Keynote Speakers

Dr Justin Coulson is the co-host and parenting expert on Channel Nine's Parental Guidance, the founder of happyfamilies.com.au, and one of Australia's most trusted parenting, relationships and wellbeing experts. His Happy Families podcast is the #1 podcast in Australia for parenting and family issues. 

Over the past decade he has helped countless families with his 9 books about raising children, his hundreds of media appearances (including all of Australia's major news outlets, and he has also published in the Washington Post and the New York Times), and two viral videos that have been viewed a combined 85 million times!

Justin earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Wollongong. He and his wife Kylie have been married since the late 1990s and are the parents of 6 daughters.

Dr Liz Crowe is a staff wellbeing specialist. Liz worked for over 20 years in paediatric intensive care specialising in crisis, trauma, grief and end-of-life care with children and families. 

 In the last decade Liz has expanded her expertise to include research and clinical work on the wellbeing of health care professionals. Staff wellbeing was the focus of her PhD. 

Liz currently works as a Staff Wellbeing Consultant for the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, and runs a private consultancy business. Since 2021 Liz has also worked for ANZCA and authored the Clinical Debriefing Toolkit. Liz is a passionate and humorous educator and podcaster who regularly speaks internationally. Liz is the successful author of ‘The Little Book of Loss and Grief You Can Read While You Cry’ and the co-host of the nursing podcast ‘Five Things Nursing’.