Conference speakers
It’s the people we invite to speak at the Compassion Revolution Conference that’s the reason why this conference is so outstanding. We gather leaders who are world renowned in their practice and embody the courage to defy the status quo.
Alana Marsh
Regenerative Practitioner
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Alok V Menon
Performance Artist and Author
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André Eikmeier
CEO, The Good Empire
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Andrew Tagg
Emergency Physician & Co-founder, Don’t Forget The Bubbles
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Ari Horton
Consultant paediatric cardiologist, Melbourne Heart Care
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Ariella Helfgott
Senior Researcher
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Brett Sutton
Doctor, Chief Health Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria
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Bronwyn Carlson
Academic, Macquarie University
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Bryce Ives
VP Public Affairs and Comms, Torrens Global University
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Catherine Whitington
Health and Community Services Complaints Commissioner, Office for the Health and Community Services Complaints Commissioner
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Céline Schillinger
Founder and CEO, We Need Social
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Chris Godwin
Founder and Creative Director, Inner Eye Productions.
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Claire Cunnington
Researcher & Filmmaker, University of Sheffield
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Craig Foster AM
Former Socceroo and Human Rights Activist
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David Plunkett
Cheif Executive, Eastern Health
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Debbie Ling
Academic, Monash University
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Dr James Doty
Director, CCARE
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Dr Robin Youngson
Physician and anaesthetic specialist, Hearts in Healthcare
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Eleanor Blythman
Opera Singer, Opera Australia
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Elijah Money
Artist
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Erwin Loh
Chief Medical Officer and Group General Manager Clinical Governance, St Vincent’s Health Australia
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Fiona Kerr
Founder, NeuroTech Institute
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Gill Hicks AM MBE
Social Entrepreneur, Artist
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Gregory Philips
Executive Officer and Medical anthropologist, ABSTARR
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Haben Girma
Disability Rights Lawyer
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Heather Came
Activist Scholar, Auckland University of Technology
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Helen Sanderson
Founder, Helen Sanderson Associates
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Ian Summers
Emergency Physician, Medical Educator and Director, Monash Health
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Jane Munro
Paediatric Rheumatologist, Royal Children's Hospital
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Jane Sloan
Senior Director of Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality, The Asia Foundation
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Jarrard O’Brien
Chief Experience Officer (CXO), Alfred Health
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Jeremy Forbes
Co-founder and Spokesperson, HALT - Hope Assistance Local Tradies
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Julian Abel
Palliative Care Consultant, Author and Podcaster
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Karina Kallio
Regnerative Design Practitioner
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Kate Bowles
Assoc Dean, International Studies, University of Wollongong
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Katerina Bryant
Writer
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Kerrie Noonan
Death Literacy & Compassionate Communities Practitioner and Researcher, Death Literacy Institute, Macquarie Health Collective
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Kim Koop AM
Coach and Facilitator
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Kin Francis
Independent Artist
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Kirsty Stark
CEO, Epic Films
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Komal Bajaj
Chief Quality Officer, NYC Health in the Bronx
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Lauren R. Powell
President & CEO, The Equitist
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Louisa Hope
Patient, Survivor
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Louise McKinlay
Senior Executive Director, System Improvement Group in Commissioning and System Improvement
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Lucy Mayes
Author and Facilitator
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Lyn Morgain
CEO, Oxfam Australia
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Marie Bismark
Medical practitioner, Health law academic, Law and Public Health Group, University of Melbourne
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Mark Crosweller AFSM
Head of the National Resilience Taskforce, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government
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Mary Freer
Director, Compassion Revolution
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Matiu Bush
Nurse Practitioner and Designer
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Micaela Cronin
CEO, Future Social Service Institute
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Michael West CBE
Senior Fellow and Professor, The King's Fund and Lancaster University
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Mickey Kumatpi O’Brien
Cultural Advisor
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Miss Cairo
Singer, Dancer, Actress and Activist
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Nathan Madigan
Photographer, Writer and Trainer
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Neil Cunningham
Emergency Physician, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
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Nevo Zisin
Jewish writer, performer, activist and public speaker
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Padmini Pai
Program Manager, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
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Peter Shepherd
Coach, Human Periscope
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Rachel Callander
Speaker, Trainer and Artist
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Renee Farrow
Sustainability and strategy consultant, ReWonder CoLab
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Rona Glynn-McDonald
CEO and Founder, Common Ground
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Rosemary Dillon
Violet Guide, The Violet Initiative
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Rosie Thomas, OAM
CEO and Co-Founder, Project Rockit
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Ruby Allegra
Artist
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Ruth De Souza
Speaker, Writer, Researcher, RMIT
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Sabin Fernbacher
Consultant and Mentor
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Sabina Vitacca
Founder, Meditate Now
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Safdar Ahmed
Artist, Musician and Academic, Refugee Art Project
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Sará King
Neuroscientist, Political and learning scientist, Medical anthropologist
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Sarah Gun
CEO, GOGO Foundation
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Seth Godin
Author, Entrepreneur and most of all, a Teacher
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Shannon Harvey
Director, Author
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Shannon Weber
Writer, Artist and Facilitator, Show Up Hard
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Shelley Bowen
CEO, Health Futures Australia
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Simon Terry
CEO, HiCAPS
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Tess Moeke-Maxwell
Māori end-of-life carer
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Tony Fernando
Psychiatrist, University of Auckland
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Tony Walker ASM
Chief Executive Officer, Ambulance Victoria.
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Trish Hansen
Founding Principal, Urban Mind Studio
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Troye Wallett
GP, Mentor and Entrepreneur
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Venerable Tenzin Chödrön
Buddhist nun
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