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9:00 am - 10:30 am - 28 October 2025
Registration and coffee
Session - Exhibition
10:30 am - 12:00 pm - 28 October 2025
Session 1: Opening and keynote
10:30 am
Opening: Prof. Sue Matthews, Chair, Victorian Healthcare Association | CEO, The Royal Women’s Hospital
10:35 am
Dr Mandy Nicholson, Djirri Djirri
In his opening address, Ben Hart, Founder and Managing Director of Fireside will take delegates through a journey of leadership, storytelling and building a brand in an age of complexity and misinformation.
11:15 am
In her keynote presentation Prof. Emily Lancsar will address delegates on the complexities of Australia’s current health economic climate.
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - 28 October 2025
Lunch
Session - Exhibition
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - 28 October 2025
Session 2: Concurrent sessions
1:00 pm
The digital shift that’s redefining access to healthcare
Dr David Hansen - CEO and Research Director - Australian e-Health Research Centre at CSIRO, Dr Loren Sher - Director of Victorian Virtual ED - The Northern Hospital, Aleco Lazaridis - Executive Director, Planned Care Recovery and Reform - Department Of Health, Alan Pritchard - Chief Information and Services Officer - Austin Health, Rafic Habib - Managing Director - Clinovera, Shane Robertson - Executive Director - Ambulance, Emergency Care and Access Branch, Department of Health
Room: Perth
1:00 pm
Insights from the experts: Mental health reform
Prof. Patrick McGorry - Executive Director - Orygen, Phillipa Thomas - CEO - Mental Health Victoria, Pam Anders - Deputy Secretary, Mental Health and Wellbeing - Department of Health, Ingrid Stitt MP - Minister for Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Minister for Multicultural Affairs - Victorian Government, Christopher Carter - CEO - North Western Melbourne PHN
Room: Sydney
1:00 pm
Safety, identity and inclusion: Building inclusive and high-quality healthcare systems
Scott Drummond - Head of Policy and Practice - Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association, Siri Gunawardana - Manager - Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health, Prof. Christine Bigby AO - Director Living with Disability Research Centre - La Trobe University , Jami Jones - Director - Rainbow Health Australia
Room: Brisbane
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm - 28 October 2025
Session 3: Concurrent sessions
2:00 pm
The climate challenge: Adapting services and supporting community recovery
Dr Forbes McGain - ICU Director | Anaesthetist and ICU Physician - Footscray Hospital | Western Health, Anne-Maree Kaser - CEO - Gippsland Lakes Complete Health , Heidi Matkovich - Director, Climate Health Victoria - Department of Health, Stephen Bouwhuis - Acting First Assistant Secretary - Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Room: Perth
2:00 pm
Room: Sydney
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm - 28 October 2025
Afternoon tea
Session - Exhibition
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm - 28 October 2025
Session 4: A panel on cybersecurity
The panel will discuss the types of cybersecurity threats that occur and the responsibilities of Boards and executives in managing risk and ensuring mitigation strategies are in place and monitored.
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - 28 October 2025
Session 5: Keynote address
In this presentation, Leslie will remind leaders that amidst all they have still to understand, there is much about good leadership and what followers need from them in times of change, that they already understand.
5:00 pm - 5:15 pm - 28 October 2025
Day 1 Close
Close: Dr Leigh Clarke – CEO, Victorian Healthcare Association
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm - 28 October 2025
VHA AGM
VHA Annual General Meeting
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - 28 October 2025
Welcome reception
Session - Exhibition
Social drinks and canapés
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm - 28 October 2025
VHA Member CEO and Board Chair dinner
7:00 pm
Prof. The Hon. Greg Hunt joins the VHA Member CEO and Board Chair dinner as our esteemed guest and speaker