Who Should Attend?

• The 2026 National Indigenous Chronic Disease Management Conference is essential for a wide range of professionals and community members dedicated to improving health outcomes for Indigenous populations. Attendees should include but not limited to:

  • First Nations community leaders, Elders, and people with lived experience of chronic disease

  • Indigenous health workers and community-controlled health organisation staff

  • Healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, Aboriginal Health Practitioners, carers and chronic disease coordinators

  • Researchers and academics working in Indigenous health, chronic disease, or community wellbeing

  • Policy-makers and advisors shaping health strategies, programs, or reforms

  • Government and non-government organisation representatives involved in chronic disease prevention and management

  • Allied health professionals such as dietitians, physiotherapists, social workers, psychologists, and health promotion officers

  • Educators and students seeking to build capability in culturally safe, community-led healthcare

  • Anyone committed to advancing equitable, culturally informed, and sustainable healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Speakers

Some of our key speakers include:

• Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson, Writer| Educator| Researcher | Professor at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Emeritus Professor at The Southern Cross University -Freelance.
  • Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson is a Jiman woman from Central West Queensland and Bundjalung woman from Northern New South Wales, with Anglo‑Celtic and German heritage. She is internationally recognized for her pioneering work on trauma, violence, and healing in Indigenous communities. Holding a BA from the University of Canberra and a PhD from Queensland University of Technology, she also completed Harvard University’s Program for Refugee Trauma in Global Mental Health. Her landmark book Trauma Trails – Recreating Songlines explores the transgenerational effects of trauma in Indigenous Australia and has become a cornerstone text in the field.
• Adrian Salliego
  • Adrian is an enrolled member of the Navajo Tribe. His Maternal clan is Bitterwater and born for the Deerspring Clan. His Mother is from Tuba City, AZ and Father from Cedar Ridge, AZ. Adrian grew up on the Navajo Reservation his whole life. He was raised with the Traditional way of the Navajo people. Adrian surrendered to the disease of addiction on November 3, 2004. He started a new way of life in a 12-step fellowship. Today, Adrian is a productive member of society currently working for Beechtree Diagnostics. He is also a trainer for Generation Red Road working with Carlos Rivera. Adrian has traveled across Turtle Island meeting with many Tribal members to help the people seeking recovery. Adrian lives in Tempe, AZ and continues to work with a sponsor in the fellowship of Narcotics Anonymous. Helping the fellow addict seeking recovery has become a service commitment for Adrian Salliego.

• Dr. Stewart Sutherland, Associate Professor and Chair Indigenous Health Framework, ANU School of Medicine and Psychology.

  • Dr. Stewart Sutherland is a proud Wiradjuri man from Wellington, New South Wales, and an Associate Professor at the Australian National University’s School of Medicine and Psychology. He serves as Chair of the Indigenous Health Framework and has worked for more than a decade in Indigenous health, focusing on identity, trauma, and mental health. His PhD research examined the relationship between reconciliation and the social and emotional wellbeing of the Stolen Generations, highlighting the impact of forced removals on Indigenous communities. Stewart’s scholarship has been influential in shaping approaches to Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB), cultural health, and food sovereignty.

Cost

Pay by:

• 14/8/26: $900
• 30/8/26: $1100
• 14/9/26: $1300
• 29/9/26: $1500
• 14/10/26: $1700
• 30/10/26: $1900
• 14/11/26: $2100
• 29/11/26: $2300
• 8/12/26: $2500

CPD

• each delegate will receive a Certificate of Attendance only when they attend 85% of all the conference sessions.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact admin@icsconferences.org 

or call tel:(+61) 04557 76 668.