Friday, 24th October National Men's Health Gathering 2025

Details to be released soon. 

• The Men's Table - our story to date - David Pointon and Wayne Krueger
• Movement, Mateship, and Mental Health: The Man Walk as a Model for Proactive Men’s Wellbeing - Mark Burns
• Mr Perfect: Enabling community and connection through the simplicity of an informal barbecue - Lawrence Atkinson

Details to be released soon. 

• Releasing the rocks: Building teenage boys' wellbeing through metaphor and storytelling - Ged Moriarty
• Men of Business - Marco Renai

• “Understanding You.”  - Clayton Harrop
• Decoding dad guilt - Andrew Marmont
• Unmasking the emotional struggles behind the smile - Rob Goddard
• Lifting depression the science behind exercise and brain health in men - Jesse O'Sullivan
• Why nutrition must be at the core of men’s mental health care management  - Sarah Manton

• The pharmacist will see you now - A new frontier in men’s health recovery - Peter Fairgray
• Prostate Cancer Prehab and Recovery: The who, what, when and why in 2025.  - Thomas Harris and Peter Fairgray
• Prost exercise 4 prostate cancer inc - Bill van Didden
• Male Pelvic Pain - undiscussed, misdiagnosed and misunderstood - Thomas Harris

National Men’s Health Gathering to feature new $25,000 Black Dog Ride Pitchfest

Grassroots men’s mental health projects will take centre stage at the National Men’s Health Gathering 2025, with the launch of the Black Dog Ride Pitchfest at the Brisbane Showgrounds this October.

The initiative is a collaboration between the Australian Men’s Health Forum and Black Dog Ride Australia (BDRA), designed to support community-led solutions that improve men’s mental health and help prevent male suicide.

The Pitchfest will be held on Friday 24 October 2025 on the last day of the three-day Gathering, which brings together a diverse and expanding sector of individuals and organisations working to create a healthier world for men and boys, and everyone in Australia.

• Supporting Father's Mental Health in the Perinatal Period: A Guide for Practitioners - Simon Santosha
• Life's transitions and what we can do about them - John Broadbent
• Doing Retirement Well - The Older Mens Network - Anthony Hegarty
• The unspoken crash of men's mental health and identity after big careers - Tass Schmidt

• Evolutionary Mismatch: The Root Cause of the Men’s Health Crisis  - Jason Bluett
• Breaking the cycle healing boys empowering men the tufminds approach - Barb Hill
• Relatability Over Rhetoric in Men’s Mental Health - Matty M Rogers
• Cultivating Mental Health Awareness: Exploring Strategies for Suicide Prevention and Supportive Culture for Men & Boys in Australia - Sean Phillip

• Breaking the stigma: building support for male incontinence in the workplace - Olha Lyeskakova
• The silent crisis: generational testosterone decline and its impact on men’s mental and physical health - Saara H Jamieson