International Conference 2024 | Keynote - Global Shifts Impacting Social Work & Norma Parker Address

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The 10th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health (ICSWHMH) was held in November 2024 in Melbourne. This significant event in successfully brought together social work professionals, researchers, educators, and students from around the world to discuss and share the latest developments in the field of social work in health and mental health.

Keynote Presentation: Global Shifts Impacting Social Work: Determining Priorities for Practice

Presenter: Associate Professor Heather Boetto, Charles Sturt University

A backdrop of global crises denotes current and future priorities for social work. This presentation will explore global systemic shifts shaping the future of social work, including geopolitical tensions, technological acceleration, demographic reorganisation, and climate change. Amid these contemporary global challenges, there exist unique opportunities for social work to enact dialogical, localised, collective, and decolonised solutions. The profession’s call to action embodies optimism and transformative change towards a more secure, safe, socially just, and sustainable future.

Norma Parker Address

Presenter: Julianne Whyte OAM, AASW National President

Norma Parker Brown CBE (1906–2004) was one of the pioneers of Australian social work, and these addresses, in her honour, are made by AASW former presidents to address critical issues facing social workers. This Norma Parker Address not only serves as a call for immediate action but is also hopeful, igniting a renewed sense of purpose and responsibility within the social work community.