First 2000 Days symposium agenda

Welcome and update on the First 2000 Days

• 9:00am - Welcome to Country
  Uncle Allan Murray, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council
• 9:10am  - Welcome to First 2000 Days Symposium
  Tish Bruce, Executive Director, Health and Social Policy Branch, NSW Ministry of Health
• 9:20am - Keynote address
  Associate Professor Elisabeth Murphy, Medical Advisor, Brighter Beginnings, NSW Health
• 9:50am - Brighter Beginnings
  Jessamin Clissold, Department of Education

Aboriginal programs

• 10:10am - Maari Ma, Broken Hill
  Tameka O’Donnell, Lavinia Henderson, Dr Garth Alperstein
• 10:30am  - Ngala Nanga Mai pARenT Program, La Perouse
  Sydney Children’s Hospital Network: Dr Karen Zwi, Michelle Jersky, Kiya Shipley
  SESLHD: Aunty Lola Ryan
• 10:50am  - Cross-agency collaborative approach for partnering with local communities
  Sharnee Townsend, NSW Ministry of Health
  Cassandra Kanitz, Department of Communities and Justice
• 11:10am - Q & A
• 11:30am - Morning tea

Minister for Health and Minister for Regional Health address and consumer experience

• 12:00pm -  Minister for Health and Minister for Regional Health address
  Susan Pearce AM, Secretary NSW Health Hon. Ryan Park MP
• 12:20pm -  Consumer Experiences - Hyperemesis Gravidarum
• 12:30pm  - Customer Experience Pilot - Health and Development checks in Child and Family Health Services
  Clare Placek, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
• 12:50pm - Q & A
• 1:10pm - Lunch

 First 2000 Days related research projects

• 2:00pm - First 2000 Days Hub
  Tania Rimes – SESLHD Professor Sue Woolfenden, Sydney Health Partners
• 2:20pm - Watch Me Grow
  Professor Valsamma Eapen, Stream Director Early Life Determinants of Health (ELDOH), Maridulu Budyari Gumal
• 2:40pm - Healthy Beginnings for HNE Kids
  Associate Professor Rachel Sutherland Hunter New England Local Health District
• 3:00pm - Q & A
• 3:15pm - Afternoon tea

Panel session: Championing resilience

• 3:30pm - Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) Framework
  Professor Rebekah Grace, Director, Transforming early Education and Child Health (TeEACH), Western Sydney University
• 3:50pm - Growing Resilience – evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand
  Professor Susan Morton, Research Institute for Innovative Solutions for Well-being and Health Director (INSIGHT), UTS
• 4:10pm ​- Panel discussion and Q&A
  Dr Shanti Raman, Senior Clinical Advisor, Child and Family Health, NSW Ministry of Health
  Grainne O’Loughlin, CEO, Karitane
  Associate Professor Jenny Smit, A/CEO, Tresillian
  Professor Susan Morton, INSIGHT, UTS
  Professor Rebekah Grace, TeEACH, Western Sydney University
• 4:40pm - Closing address
  April Deering, Director, Child and Family Unit, NSW Ministry of Health