Speakers
We are pleased to announce the following confirmed speakers.
We are pleased to
Potential Panelists
Tim Jones, UK Veteran, Global Transition Portal. Tim has developed the world’s first Transition Portal. Mark Binskin, Former Australian Chief of Defence and Chair of the Bushfire Crisis Enquiry.
Paul Way, Chair of the Australian Transition Task Force
Dr Barbara Van Dahlen, CEO of the USA Presidential Suicide Task Force and founder of Give an Hour.
John Brogden, Chairman of Lifeline Prof.
Jim Lagopoulos from the Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast which is establishing an all- encompassing PTSD Centre
Michael Handley, Army Veteran and Founder of Redsix which is a comprehensive APP aimed at aiding those that need help
Christine Morgan, National Suicide Prevention Advisor
Graham Ashton, former Victorian Police Commissioner who admitted he had issues and became very vocal about the problems facing the Police Force
Simon Tatz, formerly Mental Health Victoria and author of the world’s leading book on Suicide
Dr John Parker, former Medecin Sans Frontiere volunteer, leader in Ebola Crisis task force in Africa, leader in COVID task force on the three Princess Cruise Ships in Tokyo, San Francisco and Sydney
Sarah Austin, UK, National Health Service and founder of the most complete Mental Trauma project in Southampton, England Asst. Commisioner
Brian Codd, QPS Dr Walter Busuttil, UK, Combat Stress, the most significant PTSD Treatment charitable organisation in the UK
Dr Bernadette Boss, National Commissioner for Defence & Veteran Suicide
Dr Madeline Romaniuk GMRF, Leading Authority on Transition in Australia
Sir Angus Houston, former CDF and present Vice-Chancellor of USC which houses the Thompson Institute which is having success in combatting suicide tendencies in Veterans
Dr Andrew Khoo, Psychiatrist and CEO of Toowong Private Hospital which is a leading treatment centre for PTSD
Heston Russell SAS verteran and authority on military suicide
Professor Jane Burns, Chair of the Department of Veterans Affairs Open Arms programme
Randy Phelps, USA, CEO of Give an Hour which has provided over 350,000 free consultation hours for those in need in the USA. Through private funding they will now offer this service to all Covid front line medical staff in New York State. That could bring their free hours into several million.
Professor Sandy McFarlane, Australia’s leading expert on the fallout from Natural Disasters
Jeff Thomson representing The New York Police Department, who are leading the world in Police Suicide prevention.