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Concurrent Session A
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Concurrent Session B
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Concurrent Session C
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Concurrent Session D
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DAY 1 - THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
Registration opens from 8:00 - 18:30
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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM |
Yoga Breathwork Practice Session - Day 1
Facilitated by: Frontline Yoga
Further details will be released later
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8:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
Pre Conference Awakening: Arrival refreshments - 21 May 2026
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8:30 AM - 8:45 AM |
Welcome & Introductions - Mr Mark Francis ( Conference Convenor)
Say hello to your neighbour (5 mins)
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PLENARY SESSION 1 - CONTOURS OF MORAL INJURY
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8:45 AM - 9:00 AM |
Welcome to Country
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9:00 AM - 9:05 AM |
Introduction to Official Opening Speaker - Dr Melissa Bakhurst
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9:05 AM - 9:30 AM |
Official Opening
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9:30 AM - 9:35 AM |
Introduction to Keynote Speaker - Dan Hynes
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9:35 AM - 10:35 AM |
Keynote Presentation: Line in the Sand: My Moral Injuries
Keynote Speaker: Dean Yates
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10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Morning Refreshments - Day 1
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PLENARY SESSION 2 – RECOGNITION: MORAL INJURY & SUICIDE
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11:00 AM - 11:05 AM |
Welcome Back and Introduction to Keynote Speaker - Mr Mark Francis
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11:05 AM - 12:00 PM |
Keynote Presentation: Darkest Before Dawn: Moral Injury, Suicide, and the Path to Collective Recovery
Keynote Speaker: Dr Nikki Jamieson
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Lunch and Book Launch
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PLENARY SESSION 3 – RECOGNITION: MORAL INJURY & PTSD
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1:00 PM - 1:05 PM |
Welcome Back & Introduction to Keynote Speaker - Dr Melissa Bakhurst
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1:05 PM - 1:55 PM |
Keynote Presentation: Neural Signatures of Moral Injury & PTSD
Keynote Speaker: Prof Matt Bambling
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Concurrent Session 1 - Recognition: Moral Injury among High-Risk Professions
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Concurrent Session 1.1
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Concurrent Session 1.2
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Concurrent Session 1.3
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Concurrent Session 1.4
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Chaired by:
Assoc. Prof. Lindsay Carey/
Chaplain Daniel Hynes
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Chaired by:
Rev. Andrew Nixon/
Dr Melissa Bakhurst
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Chaired by:
Rev. Dr. Mark Layson/
Dr Victoria Thomas
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Chaired by:
Prof. Matthew Bambling/
Anthony Hawes
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2:00 PM - 2:25 PM |
1.1.A Going Against the Grain - Moral Injury and the Authentic Self
Presenter:Liz Asser
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1.2.A Why we don’t talk about Moral Injury: A missing occupational domain among Speech Pathologists
Presenters: Dr. Katie L Buckley
Assoc. Prof. Lindsay Carey
Dr Christa Carey
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1.3.A Moral injury and the ADF deployment to Rwanda
Presenter: Dr Peter Wheatley
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1.4.A From Recognition to Resilience: An Interdisciplinary Moral Injury Approach Integrating Psychology and Chaplaincy from Emergency Services
Presenter: Jesse Winter
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2:25 PM - 2:50 PM |
1.1.B From the Frontline to the Fire: A Doctor’s Journey Through Moral Injury and Recovery
Presenter: Michelle Turton
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1.2.B Moral Injury: The recognition and effect of moral injury on nurse managers and its impact on their approach to management and staff wellbeing
Presenter:
Suzi Villeneuve-Smith
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1.3. B Responding to Moral Injury in a Military Maritime Crisis
Presenter:
Chaplain Daniel Hynes
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1.4.B Differences and similarities between PTSD and moral injury in police officers and the impact this has on treatment
Presenter: Dr Leanne McGregor
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2:50 PM - 3:15 PM |
1.1.C The Fierce Compassion of Moral Injury
Presenter: Lee-anne Courtney
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1.2.C Silent struggles: Nurses experience of moral distress
Presenter: Andrea Grimes
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1.3.C Moral Injury: Organisational and Clinical Challenges in the Veteran Space
Presenter:
Assoc. Prof Jonathan Lane
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1.4.C Moral Injuries in Police Cohorts: The known and unknowns
Presenter: Christine Foley
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3:15 PM - 3:40 PM |
1.1.D Moral Injury in Wildlife Workers and Volunteers
Presenter: Frances Carleton
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1.2.D Truth, Lies, and Moral Injury
Presenter: Dr. Mandy El Ali
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1.3.D Intergenerational moral injury impacts in children of service parents: Implications for theory, policy and practice
Presenter: Dr Karen May
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1.4.D Beyond PTSD: Moral Injury Awareness & Implications Among Police Officers and Trauma Informed Interventions
Presenter: Dr Daniel Saugh
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3:40 PM - 4:10 PM |
Afternoon Refreshment - Day 1
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PLENARY SESSION 4 – RECOGNITION: DSM-5 & MORAL INJURY INSTRUMENTS
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4:10 PM - 4:15 PM |
Welcome Back and Introduction to Keynote Speaker – Mr Mark Francis
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4:15 PM - 4:40 PM |
Keynote Presentation: DSM-5 and Moral Injury Screening Tools
Keynote Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Lindsay Carey & Dr Victoria Thomas
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Concurrent Session 2 - Recognition: Moral Injury Stressors within Organisations
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Concurrent Session 2.1
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Concurrent Session 2.2
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Concurrent Session 2.3
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Concurrent Session 2.4
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Chaired by:
Assoc. Prof. Lindsay Carey/
Chaplain Dan Hynes
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Chaired by:
Rev. Andrew Nixon/
Dr Melissa Bakhurst
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Chaired by:
Rev. Dr. Mark Layson/
Dr Victoria Thomas
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Chaired by:
Prof. Matthew Bambling/
Anthony Hawes
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4:45 PM - 5:10 PM |
2.1.A When the Culture Betrays the Mission: Moral injury in values-driven workplaces
Presenter: Miriam Fisher
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2.2.A “If I Don’t Go, Who Will?” Organisational Drivers of Moral Injury in Paramedics Experiencing Fatigue
Presenters: Clare Sutton,
Lisa Speedie
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2.3.A The Historical and Sociological Roots of Spiritual Fitness Policies and Moral Injury in the Military Contexts of Ukraine and Belgium: A Comparative Study
Presenter:
Lieutenant Pawel Cecha
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2.4.A Recognising Moral Injury Stressors in Higher Education: A Scoping Review
Presenter: Dr Adam Burston
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5:10 PM - 5:35 PM |
2.1.B Exploring the intersection of moral injury and perceived injustice in workers compensation organisations
Presenter: Libby Macintosh
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2.2.B Moral Injury and Organisational Influences on ICU Nurse Wellbeing: Insights from Patient-Centred Nursing and Compassion Research
Presenter: Dr Samantha Jakimowicz
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2.3.A The Historical and Sociological Roots of Spiritual Fitness Policies and Moral Injury in the Military Contexts of Ukraine and Belgium: A Comparative Study (continued)
Presenter:
Lieutenant Pawel Cecha
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2.4.B Working Together to Prevent Moral Injury: The Role of Higher Education and Clinical Placement Providers in Protecting Healthcare Students
Presenter: Alycia Jacob
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5:35 PM - 6:00 PM |
2.1.C Public Service in the Shadows: Vicarious Trauma and Moral Injury in Government Workers
Presenter:
Dr Rachelle Warner
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2.2.C The straw that breaks the camel’s back: Micro trauma and its moral injury implications
Presenter: Megan Dale
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2.3.B Women, military service and moral injury in the Australian context: initial findings.
Presenter: Natalie Merryman
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2.4.C Moral Injury: Organisational Contributors to Moral Harm in Nurse Academia
Presenters:
Dr Geraldine Rebeiro
Dr. Mandy El Ali
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Poster Presentations - Day 1 from 8:00 - 18:00
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Poster Abstracts - Preview Here
“What If I Don’t Go?” Moral Injury and the Weight of Obligation in Australian Paramedics
A review of Moral Complexities resulting from the occupations of health care workers during a pandemic and occupations of soldiers during war time
HEALING MORAL INJURY, OR SIN: PERSPECTIVES OF REPAIRING THE SOUL
NOC NOC, Who's there? Proposed research of Moral Injury within non-offending caregivers and peer support groups.
“Recognizing Moral Injury through an Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy lens - Recognizing the occupational limitations and depravations that can occur from a broken soul
Spiritual and Existential Care in the Belgian Military – Reform, Research, and Spiritual Fitness
How Model Litigant Obligations can protect from Moral Injury
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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Welcome Reception
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