Concurrent A1: Home Care
Lorraine Poulos, Lorraine Poulos & Associates:
Reshaping your Home Care Model – Prepare for the Future Now

Concurrent A2: Future Sustainability
Stuart Hutcheon & Grant Corderoy, StewartBrown:
Financial Viability & Sustainability – StewartBrown Update, Funding, Finance and Focus Areas

Concurrent A3: Dementia
Melanie Dunford, AIHW
Dementia in Australia what does the Data Tell Us, and Where are Data Improvements Needed?

Concurrent A3: Dementia
Garrie O’Toole, Dementia Australia & Polly Devine, Moyola Aged Care
Developing and Embedding a Model of Care that Enhances the Lives of People Living with Dementia

Concurrent A4: Places for Ageing
Professor Evonne Miller, QUT
Advancing the quality of the built environment for our elders. 

Concurrent A5: Workforce
Laura Sutherland & Hayley Goodman, Above & Beyond | 3D Recruit
Transforming Aged Care’s Workforce Crisis into Opportunity: Turning Data Insights into Strategic Action – From Overwhelm to Impact

Concurrent A5: Workforce
Craig Baker, IPS Management Consulting & Carina Pollock, Aegis Aged Care Group
Building Tomorrow’s Workforce: A Case Study in HR System Implementation Success

Concurrent A6: Health Interface
Stephanie Whearty , MOA Benchmarking
Juggling compliance with multiple sets of standards – challenges and solutions

Concurrent A6: Health Interface
Greg Cronan, Intergenerational Learning Australia & Wendy Lawrence, Bupa
ABC TV Entertainment transforms to action: A practical guide for those inspired by the series, “Old People’s Homes for 4 Year Olds and Teenagers” to implement intergenerational learning and wellbeing programs.

Concurrent A7: Digital Transformation
Scott Lawton, IT Integrity
Tactical Digital Maturity Investments: A Strategic Approach to IT Excellence

Concurrent A7: Digital Transformation
Graham Russell, Talius Group
Inspiring technology that improves aged care services: an international review

Concurrent A7: Digital Transformation
Scott Lawton, IT Integrity
Tactical Digital Maturity Investments: A Strategic Approach to IT Excellence

Concurrent B1: Retirement Living
Claire Ward, Anchor Excellence:
Unlock your village’s potential by embracing continuous improvement and best practice, your stakeholders will thank you for it!

Concurrent B1: Retirement Living
Stacey Baker & Cameron Kirby, Channje Partners
Why care needs to be integrated into seniors living communities

Concurrent B2: Strategic Directions
Faye Spiteri OAM, Fronditha
Shaping Tomorrow’s Aged Care: Adapting for Sustainability and leveraging organisational capabilities to deliver purpose driven aged care services

Concurrent B2: Strategic Directions
Jason Howie, Pride Living
Home Care Reform – An Economic Model for the Future

Concurrent B3: Palliative Care
Anne Curson, BlueCare & Michelle Richardson UnitingCare Queensland
Voluntary Assisted Dying – Navigating the ethical, legal and practice complexities in Queensland

Concurrent B4: Housing
Sara Agostinelli, Ansell Strategic
Our population is ageing and the dependency ratio is rising. How can we learn from overseas to capitalise on unprecedented demand and consumer wealth?

Concurrent B4: Housing
Matthew Hutchinson, Pedde Thorp
My Home, Your Home, Our Place. Could co-located housing be a part of future ageing in community?

Concurrent B5: Governance
Filomena Ciavarella, Regis Aged Care
Beyond Compliance: Taking a high reliability approach to quality and safety

Concurrent B6: Cultural Sensitivity & Inclusivity
Lyle Steffensen, Lockton
Why a Lack of Cultural Sensitivity and Inclusivity is a Viability Risk – From a Person of Diversity’s Perspective

Concurrent B6: Cultural Sensitivity & Inclusivity
Rob Hardy, LGBTIQ+ Health Australia
Fit for Purpose: Reforming the Silver Rainbow program to meet the needs of LGBTI older people in aged care

Concurrent B7: Workforce Enhancements
Sue Thomson, McLean Care
A Virtual Solution for Nursing and Allied Health Workforce Shortages: Harnessing Emerging Technologies

Concurrent B7: Workforce Enhancements
Lee Martin, Tanuda Lutheran Home
The future of the aged care workforce is robotics – safe, efficient and manageable robots to do repetitive tasks.

Plenary Session:
Bernard Salt AM
The Future of Ageing

Networking Drinks Sponsor:
Arrowtex Pharmaceuticals

Plenary Session
Laurie Leigh, National Disability Services
NDIS Reform and Implications for Aged Care

Plenary Session:
Yumi Stamet, Purpose at Work
The Age of Change – planning the workforce for the future

Concurrent D1: Residential Care
Robert Covino, Mirus Australia
The AN-ACC Paradigm Shift: Why we need to “Unlearn” what ACFI embedded across our organisation.

Concurrent D1: Residential Care
Vanessa Schuldt & Jemma O’Hanlon, Dietitians Australia
Innovative Workforce Solution

Concurrent D2: Capital Investment
Bruce Bailey, Pride Living
Unlocking Wisdom: Aged Care Insights from Banking and Insurance

Concurrent D2: Capital Investment
Matthew Macreadie, IAM
Residential Aged Care and Retirement Living Funding – Managing and Optimising your RADs, Ingoing Contributions and Ongoing Fees

Concurrent D3: Consumer Centred
Lani Morris, Map of Meaning International
Navigating old age with a Map and a Compass – understanding the need for meaning in the lives of people as they age.

Concurrent D5: Leadership
Edwin Trevor-Roberts, Trevor-Roberts
Leading Through Change: Igniting Lifelong Learning and Motivation in Aged Care Leadership

Concurrent D5: Leadership
Cynthia Payne, Anchor Excellence
Leadership Capacity Building – The Next Emerging Leaders

Concurrent D6: Clinical Governance
Katrina Ong, Pride Living Group
Directors must “trust but verify”, especially when it comes to Clinical Governance

Concurrent D7: Smart Technology
Michaella Richards, Mighty Serious
The evidence for successful gamification approaches in aged care – A 2023 analysis

Concurrent D7: Smart Technology
Neil Noelker, ASAC Consultancy and Wildu Aero & Professor Dries Verstraete,University of Sydney
Long-range hydrogen fuel-cell-powered eVTOL drone (MedAero) network for Aged Care and Community Care in regional, rural, and remote Australia