Registrations are open for SPEAQ Forum 2025. This year’s event is happening at the Grand Chancellor Hotel Brisbane, 23 Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill. See Event Flyer here.
Full-day workshops will be delivered on Wednesday 22 October. The 2 days of the Forum are on Thursday 23 and 24 October. Full details and tickets available here.
This year’s theme is We’re in this together: Meaningful relationship as the basis for effective practice in DFV accountability and intervention work.
For what has become the ‘must attend’ professional development event for the QLD domestic and family violence intervention sector, the SPEAQ Forum is different to many conferences. It is developed from the ground up by and for practitioners with a strong focus on practice and on conversations between participants. The Forum has been held annually since 2009, and we now welcome participants from around Australia. This year, hear from author and psychologist Alan Jenkins, whose book ‘Becoming Ethical: A Parallel, Political Journey with Men Who Have Abused’ has been a seminal text for many of us. Well-regarded educators and domestic violence specialists Professor Donna Chung from Curtin University and Tori Cooke from Pandora Projects, will be travelling from Western Australia to share their wisdom with us including on coercive control and sexual jealousy. Change agent, Rodney Vlais, will be sure to create many opportunities for participants to think deeply about our practice in multiple contexts. And Hala Abdelnour founder of the Institute of Non-Violence, will invite much needed reflection on cultural inclusion and intersectionality. Along with a host of Queensland DFV sector professionals and network members.
SPEAQ Annual Networking Cocktail Dinner
For those not able to make the full forum, you might like to join us for the SPEAQ Annual Networking Cocktail Dinner on 23 October 2025, 6pm. Connect with DFV practitioners, leaders, researchers, and government representatives at this trans-sectoral event held alongside the SPEAQ Forum 2025. Enjoy fine food, drinks, and conversation with some of the country’s leading voices in domestic and family violence behaviour change. Whether you’re attending the Forum or not, this is a valuable opportunity to build connections, share insights, and be part of a community driving evidence-based change.
