Meet our 2025 Symposium
changemakers, community leaders, and influencers. 

Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health and Minister for the Illawarra and the South Coast in the NSW Government

Deputy Mayor, Penrith City Council

CEO, Parks & Leisure Australia

Director, WSYD Moving & Director Centre for Male Health & Associate Professor, Health and Physical Education, Western Sydney University

Head of Foundation & Community, Penrith Panthers

Health Promotion Officer, South Western Sydney Local Health District

PhD candidate & Accredited Exercise Physiologist. Nutrition, Exercise & Social Equity (NExuS) Research Group, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW

Manager, Community Recreation, Liverpool City Council

Founder, Addventtageous - Your Cycling Connections

Manager Recreation, Aquatics and Cemetery Services, Blue Mountains City Council

Convenor, WSYD Moving & CEO, Collective Leisure

Cardiologist and Cardiovascular Imaging Specialist, Director Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

Research Fellow, The Prevention Research Collaboration, The University of Sydney

Director Sports Programs, Australian Sports Commission

Lecturer in Prevention & Health Promotion at the University of Sydney

Senior Advisor and lead for Physical Activity at the National Heart Foundation of Australia

Year 12 Student, Rooty Hill High School

Manager Healthy Ageing Advancement, Went West - Western Sydney Primary Health Network

Head of Fandom, AFL

The Big Issue Australia, State Coordinator Community Street Soccer Program NSW

Year 12 Student, Rooty Hill High School

 Community Officer - Volunteers & Grants, The Hills Shire Council

Director Sector Performance, NSW Office of Sport

Strategic Projects Manager, Sports NSW

Chairperson, WSYD Moving and CEO, Outdoors NSW/ACT

Head of Corporate Affairs
Culture Policy Lead
Committee for Sydney

Senior Advisor Policy and Advocacy, AUSactive

Executive Director, Ministry’s Centre for Population Health

Director, WSYD Moving and Director, Playbook Advice

Director Health Promotion, Western Sydney Local Health District

CEO, Wheelchair Sports Australia / Wheelchair Sports NSW/ACT

Year 12 Student, Rooty Hill High School

Workforce Engagement Coordinator & Occupational Therapist, South Western Sydney Primary Health Network

Senior Social and Community Planner, Camden Council

Instructor Pasifka Moving

Director, WSYD Moving & Senior Program Manager – Partnerships, WentWest, Western Sydney Primary Health Network

Psychotherapist, community development practitioner, and Clinical Consultant with the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)

Public health Researcher, The Prevention Research Collaboration, The University of Sydney

Accredited Exercise Physiologist, MPhil Candidate, Nutrition, Exercise & Social Equity (NExuS) Research Group, Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW

Pasifika Moving Founder