National Keynote Address

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Friday, October 17, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Centre Stage

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Caleb Rixon


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Caleb Rixon
Genyus Network

National Keynote Address

Biography

Caleb Rixon is a visionary social change leader, stroke survivor and advocate who has turned his personal journey into a catalyst for healthcare innovation and disability awareness. He founded global platforms that empower stroke and brain injury survivors through storytelling and peer support. After losing his singing voice, Caleb transformed silence into storytelling and isolation into connection. As founder and Chief Vision Officer of Genyus Network and Chair of Genyus Foundation, he mobilises people affected by stroke, brain injury, and disability to find their voices and reclaim their narratives, channelling creativity into advocacy. Passionate about embedding lived experience insight into health, research, and education, Caleb collaborates with universities and organisations to co-design curriculum and amplify these voices. His governance experience includes serving on La Trobe University’s Occupational Therapy Course Advisory Committee and as a Board Director for Occupational Therapy Australia. Caleb’s unique storytelling has reached broad audiences via ABC, SBS, and Network 7’s House of Wellness. His peer-reviewed publication in Brain Impairment continues to shape the field. Internationally, Caleb is growing his impact: he opened Johnson & Johnson’s HealtheVoices 10th anniversary event in the US and is set to present at the UK Stroke Forum. He is a 2025 Westpac Social Change Fellow and a sought-after MC and speaker.
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