Program

Future Bound Conference - Preliminary Program

Session

Time

Program

Registration

8.30 – 9.00am

Tea/Coffee available

Plenary Session

9.00  – 9.30am

Welcome and recognition of indigenous land

Licia Kokocinski (Executive Director – ADEC)

Opening address 

Ms Liz Beattie MP, Parliamentary Secretary assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs

Keynote speaker 1

9.30 – 10.15am

Cultural Attitudes Toward Mental Health

Associate Professor Harry Minas

Morning tea

10.15 – 10.45am

Keynote speaker 2

10.45 – 11.30am

Suicide in older adults from CALD backgrounds

Associate Professor Brian Draper

Keynote speaker 3

11.30 – 12.15pm

Being old out of place: Wellbeing of the refugee elderly in a resettlement context

Professor Sandy Gifford

Lunch

12.30 – 1.30pm

Concurrent Workshops

1.30 – 3.00pm
  • What are CALD elderly communities saying about mental health issues - Implications for policy and research. Presented by Georgia Zogalis, National Program Manager, Multicultural Mental Health Australia

  • Primary Health - Assessment, Referral and Effective Case Management. Panel discussion comprised of primary health care representatives and practitioners facilitated by Phillip Bain, Northern Division of GPs

  • Research translation - Findings on resilience and coping with trauma from the elderly Polish community. Presented by Helen Evert, Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

  • Developing Successful Partnerships. Case Study of The CAN-DLE Project, a project partnership involving Uniting Aged Care and Alzheimer's Australia Vic that focuses on support for carers of people with dementia from CALD backgrounds  

Afternoon tea

Plenary Session

3.30 – 4.30pm

The Way Forward - Setting the agenda for the future

Panel discussion involving the 3 keynote speakers facilitated by Maria Dimopoulos of Myriad Consultants

Plenary session (cont)

4.30pm

Closing address

Dr. Helen Szoke, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission