Thursday, 2nd May The National Suicide Prevention Conference 2024

• We can’t afford not to talk about it. Making the economic case for self-harm and suicide prevention. - David McDaid

• Invited Speaker - Shane Fitzsimmons - Shane Fitzsimmons

• Unbroken: Using the arts to interrupt the continuum between self and domestic violence. - Richard Parker
• Crafting revolutionary relationships: how queer and peer-led suicide support models will change the world - Isabelle McGovern
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community-led healing through suicide prevention, intervention, after care and postvention - Gabrielle Mulcahy and Neville Perkins

• A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Child and Youth Service Program for Suicide Prevention   - Denny Meyer and Maja Nedeljkovic
• Self-harming behaviours in First Nations young people: The process of culturally adapting Therapeutic Assessment. - Craig D'Mello
• Interventions for social determinants of suicide: Systematic review and environmental scan - Fiona Shand

• Suicide and self-harm data and reporting at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Chris Killick-Moran, Matthew Spittal, Pooja Chowdhary and Jenny Trudinger
• Suicide Prevention Australia State of the Nation Longitudinal Analysis - Jason Delgado

• Beyond vulnerability: the rise of lived experience peer work in suicide bereavement and postvention - Hope Carberry and Nicole Cool
• Community of Practice for Lived Experience Peer Workers in Suicide Prevention: Intersections, Impacts, and Sustainability - Ava P Riddell and Neil Fraser

• A collective approach to addressing Suicide Prevention in partnership with Local Governments - Amy Firns
• ''Reaching in’’ Timely and effective postvention responses through a collaborative approach with WA Police.  - Karri L Ambler
• ‘A Place To Go’ - Creating Safe Places in Six Communities - Naomi Simpson-Kitt and melanie brown

• Engaging Australia in suicide prevention through ''health by stealth' - Nick Hudson
• Implementing co-design in a suicide prevention intervention for young people   - Michelle Kehoe
• Break the Cycle - A Regional Journey of Hope - Zoe Evans

• Narrative evaluation of collective community action for strengthening support for people bereaved by suicide - Colleen Carlon
• Critical Incident Recovery Responses - when postvention becomes suicide prevention that increases community safety - Jo Drayton
• Developing culturally tailored resources for truth-telling about First Nations peoples suicide in the media - Melinda Benson

• Evaluating co-design processes: How to know if you’re getting them right - Jade Maloney, Sharon Marra-Brown and Alexandra Lorigan
• Farmer mental health and wellbeing helplines: An international scoping review of utilisation, acceptability and effectiveness - Donna Hughes-Barton

• Panel Discussion - AI & e-safety - Jo Robinson and Lachlan Hardisty

Kyla Pizzino – HESTA, Business Development Manager
Nieves Murray - CEO Suicide Prevention Australia