell
Senior Lecturer and ARC Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

Bonnie Matheson

Bonnie Matheson
Manager - Commercial Determinants of Health, VicHealth

Warwick Smith

Warwick Smith
Research Director, Wellbeing Economy - Centre for Policy Development

Gary Sacks

Gary Sacks
Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University

Maddy Stamatescu

Maddy Stamatescu
Strategy and Impact Manager, Australian Unity

Di Bowles

Di Bowles
Wellbeing Policy Advisor, Centre for Policy Development

Kate Sollis

Kate Sollis
President, Bega Valley Data Collective and Research Fellow, University of Tasmania

Lexi Randall-L`Estrange

Lexi Randall-L`Estrange
Executive Director, Castlemaine Institute

Justin Vaughan

Justin Vaughan
Associate Director Strategy and Impact, Indigenous Business Australia

Professor Sharon Friel

Professor Sharon Friel
Director, Planetary Health Equity Hothouse - Australian National University

Martin Geissdoerfer

Martin Geissdoerfer
Associate Professor of Circular Economy, Monash Sustainable Development Institute

Shayne Hyman

Shayne Hyman
President of Stratford Community Association in Gippsland, Victoria

Professor Lindsay Oades

Professor Lindsay Oades
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education and Professor of Wellbeing Science - University of Melbourne

Amie Furlong

Amie Furlong
Government Relations and Research Adviser - Foundations for Tomorrow

Kinga Kshering

Kinga Kshering
Founder of the Institute of Happiness, Bhutan

The Third National Forum on Australia's Wellbeing is supported by a committed group of organisers from University of Canberra, Deakin University, Centre for Policy Development, Australian National Development Index, Australian Social Values Bank, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, and University of Tasmania.

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the unceded lands and waterways throughout Australia and recognise they have cared for this country for thousands of generations and continue to do so today. We pay our deep respect them and their cultures; and to elders past and present.