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Speakers

Stephen Simpson

Chief Executive Officer

Homelessness Queensland

The Hon. Samuel O’Connor MP

Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Youth

Queensland Government

Kate Whittle

Executive General Manager of Advocacy and External Affairs

YWCA Australia

Karyn Walsh

Chief Executive Officer

Micah Projects

Jonathan Dyer

Veteran Support Team

The Salvation Army

Fabian Webber

CQ Zero Community Lead

Roseberry QLD

Dr Rebecca Wilcoxson

Psychology Lecturer

CQUniversity

Suzanne Caren

General Manager Youth, Wellbeing and Accommodation

Mercy Care

Robert Miller

Chief Executive Officer

Veteran Housing Australia

Dean Cotter

Housing Sustainment Coordinator

Encircle Community Services

Taylor Grills

AtoZ Practice and Improvement Lead

Australian Alliance to End Homelessness (AAEH)

Liz Parker

Housing Services Manager

Brisbane Youth Service

Marty Wright

AOD Outreach Worker

QuIHN

Kate Colvin

Chief Executive Officer

Homelessness Australia

Mark Cridland

Director-General

QLD Department of Housing and Public Works

Alisi Tutuila

Chairperson

Aboriginal Housing Company

Stephen Hawkins

Head; Strategy, Systems and Project Delivery

Homelessness QLD

Dr Tammy Hand

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Upstream Australia

Lauren Moulds

Director Homelessness Systems and Partnerships

South Australian Homelessness Outcomes Framework, Department of Human Services

David McKenzie

Chief Executive Officer

Upstream Australia

Kirsty McGeachy

Manager Tenancy and Accommodation

Mercy Care

Martin Shaw

Veteran Advocate

Wounded Heroes Australia

Duncan Bainbridge

Progressive Communications and Social Impact Professional

Jayden Battey

Co-Founder; National Engagement Manager

For the Love of Good; Baptist World Aid Australia

Janet Maher

Area Manager, Homelessness Programs – South East Queensland

Mission Australia

Frances Cieslak

National Head of Partnerships and Service Innovation

One Bridge

Neil Willmett

Chief Executive Officer

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Queensland

Sue Pope

Chief Executive Officer

Common Ground Queensland

Michael Houston

Founder

Roadz of Life

Paul Tommasine

Chief Executive Officer

InCommunity

Jenny Pepper

Senior Manager Business Development, Home Ownership

Indigenous Business Australia

Rowena Mooney

Program Support Coordinator

Churches of Christ

Julie Saunders

Chief Executive Officer

CHIA QLD

Jodi Brown

Chief Executive Officer

Wheels of Wellness

Shane Frost

Service Integration Facilitator

Encircle Community Services

Katie Shields

Lived and Living Experience Leader, Project Officer, Connector

Impact Network

Mikyla Battey

Co-Founder; Head of Tenant Services, Victorian housing provider

For the Love of Good; Servants Community Housing

Rebecca Wilson

Area Manager

Buranda Housing Service Centre

Rob Smart

Senior Project Officer, Systems and Partnerships

Department of Human Services

Anke Jansen

Chief Executive Officer

Housing First Nederland

Aimee McVeigh

Chief Executive Officer

Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS)

Susan Dennison

Professor of Griffith Criminology Institute

Griffith University

Lauren Ivanyi

Executive Director

Disability Housing Solutions

Hayley Starr

CQ Zero Service Coordinator

Roseberry QLD

Amanda Shipway

Director, DFSV, Integrated Service Responses Office of the Chief Practitioner

QLD Department of Families

Mandy Thompson

General Manager; Learning and Development Practice Lead

Family Emergency Accommodation Townsville; Homelessness QLD

Jocelyn Harrison

Community Development Specialist, Homelessness - Social and Community Mission

The Salvation Army

Antoinette Rusby-Perera

QLD State Manager for Homelessness Youth

Property Industry Foundation

Melanie Tettey

Intake & Allocation Lead- Homestay

Encircle Community Services

Giang Nguyen

Team Leader

Brisbane City Women’s Homelessness Services

Jade Kozionas

Sustaining Tenancies Coordinator, Street to Home

Micah Projects

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