The Biggest and Most Influential Healthcare Exhibition In The Southern Hemisphere
11-12 March 2026 | ICC, Sydney
Digital Health Day One: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Health Facilities Design & Development Day One: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Health Facilities Design & Development Day Two: Thursday,20 March 2025
Healthcare 2040 Day One: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Healthcare 2040 Day Two: Thursday, 20 March 2025
Aged Care Transformation Day One: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Aged Care Transformation Day Two: Thursday, 20 March 2025
Digital Health Day One: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Digital Health Day Two: Thursday, 20 March 2025
Care Reimagined Day One: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Care Reimagined Day Two: Thursday, 20 March 2025
8:15 am - 10:45 am
Registration Opens
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Opening Remarks
Peter Birch -
Founder & CEO,
Talking Healthtech
11:00 am - 11:40 am
Keynote Panel: Connecting the Digital Ecosystem: Bridging Digital, Data, Technology & Cyber for Seamless Interoperability
Jayne Barclay -
National Director Healthcare Platforms,
St Vincent's Health Australia
Andrew Stripp - Chief Executive Officer, Epworth Health
David Hackshall - Chief Information Officer Australia, Sonic Healthcare
Paul Creech - Chief Program Officer, ADHA
Peter Birch - Founder & CEO, Talking Healthtech
An effective digital ecosystem needs collaboration across multiple internal teams, and it’s not uncommon to find that individual goals and metrics can cause friction to the system as a whole. In our keynote opening panel, we join senior leaders from across Executive, Digital, Data, Technology and Cyber to discuss how to align these critical functions for a unified digital landscape.
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Presentation: The Digital Preoperative Optimisation Pathway at Royal North Shore Hospital
Dr. Andrew Marks -
Director of Perioperative Medicine,
Royal North Shore Hospital
Brooke Dalton - Senior Business Manager, Personify Care
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
International Keynote: Anytime, Anywhere: Creating A Full-service Virtual Hospital to Deliver World-class Care Instantly
Sherene Schlegel -
COO/CNO Virtual Care and Digital Health,
Providence St. Joseph Health
The convergence of physician shortages, efficient use of hospital beds and hybrid working models contributes to the growth of inpatient telemedicine. Creating a fully-stacked virtual hospital and telehealth programs addresses critical system constraints while boosting patient outcomes.
- Providing remote specialist care across 100+ hospitals, especially in rural areas, reducing patient transfers.
- Tackling physician shortages and burnout with remote consultations to extend specialist reach
- Optimising bed use and patient flow by reducing unnecessary admissions and ensuring timely, appropriate care
- Enabling faster interventions on emergency services such as tele-stroke and tele-ICU, reducing recovery times and improving outcomes
12:30 pm - 12:50 pm
Presentation: Empowering Consumers and Bolstering Virtual Care Opportunities: Healthdirect from 2006 to Now and Beyond
Travis Hodgson -
COO,
Healthdirect Australia
12:50 pm - 1:10 pm
Presentation: Brand-new Insights into NSW’s Single Digital Patient Record – A Secure and Holistic View of Patient Care
Dr Teresa Anderson -
Chief Executive, SDPR Implementation Authority,
NSW Health
- Sharing the vision and value of the NSW Health System’s Single Digital Patient Record
- Working closely with stakeholders and ensuring a sense of collective ownership across entire NSW healthcare ecosystem
- Enabling project success with robust data privacy, confidentiality, and governance
1:10 pm - 1:30 pm
From Global Lessons to Local Impact: Building a Seamless Integrated Care Model for Australia
Dr. George Margelis -
Independent Chair,
Aged Care Industry Information Technology Council
Dr. Binh Tran - Head of Consulting FPT Australasia,, FPT Corporation
Taylor Chu - Healthcare Technology Strategist FPT Australasia ,, FPT Corporation
Dr. Binh Tran, FPT Australasia Head of Consulting, FPT Corporation
Taylor Chu, FPT Australasia Technology Strategy Consultant - Healthcare, FPT Corporation
Dr. George Margelis, Ambassador, ECH Alliance
1:30 pm - 2:10 pm
Panel Discussion: Failure is Not an Option: Best Practices in Governance To Foster Digital Success
Dr. John Shephard -
Deputy Director Clinical Governance & Medical Services,
South Eastern Sydney LHD
Dr. John Lambert - Chief Clinical Information Officer, Tasmanian Department of Health
Naomi Dobroff - Chief Nursing and Midwifery Information Officer, Monash Health
Gareth Sherlock - Former CIO, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and Cleveland Clinic London
Dr. Emily Kirkpatrick - Managing Director, Ekology Health
Peter Birch - Founder & CEO, Talking Healthtech
Since over 70% of all healthcare digital implementations fail, how can you guarantee your initiative will have the desired outcome? Robust digital governance is essential to ensure data security, regulatory compliance, and ethical innovation. Join our panellists as they share governance frameworks and processes that guide the use of digital health technologies such as telemedicine, and AI, and virtual care in clinical settings.
Dr. John Shephard
Deputy Director Clinical Governance & Medical ServicesSouth Eastern Sydney LHD
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm
Presentation: The CSIRO’s Patient Data Sharing Agreement: Creating Standards to Enhance Secure Interoperability
David Hansen -
CEO,
Australian e-Health Research Center (CSIRO)
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Keynote CISO Panel: Creating a Proactive Cyber Strategy Fit For An Ever-Evolving Threat Landscape
Simona Dimovski -
NSW Cyber Ambassador,
NSW Government
Danielle Pentony - Chief Information Security Officer, ADHA
Luke Johnson - Deputy Chief Information Officer, Victorian Department of Health
Christopher Neal - Group Chief Information Security Officer, Ramsay Health Care
- Embedding multiple lines of defense
- Cyber as a strategic function to enable digital transformation
- Ensuring agility in the strategy to adapt to new techniques and stay resilient
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Fireside chat: Preparing for Attack: Insights into Cyber Incident Planning and Response Strategy
Luke Johnson -
Deputy Chief Information Officer,
Victorian Department of Health
Peter Birch - Founder & CEO, Talking Healthtech
Cyber attacks are an ever-present threat and effective incident planning and response are critical to minimise impacts when breaches do occur. Join our experts as they share key components of a robust cybersecurity incident response plan, including preparation, detection, containment, eradication, and recovery strategies.
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm
Panel Discussion: Controlling the Uncontrollable: Effective 3rd Party Cyber-Risk Management
River Nygryn -
Chief Information Security Officer,
HammondCare
Roshan Fernandes - Information Security and Risk Manager, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network
Peter Birch - Founder & CEO, Talking Healthtech
