Please note this program remains subject to change

(A downloadable pdf version of the program is available below)

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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 Youth

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, Team Leader, Troublesmiths

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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 

Joe Hargreaves. Vocational Peer Worker, The Link Youth Health Service

Dylan Gangell. Youth Leader and Peer Mentor, Canteen 

Lara Vincent. Lived Experience Advocate, CREATE Foundation

Arezo Hami. Support Worker, Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania

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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
Maggie Blanden, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre

Maggie is a proud palawa women from lutruwita/Tasmania and the great grand-daughter of matriarch Aunty Ida West AM. As a lawyer, Maggie's work centres around human rights, First Nations justice and urgent reform of the criminal justice system and child protection system. She is also a board member for the Tasmanian Preventative Mechanism Council, where she advocates particularly for First Nations people who are overwhelmingly represented in the criminal justice system and places of detention.

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2:30pm   Afternoon tea break 

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3pm

Building Cultural Capability
Aimen Jafri, Training and Engagement Officer, Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania

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 Tasmania.