International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2023 - Melbourne​ | BMJ Publishing Group | 29 October 2023 | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006, Australia

At the International Forum, we inform and inspire healthcare leaders, practitioners and patient representatives towards a better, safer and higher quality of care. As an attendee, you will advance your learning of quality improvement methodologies as well as share, and deliberate, ideas that can improve outcomes for people and communities.

The International Forum in Melbourne will focus on the key themes in health and care in Oceania while bringing in perspectives and knowledge from around the world.

2023 Speakers

Derek Feeley
Former CEO and President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); Scotland

Donald M. Berwick
President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; USA

Euan Wallace
Secretary, Victorian Department of Health; Australia

Shannon Cohn
Filmmaker, Below the Belt; USA

Aaron Hall
Program Manager Patient Reported Measures, Agency for Clinical Innovation; Australia

Abby Foster
Allied Health Research Advisor, Monash University & The University of Melbourne; Australia

Alana English
Advanced Social Worker, Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program, Queensland Health; Australia

Allan Pelkowitz
Regional Medical Director, WA Country Health Service; Australia

Angelene True
Prestantia Health; Australia

Anna Love
Safer Care Victoria (SCV); Australia

Anna Young
Queensland Children's Hospital; Australia

Anthony Brown
Health Consumers New South Wales, Australia

Ashfaq Chauhan
Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University; Australia

Bede McKenna
Executive Director, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; Australia

Benjamin Thomson
Chief Surgical Advisor, Royal Melbourne Hospital; Australia

Bernie Harrison
Grad Cert Med Ed| RN| RM| FCHSM CHE, Director, ACHS Improvement Academy; Australia

Bianca Forrester
GP Academic, Western Victoria Primary Health Network; Australia

Briana Baass
Healthcare Worker, Wellbeing Centre at Safer Care Victoria; Australia

Bridgette Sigl
NSW Clinical Excellence Commission; Australia

Caroline Bartle
Implementation Manager, Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health; Australia

Cathy Balding
Board Facilitator, Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance; Australia

Claire Doherty
Senior Research and Evaluation Officer, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; Australia

Corinne Howell
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; Australia

Damien May
Queensland Children's Hospital; Australia

David Brouhard
Sound Anesthesia; USA

David Pearson
CEO, Australian Alliance to End Homelessness; Australia

Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh
Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University; Australia

Deon York
Director of Consumer Engagement, Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission; New Zealand

Emit Taylor
Community Engagement Manager, Cohealth; Australia

Felicity Gallimore
Medical Clinical Lead, Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC); Australia

Fiona Herco
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); Australia

Graeme Loy
Western Sydney Local Health District; Australia

Hannah Neven-Gorr
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA

Hitoshi Tabuchi
Professor, Hiroshima University; Japan

James Marrow
Patient Representative, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; Australia

Jane Burns
Safer Care Victoria (SCV); Australia

Jason Wallis
Physiotherapist and Research Fellow, Monash University; Australia

Jenny Barr
Community Engagement Manager, Royal Melbourne Hospital; Australia

Jessica (Ika) Trijsburg
Victorian Refugee Health Network, Monash University & The University of Melbourne; Australia

Jill Waters
System Director of Process Excellence, Kettering Health Network; USA

Joanne Medline
Western Sydney Local Health District; Australia

Jo-Anne Rayner
Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University; Australia

Jon Scott
Healthcare consultant, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); United Kingdom

Karen Luxford
CEO, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS); Australia

Karol Petrovska
Senior Communications Officer, Strategic Change, NSW Ministry of Health; Australia

Kate Charlesworth
Senior Advisor, Climate Risk & Net Zero Unit, NSW Ministry of Health; Australia

Katerina Yakimov
Safer Care Victoria (SCV); Australia

Katherine Dalton
Senior Occupational Therapist, Queensland Children's Hospital; Australia

Kathy Eljiz
Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales; Australia

Katrina Lewis
Director Patient Experience Consumer Engagement, Alfred Health; Australia

Kirsty Sealby
Quality and Risk Manager, QEC; Australia

Laila Hallam
Health Consumer Representative, NSW Ministry of Health; Australia

Lars Bredevang Andersen
Medical Director, Region Zealand Prehospital Centre; Denmark

Lauren Arthurson
Stroke Coordinator, Echuca Regional Health; Australia

Leanne Wells
Consumers Health Forum of Australia; Australia

Liesl Nicol
Patient representative, Monash University; Australia.

Linda McAuliffe
Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University; Australia

Lisa McKenzie
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA

Lisa Mulvogue
Quality and Risk Manager, QEC; Australia

Lloyd Provost
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); USA

Louise Cuskelley
Executive Director International and Consulting, ACHSI; Australia

Malik Abdurahman
Cohealth; Australia

Margaret Burdeu
Royal Melbourne Hospital; Australia

Masahiro Akada
Tsukazaki Hospital / Kyoto University; Japan

Matthew Scott
Peer Support Worker, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne; Australia

Megan Simons
Queensland Children's Hospital; Australia

Mike Roberts
Chief Executive Officer, Safer Care Victoria (SCV); Australia

Olivia Pantelidis
Department of Health; Australia

Paresh Dawda
Director and Principal, Prestantia Health; Australia

Patti Shih
Research Fellow, University of Wollongong, Dubai

Roslyn Morgan
Environmental Health Officer, ANMF Victoria; Australia

Sarah Lyall-Watson
Queensland Children's Hospital; Australia

Shane Robertson
Director, Department for Health, Victoria; Australia

Shannon Nott
NSW Health; Australia

Shelley Thomson
Director, Experience 360, Australia

Simon Heald
Chief Executive Officer, Sunraysia Community Health Service (SCHS); Australia

Stephanie Easthope
Project Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); New Zealand

Stephen Butler
Queensland Children's Hospital; Australia

Steve Bowden
Associate Director for Patient Safety, Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC); Australia

Stuart Bade
Queensland Children's Hospital; Australia

Sue Velovski
Specialist General Surgeon, Northern Rivers Surgical Group; Australia

Susan Sims
Safety Culture Lead, NSW Clinical Excellence Commission; Australia

Verity Powell
Clinical Nurse Consultant DOH Northern Territory, Department of Health; Australia

Veronica Hope
Senior Project Officer, Safer Care Victoria (SCV); Australia

Walid Jammal
Physician, Hills Family General Practice; Australia

Yasuyuki Nakae
Tsukazaki Hospital; Japan

2023 Sponsors

• Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)
• Ascom
• GE HealthCare
• GripSox
• MEG
• Opus 5K
• Preventure
• RACMA
• University of Tasmania
• Wolters Kluwer