Following the success of the inaugural Advancing Equity Summit 2024, we’re bringing the conversation back!
After receiving such fantastic feedback from our 150+ attendees and speakers, we’re excited to confirm the Summit is returning in 2025!
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Dr Norman Swan returns as event MC, and Dr Michael McAfee, our 2024 international keynote speaker, is coming back to Australia to join us once again.
Limited early bird tickets will be on sale soon—subscribe for updates to be the first to know when they go live!
Interested in being a 2025 Summit Speaker? We’d love to hear from you — get in touch today for a chat.
2024 Summit Snapshot
days of keynotes, panels, and interactive workshops
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guests speakers sharing bold ideas and insights
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participants from diverse sectors and backgrounds
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Absolutely brilliant Summit! Loved everything about it.
Across two powerful days, attendees will experience:
- Keynote addresses from leading Australian and international thinkers
- TED-style plenary talks and big conversations
- Case study sessions showcasing innovation and impact
- Panel discussions exploring real-world challenges and solutions
- Immersive workshops offering practical tools and frameworks
- Storytelling and lived experience circles
- Networking opportunities designed to foster new partnerships and collaborations
What We’ll Explore:
- Understanding equity: the structural, cultural, and political systems that drive inequity—and how to change them.
- Advancing action: policies, practices, and partnerships that build fairer outcomes.
- Shifting culture: challenging dominant narratives and creating new ones.
- Leading with humanity: the role of compassion, justice, and solidarity in driving lasting change.
Who Should Attend:
- Senior leaders and decision-makers
- Health, education, social services, disability and economic development practitioners
- Community members and lived experience leaders
- Changemakers from government, non-profit and private sectors
Country to Coast Queensland and the Equity CoLab acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
We are committed to embracing diversity and eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of health and other services. We welcomes all people irrespective of ethnicity, lifestyle choice, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity.