Our conference is being held on the lands of the Kaurna people. We will gather at Tarntanyangga—(Victoria Square) for a smoking ceremony. We pay respect to Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

We will make our way back to our conference home at UCity. It is a 400 metre walk  to the conference venue at 43 Franklin Street, Adelaide.

For the first time this year we will be joined by a poet in residence. Expect magic and beauty.

Learning how to collectively address taboos will help us unlock caring and compassionate conversations.

In this session we honour and privilege Indigenous ways of thinking and knowing so that we might create the future we are hoping for.

Aud Mason Hyde joins with a panel of creatives to explore the work of Transmedium, a trans-led and youth-centered community arts organisation founded by Claud Bailey and Aud Mason-Hyde.

Australia’s first psychedelic laboratory is pioneering a rigorous program of research and training in psychedelic therapies. The lab is focused on investigating novel applications for psychedelic therapies, translating evidence into best clinical practice and delivering next-generation therapist training.

“Compassion isn’t an optional extra—it’s the delivery system. It’s how care gets through when everything else is falling apart” Andrew Tagg

We’re closing the day by pulling all the threads together.

Gill’s soulful jazz voice and her powerful projected artworks will leave us spellbound.

Throughout history, clowns have played a critical role in culture—as jesters, fools, and provocateurs. Expect to be surprised.

We have everything we need to meet the compound problems we are faced with. We now need to agree on our next move.

The future is not yet written. We are actively co-creating the future through our daily actions. We’ll explore hope as a practice to actively collaborate with the future.

Narrative practices offer a moment of stillness—a chance to listen, write, and reconnect with the deeper reasons we do what we do. In this workshop, we’ll explore how stories can restore meaning and presence in our work: re-orienting ourselves to our values and discovering more intentional ways to engage.

“When I move my body just like this
I don’t know why but I feel like freedom…” Jon Batiste

In this session Jane Sloane with discuss how grassroots care movements, networks, and advocates are reshaping and reimagining care policies, delivery, and justice across the globe. This session includes a deep dive conversation with care advocate Jenny Daly and her decades-long fight for dignity of dementia care for her husband.

Join us for a rich discussion of the challenges and joys of service co-design, where we’ll learn from the experiences of staff, consumers and facilitators.

We think of poetry as a way to connect with oneself and others, finding meaning and comfort in the human condition through language. Our poet in residence will co-create the heartfelt language of our conference.

When Mama Alto weaves every thread of this conference together something mysterious and other-worldly will happen right before our eyes.

Our closing session is always a not to be missed highlight. Plan to stay. You won’t be disappointed.