Please note this program remains subject to change

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8:15am-9am  Registration 

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9am

Welcome and Official Opening 

Niara Mansell, Welcome to Country

Tania Hunt, YNOT CEO 

The Hon Roger Jaensch MP, Minister for Children and Young People

Sophie Calic, Transition to Work Manager, Workskills Tasmania Gold Sponsor

9:30am

Keynote: Beyond Enterprises to Ecosystems

Rebecca Scott, OAM, Co-CEO, STREAT 

Bec is recognised nationally as a leading social innovator and will share some of STREAT’s recent work collaborating with others to build networks, precincts, aggregators, Communities of Practice and incubators. 

10:10am

Panel discussion: Social enterprise in the local context

Adam Mostogl, CEO & Chief Entrepreneur, The van Diemen Project

Ant Edler, Founder and CEO, The Tasmanian Bike Collective

Emily Briffa, Founder and CEO, Hamlet 

Megan Denne, Troublesmiths Coordinator

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10:40am   Morning tea break

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11:10am 

Centring young people’s voices: Challenging the status quo
Interim Commissioner for Children and Young People, Isabelle Crompton

Isabelle will provide a high-level summary of her recent advocacy on behalf of children and young people, including how she has engaged with children and young people to hear their views about significant government reforms arising from Tasmania’s recent Commission of Inquiry.

Defining and Strengthening the Lived Experience Workforce
Steve Bobs, Training and Development Project Officer, LEx Training Hub, Mental Health Council of Tasmania 

Steve’s presentation will explore the roles of Lived Experience Workers (LEx), Lived Experience Advocates (LEA), peer mentors, peer workers, and peer supporters – clarifying their unique contributions and intersections.

11:50am

Youth panel discussion: Insights about working in the community sector 

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12:30pm   Lunch break

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1:15pm

Keynote: Preventing Burnout and Moral Injury 
Dr Amy Imms, Founder, The Burnout Project

Amy will share a framework to address the three phases of responding to burnout and you will come away with an understanding of workplace and individual factors that lead to burnout, and practical strategies you can use to address key management areas including stress, compassion fatigue, and moral injury. 

2:15pm

Cultural Safety for Aboriginal Children, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre

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2:30pm   Afternoon tea break 

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3pm

Building Cultural Capability
Nita O’Callaghan Teaching Fellow, Applied Health and Community Support, University College, UTAS

Nita is committed to challenging the assumptions and unconscious bias we each hold at both the personal and the systemic levels; to bring awareness, inclusion, respect and self-determination into every engagement with every person in every context. 

3:45pm

Closing remarks from Sally Thompson, Chair, YNOT

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4pm   Event close

 

Please take the time to check out our exhibitors during breaks in the program. Exhibitors include: Uniting Vic/Tas, CatholicCare Tas, Workskills Tasmania, Home Base, Brand Tasmania, the Rob Fairs Foundation, and the Migrant Resource Centre.