Keynote Speaking & Public Engagements
Mental Health | Suicide Prevention | CaLD Communities | Lived Experience Leadership
🌟 Inspire Change Through Stories That Matter
At LEXs, keynote speaking is more than public speaking - it’s a catalyst for reflection, action, and transformation. Drawing from personal lived experience, cultural identity, and over 15 years of professional expertise, Michael Elwan offers powerful, evidence-informed presentations on mental health, suicide prevention, trauma, and lived experience leadership.
Whether presenting at national conferences, delivering workplace talks, or engaging community forums, every speaking engagement is crafted to challenge stigma, honour culture, and connect deeply with diverse audiences across Australia.
Michael is particularly committed to centring the mental health of men from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) backgrounds – a topic often overlooked but urgently needed in mainstream conversations.
What We Offer: Keynote Speaking & Public Engagements
LEXs offers tailored presentations and engagements including:
Keynote Addresses – Powerful and deeply personal presentations to open or anchor your event with meaning.
Panel Contributions – Thoughtful, systems-aware insights for multi-voice dialogues on mental health and suicide prevention.
Community & Workplace Talks – Accessible, emotionally resonant sessions focused on connection, safety, and mental wellbeing.
Media & Advocacy Appearances – Authentic representation of lived experience perspectives in policy, media, and public campaigns.
Each engagement is tailored to your audience – ensuring relevance, cultural responsiveness, and real-world impact.
🧠 Core Speaking Topics
Talks are always adapted for your audience. Key themes include:
CaLD Men’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
Lived Experience Leadership in Mental Health Reform
Grief, Loss & Intergenerational Trauma
Masculinity, Vulnerability & Healing
Culturally Responsive Practice & Systemic Gaps
Peer Work & Lived Experience in Practice
Ethical Storytelling & Safe Language in Suicide Prevention
Hope-Centred Recovery for Communities in Pain
If you're looking for a custom topic aligned with your organisation’s goals, Michael will work with you to co-design a session that meets your needs.
🎤 Why Choose LEXs for Public Speaking?
✅ Lived Insight + Professional CredibilityMichael brings a rare combination of deeply personal story and systems-level experience. This gives audiences more than awareness - it gives them insight.
✅Custom-Built PresentationsEvery event is different. Whether you're a government department, peer-led org, school, or corporate team, content is tailored to your context.
✅ Culturally Attuned & Trauma-InformedGrounded in cultural humility and lived reality, sessions are safe, respectful, and emotionally responsive.
✅ Nationally Recognised Thought LeaderMichael speaks at major conferences, advises government panels, and influences national discourse on suicide prevention and mental health reform.
📩 How It Works
1. Initial Contact
Submit an enquiry via the Contact Michael form or email michael@lexs.com.au. Share your event’s purpose, audience, and preferred dates.
2. Co-Design the Presentation
Michael will meet with you to discuss goals, themes, and tone – shaping a session that fits your audience and values.
3. Delivery
Online Sessions can be delivered Australia-wide via secure online platforms.
4. Follow-Up Support
Need follow-up workshops or materials? Michael can provide additional resources to extend impact beyond the talk.
💬 Testimonials
“Michael’s keynote on cultural grief and suicide was raw, intelligent, and deeply moving. He held the room with grace and power.”- WA Mental Health Conference Organiser
“It’s rare to hear someone speak so openly about masculinity and loss in CaLD communities. Michael gave language to what so many of us carry.”-Community Forum Attendee, Victoria
“Michael is a bridge - between policy and people, pain and possibility.”- Panel Host
✨ Book Michael Elwan as Your Next Speaker
If you’re ready to inspire your audience with real stories, inclusive insight, and transformative vision – Michael is ready to speak.
🎙️ Meet Your Speaker
Michael Elwan
Michael Elwan is a lived experience advocate, mental health counsellor, suicide prevention advisor, and keynote speaker known for blending personal story with systemic insight. Born in Egypt and now based in Perth, Michael’s journey has been shaped by intergenerational trauma, migration, caregiving, and the devastating loss of loved ones to suicide. He speaks openly about grief, masculinity, and cultural identity - topics too often left in silence.
With over 15 years of experience across frontline mental health, leadership, and policy transformation, Michael is a national and state advisor on suicide prevention, and the founder of Lived Experience Solutions (LEXs). His keynotes draw from a deep well of professional knowledge and raw, lived experience - offering audiences not just information, but transformation.
Whether presenting on CaLD men’s mental health, trauma, suicide prevention/postvention, lived experience leadership, or workplace wellbeing, Michael brings warmth, humility, and truth to every stage he stands on.