Agenda

Day One - Tuesday, 28 May 2024

JUMP TO DAY 2

8:55

Aventedge Introduction

9:00

Chairperson’s Opening Address

Associate Professor Tam Nguyen, Deputy Director of Research, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

TRANSFORMATION

9:10

Government Keynote: Future-proofing aged care: keys for successful digital transformation

Establishing strong data governance foundations to thrive within a changing policy space
Weaving compliance, security, regulatory and ethical considerations into the DNA of your digital strategy

Janine Bennett, Assistant Secretary (Acting), Digital Business and Sector Engagement Branch, Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care (Virtual)

9:40

Enhancing Care and Compliance with Technology

Understanding the changing landscape of Aged Care
Challenges & Opportunities
Practical application of Technology in Aged Care

Nicole Chen, Principal Consultant, Ideagen

10:00

Panel: Unpacking the ethical conundrum of technology usage - how far is too far?

Establishing where and how to draw the line on what can be done
Balancing potential without endangering users I.e. camera usage, facial recognition etc...

Fiona Caldwell, Chief Information Officer, Estia Health

Professor Stacy Carter, Director, Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong

Nathan Betteridge, Co-Founder & Director, Five Good Friends

10:40

Networking Bingo

10:50

Morning Tea

ARTIFICIAL & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

11:25

Digital mess or digital success – evidence-based insights through the lens of advisor & software provider that all service providers need to know

What are the combination of factors that makes this sector so digitally challenging?
How do you find the right solutions and partners?
Why are most digital investments not meeting the high hopes expected?
The challenge of sustainability for all software vendors in our sector and the risk this presents to Service Providers

Pete Boyd, General Manager, KPMG Community Care, KPMG

11:45

Harnessing the power of business intelligence to solve practical problems in aged care

Addressing current and future challenges through BI in an aged care setting
Translating the information gathered to leverage actionable insights

Paul Basso, Head, Data and Business Intelligence Corporate Services, Uniting Age Well

12:15

Combining clinical and technical safety with productivity in medication management

Alexander Wong, Head of National Clinical Systems (Aged Care), StrongRoom AI

12:20

Lunch

DATA ANALYTICS & DASHBOARDS

1:20

Empowering better care through innovation – how you can leverage automation to free up time for what matters

Stop paying professionals to perform low value manual tasks.
Establish visibility over corporate spend.

Ben Woolley, CEO, Redmap

1:40

Case study: Charting an example of innovation being utilised to overcome resource limitations

Identifying and enacting the area in which this can be achieved
Incorporating effective co-design to ensure successful implementation

Nathan Betteridge, Co-Founder & Director, Five Good Friends

2:10

Round tables x 4

Roundtable 1: Balancing frontline empowerment with data protection

Padrick Goodwin, Google Practice Engineering Lead, Datacom

Roundtable 2: Results-based vs evidence-based approaches to aged care digital transformation

Tim Watts, CEO, Adamas

Roundtable 3: The Digitisation of Medication Management - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

Alexander Wong, Head of National Clinical Systems (Aged Care), StrongRoom AI

3:20

Afternoon Tea

INNOVATIVE PRACTICE

3:50

Discover how McLean Care's workforce solution is revolutionizing aged care in regional, rural and remote Australia

Addressing nurse and allied health shortages through a bespoke virtual workforce model, connecting skilled clinicians remotely for timely assessments and interventions.
Integrating IoT devices and AI analytics, to ensure in-depth, tailored care, preventing unnecessary hospitalisations and delivering improved health outcomes in both Residential and Community Care settings

Paul Maher, Director of Finance, McLean Care

4:20

Chairperson’s Closing Address and Networking Drinks

4:30

Networking Drinks

Day 2

Day Two - Wednesday, 29 May 2024

8:50

Chairperson’s Opening Address

Associate Professor Tam Nguyen, Deputy Director of Research, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

CYBERSECURITY & VALUE

9:00

The evolving role of risk management in cybersecurity

Understanding what tools are available (and you might already be using) to help kickstart your Cyber Security roadmap
Integrating cyber security practices and responses effectively into your risk management strategies/practice

Joshua Baker, Senior Project Manager, Management Governance Australia and Workforce Plus

9:30

Datacom: Building a digital foundation for the future of Healthcare

Datacom’s digital enablement in healthcare is game-changing, if not life-saving
Our view on how Generative AI has the potential to revolutionise Aged Care

Jeff Wagner, Head of Advisory, Datacom

INNOVATION, TRANSFORMATION, AND WORKFORCE

9:50

Digital is the easy bit, transformation is the hard bit

A journey of organisational readiness in preparation for digital transformation.
How big is the ambition for digital transformation, is it really transformation or “Big Change”

Anne McCormack, CEO, Mecwacare

10:20

Novata Solutions Presenting Digital Transformation within the Aged Care Sector

Tracy De Paolis, MAICD – Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, Novata Solutions

10:25

Morning Tea

11:00

Aligning a strong data governance framework with technology

Exploring the components of a lightweight but effective data governance framework
How such a framework can be applied to meeting regulatory requirements and development opportunities.

Marcello Sequeira, Head of Information Architecture and Governance, The Benevolent Society

11:30

Panel: Utilising innovation to enhance both backroom operation and connection with the clinicians on the frontline

Entwining systems across your organisation to enable usage by multiple teams
Aligning strategy to enable control and agency from a single source

Chris Balogi, Executive – ICT, Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC)

Annette Hili, General Manager ANZ, AlayaCare

Julie Reeves, Strategic Lead-Aged Care, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Foundation

Jo Chopamba, Head of IT Application Services, Catholic Healthcare

12:20

Leveraging emerging technology to bring transformation at the point of care

Use case on how we bring innovation from concept to scale
Bringing the board and organisation on the innovation journey

Ramesh Raghavan, Digital, Innovation & Experience Lead, Uniting

12:50

Lunch

1:50

Going beyond dashboards and exploring how to prepare for a future where they’re obsolete

Discussing how data will be and can be utilised to enable actionable insights and value creation
Driving efficacy in action to execution, the development of learning mechanisms and effective processes

Neha Jain, Head of Data Analytics, Estia Health

2:20

Leading digital transformation in the workforce

Encouraging strategic thinking and innovation in workforce development

Chris Balogi, Executive – ICT, Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC)

2:45

Afternoon Tea

3:15

Empowering decision making through the utilisation of business intelligence

Fueling technological advancements through the usage of BI
Anticipating the upcoming trends to pivot your organisation in the right direction

David Silvestre, Director, Data & Digital, Bupa Villages and Aged Care

3:45

Preparing your organisation and consumers for the introduction of AI and machine learning

Utilising AI and machine learning to facilitate consumer-led care
Ensuring the adoption of AI only happens if staff and consumers can simply and effectively use the technology
Analysing examples of where AI has made a positive difference within aged care

David Cox, Managing Director, Curtin Heritage Living

4:15

Closing Remarks and Close of Forum

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