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Conference Program

The program outline is outlined below. To view the full program including speaker biographies and presentation titles, please click on the detailed program button below. To download a copy of the official program book or abstract book, click on the buttons below. ​​​

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Opening Plenary - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

9.00am to 10.30am
 

  • Welcome to Country

  • Opening Address: The Hon Ged Kearney MP, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care

  • Conference Address: The Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA, Minister for Health and Mental Health

  • ​Conference Welcome: Adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri AM, President, Public Health Association of Australia

 

Session Chairs: Ms Saira Rind and Ms Khwanruethai Ngampromwongse

Keynote Speaker:​

  • Ms Kelli Owen, National Community Engagement Coordinator, National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce

  • Dr Cadence Kaumoana, Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Association of New Zealand

  • Mr Patrick Salmon, Council Member, Public Health Association of New Zealand

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10.30am to 11.00am - Morning Tea & Exhibition

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Plenary Session 2 - LGBTQA+ Health and Wellbeing in Australia: Current State and Future Directions

11.00am to 12.30pm

 

Session Chairs: Penelope Strauss and Dr Craig Cumming

Keynote Presenters:

  • Professor Adam Bourne, Director, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University

  • Professor Ashleigh Lin,  Senior Principal Research Fellow and NHMRC Investigator Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia

  • Shakara Liddelow-Hunt, Research Assistant, PhD Candidate, Telethon Kids Institute

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12.30pm to 1.30pm - Lunch & Exhibition

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Concurrent Session 1 

1.30pm to 3.00pm

  • 1A - Focus on Indigenous self-determination and leadership

  • 1B - Health ramifications of climate change

  • 1C - Social Determinants of Health: the challenge

  • 1D - Communicate and Collaborate: Advancing health care outcomes

  • 1E - Workshop: Boosting skills in presenting policy arguments to political decision-makers

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3.00pm to 3.30pm - Afternoon Tea & Exhibition

 

PHAA Annual General Meeting (PHAA Members)
3.30pm to 4.30pm

  • PHAA Fellowship Award

  • Public Health Mentor of the Year Award 

  • Emerging Leader Award

  • Life Membership Award

  • President's Awards

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4.30pm to 6.00pm - Welcome Reception

Concurrent Session 2

9.00am to 10.30am​​​

  • 2A - Conversation Starters

  • 2B - Innovations and Challenges in Health Communication and Policy

  • 2C - Cross-Sector Collaboration: Strengthening Partnerships

  • 2D - Healthcare Challenges and Outcomes Across Diverse Populations

  • 2E - Workshop: Mastering media interviews

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10.30am to 11.00am - Morning Tea & Exhibition

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Concurrent Session 3

11.00am to 12.30pm​​​

  • 3A - Racism in Health and Decolonisation of the System

  • 3B - Public health systems and transitioning environments

  • 3C - Evidence, strategy, and creativity to promote behaviors, policies, and practices

  • 3D - Research insights: Indicating policy change

  • 3E - Workshop: Building bridges and collaborating in Public Health Planning

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12.30am to 1.30pm - Lunch & Exhibition

12.45am to 1.25pm - Lunchtime Session: Centre for Disease Control: Updates on Progress, Helen Grinbergs, First Assistant Secretary, Australian CDC Establishment Taskforce

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Plenary Session 3 - Junk food advertising and commercial determinants of health

1.30pm to 3.00pm

 

Session Chair: Ainslie Sartori 

Keynote Presenters:

  • Dr Jaithri Ananthapavan, Associate Professor, Deakin Health Economics, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University

  • Professor Kathryn Backholer, Professor of Public Health Policy, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University

  • Fran Bernhardt, Commercial Determinants Coordinator, Sustain UK

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3.00pm to 3.30pm - Afternoon Tea & Exhibition

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Plenary Session 4 - International health and gender equity

3.30pm to 4.20pm

 

Session Chair: Adjunct Professor Tarun Weeramanthri AM

Keynote Presenters:​

  • Professor Jaya A R Dantas, Dean International And Professor Of International Health, Faculty of Health Sciences and Curtin School of Population Health

  • Professor Vivian Lin, Executive Associate Dean (Strategy and Operations), Professor of Public Health Practice, The University of Hong Kong

 

Basil Hetzel Oration
4.20pm to 5.00pm

  • Professor Gina Trapp, Professor of Food and Nutrition Environments, Nutrition & Health Innovation Research Institute, Edith Cowan University

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6.30pm to 9.30pm - Conference Dinner

Plenary Session 5 - Regulation and health in the workplace

8.30am to 10.00am

 

Session Chair: Dr Matthew Govorko

Keynote Presenters:

  • Tracey Bence, President, Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists

  • Dr Renee Carey, Senior Lecturer, School of Population Health, Curtin University

  • Mr. Liam O'Brien, Assistant Secretary, Australian Council of Trade Unions
     

Awards Presentation
10.00am to 10.30am

  • Tony McMichael PHEE Award Presentation

  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Public Health Award

  • Sidney Sax Public Health Award Presentation
     

10.30am to 11.00am - Morning Tea & Exhibition
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Concurrent Session 4

11.00am to 12.30pm​​​

  • 4A - Conversation Starters

  • 4B - Generating policy change through research: lessons learned

  • 4C - Innovative Strategies for Public Health

  • 4D - Social and Environmental Determinants of Health

  • 4E - Workshop: Game Changer! Protecting WA’s youngest from Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)​​

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12.30am to 1.15pm - Lunch & Exhibition

12.40am to 1.10pm - Lunchtime Session: Film Screening of "The First Wave" documentary

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Concurrent Session 5

1.15pm to 2.45pm​​​​

  • 5A - Cultural Competence in Healthcare and Public Health

  • 5B - Health promotion and sustainability

  • 5C - Population health and equity

  • 5D - Prioritising public health strategies in Australia

  • 5E - Workshop: Dementia: A Public Health Priority​

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2.45pm to 3.15pm - Afternoon Tea & Exhibition

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Closing Plenary Session

3.15pm to 4.10pm

 

Session Chair: Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin

Keynote Presenters:

  • Think Tank Winner, Claudia Rouse, Master of Public Health, James Cook University

  • Incoming President, Public Health Association of Australia

  • Ms Michelle Isles, Chief Executive Officer, Climate and Health Alliance

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