Key Sessions

Shona Reid

OPENING KEYNOTE | Who’s Telling the Story? Reclaiming the Narrative About Children and Young People

Office of the Guardian for Children and Young People SA

Jacqueline McGowan-Jones

KEYNOTE | Lifting Voices, Shaping Futures: Collaborative Pathways to Youth Wellbeing in WA

Children and Young People, Western Australia

Jodie Griffiths-Cook

KEYNOTE | Students’ views on school attendance problems: A child rights perspective

ACT Human Rights Commission

Day TwoWednesday, 29 October 2025

8:15am - 8:45am

Registration & Morning Coffee

8:45am - 8:50am

Opening Remarks From the Chair

8:50am - 9:20am

OPENING KEYNOTE | Who’s Telling the Story? Reclaiming the Narrative About Children and Young People

9:20am - 9:50am

KEYNOTE | Lifting Voices, Shaping Futures: Collaborative Pathways to Youth Wellbeing in WA

9:50am - 10:20am

The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth

10:20am - 10:50am

KEYNOTE | Students’ views on school attendance problems: A child rights perspective

10:50am - 11:20am

Networking Break & Morning Tea

11:20am - 11:50am

Investigating police misconduct against ‘at risk’ children and young people

11:50am - 12:20pm

IN CONVERSATION | Multicultural Perspectives: Supporting vulnerable youth across diverse communities

12:20pm - 12:50pm

IN CONVERSATION | Multicultural Perspectives: Supporting vulnerable youth across diverse communities

12:50pm - 1:30pm

PANEL | Transforming lives: The value and vision of Therapeutic Residential Care and the experiences of Young People

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Networking Lunch

2:30pm - 3:10pm

PANEL | Alternative Schools: Meeting the needs of students who struggle in traditional education systems

3:10pm - 3:50pm

PANEL | Sports as a Pathway: Outreach programs

3:50pm - 3:55pm

Closing Remarks from Chair

3:55pm - 4:00pm

Conference Concludes

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