Maggie Dent - Maggie Dent is an author, publisher, and a parenting and resilience specialist. She has a wide background of experience that she brings to her work and is currently running seminars for teachers and parents nationally and internationally that increase awareness in the healthy raising of children in our chaotic world. Maggie currently runs her own independent business called "Esteem Plus" Counselling, Training and Education from northern NSW. She promotes building emotional, social and spiritual competencies as well as building personal and professional resilience. Maggie is also a proud Mum of four spunky sons. She is the author of "NURTURING KIDS' HEARTS AND SOULS: Building Emotional, Social and Spiritual Competence.", "SAVING OUR CHILDREN FROM OUR CHAOTIC WORLD; Teaching Children the Magic of Silence and Stillness." and  "Black Duck Wisdom: Understanding Life through the Wisdom of Ducks."

Sue Gordon - a Children's Court Magistrate, straight talker and champion of rights for indigenous people. In 1986, she was appointed Commissioner for Aboriginal Planning, the first Aboriginal person to head a government department in Western Australia. In 1988, she was appointed to the Perth Children's Court, the first full-time and first Aboriginal magistrate in the State's history. In 1993, she was awarded an Order of Australia – Australia Medal – for commitment to Aboriginal people and community affairs. In 2001, the State Government appointed her as Chairperson of the 'Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities', often known as the 'Gordon Inquiry'. From 2004 to 2007, Dr Gordon was the Chair of the National Indigenous Council (NIC). In June 2007 the Commonwealth Government appointed Dr Gordon as Chair of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Taskforce which provides advice to the Government and oversees implementation of the emergency measures.

Maggie Hamilton - an author and publisher with Allen and Unwin in Sydney, Maggie has a strong interest in social trends and gives regular talks and lectures. Apart from her interest in men's issues, culminating in her book What Men Don't Talk About, (featured at the 2006 Conference), Maggie has worked in publishing for over two decades, where she has been involved in literally hundreds of campaigns on a huge range of subjects from Paul Barry's controversial The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer, to runaway international best-sellers. During her time at ABC Radio, the Your ABC campaign was initiated, which took local ABC radio stations nationwide out of the studio and into the community – staging broadcasts at a huge range of venues from art galleries to shopping centres. Triple J was also re-imaged and took the station national, coming up with the iconic red drum logo and the Hot 100 List, amongst other ideas.

Julian Kreig - Chair of the Men’s Advisory Network, Julian has worked specifically in developing and delivering men’s health and suicide prevention programs since 2001. He has developed a successful range of programs and strategies for rural men, their families and communities to counteract some of the negative effects of drought and declining terms of trade in agriculture. His approach to these issues comes from his 30 plus years experience in the field of education where he was involved with developing programs for men and boys. This experience underpins his philosophy that communities and individuals need to be empowered to deal with emerging social and health issues to keep them "Alive and Well" (the umbrella name for his programs) rather than the just the medical approach of fixing things after they are broken. He has worked for the Central Wheatbelt Division of General Practice and Wheatbelt Men’s Health Inc developing and delivering programs on suicide prevention, caring for those bereaved by suicide, male communication styles and holistic health issues throughout Australia. Julian was recognized for his work in drought affected WA in 2007 by being awarded Rural Achiever of the year in Western Australia.

Graham Mabury, OAM - presenter of 6PR's Nightline program for the past 27 years. He says, “It’s been a great blessing to enjoy such a stay in an environment where you’re an optimist if you bring your lunch and no one buys a weekly bus ticket”. Graham pioneered rehabilitation courses for homeless young people in Perth and has received numerous awards for similar humanitarian work. These include the Medal of the Order of Australia, WA Citizen of the Year for community service, the Federation Medal, an Advance Australia Award, a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellowship and the Rona Oakley Award for Individual Achievement in the 2008 WA Consumer Protection Awards. He is a Fellow of Edith Cowan University. In 1987 Graham was the inaugural Chairman of the Living Stone Foundation, which became Lifeline WA. Graham began his career in education as a Secondary Teacher becoming Head of the Music Department at a specialist music Secondary School. Using his skills as a teacher, Graham made the leap into media at the ABC as an Education Producer. He has been a member of the pastoral team at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church for 26 years.

Professor John MacDonald - a professor of Primary Health Care at the University of Western Sydney. He is also a visiting Professor of Community and Public Health, University Birzeit, Palestine (since 1993). John is President of the Australasian Men’s Health Forum and Co-Director of the Men’s Health Information and Resource Centre, NSW. He teaches and researches on the social determinants of health, is a Director of the Shed - a drop in centre for men at risk of suicide in Mt Druitt and is the author of two books – Primary Health Care and Medicine in its Place and Environments for Health.

Karl O'Callaghan, APM - WA Commissioner of Police. Karl O'Callaghan entered the Police Academy in 1975, graduating as Dux of the Course. In 1996, he was promoted to Superintendent, Professional Standards and in 1998 was appointed to the management of the policing operations of the Northam (now Wheatbelt) District as District Superintendent, and later as District Superintendent Cannington (now South East Metropolitan) District. Mr O'Callaghan was also formerly Assistant Commissioner (Strategic and Corporate Development) and Acting Executive Director and Deputy Commissioner (Standards and Reform). He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Sellenger Centre for Police Research, Edith Cowan University. In 1997, he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship and completed an international study of the development of ethics and professional standards education in police services.