
Program and Speakers
Speaker Information
Associate Professor Jodie Ward
Program Lead – National DNA Program for Unidentified and Missing Persons, Australian Federal Police
Associate Professor Jodie Ward is the Program Lead of the National DNA Program for Unidentified... More
Detective Senior Sergeant Tara Kentwell
Queensland Police Service (QPS)
Dr Claire Ferguson
Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
Dr. Claire Ferguson is a Senior Lecturer and researcher in the School of Justice, Faculty of Law... More
Dr Ian Freckelton
Barrister, Queen's Counsel (QC)
Dr John Drayton
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland
Dr Julie Debeljake
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
Dr Julie McEniery
Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Senior Staff Specialist, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Queensland Children’s Hospital
My clinical role has been a Paediatric Intensive Care Specialist for more than 30 years. ... More
Dr Kathryn Turner
Executive Director, Metro North Mental Health
Dr Kathryn Turner is a Psychiatrist and Executive Director of Metro North Mental Health, a large... More
Dr Michael Buckland
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney
Michael Buckland is a senior staff specialist and Head of the Department of Neuropathology at... More
Dr Stephen Rashford
Medical Director, Queensland Ambulance Service
Dr Trevor Watkins
Radiologist, Princess Alexandra Hospital
Magistrate David O'Connell
Supreme Court Queensland
Magistrate Nerida Wilson
Supreme Court Queensland
Magistrate Terry Ryan
President of the Asia-Pacific Coroners Society, Queensland State Coroner
Mr Craig Pratt
Specialist Criminal Lawyer, Georgina Josephine Foundation
Mr Simon Bouda
Crime/Terror Editor, Channel 9
Ms Avelina Tarrago
Barrister-at-law, North Quarter Lane Chambers
Avelina is a Wangkamadla woman from Central-West Queensland and is the President of the... More
Ms Jodi Gordon
Manager Coronial Investigation Liaison Unit, Office of Industrial Relations
Ms Kate Kyriacou
Journalist, The Courier Mail
Ms Kirstine Sketcher-Baker
Executive Director of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Service, Clinical Excellence Queensland | Queensland Health
Ms Klaire Coles
Director, Coronial and Custodial Justice Practice, Caxton Legal Centre
Klaire is the principal lawyer and Director of the Coronial and Custodial Justice Practice at... More
Ms Kylie Evans
Barrister, Victorian Bar and, Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School
Kylie is a barrister at the Victorian Bar and Senior Fellow at the Melbourne Law School where... More
Ms Laura Grenfell
Associate Professor in Law, Adelaide Law School
Ms Paula Doneman
Crime & Investigative Journalist, ABC News
Ms Samantha Wood
Professor Jeanine Young
Professor of Nursing, University of the Sunshine Coast & Queensland Child Death Review Board
Professor Jeanine Young is a registered nurse, midwife, and neonatal nurse.
Jeanine’s has... More
Professor Lindy Willmott
Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Business and Law, Queensland University of Technology
Lindy Willmott is a Professor of Law and member of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research... More
Professor Roger Byard
Professor of Pathology, University of Adelaide
Professor Sidney Dekker
Professor & Director of the Safety Science Innovation Lab, Griffith University
Sidney Dekker (PhD Ohio State University, USA, 1996) is Professor and Director of the Safety... More