Take to the stage at the Workplace Mental Health Symposium in 2023
Use your use voice, experience and expertise to share innovation, inspiration and drive change in the workplace mental health sector.
Stand out as an expert, shine a light on the work you do and enhance your profile within the industry.
Our 2023 theme: Championing change – new and emerging approaches in Workplace Mental Health explores the different strategies from workplaces around Australia and overseas which are creating lasting and positive effects for workers, organisations and practitioners.
If you are passionate about workplace mental health or creating a mentally well workforce 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 a sustainable future for workplaces.
- Real-world insights that inspire innovations from workplaces across Australia, New Zealand and the world.
- Successful mental health and wellness workplace projects and programs that deliver long term success journeys.
- Ideas from far and wide which provide solutions focused approaches to workplace mental health.
- Culturally responsive solutions of how workplace mental health presents for Indigenous, First Nations people and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities from around the world.
- Case studies showing application of data into practise.
Presenters are encouraged to share their powerful experiences that address the conference topics with originality and flare. Co-presenters are welcome to apply.
The conference committee would like to highlight that all international presenter applications are encouraged – don’t let distance get in the way – if you’re based outside of Australia and New Zealand (and you’d like to journey down under for the conference) please fill in all the relevant information and know that we will be in touch ASAP.
- Psychosocial Risk factors & Work Design: Workplace design and management of work, organisational changes, justice, psychosocial safety climate, loneliness, normalisation of flexible work, gender equality, overcoming stigma.
- “Energy Management” over “Time Management”
- Turning passive surroundings into responsive structures, that promote productivity and wellbeing
- The role mental health plays in talent management (attraction and retention)
- Benefits and challenges of flexible and hybrid working
- Social Determinants of Mental Health, considering external factors that contribute to employee’s stresses
- Housing, homelessness and financial stress
- Trauma and vicarious trauma
- Depression
- Suicide Prevention
- Promoting open communication and facilitating early help-seeking
- Developing positive, supportive and thriving workplace cultures that attracts and retains talent
- Increase engagement, staff retention, productivity and profitability
- Changing Management and Leadership Capability (Mental Health)
- How to better prevent employee burnout?
- Data analytics, ROI, Measuring outcomes, Connection of investment in health initiatives to performance and ROI.
- Prevention of Poor Mental Health: Workplace support, Supporting vulnerable groups (Indigenous, LGBTIQ, CALD, disabilities etc), Preventing workplace stress and toxicity
- Bullying, harassment and discrimination – prevention and reporting
- Supporting resilience and health
- Mental vs Physical and integrated health
- Recovery and return to work
- Barriers and opportunities – reducing stigma in the workplace
- Legal and compliance aspects of mental health at work – Work Health and Safety (WHS), Return to Work (RTW), Discrimination (i.e. social media vetting), Termination (Fair Work)
- National Mental Health Stigma Reduction Strategy (NMHC)
- How do we turn the compliance burden into a ‘lifegiving’ framework?
- Successful workplace mental health strategies for larger businesses (from foundation to implementation)
- Successfully turning talking about mental health in the workplace to actioning it
- What roles do large companies have in helping SME’s in their supply chain?
- How small business can thrive when they adopt a powerful mental health strategy for their team.
- Challenges in introducing and implementing a wellbeing strategy in SME.
- Resources and tools for SME
Why Present at WMHS?
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This is your chance to boost your professional presentation skills, build your self-confidence and grow in leadership and influence. |
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Present your ideas, insights and research to the workplace mental health care industry, the business leaders in attendance and increase awareness and exposure for the work you do. |
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Presenting is an excellent opportunity to build your reputation and enhance your profile. |
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Contribute to the future direction the sector and use your voice and expertise to create change for workplaces and workers across Australia. |
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Inspire your peers with your ideas, insights, research, stories and case studies. |
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Your attendance guarantees a personalised certificate to use towards CPD points. |
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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. |
Currently, we are taking applications for presenters both in-person or virtually. Apply today.
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 | Thursday 6th April 2023 |
| Notification to authors | Monday 15th May 2023 |
| Acceptances and registrations due | Friday 19th May 2023 |
| Program available | Thursday 25th May 2023 |
| Early bird close | Friday 28th July 2023 |
| Scholarships close | Thursday 3rd August 2023 |
| Conference dates | Thursday 7th – Friday 8th September 2023 |