Forum Program

See the evolving presenter line-up here and stay tuned for the news on Cultural Mentors, Special Guest & Keynote Speakers.

Forum Sessions

Adventure to Thrive – a capacity building program for children, young people and those that support them

Sean Lappin


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Session duration: 120 minutes

Anchored in Ventral

Sue Jakes, Nadine Delaney


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Session duration: 90 minutes

Beyond Representation: People of Color (POC) working in Outdoor Education in Australia

Pei Ting Tham


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Session duration: 60 minutes

Connecting with nature for resilience

Rachel Yerbury


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Session duration: 90 minutes

Corazonando in Lutruwita

Joselynn Baltra-Ulloa, Sarita Galvez-Donoso, Bryan Phillips


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Session duration: 60 minutes

Eco-linguistics, how language connects us

Arlene Gili Mehan


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Session duration: 60 minutes

Growing EcoPsychological Flexibility : How to Integrate Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in Outdoor Activity

Rich Thorpe


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Session duration: 90 minutes

Igniting Fire in the Belly When the Earth is Burning: What does being “Climate-Aware” look like for Outdoor Health practitioners?

Clare Pitt, Lucy Van Sambeek


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Session duration: 90 minutes

Living with dementia, connecting to nature

Pauline Marsh, Janet Thomas, Cassandra Thomson


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Session duration: 120 minutes

Our drowned forest

Uncle Ken Jones


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Session duration: 30 minutes

Pathways to Knowing

Cathryn Carpenter, Tonia Gray


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Shooting Stars-Lessons we learn with and from young people through Adventure based therapeutic respite camps

Rachel Robinson


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Session duration: 30 minutes

Sound Medicine Hike (Forest bathing, plant music & sound healing amongst the trees)

Catherine Marty


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Session duration: 90 minutes

Suburban Wyld-ing – outdoor healthcare in urban contexts.

Rebecca Taylor


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Session duration: 60 minutes

Sustaining a Career in the Outdoor Health Profession.

Kit Kline


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Session duration: 90 minutes

The colour potentials of nature

Coralee Williams


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Session duration: 1 Day

The evolution of an Adventure Therapy practise

Andy Hamilton, Kane Abbott


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Session duration: 60 minutes

Treating anxiety by not treating anxiety; the wisdom of nature

Mauro Vieira


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Session duration: 60 minutes

Tree Bingo

Kit Kline


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Session duration: 120 minutes

Walk & Talk Therapy- Research and Practice

Andi Dickmeyer


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Session duration: 30 minutes

Walk & Talk: A Model Developed From Self Responsibility Groupwork & Indigenous Practice

Nick Hall


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Session duration: 90 minutes