Program

Saturday 10 October

Workshops Day 1 (please note workshops are an additional cost to attend)

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9:00 – 10:30 Workshop 1 | Candidate Workshop – The Hidden Realities of Becoming a Fellow: Career, Credibility & Power

Dr Abi Arul & Dr Anand Ponniraivan

Workshop 2 | Supervisor Workshop

Dr Leah Barrett-Beck

Workshop 3 | Making It Stick: Business Cases, Board Reports & Real Decision-Making Power

Mark Lawrence & Tess Lye

10:30 – 11:00 Morning Tea
11:00 – 12:30 Workshop 1 Cont. Workshop 2 Cont. Workshop 3 Cont.
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Workshop 4 | Leading High Performance Teams In Healthcare

Dr Simon Frazer & Dr Jo Sinclair

Workshop 5 | Governing Health Systems After the Doctrine of Discovery – A Cultural Safety Workshop

Josh Manukonga & Nadene Edmonds

Workshop 6 | When It Doesn’t Go to Plan: AHPRA, Coronials & Medicolegal Risk

Tess Lye & Laura Pascoe

15:00 – 15:30 Afternoon Tea
15:30 – 17:00 Workshop 4 Cont. Workshop 5 Cont. Workshop 6 Cont.

Sunday 11 October

Workshops Day 2 (please note workshops are an additional cost to attend)

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8:30 – 10:00 Workshop 7 | Hard Conversations: Developing Leaders and Shaping Futures

Sandy Schutte, Tess Lye, Anne Wright, Dr Abi Arul & Dr Anand Ponniraivan

Workshop 8 | From Innovation to Impact. Delivering measurable value at scale in healthcare

Professor Tam Nguyen & Tom Lawry

Workshop 9 | Teamwork in Action: Clinical, System and Operational Perspectives

Dr Komal Bajaj, Dr Nancy Sadka & Dr Victoria Brazil

10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea
10:30 – 12:00 Workshop 7 Cont. Workshop 8 Cont. Workshop 9 Cont.
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 15:30 Workshop 7 Cont. Workshop 8 Cont. Workshop 9 Cont.
Conferment Ceremony & Langford Oration
Room Olympic Room
Langford Oration | Aunty Lois Peeler AM
Welcome Reception

Monday 12 October

9:00 – 9:20 Official Conference Opening
Room Olympic Room
Welcome to Country
Welcome by RACMA President | Professor Erwin Loh, Director of Medical Services, Peninsula Private Hospital
9:20 – 10:00 Keynote Speakers
Dr Komal Bajaj
Chief Quality Officer for NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi/NCB and Medical Director of Sustainability for NYC Health + Hospitals
Darren Shand
Founder and Leader of Winning Teams
10:00 – 10:30 Morning Tea | Exhibition & Posters
10:30 – 12:00 PLENARY: Leadership, Culture & High Performance
Seeing What Others Miss: Perspective as a Leadership Edge
Bernadette McDonald
Senior Healthcare Executive and Coach
The Unseen in the System: When Inclusion Is Meaningful, Impact Follows
Tasneem Chopra OAM
Cross Cultural Consultant and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Trainer
Inner Peace, Outer Peace and Getting Things Done
Professor Sabe Sabesan

President, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, Clinical Director, Queensland Regional Clinical Trial Coordinating Centre
Culture in Crisis, The Tata story on how culture is built, not assumed
Karambir Singh Kang
Area Director USA, Taj Group of Hotels
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch | Exhibition & Posters
13:00 – 14:30 Concurrent Session
Human Judgement – People, Behaviour & Decisions Abstract Presentations Safe & Sustainable Care – Shared Decision Making & Vulnerabilities
Culture by Design: Shaping systems that shape behaviour

Dr Jillan Farmer
CEO, Better Culture

Presentations Presentations
Cultural Safety Isn’t Optional: It’s a Leadership Test

Dr Glenn Harrison

14:30 – 15:00 Afternoon Tea | Exhibition & Posters
15:00 – 16:30 Margaret Tobin Challenge
Room Olympic Room
Presentations
16:30 – 17:30 RACMA AGM
Evening Conference Gala Dinner
MCG Members Dining Room

Tuesday 13 October

 9:30 – 10:15 Keynote Speakers
Room Olympic Room
Tom Lawry
Managing Director, Second Century Tech
Dr Simon Kos
Global Chief Medical Officer at Heidi Health
10:15 – 10:45 Morning Tea | Exhibition & Posters
10:45 – 12:15 Concurrent Session
Human Judgement – Leadership & Teams System Performance – Data Digital & Tech Safe & Sustainable Care – Quality & Safety
Conflict Competence: What High-Performing Leaders Do Differently

Dr Andrew Johnson
Principal, Resilient Healthcare Solutions

Care without Walls: Rethinking Health in a Connected World

Professor Chris Bain
Professor of Practice, Digital Health, Monash University

Translating idea into a national program: Australian Teletrial Program as a case study

Professor Sabe Sabesan
President, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, Clinical Director, Queensland Regional Clinical Trial Coordinating Centre

12:15 – 13:15 Lunch | Exhibition & Posters
13:15 – 14:45 Concurrent Session
Abstract Presentations System Performance – Data Digital & Tech Workforce
Presentations Presentations Gen Med Horizons

Dr Nicole Hancock
Deputy Director of General Medicine, Alfred Health

14:15 – 15:30 Afternoon Tea | Exhibition & Posters
15:30 – 16:30 Debate
Room Olympic Room
For and Against Teams to be announced!
16:30 – 16:45 Conference Closing Session