The 5th Australian Family and Community Strengths Conference promises to be an exciting and informative event. Significant changes to the conference timing, themes and an increased focus on Indigenous issues differentiate this event from the previous four biannual conferences. The conference themes have been expanded to embrace the multitude of ever changing ways in which people are engaged in their communities, including the arts, spirituality, social enterprise and the innovative and creative means by which we work to develop a sense of connection, belonging and meaning.