ISPCAN International Congress & Rise Up Policy Forum: Join 1,000+ child protection professionals in Melbourne, Australia August 24–27, 2026.

Pacific Regional Hub
The Pacific Regional Network is a group of multidisciplinary professionals working in child abuse & neglect in the region connecting, learning, sharing ideas, research & knowledge.
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Pacific Regional Hub Partners

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Australian Childhood Foundation
Australia
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ACU (Australian Catholic University) Institute of Child Protection Studies
Australia
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National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN)

Pacific Regional Hub Resources

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Rise Up Session
Making Child Death Review happen: solutions to the challenge of developing population-based child death review programmes

Contributing Partners:

University of Birmingham, UK
Public Health Wales, Government of Wales
Association of Child Death Review Professionals
Taiwan Child Death Review
RUPF Melbourne
Rise Up Session
Redesigning Intervention Pathways for Infants and Young Parents at risk of child protection reports.
Moderator By:
Jennifer Weber

Contributing Partners:

Brave Foundation
Impact initiative
Victoria State Government, Australia
RUPF Melbourne
Rise Up Session
What Is the Child, in the Eyes of the System?
Presented By:
Dr Bengianni Halil-Pizzirani
Imogen Gerrarty
Deb Tsorbaris
Sue-Anne Hunter
Torres Strait

Contributing Partners:

Impact Initiative
Department of Social Services, Government of Australia
Australian Human Rights Commission
National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People
RUPF Melbourne
Rise Up Session
'Hubbing' Our Way Out of Crisis: Rethinking Child Protection Through Upstream Support
Presented By:
Prof Sharon Goldfeld
Dr Suzy Honisett
Deb Tsorbaris
Andrew Russo

Contributing Partners:

Murdoch Children's Research Institute
International Association of Family Support Network
Australian Human Rights Commission
National Child and Family Hubs Network 
RUPF Melbourne
Rise Up Session
Child Protection in a Borderless Digital World: Co-Designing Child-Centred Privacy Policy
Presented By:
Muhamad Nuzul
Rys Farthing

Contributing Partners:

ChildFund Australia
ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children
University of Canberra
RUPF Melbourne
Rise Up Session
Artificial intelligence in child and family services: measuring impact and strengthening early intervention systems
Presented By:
Dr Carmel Goulding
David Poynter
Mark Davis

Contributing Partners:

Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
Anglicare Victoria
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