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

Level 1, Upper Foyer @ Royal International Convention Centre, Brisbane Showgrounds

Changing the Narrative Around Men, Boys and Masculinity An interactive session exploring how we all have a role in shaping the public conversation about men and boys, led by The Australian Men's Health Forum. 

• My Men's Health Story - Jonathan Welch AM is the multi award winning founder of Choir of Hard Knocks and now the MEN ALOUD choir, shares his 45 year career and men's health journey through music.  - Jonathon Welch AM

• 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
• Findings from The Men Do Talk Report - Filipe Gama e Silva

• “Understanding You.”  - Clayton Harrop
• Decoding dad guilt - Andrew Marmont
• 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

• Releasing the rocks: Building teenage boys' wellbeing through metaphor and storytelling - Ged Moriarty
• Men of Business - Marco Renai
• Beyond stoicism: Working with teenage boys to reimagine strength through support seeking - Ged Moriarty

• 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
• Male Pelvic Pain - undiscussed, misdiagnosed and misunderstood - Thomas Harris

Black Dog Ride Pitchfest

Nine men's health projects pitch for $10,000 of prize money in the Black Dog Ride Pitch Fest.  

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.

Shortlisted Projects that will be presenting on the day:

1. Run The Tan (Victoria)
2. Men’s Wellbeing (QLD)
3. Men’s Resources Tasmania
4. MKP QLD
5. @CecilsMensHub/Paul Kefford  
6. SOLiD MEN
7. The Amend Project, NSW
8. Adam Ehm, Victoria
9. Counselling Men Project (QLD)

READ MORE ON THE SHORTLISTED PROJECTS HERE

• 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
• Unmasking the emotional struggles behind the smile - Rob Goddard

• Breaking the stigma: building support for male incontinence in the workplace - Andrew Stone
• The silent crisis: generational testosterone decline and its impact on men’s mental and physical health - Saara H Jamieson
• Prost exercise 4 prostate cancer inc - Bill van Didden