THRIVE Veterinary Wellness Symposium

Proudly sponsored by Hill’s Pet Nutrition and Provet and Covetrus

Monday 12 May 2025, 9.00am-5.30pm

Cockle Bay Room 1, Level 3, ICC Sydney

The THRIVE Wellness Symposium will inspire and empower you to improve wellbeing and foster positive change for yourself and your workplace.

We will share insights on suicide and our profession, neurodiversity literacy for the whole team, how to manage unwanted behaviours and protect total team wellbeing, and much more.

Our THRIVE Wellness Symposium is a safe space to share, build long standing connections and take a time out to invest in yourself.

All members of the veterinary team are invited to participate.

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Program

Session times	Monday 12 May
9.00am - 9.05am	Welcome and group activity - Dr Diana Barker
9.15am - 9.30am	THRIVE Update - Dr Diana Barker
9.50am - 10.30am	Building a Well Workplace: Psychological Safety - everyone is talking about it but what does it look like in practice? - Carly Webster
10.30am - 10.45am	Morning tea
10.45am - 11.15am	Where are we at with research and knowledge regarding suicide and our profession - Dr Alena Gadoury
11.15am - 12.00pm	Building a Well Workplace: Neurodiversity Literacy for the Whole Team - Dr Jodie Wilson
12.00pm - 1.15pm	Lunch
1.15pm - 1.40pm	Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Panel – what myths exist and how do we make ‘wellness’ more inclusive? - Panel Session
1.45pm - 2.30pm	Building a Well Workplace: Managing Incivility - Cat Walker
2.30pm - 3.15pm	How do we manage and shape unwanted behaviours to protect 'total team wellbeing'? - Panel Session
3.15pm - 3.45pm	Afternoon tea
3.45pm - 4.15pm	Menopause in the workplace: Creating an inclusive and supportive environment
4.20pm - 4.50pm	Building Well Workplace: Showing up for yourself and your team - Dr Richard Read
4.50pm - 5.20pm	Q & A with presenters - Dr Diana Barker
5.20pm - 5.30pm	Reflections and actions - Dr Diana Barker
5.30pm - 7.30pm	Welcome drinks and Exhibition opening

Acknowledgement of Country

The AVA acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Tumbalong, the land of the Gadigal clan of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and to Elders of all First Nations communities.

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