2025 WA one-day conference program

INTRODUCTION & WELCOME TO COUNTRY:

Introduction and Welcome: Dr Neale Fong FCHSM CHE, College & WA Branch President, ACHSM

Acknowledgement of Country: Francine Eades, Area Director Aboriginal Health, East Metropolitan Health Service

Opening Address

Presenter:

• Hon. Meredith Hammat, Minister for Health WA 

Facilitator: Jessica Page – State Political Editor, The West Australian

Presenter:

• Dr Shirley Bowen – Director General, Department of Health WA
• Graeme Prior – Co-founder and CEO, Hall & Prior
• Dr Michael Page – President, AMA WA

• A/Prof Bernadette Eather – Chief Nurse and Clinical Services Director, Ramsay Health Australia

• Professor Euan Wallace AM – Secretary, Department of Health Victoria

ACHSM WA 2025 Awards

Presented by Dr Shirley Bowen Key Sponsor, College Patron and Director-General WA Health

Morning tea and networking

• Renae Lavell – Executive Director, Silverchain
• Rob Toms – Chief Executive, North Metropolitan Health Service
• Judith Barker ASM –  Chief Executive Officer, Royal Flying Doctor Service WA
• Tina Chinery – Chief Executive Officer, St John of God Subiaco Hospital

Facilitator: Dr Neale Fong FCHSM CHE, College & WA Branch President, ACHSM

• Tim White OAM – Coordinator of Classical Music, WAAPA
• Rhiannon Clarke, Paralympian Sprinter
• Peta Slocombe – Chief Executive Officer, Performance Story
• Prof Carlo Marra – Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University

Lunch and networking

• Amy Jacobson – Emotional Intelligence Expert

Facilitator: Renee de Prazer – Service Director, Osborne Park Hospital

• Luke Dix – Acting Executive Director, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Group
• Millie Stewart – Director of Nursing and Midwifery, WA Country Health Service Broome
• Vidoula Uckiah – Manager Project Delivery and Change Management, WAPHA

Afternoon tea and networking

Please note: during the registration process you will be asked to choose a session to attend

CONCURRENT A: So, you want to sit on a Board? Creating a Future in Governance

Convenor: Kim Gibson

Speakers:

• Wendy Newman – Deputy Chair, WACHS
• John Van der Wielen – Chair, Crown Resorts Perth
• Mary Anne Stephens – Non Executive Director, HBF and Chair VenuesWest

CONCURRENT B: Should healthcare organisations prioritise investment in AI today?

Convenor: Ben Noteboom

Facilitator: Nicole Jahn – Project Director Virtual Care Strategy Implementation, St John of God Health Care

Speakers:

• Schellie-Jayne Price – AI Partner, Stirling & Rose
• Charles Poulson – Chief Technology Officer and Tech and Sales Director, Microsoft
• Dr Lana Bell – Clinical Lead for Digital Transformation, Joondalup Health Campus
• Alex Jenkins – Director, WA Data Science Innovation Hub and Chair, Curtin AI in Research Group

CONCURRENT C: Emotional Intelligence Workshop

Convenor: Karen Bradley

Speaker:

• Amy Jacobson – Emotional Intelligence Expert

CONCURRENT D: All Things Innovation
Short 7 Minute Presentations

Convenors: Erica Davison, Suzanne Robinson, Mary Miller

Participants:

• Gabriella Perry, Clinical Nurse Specialist Acute Pain Service & Perioperative Team, WACHS
• AJ Rajagopal & Dianne Morris, EMHS
• Topic: Virtual Immunology Clinic for General Practice
        Clinical Prof Dominic Mallon – Clinical Immunologist, Fiona Stanley Hospital
• Topic: Leading from the West: National Primary Care Data Innovations
        Stuart Gibbon – Head of National Primary Care Application & Platforms, WAPHA
• NMHS – speaker tbc

Presenter: Kim Collard, Male Elder of the Year NAIDOC Award, 2024 Aboriginal West Australian of the Year

Conference close: Dr Neale Fong FCHSM CHE, College & WA Branch President, ACHSM