YOUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


SUSAN LINN

Research Associate at Boston Children's Hospital,
Lecturer on Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School,
Founding Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood

Keynote Topic: The case for make believe: A window into children’s hearts and minds


@drsusanlinn

www.consumingkids.com

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JANE MALCOLM

University of Edinburgh – Moray House School of Education
Policy Manager – National Day Nurseries Association Scotland

Keynote Topic: "Some children are just too hard to love" - Delivering love-led practice to all children


@JaneMalcolm7

www.janeymphd.blogspot.co.uk

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SUSANNE GERVAY

Writer, Mentor, Speaker & Advocate
Order of Australia Recipient - Lifetime Literature Award Winner
Lady Cutler Award Winner for Distinguished Services to Children’s Literature 
Ambassador Premier’s Reading Challenge


@sgervay

www.sgervay.com

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FRANCES WATTS

Best Selling Australian Author
Children's Book Council of Australia Winner
Prime Minister's Award for Children's Fiction

www.franceswatts.com

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EDWARD MELHUISH

Professor of Human Development at the University of Oxford,
and Birkbeck, University of London

Keynote Topic: Early Years Experience and Long-term Development with implications for Social Inclusion

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MICHAEL TRAILL AM

Chair GoodStart Early Learning - Executive Director For Purpose
Director Sunsuper – Winner Ashurst Business Literature Prize

Keynote Topic: In Search of the Holy Grail: Early Learning quality & inclusion at scale


@Michael_Traill

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ADAM GOODES

Dual Brownlow Medallist, dual premiership player, four-time All-Australian,
member of the Indigenous Team of the Century
and representative in the International Rules Series

www.go-foundation.org

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MATT COSGROVE

Acclaimed and Best Selling Australian Children’s Author & Illustrator


@mrmattcosgrove

www.mattcosgrovebooks.com

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JAN STRADLING

Commissioning Editor/Executive Producer In House Production Children’s ABC TV

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CONFERENCE HOST


TIM MADDREN

Performer, MC and Member of top selling
Australian Children’s Television Brand Hi-5.


@TimMaddren

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