2026 Speakers
Stephen Simpson
Chief Executive Officer
Homelessness Queensland
Dr Catherine Robinson
Associate Professor
University of Tasmania
Susan Dennison
Professor of Griffith Criminology Institute
Griffith University
Lauren Ivanyi
Executive Director
Disability Housing Solutions
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
Kate Colvin
Chief Executive Officer
Homelessness Australia
Aimee McVeigh
Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS)
Karyn Walsh
Chief Executive Officer
Micah Projects
Jonathan Dyer
Veterans Supports Team
The Salvation Army
Dr Rebecca Wilcoxson
Psychology Lecturer
CQUniversity
Suzanne Caren
General Manager Youth, Wellbeing and Accommodation
Mercy Care
Neil Willmett
Chief Executive Officer
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Queensland
Kate Whittle
Executive General Manager of Advocacy and External Affairs
YWCA Australia
Stephen Hawkins
Head; Strategy, Systems and Project Delivery
Homelessness QLD
Fabian Webber
CQ Zero Community Lead
Roseberry QLD
David McKenzie
Director
Upstream Australia
Anke Jansen
Chief Executive Officer
Housing First Nederland
David Pearson
Chief executive Officer
Australian Alliance to End Homelessness
Paul Tommasine
Chief Executive Officer
InCommunity
Lauren Moulds
Director Homelessness Systems and Partnerships
South Australian Homelessness Outcomes Framework, Department of Human Services
Julie Saunders
Chief Executive Officer
CHIA QLD