Program

Australian Homelessness Conference 2024

We are delighted to release the program for the Australian Homelessness Conference 2024, being held at the Adelaide Convention Centre 13 to 14 August 2024.

The draft program is now available following a tremendous response to a call for abstracts, and developed in consultation with sector leaders. 

This year’s Gathering Momentum program is packed with case studies and practical examples of leading service responses, as well as discussions focused on system level reform and innovation. The program features a strong focus on addressing homelessness experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and on the integration of lived experience perspectives in program and policy design.

We are grateful to the members of the Program Advisory Committee, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Working Group and Lived Experience Working Group for their  advice and assistance in developing the program for this year’s conference. 

The 2024 program is shaped to include diverse content withing the following streams:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander - content dedicated to addressing homelessness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Best practices – examples in service delivery, advocacy, program and funding models, and policymaking
• Innovation – new tools, models and approaches for addressing homelessness
• Lived Experience practices – practical applications of models and approaches for integrating the voices of lived experience; and advice for practitioners
• Whole of System reform opportunities – the big picture issues, policies and reforms required for the greatest impact on ending homelessness in Australia.