2018 – Program

The program overview below is provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds. Please check this page regularly.

Wednesday 19 September

12:00 – 20:00 

Registration

Pullman Melbourne Albert Park

12:30 – 13:30 Welcome Lunch
Exhibition Area
Plenary Session
Grand Ballroom
13:30 – 13:35

Official Opening

The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health (video message)

13:35 – 13:40

Conference Welcome

Professor Gabor Kovacs AM, Day Hospitals Australia Chair

13:40 – 15:00

Live Well – it’s all about you

Rob Edwards

15:00 – 15:30

Keynote Presentation

Dwayne Crombie, Bupa

15:30 – 16:00

Afternoon Tea & Exhibition

Exhibition Area

Plenary Session
Grand Ballroom
16:00 – 16:45

Moving forward with the second edition of NSQHS Standards and accreditation reforms

Margaret Banks 

16:45 – 17:45

Reimagining the Future of Health

Sarah Butler

17:45 – 17:50

Summary of Day 1

Conference MC’s – Troy & Zara Swindells-Grose

17:50 – 17:55

Official welcome – all delegates and trade representatives welcome

Jane Griffiths, CEO Day Hospitals Australia

Evening Reception Presentation

18:00 – 20:00 

Evening Reception

Exhibition Area

Thursday 20 September

07:30 – 17:00  Registration
Pullman Melbourne Albert Park
08:00 – 08:45

Day Hospitals Australia Annual General Meeting

Albert Room

Plenary Session
Grand Ballroom
09:00 – 09:10

Welcome to Day 2

Troy & Zara Swindells-Grose

09:10 – 10:40

Mindful Leadership: An essential aspect of cultural health and wellness

Michael Bunting

10:40 – 11:10 Morning Tea
Exhibition Area
Plenary Session
Grand Ballroom
11:10 –
12:10

Privacy Act Amendment Notifiable Data Breaches – What now?

David Hansen, IMGA National Manager

12:10 – 12:40

AS 4187

James Kyriakou

12:40 – 13:40 Lunch
Exhibition Area

Workshop 1 – Management

Ballroom 1 & 2

Workshop 2 – Clinical

Ballroom 3 & 4

Workshop 3 – Business Development

Albert Room

13:40 – 14:35

AS4187

James Kyriakou

Endoscopic Therapies for Obesity

 Dr John Napoli

Refurbishing your facility to meet national standards

Premis – Ian Shapland & Tim Awyzio

Workshop 4 – Management

Ballroom 1 & 2

Workshop 5 – Clinical
Ballroom 3 & 4

Workshop  6 – Management

Albert Room

14:35 – 15:35

Panel Session

National Standards V2 – Be alert but not alarmed

Wendy Adams & Alison O’Brien

Making less fuss of knee replacement surgery in Australia and the inexorable trend towards day stay

Dr Sam Martin

Best Practice – IT Security and Disaster Recovery

Matthew Cameron, Vibe

 

15:35 – 16:05  Afternoon Tea
Exhibition Area

Workshop 7 – Management

Albert Room

Workshop 8 – Clinical
Ballroom 1 & 2
Workshop  9 – Business Development
Ballroom 3 & 4
16:05 – 17:00

Best Practice – IT Security and Disaster Recovery (Repeated)

Matthew Cameron, Vibe

Discussion on Judgment call by senior staff in Day Hospitals

Bronwyn Wolfgang, DHHS, Private Hospitals Unit, VIC

Digital Marketing: Fundamentals

Daniele Lima

19:00 – 23:00 

Day Hospitals Australia Conference Dinner

The Park, Albert Park (located a short 5 minute walk from the conference venue)

Friday 21 September

07:30 – 13:00  Registration
Pullman Melbourne Albert Park
08:30 – 09:15  Delegate and Trade Networking Breakfast
Exhibition Area

Attend the breakfast to go into the draw to win a bottle of Penfolds Grange, kindly donated by Levitch Design Australia
Plenary Session
Grand Ballroom

09:20 – 09:30

Welcome to Day 3

Troy & Zara Swindells-Grose

09:30 – 11:00

How different personality tendencies see and manage risk differently

Finding your E-Colours – click here to find out your E-Colours

Matt Schlapfer

11:00 – 11:30 Morning Tea
Exhibition Area
Plenary Session
Grand Ballroom

11:30 – 12:45

Panel Discussion: Health Fund Contract Negotiation

Panel Host:

  • Julia Medew, Health and Medical Journalist, and former Health Editor for The Age

Panellists:

  • Scott Bell, COO Nexus Group Hospitals
  • Beeta Vahdat, former ABC journalist, Communications Consultant
  • Peter Wilkinson, retired health fund contract consultatn and previous CEO of private hospitals
12:45 – 12:50

Summary of Day 3 

Jane Griffiths, CEO, Day Hospitals Australia

12:50 – 13:00

Conference Close

Troy & Zara Swindells-Grose

13:00 Pack & Go Lunch
13:30 Optional Day Hospital Site Visits