Who You Will Meet

Exceptional Line Up of Thought Leaders and Experts

  • Rebecca Bartel
    Executive Director
    Australian Centre for Health Research Limited (ACHR) (Chairperson)
    Recipient of Victorian Women’s Governance Scholarship
  • Professor Jennifer Philip
    Chair in Palliative Medicine
    University of Melbourne, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC)
    Victoria’s Newly Appointed Chair in Palliative Medicine 2017 
  • Associate Professor Brian Le
    Director of Palliative Care
    Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & The Royal Melbourne Hospital)
  • Professor Paul Glare
    Chair in Pain Medicine
    University of Sydney
    Former Chief of Pain & Palliative Care Services at MSKCC New York
  • Ilsa Hampton
    Chief Executive Officer
    Meaningful Ageing Australia
  • Marie Alford
    Head of Implementation
    Dementia Centre, HammondCare
  • Madeline Gall

    Chief Eexcutive Officer
    Lifeview Residential Care
    Nominee in 4th Eldercare Awards Changemaker of the Year 2016
  • David Cox
    Chairperson
    Curtin Care
    Former VP of LASA WA
  • Associate Professor Bill Silvester
    Chair, End-of-Life Working Group; Chair, Death and Organ Donation Committee
    Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
  • Dr Rodney Syme
    Vice President
    Dying with Dignity Victoria
  • Danny Vadasz
    Chief Executive Officer
    Health Issues Centre (HIC)
  • Professor Johanna Westbrook
    Director
    Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
  • Stuart Shaw
    General Manager
    Village Baxter
    Former President of the Retirement Village Association (Victoria)
  • Fiona Onslow
    Director of Statewide Operations
    The District Nurses
    Tasmanian Aged Care Organization of the Year 2014
  • Anthony Bacon
    LifeLink Operations Manager
    Feros Care – Telehealthcare
    Award Winning not for profit Aged & Community Care Provider
  • Professor Peter Shine

    Director
    Aboriginal Health NSLHD

  • Samantha Edmonds

    Manager, Ageing & Aged Care Projects (Silver Rainbow)
    National LGBTI Health Alliance

  • Tim Humphries

    Chief Executive Officer
    Homestyle Aged Care

  • Matiu Bush

    Design Integration Lead
    RSL Care + Royal District Nursing Services (RDNS)

Who Will Benefit Most

Board and senior management level in the following roles (including and not limited to) would benefit from attending this conference:

  • Aged Care Services
  • Palliative Care and Supportive Unit
  • Residential and Clinical Services
  • Medical Quality, Planning Improvement and Innovation
  • Gerontology
  • Oncology
  • Nursing Department
  • General Practitioner Department
  • Operations, People & Culture
  • Government Ministries
  • E-Health
  • Tele-health Strategy and Development
  • Healthcare Technology and Software Provider
  • Leisure & Lifestyle Care
  • Aged Psychiatry
  • Physiotherapy
  • Allied Health & Occupational Therapy
  • Pastoral and Spiritual Care

From Industries / Sectors (including and not limited to):

  • Aged Care Facilities
  • Architecture
  • Consulting Firms
  • Hospitals (Public & Private)
  • Health Care Associations
  • Health Care Equipment Provider
  • Health Care Information Technology and Services
  • Government Regulators
  • Government Relations
  • Insurance Sector
  • Medical Academy and Schools
  • Non-Profit Organization
  • Nursing Recruitment Agency
  • Pharmaceutical

Top 30 Companies Expected at the Forum

  • Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
  • St John of God Hospital Geeling
  • Ramsay Health Care
  • Healthscope
  • Bupa Aged Care
  • Seasons Aged Care
  • Royal District Nursing Services (RDNS)
  • Drake Medox
  • Merri Health
  • Shepparton Villages
  • Nazareth Care
  • North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN)
  • Uniting Age Well
  • UnitingCare lifeAssist
  • Carers Victoria
  • Australian Red Cross Blood Service
  • Australian Catholic University
  • La Trobe University
  • Grattan Institute
  • University of Melbourne
  • Health Education & Training Institute (HETI)
  • Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
  • Institute for Health and Ageing (IHA)
  • CliniCloud
  • Medibank
  • Bupa: Health & Care
  • AutumnCare
  • iCareHealth
  • TCM – Aged and disability software