Keynote Speakers
A-D

Donna Ah Chee
Central Aboriginal Congress
An Integrated model of child and family services as a core part of comprehensive primary health care
Biography

Pat Anderson
Chair, The Lowitja Institute
A Northern Territory perspective on healthy infants and kids
Biography

Kerry Arabena
Chair, Indigenous Health; Director, Indigenous Health Equity, Melbourne University
Improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids
Biography

Julie James Bailey
Educator and film maker
Speaking Standard Australian English in Remote Communities
Biography

Isabel Brookes
Research Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Panelist on the situation ‘on the ground’ in remote and rural areas
Biography

Lindsay Cane
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Far West
What’s critical in the remote and rural context for the health and wellbeing of our kids
Biography

Emily Carter
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women’s Resource Centre
Working to free Fitzroy Crossing from FASD: a successful place-based program
Biography

Richard Colbran
Business Director - Royal Far West
Demonstration of Royal Far West telecare system
Biography

Trish Davidson
Executive Director for Children, Young People and Families, HNEHealth LHD; & Conjoint Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Uni of Newcastle
Joining the Dots for Country Kids
Biography

Tessa Davis
Paediatric Emergency Trainee and NSW Minister for Health Registrar of the Year, Sydney Children's Hospital
Apps and maps; devices that suffice
Biography

Craig Dukes
Chief Executive Officer, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association
The role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers and practitioners in kids’ health
Biography
E-H

Karen Edmond
Professor, Child and Adolescent Health Service, School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia
'Complex care' services for children in Western Australia
Biography

John Elferink
Northern Territory Minister for Health
Children's health in the Northern Territory
Biography

Carol Hubert
Senior Manager, Strategic Engagement and Communications, Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth
The global picture, here and overseas, in ensuring wellbeing for children in rural and remote areas
Biography
I-L

Lynne Little
Paediatric and Child Health Nurse, Alice Springs Hospital
Panelist on the situation ‘on the ground’ in remote and rural areas
Biography
M-P

Geri Malone
Chair, National Rural Health Alliance; and Director of Professional Services, CRANAplus
Nursing remote kids
Biography

Jo McCubbin
Paediatrician, Gippsland, Victoria
Supporting the kids' health workforce we need
Biography

Ewen McPhee
President Rural Doctors Association of Australia
Rural general practice
Biography

Megan Mitchell
National Children's Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
A human rights approach to the health and wellbeing of children in Australia's non-metropolitan areas
Biography

Tim Moore
Senior Research Fellow - Institute of Child Protection Studies
Master of Ceremonies
Biography

Elizabeth Murray
Director, Rural Support Section , Health Workforce Division, Department of Health
Rural health workforce challenges and programmes to increase the availability of services in rural, regional and remote Australia.
Biography

Chantal Ober
Youth Worker, YMCA Katherine; and NT Young Australian of the Year 2015
The ups and downs of a young life in remote Australia
Biography

Frank Oberklaid
Director, Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
The changing nature of children’s health: challenges and opportunities
Biography

June Oscar
Chief Executive Officer, Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women’s Resource Centre
Working to free Fitzroy Crossing from Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: a successful place-based program
Biography

Bethany Paterson
Rural Clinical Psychologist
Panel session on the situation 'on the ground' in remote and rural areas
Biography
Q-T

Damien Ryan
Mayor and Chief Executive Officer, Alice Springs Town Council
Welcome to Alice Springs
Biography

Anthony Smith
Deputy Director, Centre of Online Health, University of Queensland
Telecare for more remote communities
Biography

Christine Spencer
Acting Manager, Alice Springs Hospital
Panel Session on the situation 'on the ground' in remote and rural areas
Biography

Nigel Stewart
Paediatrician, Port Augusta, South Australia; Immediate Past President, Australian Paediatric Society
From the ground up: a rural clinician's report on kids' health and wellbeing in Australia
Biography

Scott Stokes
Nurse Practitioner, WA Country Health Service - Kimberley, WA
Nursing, innovation and scopes of rural/remote practice
Biography

Kylie Stothers
Indigenous Allied Health Australia, Katherine, NT
The place of allied health in kids' health
Biography
U-Z

Michael Williams
Specialist Rural Paediatrician, Mackay
The role of telehealth in 'right care, right time, right place'
Biography