CONFERENCE PROGRAM 23 - 24 NOVEMBER 2023 Cultural Precinct, 152 Conadilly Street Gunnedah NSW 2380
Gunnedah Shire Council acknowledges the Kamilaroi Aboriginal Nation as the traditional Custodians of the land on which we live and work, and in doing so, Council pays its respect to Elders past and present and the young Indigenous leaders of tomorrow.
CRIME PREVENTION & COMMUNITY SAFETY CONFERENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM Wednesday, 22 November 2023
PRE-CONFERENCE 5.00pm – 7.00pm
WELCOME RECEPTION Vita Restaurant @ The Gunnedah Hotel 298 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah NSW 2380
Thursday, 23 November 2023
DAY 1
8.00am – 9.00am
DELEGATE REGISTRATIONS OPEN Smithurst Theatre 158 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah NSW 2380
9.00am – 9.10am
OPENING - MASTER OF CEREMONIES
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jo McKinnon, TV Presenter and Journalist
9.10am – 9.20am
WELCOME TO COUNTRY Mitchum Neave, Proud Gomeroi Man & 2023 Citizen of the Year
9.20am – 9.30am
WELCOME ADDRESS
9.30am – 10.10am
GRACE TAME CEO Grace Tame Foundation In Conversation with Grace Tame
10.10am – 10.30am
MORNING TEA
CRIME PREVENTION & COMMUNITY SAFETY CONFERENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM Thursday, 23 November 2023
DAY 1 CONTINUES
10.30am – 11.10am
RITCHIE HAIR & REBECCA MORRISON Violence Abuse and Neglect Service Words Matter: Why we need to get our language right when talking about domestic and family violence
11.10am – 12.00pm
JOHN MAYNARD Safe Cities Planning and Design Consultant
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Safer Public Spaces for Women and Girls: Planning and designing through the gender lens
12.00pm – 12.45pm LUNCH 12.45pm – 1.30pm
HUNTER JOHNSON The Man Cave and STUFF™ What’s really going on with young men?
1.30pm – 2.10pm
SERGEANT ISMAIL KIRGIZ NSW Police Engagement & Hate Crime Unit Understanding and Reporting Hate Crime
2.10pm – 2.50pm
HEATHER JACKSON Dept. of Communities & Justice Countering Violent Extremism: Protecting our at risk youth and most vulnerable
CRIME PREVENTION & COMMUNITY SAFETY CONFERENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM Thursday, 23 November 2023
DAY 1 CONTINUES
2.50pm – 3.15pm
AFTERNOON TEA
3.15pm – 4.00pm
JULIE CAMPBELL & SENIOR SERGEANT DARREN SMITH City of Logan
QLD Police
Hooning: A collaborative cross agency approach
4.00pm – 4.30pm
DR ALANA COOK NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) Youth Crime in NSW: A regional analysis
4.30pm – 5.00pm
CRAIG MARTIN Alcohol & Drug Foundation Empowering Communities: The power of place-based approaches to creating and maintaining healthy communities
5.00pm
DAY 1 WRAP UP
7.00pm – 11.00pm
GALA DINNER AND NETWORKING EVENT Gunnedah Town Hall 152 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah NSW 2380 Theme: 1920s Speakeasy
1920 s
SPEAKEASY GALA DINNER AND NETWORKING EVENT 7pm, Thursday 23 November
CRIME PREVENTION & COMMUNITY SAFETY CONFERENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM Friday, 24 November 2023
DAY 2 9.00am – 9.10am
OPENING - MASTER OF CEREMONIES
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jo McKinnon, TV Presenter and Journalist
9.10am – 10.00am
MARK MCCRINDLE Social Researcher and Futurist Changing Communities, Emerging Trends: A snapshot of Australia now and towards 2033
10.00am – 10.40am
ALAN BLACKSHAW Founder Herding Together, Author, ABCD Consultant Community and its Role in Creating Safe Spaces
10.40am – 11.00am
MORNING TEA
11.00am – 11.40am
KYZAR JING & ZOE ROBINSON Advocate for Children & Young People Youth Crime and Youth Justice: The value of lived experience
11.40am – 12.10pm
STUART STAUNTON Cyber Security NSW Cyber Security Update: Understanding the threat landscape
CRIME PREVENTION & COMMUNITY SAFETY CONFERENCE CONFERENCE PROGRAM Friday, 24 November 2023
DAY 2 CONTINUES 12.10pm – 1.00pm
PROFESSOR NEIL CURTIS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
DXC Technology Cyber Resilience: Empowering local business, agriculture and government
1.00pm – 1.45pm
LUNCH
1.45pm – 2.30pm
THE HON. YASMIN CATLEY, MP Minister for Police and Counter Terrorism
2.30pm – 3.10pm
SCOTT HAWKINS & JO KELLY Just Reinvest NSW & Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation Connecting Communities through Justice Reinvestment
3.10pm – 3.40pm
DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR CAMERON WHITESIDE & DETECTIVE SERGEANT GRAEME CAMPBELL Rural Crime Prevention Unit, NSW Police Force Tackling Rural Crime
3.40pm – 4.15pm
BOUDENE HAURAKI Centre for Multicultural Youth, Victoria Over-representation of Multicultural Youth in the Justice System: Target Zero
End of Conference
REFRESHMENTS
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
GRACE TAME
THE HON. YASMIN CATLEY, MP
MARK MCCRINDLE
HUNTER JOHNSON
2021 Australian of the Year/CEO of the Grace Tame Foundation
Minister for Police & Counter-terrorism Minister for the Hunter
Social Researcher and Futurist
Founder of mental health charity The Man Cave and social enterprise STUFF™
PRESENTERS
RITCHIE HAIR
REBECCA MORRISON
Senior Social Workers Violence, Abuse and Neglect Service Hunter New England Health
KYZAR JING
ZOE ROBINSON
JOHN MAYNARD
SERGEANT ISMAIL KIRGIZ
HEATHER JACKSON
Safe Cities Planning and Design Consultant
Hate Crime Coordinator Engagement & Hate Crime Unit NSW Police Force
Acting Director Dept. Communities & Justice
JULIE CAMPBELL
SENIOR SERGEANT DARREN SMITH
Lived Experience Advisors NSW Advocate for Children & Young People
Community Safety Officer City Safety & Liveability City of Logan Qld
PROFESSOR NEIL CURTIS Professor of Cybersecurity Senior Executive, Cyber Security & Business Development, DXC Technology
SCOTT HAWKINS
JO KELLY
Manager, Policy & Advocacy Just Reinvest NSW
Community and Initiatives, Kempsey Lead Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation
ALAN BLACKSHAW
Officer in Charge Highway Patrol – Logan District Qld Police Force
Founder of Herding Together Author, Asset Based Community Development Consultant
CRAIG MARTIN
DR ALANA COOK
STUART STAUNTON
Head of Evidence & Innovation Alcohol & Drug Foundation NSW
Senior Analyst Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR)
Manager Infrastructure Security Cyber Security NSW
DETECTIVE CHIEF INSPECTOR CAMERON WHITESIDE
DETECTIVE SERGEANT GRAEME CAMPBELL
BOUDENE HAURAKI
Rural Crime Prevention Team NSW Police Force
Community Engagement Lead – Target Zero Centre for Multicultural Youth, Victoria
Gunnedah Shire Council 63 Elgin Street | PO Box 63 GUNNEDAH NSW 2380
would like to
u o Y k n a h T FOR COMING
Have a safe trip home!
P: 02 6740 2100 E: council@infogunnedah.com.au