ATC 2020 BRISBANE 17 – 18 OCTOBER
Program & Speakers
ATC 2020 will bring you Australian and global leaders in virtual care.
View the full ATC program featuring a huge line up of industry experts sharing their experiences, knowledge and the latest trends changing the face of telehealth will be available soon.

Karen Borg
CEO
Healthdirect
“Building the virtual health industry in Australia – understanding how data underpins a health tech environment that benefits the community and the economy“
Bio
Prior to joining Healthdirect Australia in 2019, Karen was the inaugural CEO of Jobs for NSW, where she launched the Sydney Start-up Hub. Her multi-sector, market, channel and cross-industry experience including health (Johnson & Johnson, ResMed) honed her expertise in leading organisational transformation and growth in emerging and mature markets in Asia/Pacific, the USA and Europe.
Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney and was a NSW finalist for Telstra Businesswoman of the Year 2017. Karen was also a member of the NSW Export Advisory Council. She is based in Sydney and speaks fluent German.
Karen is an experienced public speaker and has been invited to present at a range of events. Whether delivering plenary keynotes, hosting intimate lunches or facilitating C-suite round table discussions, her style is relatable, adaptable and always tailored to the audience.
Karen is a media commentator on the challenges and benefits of integrating telehealth services into a modern health system, improving access to quality healthcare for all Australians no matter where they live. See recent examples here and here.

Kylie Bosich
Director WACHS Command Centre
WA Country Health Service
“Leading the way in virtual care – WA supporting remote doctors and nurses“
Bio

Anna Hall
Executive Director Digital & Technology Services
Headspace
“Expanding access to services and help to young people in need“
Bio
The Digital and Technology Services domain covers day to day operations, data and reporting services as well as technology and digital innovation and service enablement.
Commercially astute IT Executive with over 20 years of expertise leading organisations through significant technology change. Highly accomplished in corporate governance, strategy and innovation, including designing and deploying new products/technologies into large scale organisations.
Anna joined headspace in April 2018 after spending 4 years as a Principal Consultant pioneering the strategic direction, as related to current and future state business / service delivery requirements for high-profile clients within complex organisations. This included enterprise architecture and business strategy consulting to Victorian and NSW Government as well as the health, finance and telecommunications sector. Prior to that Anna led large teams of up to 200+ highly specialised Information technology professionals in several General Manager Positions within Telstra.
A people-orientated leader and mentor with a keen interest in empowering employees to reach their full potential and become future industry leaders. Anna has a passion for rural Victoria, and runs a successful farm in Gippsland.-hall-barton/

Adam Jahnke
CEO
Umps Health
“Enabling living in independence as we age – what should we consider“
Bio
His vision came from his personal experience In 2016 when his grandpa fell at home and was hospitalised. When he came out of hospital, he wanted to stay living in the home he’d been in for more than 60 years, and Adam wanted to support his independence.
Adam looked to technology, but found that he already had the industry standard in incident detection – a pendant worn around the neck. The problem with this is that we only find out about something after it happens, and like most people, even when his grandpa fell he wasn’t wearing it.
So he set out to build something new. Something that worked with his grandpa’s daily habits, was non-intrusive and easy to install and maintain. Adam’s grandpa was the first person to use the technology, who is called Umps, and that’s where the name comes from.

Marie Johnson
Managing Director
Centre for Digital Business
“The future of clinical care: Any-time, any-ware, any-body“
Bio
She operates at the intersection of the human experience and systems thinking where co-design reveals boundless potential. She believes that artificial intelligence is not artificial, but a creative liberating humanising power, that will truly transform the interactions between people.
Across government and internationally, Marie has delivered significant technology, innovation and digital services transformation programs across revenue, business, social services, payments, identity, immigration visa operations and disability services.
Marie is the co-creator of “Nadia” and led the global co-design and co-creation effort with people with disability to deliver “Nadia” the world’s first artificial intelligent digital human for service delivery.
Marie and Allan are now working on their next AI humanitarian effort – bringing to life the AI digital human cardiac coach.
To read more click here.

Dr Stephen Klasko
President, Thomas Jefferson University and CEO
Jefferson Health
“Is there an avatar in the house: The physician in the age of AI“
Bio
As President and CEO of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health since 2013, he has led one of the nation’s fastest growing academic health institutions based on his vision of re-imagining health care and higher education.
Under his leadership, Jefferson Health expanded from three hospitals to 14. His 2017 merger of Thomas Jefferson University with Philadelphia University created a pre-eminent professional university that includes fashion, design, architecture and health.
In 2020, he was named the first Distinguished Fellow of the World Economic Forum, and will co-chair the WEF Board of Stewards for The Future of the Digital Economy and New Value Creation.

Dr Simon Kos
CEO
Next Practice
“New business practices in GP clinics: Designing and changing the user experience“
Bio
Before entering the world of digital health, Simon practiced medicine in Sydney public hospitals with a focus on critical care. This personal insight into the challenges medical practitioners face every day will prove invaluable for providing ongoing support to practitioners.
Simon has a passion for digital transformation in the health industry and driving patient empowerment.

Dr Shannon Nott
Rural Health Director of Medical Services
Western NSW Local Health District
“Virtualising care: Driving towards reform and system change ”
Bio

Dr Robin Ohannessian
Co-founder and Medical Director
Télémédecine 360
“French telemedicine comparison – differences and outcomes“
Bio
Concurrents
Building scalability

Dr Silvia Pfeiffer
Coviu
“The truth we don’t talk about: Teleconferencing does not make a scalable telehealth service”

Donna Parkes
Agency for Clinical Innovation
“myVirtualCare: Our journey for simplicity”

Gary Smith
Armchairmedical.tv
“Tele-Education: What can we learn from Netflix and Spotify to drive increased general practitioner continuing medical education consumption”

Jacki Mansfield
Three Rivers University Department of Rural Health
“Telehealth: Embracing technology in healthcare”

Christina McInally
Central Queensland Hospital & Health Service
“Planes, trains and automobiles. How partnerships reduce patient travel”

Linda Cuskelly
Metro North Hospital Service
“Planes, trains and automobiles. How partnerships reduce patient travel”
Community and aged care

Emily Gregg
Northern Sydney Local Health District
“The ARRT of telehealth”

Carla Sunner
Hunter New England Area Health Service
“PACE-IT enhancing existing ACE services for residential aged care residents by the use of telehealth”

Dr Katja Beitat
Clinivid
“Co-designing digital tools to change how we deliver aged care”

Brentyn Parkin
Community Information Support Services
“Transforming healthcare, connection and wellness”
Mental health and access to services

Dr Sarah Farrand
Royal Melbourne Hospital
“Equity and efficiency: A collaborative telehealth service for young-onset dementia”

Monica Hadges
University of Melbourne
“Client-involved e-collaboration: Better access eco-systems needed for sustainable shared-care in Australian private mental health practices”

Gemma Powell
Western Australia Country Health Services (WACHS)
“Innovation in rural and remote mental health service delivery via emergency telehealth service”

Dr Qusai Hussain
Cyber Clinic
“Cyber Clinic: Can artificial intelligence in patient-centric design improve access to mental healthcare?”
Homecare and speciality clinical services

Dr Kudzai Kanhutu
Royal Melbourne Hospital
“Telehealth for home based cancer care: Maximising medical workforce capacity for hospital in the home”

John Dean
Murrumbidgee Local Health District
“Telehealth approach to supporting children with conduct problems”

Dr Jill Freyne
Australian e-health Research Centre, CSIRO
“ActivateTKR: Empowering patients in orthopedic rehabilitation through mHealth”

Dr Rene Stolwyk
Monash University
“Development and evaluation of a novel teleneuropsychology service to deliver assessment and rehabilitation services to rural patients with stroke”

Samantha Spafford
Positive Mind Works
“The growing role of telehealth in response to crisis”
Emerging technologies and online solutions 1

Adam Mothershaw
The University of Queensland
“Can artificial intelligence play a role in teleENT?”

Tim Blake
Semantic Consulting
“Take this app and call me in the morning: The digital health guide”

Adam Scott
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
“Wearable monitoring technology helps nurses avoid waking sleep-deprived patients”

Craig Sharp
Cochlear
“Expanding access to hearing health with remote care technology”

Danny Hui
Sameview
“Innovation in delivering family-centred, and goal directed care”
Emerging technologies and online solutions 2

Kirsty Garrett
Doctors on Demand
“InClinic telehealth for pharmacy: Bridging the gap in regional Australia”

Dr Christine May
Vide Virtual Dental
“Virtual dentistry: Taking away the pain of going to the dentist through accessible, collaborative, sustainable expert care anywhere”

Dr Richard Paoloni
My Emergency Dr
“My Emergency Dr: Changing emergency care in Australia”

Eric Peck
Swoop Aero
“How aeromedical autonomous drone networks can transform the health supply chain and change lives”

Craig Simmonds
Propell
“Remote monitoring of chronic disease patients – using technology to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and improve patient health outcomes”
Service delivery

Donna Rogers
WACHS Command Centre
“Introduction of an advanced practice nurse in an emergency department telehealth service in Western Australia”

Osmond Ahn
The University of Sydney
“A mixed reality telehealth system for remote patient consultations”

Dr David Kong
Ballarat Health Services
“TOPCare – telehealth cardiology pharmacist clinic”

Dr Sophie Brice
Swinburne University
“Personal choice, commitment and contemporary relationships to intervention with telehealth”
