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7:30 am - 8:45 am - 29 October 2025
Registration and coffee
Session - Exhibition
7:30 am - 8:30 am - 29 October 2025
VHA Member CEO Breakfast
Esteemed speaker Secretary Jenny Atta PSM joins our Member CEO Breakfast.
8:45 am - 10:15 am - 29 October 2025
Session 6: Opening and keynote
8:45 am
Opening: Dr Leigh Clarke, CEO Victorian Healthcare Association
9:00 am
Lived experience of medical misogyny in healthcare
9:30 am
Lighting the way: leadership in health reform
10:15 am - 11:00 am - 29 October 2025
Morning tea
Session - Exhibition
11:00 am - 12:00 pm - 29 October 2025
Session 7: Concurrent sessions
11:00 am
A panel on shaping excellence in care: Leading clinical governance for quality and safety
Louise McKinlay - CEO - Safer Care Victoria, Michael Gorton AM - Board Chair | Consultant - Monash Health | Russell Kennedy Lawyers, Prof. Christine Kilpatrick AO - Board Chair - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Dr Anand Ponniraivan - Board Chair, RACMA Victorian Jurisdictional Committee - Director Medical Services (Quality & Safety), Monash University
Room: Perth
11:00 am
Navigating health systems: The imperative of cultural safety
Sheree Lowe - Executive Director SEWB, The Balit Durn Durn Centre and Centre of Excellence for Aboriginal Families Wellbeing - VACCHO, Andrea Sloane - Director Aboriginal Services, Diversity and Health Promotion - Bendigo Health , Jessica Payne - First Nations Health Advisor / Registered Nurse - Grampians Health , Vanessa Stevens-Downie - Executive Truth and Treaty Coordinator - Department of Health
Room: Sydney
11:00 am
Room: Brisbane
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - 29 October 2025
Session 8: Concurrent sessions
12:00 pm
Room: Perth
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm - 29 October 2025
Lunch
Session - Exhibition
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm - 29 October 2025
Session 9: Masterclass
This session offers a powerful systems-thinking approach to understand – and transform – the visible and invisible forces that shape organisational and sector-wide outcomes.
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm - 29 October 2025
Conference close
Close: Prof. Sue Matthews, Chair, Victorian Healthcare Association | CEO, The Royal Women’s Hospital