The Collab 2025

The Collab celebrates and showcases the specialist practice of Mental Health Nursing, and the ways in which this practice contributes to better health outcomes for consumers of mental health services.

This event is an accessible, ‘grassroots’ event that welcomes early, mid-career and veteran mental health nurses, researchers, nursing academics, nursing students, people with a lived experience and working in the mental health health services community.

In 2025, The Collab continues its journey beyond a quarter-century of nurturing and supporting mental health nursing. This year, we turn our focus to innovation, resilience, and collaboration in building the next chapter of care. Together, we will explore new horizons, celebrate shared successes, and shape a future centred on compassionate practice.  

This year we celebrate the everyday heroes of mental health care—ordinary individuals making extraordinary impact through compassion, advocacy, and lived experience. Across our dedicated mental health nurses, consumer perspective workers and lived experience community, we gather remarkable individuals who overcome challenges and open new possibilities. Like superheroes in disguise, they bring hope, healing, and innovation to the forefront of mental health care. 

The Collab 2025 will spotlight many unsung champions and recognize the collective strength of contributors to build a stronger, more inclusive future for mental health care. We invite Mental Health Nurses, lived experience consumers and members of the mental health community to join us for two days of uplifting keynotes, presentations, collaboration, and networking.  

Discover your superpower at The Collab 2025!