Wellbeing (Day 2)

1-2 April 2025, International Convention Centre, Sydney

  • Registration opens
  • Opening remarks from the chairperson
    Nadia Taylor
    Nadia Taylor

    Chief Executive Officer
    Mapien

  • Welcome remarks from the Event Partner, CU Health
    Dr Patrick Aouad
    Dr Patrick Aouad

    Founder & CEO
    CU Health

  • CASE STUDY: Implementing an award-winning mental health and wellbeing strategy

    How do you improve organisational mental health and empower the workforce in both physical and psychological safety? In this session, hear from Australian HR Awards’ Best Health and Wellbeing Program winner as they share the design behind their award-winning initiative. Learn key strategies for implementing successful wellbeing interventions, securing organization-wide buy-in, and driving improved health outcomes.

    Paul Willingham
    Paul Willingham

    Group Manager Risk & Safety – WHS & Wellbeing
    City of Parramatta Council (AHRA 2024: Best Health and Wellbeing Program winner)

  • Beyond EAP – Employee wellbeing is the power behind company performance

    An organisation’s performance is directly related to the wellbeing of its people. An employee may have poor wellbeing due to life circumstances, mental or physical health concerns or a fundamental flaw in their organisation’s management and culture. How can we personalise and scale solutions to protect and uplift wellbeing?

    Dr Patrick Aouad
    Dr Patrick Aouad

    Founder & CEO
    CU Health

  • Morning tea and refreshments break
  • LEGAL UPDATE: Understanding evolving legal obligations in psychosocial risk management

    This session will cover the latest employment law updates ranging from the Right to Disconnect, positive duty and the increased regulatory focus on managing psychosocial hazards. 

    Alana Rafter
    Alana Rafter

    Senior Associate
    Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors

  • PANEL: How the new psychosocial safety paradigm is radically shaping wellbeing initiatives

    As employer obligations to protect employees from psychosocial hazards increase, what exactly are companies doing to mitigate these risks to create safer work environments? What happens when wellbeing programs don’t work? What are companies doing to protect their frontline staff? Hear how different companies are applying psychosocial risk management practices at work.

    Panellists
    Fiona Murphy
    Fiona Murphy

    Chief People Officer
    mycar

    Dr. Peter Prasad
    Dr. Peter Prasad

    Head of Workplace Health & Safety
    Qantas Group

    Karen Woods
    Karen Woods

    Head of Health, Wellbeing & Injury Management
    BAE Systems

  • Networking lunch
  • MINDFULNESS BREAK: Practising mindfulness to re-energise and re-focus

    In this interactive session, find out how to use mindfulness to reduce your stress and improve your mental clarity and focus at work with simple practices.

    Supriya Ruparelia
    Supriya Ruparelia

    Ayurvedic Health Coach
    Ayurveda with Supriya

  • CASE STUDY: Changing the narrative – IKEA’s Refugee Workforce Inclusion program

    Around 20,000 refugees can enter Australia each year, bringing with them a wealth of experience, skills, knowledge and diverse cultural backgrounds, yet most struggle to secure employment. Hear how IKEA has worked towards overcoming these barriers through its award-winning program, and about the company’s ambition to encourage other employers to take action.

    Josh Rozairo
    Josh Rozairo

    Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Leader
    IKEA

  • Chairperson closing remarks
  • CLOSING KEYNOTE: Adventure thinking – navigating the unknown

    What does it take to embark on a 2200km unsupported kayak journey across the open ocean? What kind of mindset is needed to survive skiing 3 months across Antarctica surviving blizzards, crevasses and severe malnourishment? Why on earth would someone willingly commit to a 102-day walk across the Australian Outback with a one-year-old?? 

     In this inspirational keynote presentation, Jonesy unpacks the lessons he’s learnt from the past 20 years of adventure and the ‘expedition mindset’ that allows the most ’normal of us’ to focus, adapt, overcome and achieve under extreme stress situations. 

     

    Justin ‘Jonesy’ Jones, Australia’s pre-eminent Explorer, keynote speaker & adventure thinker 

     

    (located in the Main Conference, Parkside 1) 

    Justin ‘Jonesy’ Jones
    Justin ‘Jonesy’ Jones

    Australia’s pre-eminent Explorer,
    keynote speaker & adventure thinker

  • Prize draw announcements (located in the Workshops stage in the Expo hall)

    Expo Passport Grand Prize

    Collect all exhibitors’ stamps on the Expo Passport for the chance to win a $5,000 cash prize!

     

    Workshops All Star Grand Prize

    Attend all workshops for the chance to win a $5,000 cash prize!

     

    Sponsor Prize Draws

     

     

  • Event concludes