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

The Honourable Bill Shorten

The Honourable Bill Shorten
Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra

Simon Faivel

Simon Faivel
Director, Consulting - Social Ventures Australia

Jonathan Finighan

Jonathan Finighan
Principal, Consulting - Social Ventures Australia

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

Min Seto

Min Seto
Executive Officer, Australian Social Value Bank

Andrew Reeves

Andrew Reeves
Head of Strategy, The Royals

Lachlan Williams

Lachlan Williams
Associate Director, The Shape Agency

Kristi Mansfield

Kristi Mansfield
CEO and Founder, Seer Data

Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald
Project Manager (Director), Closing the Gap dashboard - Productivity Commission

Carrie Exton

Carrie Exton
Senior Counsellor, OECD WISE Centre

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

Adam Vise

Adam Vise
Acting Chief Executive Officer , Wealth & Capital Markets - Australian Unity

Prof Jacki Schirmer

Prof Jacki Schirmer
Director, Centre for Environmental Governance, Wellbeing and Resilience Unit Lead, University of Canberra

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

Lauren Clift

Lauren Clift
Senior Director, Wellbeing Evidence, Insights, and Budgeting - ACT Government’s Wellbeing Branch

Bonnie Matheson

Bonnie Matheson
Manager - Commercial Determinants of Health, VicHealth

Gary Sacks

Gary Sacks
Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University

Maddy Stamatescu

Maddy Stamatescu
Strategy and Impact Manager, Australian Unity

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

Professor Liam Smith

Professor Liam Smith
Director and co-founder of MSDI's BehaviourWorks Australia

Kinga Tshering

Kinga Tshering
Founder of the Institute of Happiness, Bhutan

Daniel Marlay

Daniel Marlay
Associate Partner, Ernst & Young

Melina Chan

Melina Chan
Castlemaine Institute

Andrew Hudson

Andrew Hudson
CEO, Centre for Policy Development

Mellisa Coade

Mellisa Coade
Journalist, Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery

Benson Saulo

Benson Saulo
Chairperson, The Torch

Di Bowles

Di Bowles
Wellbeing Policy Advisor, Centre for Policy Development

Regan Lu

Regan Lu
Director, Actuarial Analytics Data and Insights Branch - Department of Veterans' Affairs

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.