Online attendance: International Forum Brisbane 2024

Online attendees will be able to access the below live programme on Wednesday 6 November, Thursday 7 November and Friday 8 November.

You can view the programme for in-person attendees and read more about the programme theme ‘Pushing Boundaries’.

Please note that the programme for online attendees is subject to change.

Programme timings are in Brisbane Time (AEST) – GMT +10.

Wednesday 6 November

10:10-10:40

• Keynote 1: Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony

17:00-17:40

• Keynote 2: To be announced

Thursday 7 November

09:00-09:10

• Welcome & Introduction

09:10-10:30

• Keynote 3: What matters most and what does it take to lead equity? (with Tanya Hosch Australian Football League, Australia)

11:05-12:05

S1: Safety

• Part 1: Using workload capacity indicators to evaluate patient deterioration early warning tools (Anton van der Vegt The University of Queensland; Australia)
• Part 2: Strategies to reduce extubation failure in neonatal ICU: a quality improvement approach (Triptee Agrawal Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India)

S2: People

• Part 1: Improving healthcare experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in private hospitals (Melinda Jolly St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney; Australia)
• Part 2: Healthy new communities- equity-based population health approach to improving health outcomes (Edwin Lubari Metro South Hospital and Health Service; Australia)

S3: Leading

• Part 1: Beyond technology: consumers and culture at the heart of digital transformation (Simon Cleverley Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care; Australia)
• Part 2: Changes in Accreditation Assessment (Karen Luxford ACHS; Australia)

S4: Populations 

• Part 1: Whole System Safety: Applying theory into practice to impove outcomes across Victoria  (Louise McKinley Safer Care Victoria; Australia and Lisa McKenzie IHI; USA)
• Part 2: More than mLs: Consumer engagement in the postpartum Haemorrhage collaborative (Kaz Redmond Safer Care Victoria; Australia)

13:10 – 14:40

S5: Safety

• Part 1: Shifting from “me” to “WE” (Duncan Brown, Culture Craft, Australia)

S6: People

• Part 1: Better together: population health quality governance weaving indigenous and clinical frameworks (Maria Poynter Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora; New Zealand)
• Part 2: Deadly feet: a co-design process for the implementation of a multi-disciplinary outreach (Jason Jenkins Metro North Hospital and Health Service; Australia)
• Part 3: Embracing a culture in healing

S7: Leading/ change

• Part 1: Radical inclusion: a clinician-consumer co-design research internship program at redcliffe hospital (Jacqueline Peet University of the Sunshine Coast; Australia)
• Part 2: Building a winning team- consumers partnering in healthcare organisations (Lauren Lawlor Epworth HealthCare; Australia)
• Part 3: Rehab rx: empowering inpatients through self-administered medication therapy (Anna Hendy Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Services; Australia)

S8: Populations

• Part 1: The development and implementation of a statewide patient escalation process, ‘Ryan’s rule (Shaune Gifford Queensland Department of Health; Australia)
• Part 2: Green Metro North – transition to clean, green, sustainable healthcare (Kellie Williams Metro North Hospital and Health Service; Australia)
• Part 3:
  • Improving VTE prophylaxis – the clot thickens (Kunwarjit Sangla Townsville University Hospital; Australia)
  • From Garbage to Green: A Soft Plastic Recycling Initiative in one Canadian Anesthesia Department (Claire Moura Safer Care Victoria; Australia)

15:15-16:15 

S9: Safety

• Panel: Ending Homelessness (David Pearson Australian Alliance to End Homelessness; Australia)

S10: People 

• Part 1: Growing deadly families – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternity services strategy (Melina Connors and Sonita Guidice Queensland Health; Australia)

S11: Change

• Part 1: Understanding Variation to inform improvements – Masterclass (Lloyd Provost IHI; USA)

S12: Populations

• Part 1: Population Health (Goran Henriks)
• Part 2: Every week counts (Prof. John Newnham Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance; Australia)

16:15-16:50

• Keynote 4: Pushing Boundaries: A Journey of Innovation and Inspiration

Friday 8 November

09:05-09:50

• Keynote 5: Health Workforce Projections: A Global Call to Action (Simon Kuestenmacher The Demographics Group; Australia)

11:05-12:05

S14: People

• Part 1: Study on patient flow in Queensland’s public hospitals (Justin Boyle CSIRO; Australia)
• Part 2: No! waitlists are not inevitable: sustaining timely access to outpatient services (Annie Lewis Eastern Health; Australia)

S15: Leading

• Part 1: Tackling the healthcare professional wellbeing crisis: wellbeing for Victorian healthcare workers (Brianna Bass Safer Care Victoria; Australia)

S16: Populations

• Part 1: Unlocking sustainable co-delivery: the power of transformation improvement cadence (Ellie Harvey Monash Health; Australia)
• Part 2: Can ‘living’ guidelines be made, and if so, will they be used? (Peter Hibbert Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University; Australia)

13:05-14:35

S17: Safety

• Part 1: Every week counts: A National Collaborative to prevent pre-term and early term births across Australia (John Newnham Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance; Australia)
• Part 2: Driving change to reduce preterm and early term birth (Deyna Hopkinson Clinical Excellence Queensland; Australia)
• Part 3: Safer baby bundles in Queensland using a modified breakthrough series collaborative approach (Colette McIntyre Clinical Excellence Queensland; Australia)

S18: People 

• Part 1: Shifting from performance to improvement: creating safer and calmer hospitals in Victoria (Stephanie Easthope Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); Australia)
• Part 2: Child and adolescent virtual urgent care service: consumer-centric hospital avoidance approach (Benjamin Dsouza Women’s and Children’s Hospital Network; Australia)
• Part 3: Small tweaks for surgical peaks: quality improvement bundle for surgical infections (Bhavesh Patel Queensland Children’s Hospital; Australia)

S19: Leading

• Part 1: Healing healthcare together: rebuilding the workforce and shaping the future of healthcare (Anne Marie Hadley NSW Health; Australia)
• Part 2: Know to grow: improvement through self-assessment and learning (Paul Eleftheriou and Sarah Fischer Safer Care Victoria; Australia)
• Part 3: Developing a boundaryless governance practice

S20: Populations

• Part 1: Co-designing for impact – a forensic dive into community participatory methods (Leslie Arnott Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, Melbourne University; Australia)
• Part 2: Enhancing healthcare through collaborative digital platform education (Silas Taylor UNSW Sydney; Australia)

15:05-15:35

• Rapid-fire poster presentations: the finalists

The Poster Champions will select eight top scoring oral poster presentations from Thursday and Friday.

The authors will take to the main plenary stage to present their projects, giving you, the audience, an opportunity to vote for the winning poster project.

15:35-16:05

• Keynote 6: Now what? Are we pushing boundaries? (with Kedar Mate)

*Group savings apply when a minimum of 5 or more individuals from the same organisation register at the same time.

**See criteria below for booking with our special discounts, applicable for students and delegates from Low Income/Lower-Middle-Income countries.

The prices in the table above are in AUD (Australian dollars), per delegate and are exempt of VAT.

All bookings should be made online and are payable by credit/debit card or invoice. We can only issue invoices for groups of five or more people from the same organisation.

We are aware of current issues with our payment provider, WorldPay. Our team is working closely with them to resolve the matter as quickly as possible.

If you encounter any problems while making a payment for registration, please contact our customer service team at events@bmj.com with your registration number as a reference.

For bespoke packages for larger groups (50+ delegates), please email Warren Lee, Manager for Strategic Partnerships & Alliances, at wlee@bmj.com.

Please note all of our special rates apply to our standard registration fees only. We are unable to subsidize or cover any costs associated with joining the online conference.

Student rates

As a student in full-time education, you can apply for an online discounted student place by sending one of the below to Marina Antanasiotis at mantanasiotis@bmj.com:

• A copy of your student card which clearly displays the date of validity in numerical form
• An official letter issued by the Dean of your university confirming you will be in full-time education at the time of the conference (7-8 November 2024)

If your application is successful, you will be provided with further instructions on how to register with our student rates.

Lower-Middle-Income and Low-Income Countries rates

Only delegates who are residents of and are working in Low-Income (LICs) and Lower-Middle-Income (LMCs) countries can qualify for our discounted rates. Please check the World Bank country classification to see if you are eligible.

• When registering, please select to register as a delegate and enter your full address on the booking details page  – this will be used to verify your registration
• The discounted rate will be automatically applied when you choose a country listed as LMC or LIC on the World Bank country classification list while filling in your personal details
• You may be contacted to provide proof of residency

Please read our Registration Terms & Conditions before booking.