Victorian Healthcare Week 2024 | IQPC Australia - Your B2B Digital Partner | 15 October 2024 | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006, Australia

This event brings together the most innovative and forward-thinking healthcare professionals in Victoria and beyond. It is a must-attend event for healthcare professionals looking to drive change and shape the future of healthcare. With 100+ speakers, 50+ exhibitors, and 40+ free-to-attend sessions across digital healthcare & aged care transformation, this is your opportunity to partake in and shape Australia's healthcare revolution.

This event undergoes a profound evolution, driven by digital innovation, structural change and redefined models of care. As we navigate this new era, a fundamental shift towards placing consumers at the heart of the health system is emerging.

The pace of change within the healthcare sector is accelerating, demanding that our future hospitals not only undergo a physical metamorphosis but also embrace new operational paradigms. They must be conceived in a manner that fosters wellness, adaptability, and digital readiness.

2024 Speakers

Esther Warren
Executive Director, Health System and Asset Planning, Victorian Department of Health

Priscilla Radice
Deputy Director General Health Capital Division, Queensland Health

Julia Beckingsale
Design & Technical Director, New Footscray Hospital Project, Victorian Health Building Authority

Stefano Scalzo
(Fmr) Executive General Manager | Infrastructure, Victorian Department of Health

Carlos Machado
Chief Sustainability Officer, Western Health

Dr. Ramsey Awad
Executive Director Infrastructure, Planning & Sustainability, Hunter New England Local Health District

Jenny Walsh
Executive Director, Strategy and Planning, Alfred Health

Mark Mitchell
Principal | Health Sector Lead, Billard Leece Partnership

Andrew Gibson
Director, Environmental Services, Barwon Health

Melanie Schmidtke
Director, Northern Adelaide Health and Wellbeing Partnership

Tom Patrick
Director and Head of Healthcare Property, Barwon Investment Partners

Sara Hayes Simmons
Project Director, New Footscray & Melton Hospitals, Western Health

Codey Lyon
Technical Director, Health Sector Lead, AECOM

Jodie Toohey
Associate Director of Property & Leasing, The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Ian Gibson
Managing Director, Health Care Delivery Modelling

James Wilson
Director | Lead Architect, Lyons

Nick Bourns
Director, NH Architecture

David Keenan
Director, Danbar Consulting

Damien Breen
Operations and Sustainability Director, Celsus

Parag Shinde
National Manager ESG, Australian Unity

Hessam Mohseni
Manager Compliance and Data Analytics | System Planning, Victorian Department of Health

Grigor Mead
Business Development Manager, Q-bital

Benjamin Rowe
Project Director, Riverlee

Simon Fogarty
Acting Manager Capital Redevelopment, South West Healthcare

Rachel Campanella
Senior Manager Capital Projects, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Central Adelaide Local Health Network

Georgie Huxley
Vice President Leasing, NorthWest Healthcare

The Hon Mark Butler MP
Minister for Health and Aged Care, Parliament of Australia

Leanne Anderson
Chief Clinical Information Officer, Data Capture Experts

Melanie Hay
Director, Xavier Pacific Health

Lance Emerson
Deputy Secretary - eHealth Victoria, Victorian Department of Health

Alex Barty
Portfolio Manager Non-Dilutive Investments, ANDHealth

Dr. Sharon Hakkennes
Chief Digital Health Officer, Victorian Department of Health

Idan Goldberger
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Friends of Sheba Medical Centre (AFSMC)

Dr. John Lambert
Chief Clinical Information Officer, NT Health

Wendy Sutton
Director Clinical Information Systems | Digital Health (DHSA), SA Health

Meghraj Thakkar
Board Director & Chair (Audit and Risk Committee), Grampians Health

Dr. Zivit Inbar
Board Director and Chair (People, Culture and Safety Committee), Rural Northwest Health

Dr. Emily Kirkpatrick
Board Director, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network

Sarah McRae
Chief Executive Officer, Calvary Amplar Health Joint Venture

Roshan Daluwakgoda
Chief Information Security Officer, Eastern Health

Kylee Ross
Chief Nursing & Midwifery Informatics Officer, Western Health

Dr. Rob Grenfell
Chief Strategy & Regions, Grampians Health

Sarah Charles
Chief Pharmacy Informatics Officer, Northern Health

Sudeep Saraf
Chief Medical Information Officer, Alfred Health

Barbara Lennon
Deputy Chief Nursing & Midwifery Informatics Officer, Western Health

Dr. Emily Kirkpatrick
Executive Medical Director, Calvary Amplar Health

Amrita Ahluwalia
Executive Director - Transformation, Better Health Network

Dean Jones
Executive General Manager | Virtual and Home, St Vincent's Health Australia

Mahtab Minai
Executive Director - North East Pathology Network, Eastern Health

Lily Liu
Director Digital Health, Western Health

Hayden Fisher
Director, Digital Health Applications, Peninsula Health

Mohneesh Mahajan
Director, Digital Health Infrastructure, Grampians Health

Melanie Trivett
General Manager Primary Healthcare, Royal Flying Doctor Service Victoria

Glenn Pringle
General Manager, Strategy & Growth, IPC Health

Dr. Rajiv Jayasena
Victorian Lead and Group Leader, Health System Analytics, CSIRO Australian e-Health Research Centre

Vinayak Smith
Head of New Ventures, Virtus Health

Dr. Sankalp Khanna
Research Team Leader - Health Intelligence, CSIRO Australian e-Health Research Centre

Elise De Losa
Innovation Lead, IPC Health

Tom Synnott
Digital Technology Lead, Hunter New England and Central Coast PHN

Claire Holt
Technical Health Information Manager, Austin Health

Dr. Minh-Thu Cao Xuan
Business Development Manager, TrialKey

Alan Forbes
Chief Executive Officer, Patient Experience Group

Nalika Ulapane
Researcher, La Trobe University

Craig Tucker
Executive Director Technology and Property Information & Technology Services Property and Contract & Infrastructure, Yooralla

Emily Mailes
Chief eStrategy Officer, Victorian Department of Health

Julianne Parkinson
Chief Executive Officer, Global Centre for Modern Ageing

George Margelis
Chair, Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council (ACIITC)

Aimee Chambers
Assistant Secretary & State Manager, VIC & TAS, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Angela Mannix
Principal eHealth Advisor - Aged Care Lead, Victorian Department of Health

Debra Nicholl
Chief Executive Officer, Elder Rights Advocacy

Samantha Jewell
Chief Executive Officer, Lifeview Residential Care

Tim Humphries
Chief Executive Officer, Homestyle Aged Care

John Papatheohari
Non Executive Director, Bairnsdale Regional Health Service

Sonia Reisenhofer
Executive Director, Community Wellbeing and Aged Care, Bairnsdale Regional Health Service

Prof. Vasso Apostolopoulos
Distinguished Professor, Head of Healthy Lifespan and Chronic Diseases Program, RMIT University

Marlien Varnfield
Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Australian e-Health Research Centre

Dr. Tim Henwood
Group Manager Research & Development, Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC)

Michael McHugh
National Asset Manager - Aged and Home Care, Calvary Health Care

Prof. Claire Johnson
Director, Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program (PACOP), University of Wollongong

Tanya Davison
Director, Research Discovery, Silverchain Group

Aloysius Goh
General Manager - In Home Aged Care & Health Care Services, VMCH

Olivia Pantelidis
Executive General Manager – Care Partnering, Australian Unity

Helen Kemp
General Manager Community Health and Care, Benetas

Marie Alford
Head of Dementia Professional Services, The Dementia Centre | HammondCare

Johan Locke
Head Information Communication Technology, Australian Multicultural Community Services (AMCS)

Dr. Tanya Petrovich
Business Innovation Manager, Dementia Australia

Nikolaus Rittinghausen
Manager, The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing

Marissa Dickins
Research Fellow, Silverchain Group

Samantha Jewell
Chief Executive Officer, Lifeview Residential Care

Emma Kerr
National Clinical Governance Manager, Opal Healthcare

2024 Sponsors

• Q-bital
• DC2Vue
• Elder Rights Advocacy
• MTX
• TrialKey
• Aidacare
• Crescent
• Hipac
• ActiveMedical
• AI Kangaroo
• BlueSky
• ChoiceMMed
• Debetrek
• Genfinity
• HealthPass
• HPA
• IntraSpace
• LivingStone
• Nespresso Professional
• SPP
• The Robot Factory
• Vcoss
• Wilhelm
• ZircoData