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Forum
Australia's demographic challenges
Organised in conjunction with the ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well (Productivity and Economic Security Theme)
Chair: Professor Peter Saunders, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Professor Linda Rosenman
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Region) Victoria University
Professor Julian Disney
Director, Social Justice Project, UNSW
Profesor Peter McDonald
Director, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, Australian National University
Phil Gallagher
Senior Executive Manager, Retirement and Income Modelling Unit, Commonwealth Treasury
Forum
Building family and community capacities: policies that make a difference for children and families facing economic adversity
Chair: Professor Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW
Professor Ross Homel
Director, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance
Adjunct Professor Don Weatherburn
Director, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Professor Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor in Child Development and Education, Columbia University
Forum
Rethinking Indigenous policies and programs: building community strengths and social resilience
Chair: Mrs Sally Goold OAM, Chairperson of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
Dr Tim Rowse
Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University
Colleen Murray
Executive Officer, Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural and Development Centre
Heidi Norman
Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney
Forum
Advocacy and consumer participation
Chair: Andrew McCallum, CEO Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA)
Elena Katrakis
Chief Executive Office, Carers NSW
Annette Michaux
Director, Executive Strategy Unit, Benevolent Society
Michael Raper
Director, Welfare Rights Centre and President, National Welfare Rights Network Australia
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