Are you passionate about overcoming barriers and simplifying support for people with complex needs?
Taking place from 26–27 March 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, the Complex Needs Conference 2025 provides a platform to forge partnerships and hear from the experts who are changing lives.
Together, we can inspire, inform and drive better practices to deliver coordinated care and improve the lives of people with complex needs.
Explore the program on the Complex Needs Conference 2025 website.
Program highlights
With more than 70 presentations across 2 days, the program features keynote addresses from internationally renowned experts Associate Professor Armon Tamatea and Dr Tonia Nicholls.
This exciting conference agenda asks how we can bridge gaps in service provision, foster stronger community connections, and improve community safety, mental health and housing outcomes for people facing challenging times across 3 streams:
- Best practice: building interconnected systems.
- Innovative research: what’s working and what’s next.
- Real stories, real solutions: hear from those who have been there.
The keynote speakers will also come together with host Jon Faine AM across 3 panels. Together they will explore the programs and policies in Australia that are making a difference for people with complex needs, and what can be done differently.
Meet your host and international keynote speakers
Host
Jon Faine AM is a Melbourne-based lawyer, broadcaster, writer and public speaker specialising in complex matters of public policy, strategy and legal issues.
Keynote speakers
Associate Professor Armon Tamatea (Rongowhakāta; Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki) is a clinical psychologist and senior lecturer at the University of Waikato.
Dr Tonia Nicholls is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia; the Lead Forensic Researcher at BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services; and President of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services.
Tickets are now available
Sign up before Wednesday 26 February 2025 to access an early-bird discount.
Whether you are a practitioner, researcher, policy maker or someone with lived experience, we are united by a shared goal.
Your participation is vital in driving change and enhancing support systems for those who need it most.
More information
The Complex Needs Conference 2025 is hosted by the Australian Community Support Organisation (ACSO) and ermha365 (Mental Health Disability Complex Services) with funding from the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing.
The conference is proud to partner with the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, who are lending their academic expertise in forensic mental health and forensic behavioural science to the event.
Learn more and get tickets on the Complex Needs Conference 2025 website.