Take to the stage at the 2023 STOP Domestic Violence Conference
Share your research, insights and innovations in how we STOP Domestic Violence and create safer communities.
Why Present at SDV23?
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Contribute to the future direction the domestic abuse, family and sexual violence sector and use your voice and expertise to create safer communities. |
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Inspire your peers with your ideas, insights, research, stories and case studies. |
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Presenting is an excellent opportunity to build your reputation and enhance your professional profile whilst shining a light on important and relevant information. |
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Get in front of the sector and have your ideas, work or research seen and heard. |
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As a presenter you will receive the biggest discount to attend the conference, as well as gaining a special discount which you can share with your colleagues, friends and followers. |
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Your attendance as a presenter guarantees a personalised certificate to use towards CPD points. |
What to prepare for your application:
- A 300 word presentation summary
- Your presentation title
- 3 key learnings delegates can take from your presentation
* applicants can add supporting evidence during the application process.
The Submission Deadline
is June 16th.
Applications are now closed.
In 2023, our conference theme:
The generation that ends Domestic Violence:
It's everyone’s responsibility.
with presenters able to choose from the following topics:
- child abuse
- sexual and intimate violence
- system responses and improving collaboration
- Working effectively with ageing and aged care services to help keep elders safe
- Disability
- LGBTIQA+
- CALD communities
- First Nations
- Rural and Remote communities
- Roadmap identifying the gaps and service short-falls
- Ensuring these communities have equitable access and visibility in policy planning and front line service delivery
- Federal/State initiatives- federal sexual violence judicial reform, consent harmonisation
- Family Law Reform and legal support – particularly early intervention
- Systemic Abuse & Lateral Violence (including impacts of colonial violence)
- Coercive Control - new legislation implementation and impact
- Partnerships in the field: case studies that show how collaborations have improved outcomes as opposed to working in silos
- Workforce; recruiting, training, risk assessment and upskilling
- Access to Funding; and the potential impacts of lateral violence within sector
- Embedding culturally appropriate practices throughout mainstream services
- Wellbeing for people providing services; vicarious trauma
- Adolescent violence and contextualising where they belong
- lateral violence in communities where there is domestic and sexual violence
- Culturally responsive practice and including Indigenous perspectives, voices, lived experiences and expertise
- Prevention, Early Intervention and education especially with young people; formal/ informal supports
- Coercive control – education and impact on communities
- Domestic & Family violence in the workplace - response, paid dv leave; impact and implementation lessons learned
- Early Intervention Opportunities to Stop DV
- Working with men who use violence / recovering from using violence
- Perpetrators and the workplace
- Respect@work legislation implementation; efficacy and impact
- Men’s behaviour change programs
- Family violence (men can also be victims)
- Technology for good. How is it being adopted in Prevention: Intervention: Response: Recovery for better outcomes?
- Innovation with AI and technology
- Crisis response and reducing touch points for survivors
- Privacy and the intersections with online safety in a holistic data eco system
- How will this benefit our under-represented communities?
- Perpetrator behaviour through use of technology; mapping patterns
- Responding to, and managing of, perpetrator violence online
- Privacy and human rights
- Dating & Social Media Apps Safety and Privacy; impacts on cohorts
- Pop Culture and the influence of this on young people through informal peer supports; the normalizing of abusive behaviour; influencer culture and impacts on formal process and education
The Submission Deadline
is June 16th.
Applications are now closed.
If you are passionate about creating safer communities, ending family, domestic and sexual violence and you have insights, research, results or future plans to share - please apply to present now.
The conference committee is looking for presenters who are ready to passionately share:
- Research findings, data and information which could inspire changes in service delivery and help create safer communities.
- Case studies which inspire innovations around prevention, intervention, response and recovery.
- Best-practice applications to create immediate improvement for the family, domestic and sexual violence sector.
- Successful projects and programs that deliver steps to ending domestic abuse and family and sexual violence within our community.
- Culturally responsive solutions to family, domestic and sexual violence against Indigenous, First Nations people and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) community members.
- Research, programs and solutions for our under-represented community members, including but not limited to people with disability, LGBTIQA+ community members and people living in Rural and Remote communities.
- Practical strategies which are creating lasting and positive effects for individuals and families, sector workers and mental health professionals within our sector.
Presenters are encouraged to share their powerful experiences that address the conference topics with originality and flare. This is your chance to shine a light on your work and research, enhance your and your company’s profile and be seen by the sector.
Want to submit a winning presentation?
We've compiled a list of the best tips to make your presentation shine.
Presentation Styles
Take the stage and present to the audience in a 15 or 25 minute speaking session with 5 minutes for questions.
Keep the attention of attendees via engaging, hands-on learning experience in a 90 minute masterclass.
Panel presentations bring together views from a group of presenters into a discussion of innovative ideas, current topics, and relevant issues. Each panel session will run for 60 minutes and will consist of at least 3 panel members.
Visually showcase your research or services via a printed poster, displayed in the conference exhibition area for the duration of the conference. A dedicated 10 minute poster session is included in the conference program.
Important Dates
| Abstracts close | Friday 16 June 2023 |
| Notification to authors | Monday 10 July |
| Acceptances and registrations due | Monday 17 July |
| Program available | Tuesday 25 July 2023 |
| Early bird close | Monday 9 October 2023 |
| Scholarships close | Monday 23 October 2023 |
| Conference dates | Monday 27th - Wednesday 29th November 2023 |