Australian BPD Foundation Conference 2025 - Flagship event for BPD Awareness Week

*Content warning – mentions suicide*

'1 in 10: Uniting for Change' is the Australian BPD Foundation’s national conference theme, bringing together clinicians, consumers, carers, and policymakers around one urgent goal: ending the concerning statistic that one in ten people who die by suicide are linked to symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). 

This conference is one of the largest events in Australia dedicated solely to BPD, spotlighting treatment, advocacy, and lived experience.
 

Where: Amora Hotel Riverwalk, Melbourne AND online (9.00am-5.00pm AEST)

Who should attend:

The event is ideally suited for clinicians and service providers from a range of mental health and allied health sectors who want to broaden their understanding of BPD and learn more strategies to support people experiencing chronic suicidal distress. People living with BPD (and their carers) are welcome to attend. We encourage you to consider your own wellbeing, as most of the sessions will include discussion of suicide. Support will be available during the day.

Distinguished Speakers:

• Ms Ingrid Stitt MP: Minister for Mental Health, Victoria
• Destanee Aiava: Ambassador, BPD Awareness Week 2025

Lived experience and keynote sessions:

• Dr Peggy Brown AO: Keynote Speaker: 'Uniting for Change' 
• Dr Hayley Peckham: 'When it hurts too much to carry on: Suicide, Borderline Personality Disorder and the Crucible of Shame'
• Meagan Henderson, CEO of NEABPD Australia
• A/Professor Sathya Rao AOM: 'Suicide Prevention in BPD'

Panel sessions and research snapshot

• Panel: 'Working together to make 1 in 10 history'
• Panel: 'Suicide prevention and BPD'
• Snapshot of Current Research
• Panel: 'Driving reform - Improving national mental health responses for complex needs like BPD'

Ticket information:

A limited number of subsidised tickets will be available for peer advocates and lived experience workers (living with BPD and their family/friends/carers).  Please email admin@bpdfoundation.org.au with your request outlining your peer role/s. 

Note - the event will be livestreamed and recorded. Registrants for the online event will receive a link 24 hours prior to the event (emailed to the address used for registration).  If you do not receive a link please check your spam folder and/or your ticket to verify the email address you used. 

Following the event, all registrants will receive a link to view the recordings.

Networking event:

Join us after the conference for an optional networking event with drinks and nibbles in the atrium - separate registration is required for this event.
This event is held from 5:00pm-6:00pm (AEST) at the same location as the conference.

Amora Hotel Riverwalk Melbourne
649 Bridge Road 
RICHMOND Vic 3121

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