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Final applications due Friday, 6th June 2025.

What to present at SDV25

Share your research, clinical work, program work and case studies.

If you’re passionate about the future of our sector, then please apply to present now and share your work. By presenting at SDV25, you can play a huge part in our mission to support survivors and shape change within the family, domestic and sexual violence sector.

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The conference committee is looking for presenters and co-presenters who are ready to share research findings, data and case studies which could inspire change in service delivery and help create sustainable goals for ending violence against women and children. Here’s some examples:

  • Research to inspire innovations across service delivery modules to help bridge the gap between Mental Health services and DFSV services.
  • Data and research to help understand the intersection of family and domestic violence.
  • Information that addresses technology facilitated abuse (including legislative responses).
  • Case studies on collaborative approaches (especially with schools, communities and services uniting for child welfare)
  • Latest statistics, programs and initiatives which shed light on housing, homelessness and safety
  • Prevention and intervention strategies – what is being done now, and what needs to happen in the future.
  • 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.

As a concurrent presenter, you’ll gain:

  • A Discounted Ticket – Secure your place at a reduced rate, significantly lower than the standard delegate registration.
  • Full Access to Keynotes and Concurrent Presentations – The opportunity to watch all keynote presentations and your fellow concurrent presenters, learning the latest knowledge and innovation from the sector.
  • Expand Your Professional Network – Connect with peers, industry leaders, and advocates through having access to SDV25's social events.
  • Wellbeing Program Access – Take part in activities designed to support your wellbeing throughout the conference.
  • 5-Star Conference Experience – Enjoy top-class complimentary catering and a premium venue at RACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast.
  • Professional Exposure – Your session will be promoted across ANZMHA’s website, emails, social media, and event materials.
  • Custom Promotional Materials – Receive a custom graphic to share and a 10% discount code for your network.
  • On-Demand Access – Revisit all conference sessions online for 30 days post-event.

The SDV25 Program

Conference Theme: Turning the Tide: Supporting Survivors and Shaping Change

With the full program to be announced in the coming months, take a look at the main topics and subtopics which will form the program.

SDV25 Topics (Click to Expand)

  1. Ensuring Early Intervention to Prevent Domestic Abuse
    • Making domestic abuse everyone’s responsibility: embedding early intervention
    • From reactive to proactive: transforming domestic violence responses
    • Intervening before it's too late: early warning signs and safety planning for those at-risk
    • Challenging myths about coercive control: raising public awareness to foster understanding
    • Unmasking coercive control: understanding its role in domestic violence dynamics
    • Screening and intervening: the role of healthcare in identifying domestic violence
    • Family-focused interventions to prevent the intergenerational transmission of violence
    • Supporting the mental health of people who use violence: an overlooked factor in prevention

  2. Safer Together: Strengthening Community Engagement and Multi-agency Collaboration
    • Community-led safety initiatives: empowering grassroots responses
    • Best practices in coordinated community responses: taking a multi-agency approach
    • Addressing systemic gaps alongside specialist by-and-for organisations
    • Strengthening first responders: police and community collaboration to enhance safety
    • Co-designing culturally responsive interventions
    • Safeguarding children: the role of early information sharing and partnerships

  3. Spotlighting Trauma: Survivor Led and Trauma-Informed Approaches
    • Building trauma-informed systems: enhancing responses to domestic violence
    • Innovating shelter and support services: survivor-centred models
    • Addressing domestic violence's effect on children
    • Healing trauma: practical approaches in health and social services
    • Emergency services and trauma-informed responses
    • Engaging survivors: centring survivor voices in service delivery
    • Improving engagement with support services: reducing barriers for survivors
    • Collecting evidence with care: balancing prosecution and victim wellbeing

  4. Empowering Every Survivor: Strengthening Responses for Our Most Vulnerable
    • Reducing disproportionality in violence against women and girls in marginalised communities
    • Economic abuse and multiple vulnerabilities: tailoring responses for complex cases
    • Inclusive services for diverse communities: building cultural competency
    • Empowering young survivors: addressing the impact of domestic violence on children and adolescents
    • Empowering individuals with disabilities: addressing violence against women with disabilities
    • Understanding elder abuse: domestic violence in later life
    • Elevating Indigenous women's voices in the fight against domestic violence
    • Bridging language and cultural barriers: domestic violence responses in CALD communities
    • Inclusive practices for intimate partner violence in LGBTQIA+ relationships
    • Intersecting challenges: domestic violence, substance use, mental health, and child protection

  5. Shaping the Future: Legislative and Policy Innovations to Combat Domestic Violence
    • The National Plan to end Violence Against Women and Children: where are we now
    • Next steps for policy, funding and legislation to tackle domestic violence
    • Strengthening protections: updates on Australian domestic violence laws
    • Criminalising coercive control: lessons from Australia and abroad
    • Enhancing police responses to domestic violence: lessons learned
    • Strengthening femicide reviews: what Australia can learn from international practices
    • Navigating systems abuse and social entrapment: challenges within family law

  6. Housing, Economic Abuse and Financial Independence
    • The hidden cost: understanding and addressing economic abuse in domestic violence
    • Breaking free from economic control: legal and financial interventions
    • Financial freedom as a pathway to safety: empowering survivors through economic independence
    • No place to go: tackling the domestic violence-homelessness connection
    • The economic ripple effect of domestic violence: long-term impact and policy solutions

  7. Technology, Abuse and Safety in a Digital World
    • The digital age of abuse: understanding tech-facilitated coercive control
    • Social media, sextortion, and online harassment: protecting young people from digital coercion and sexual violence
    • AI, deepfakes and digital manipulation: emerging threats in domestic and family violence
    • Smart homes, Internet of Things (IoT), and cyberstalking: how technology is used to entrap
    • Financial and identity abuse in a digital world: restricting access, controlling lives
    • Reclaiming digital autonomy: strategies for survivors to stay safe online
    • Technology as a tool for good: innovations in combating domestic violence
    • AI and predictive tools: new frontiers in prevention
    • Digital advocacy: leveraging social media for awareness and support
    • Tech-industry accountability: partnering to combat abuse

  8. Influencers of Change: Business, Media, and Sports Shaping Gender Norms
    • Corporate leaders on the frontline: how businesses can drive social change
    • Workplace support for domestic violence survivors: policies that make a difference
    • Customer-focused initiatives: supporting vulnerable customers
    • The business case for change: why supporting domestic violence survivors makes economic sense
    • Creating safe workplaces: prevention through culture change
    • Shaping public perception: ethical reporting on domestic violence
    • Changing the narrative: domestic violence advocacy in Australian media

  9. Breaking the Cycle: Working with People who use Violence
    • Rehabilitation and accountability: exploring the efficacy of intervention programs
    • Preventing recidivism: ongoing monitoring and support for behavioural change
    • Restorative justice approaches: balancing survivor needs and offender accountability
    • Pathways to accountability: effective intervention programs for people who use violence
    • Breaking the cycle: mental health and behavioural support for offenders
    • Recognizing and addressing coercive control among people who use violence

  10. Engaging Men and Boys to Disrupt Violence: Challenging Stereotypes and Creating Change
    • Deconstructing masculinity: addressing societal norms that perpetuate violence
    • Addressing misogynistic behaviour: constructively engaging with boys and young men
    • The role of fatherhood in shaping respectful relationships
    • Mobilising men to prevent domestic violence: creating a generation of active bystanders
    • Sports as a platform for change: leveraging athletes to advocate for non-violence
    • Working with boys: school-based prevention programs

  11. Femicide in Australia: Confronting the Escalating Crisis
    • Counting the lives lost: addressing the rising femicide rates in Australia
    • From awareness to accountability: how do we prevent femicide?
    • Breaking the silence: the realities behind women's deaths at the hands of men
    • Lethality indicators: recognising the warning signs before it’s too late
    • Justice for victims: femicide through the lens of the legal system

  12. Indigenous-Led Solutions to Family Safety
    • Walking together: First Nations-led approaches to family safety
    • Cultural healing: integrating Indigenous practices in violence prevention
    • Strengthening kinship networks: community resilience against domestic violence
    • Addressing intergenerational trauma: breaking the cycle of violence
    • Youth leadership: engaging Indigenous young people in preventing violence

Presentation Styles

Oral Presentation

Take to the stage and present to the audience in a 15 or 25 minutes speaking session with 5 minutes for questions.

Workshop Presentation

Keep the attention of attendees via engaging, hands-on learning experience in a 60-minute workshop.

Panel Presentation

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.

Poster Presentation

Visually showcase your research or services via a printed poster, displayed in the conference exhibition area for the duration of the conference. A dedicated 30 minute poster session is included in the conference program. Posters also displayed virtually to e-delegates.

Important Dates

 

Presenter Applications Closing Friday 6th June 2025
Notification to Authors Tuesday 1st July 2025
Presenter Acceptance and Registration Due Monday 28th July 2025
Program Launch Thursday 31st July 2025
Scholarship Applications Close Friday 10th October 2025
Early Bird Closes Friday 10th October
Last Minute Registrations Friday 14 November 2025
Conference Dates Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th Nov 2025