We are delighted to share the program for the inaugural Research Summit 2025.
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Day 1 – Tuesday 9 September 2025
| Time | Activities | |||
| 9:00am to 11:00am | Welcome addresses SWA – A model of tripartite decision making Keynote: Shaping the future or work, from a busy present | Reanna Browne Panel discussion | |||
| 11:00am to 11:30am | Morning tea | |||
| 11:30am to 1:00pm | Workshop: Planning for the WHS impacts of climate change | Workshop: WHS risks and opportunities of new technology in the workplace | Workshop: Translating evidence into action to improve injured worker outcomes | Workshop: Improving understanding of the health impacts of chemical exposures |
| 1:00pm to 2:30pm | Lunch | |||
| 2:30pm to 5pm | Workshop: Work as determinant of our psychological health | Workshop: Learning lessons to reduce occupational lung disease | Workshop: A systems-based approach to WHS | Workshop: Designing safe work – what is good design and how do we know? |
| Q + A: Where does WHS fit in the productivity discussion? What We Heard Closing remarks | ||||
| 5pm to 6:30pm | Networking reception | |||
Day 2 – Wednesday 10 September 2025
| Time | Activities |
| 9:00am to 11:00am | Welcome back Keynote address | Professor Nareen Young Panel: Collaboration, consultation and participation Discussion: Dilemmas |
| 11:00am to 11:30am | Morning tea |
| 11:30am to 12:30pm | Debate: It's not a question of where work health and safety ends, it's where it begins |
| 12:30pm to 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm to 3:30pm | Discussion: Prioritisation - shaping next steps Closing address: Reflections and next steps |
Keynote speakers
Reanna Browne
Reanna Browne is a globally recognised voice in futures thinking and strategic foresight. As an award-winning futurist and founder of Work Futures, Reanna helps organisations regain their future through unlearning and rethinking action in the present.
With over a decade of experience in futures work, coupled with a background in business strategy and a former career as an elite athlete, Reanna brings a unique blend of expertise to her field. She has worked across numerous sectors, from technology and sport to banking and government, helping clients translate foresight into meaningful change.
Holding an MA in Strategic Foresight and various other qualifications, Reanna is dedicated to making futures work not just interesting, but important.
Professor Nareen Young
Nareen Young is a Professor for Indigenous Policy at the University of Technology Sydney’s Jumbunna Institute and leads the innovative Indigenous People and Work Research and Practice Hub. The Hub focuses on robust research and analysis, policy, practice, people and law reform around the workplace experiences of Indigenous people.
Nareen’s experience and voice will focus on how a commitment to collaboration and consultation helps research and policy to protect and meet the needs of workers in vulnerable contexts.
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