Monday, 27th April National Suicide Prevention Conference 2026

For Monday only: 

Between 8:00am and 10:30am please head directly up to Level 3 to check into your workshops. 

From 10:30am - 6:00pm please collect your registration from Level 2. 

Thank you for your understanding. 

This workshop will have a morning tea break from 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM.

• Towards a National Framework: Building a Coordinated First Responder Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention Response - Henry Bowen, Tara Lal and Anna Brooks

This workshop will have a morning tea break at 11:15 AM, lunch break from 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM and afternoon tea break from 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM. 

This workshop brings together policy-makers, researchers and people with lived experience of suicide to consider how our different roles each contribute to suicide prevention. Interactive discussions will surface how researchers and people with lived experience of suicide can more effectively inform policy, as well as how policy makers can better harness the insights from researchers and people with lived experience of suicide. This collaborative workshop and will be co-hosted by LIFEWAYS, National Suicide Prevention Office, Suicide Prevention Australia, and Roses in the Ocean.

This workshop is free to attend, delegates cannot attend both a paid workshop and the policy roundtable.

Capacity: Limited Spaces

Please see the flyer here. 

If you register for this session and can no longer attend, please notify the conference organisers at NSPC26@asnevents.net.au so your place can be offered to another delegate

This workshop will have a morning tea break from 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM.

Presenters: Prof Paul Yip, Carmen Lai, Wendy So and Shayne Connell 

This half-day workshop will seek to share learnings from the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention community development initiatives. Professor Paul Yip will provide an opportunity to learn from and explore the development and outcomes of community-based suicide intervention education in Hong Kong and mainland China. The opportunities provided by the launch of the new LivingWorks Connect platform, ASIST version 12 and safeTALK version 3 will be discussed, along with International examples of the development of Networks of Safety using a continuum of skills and safety connections. 

This workshop will have a morning tea break from 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM.

• Co-Design in suicide prevention: moving beyond consultation and tokenism to authentic partnership and power sharing - Bonnie Scarth, Sarah Hetrick, Taimi Allan, Linda Bowden, Kylie King, Ben Brien, Hiro Kojo, Julie Levin and Nicola Akeroyd

This workshop will have a morning tea break from 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM. 

• A deep dive into cultural perspectives on suicide prevention - Pino Migliorino

This workshop will have a morning tea break from 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM.

• From theory to practice workshopping nuances of a newly developed suicide postvention response implementation guide. - Alison Asche, Mark Bekerman, Louise Flynn and Robyn Humphries

Lunch will be provided outside the workshop rooms. 

Light refreshments will be offered afterwards.

Wesley LifeForce Memorial Services offer a safe and supportive space to honour loved ones lost to suicide, reflect on grief, and connect with others who share similar experiences. The service will feature music, readings and stories from lived-experience speakers, alongside a message of hope. 

Wesley LifeForce Grief Support - Wesley LifeForce
lifeforce@wesleymission.org.au

This workshop will have an afternoon tea break from 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM. 

• Ethical lived experience practice across the spectrum of suicide - Hope Carberry and Amy Bertakis

This workshop will have an afternoon tea break from 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

• Implementation science in action: Tackling suicide prevention challenges - Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy, Kairi Kolves and Lennart Reifels

This workshop will have an afternoon tea break from 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

• Psychosocial Hazards in the Workplace: Understanding, Identifying and Managing the Risk of Suicide at Work - Jordan Jackson

This workshop will have an afternoon tea break from 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM. 

• Postvention as prevention: launching a new model for university suicide response in Australia  - Aislinn Whittenbury and Danni Reading

If you have purchased a full-conference NSPC26 ticket and you are a member, you are entitled to a free ticket to this Members Only Reception.
Drinks and nibbles provided.