Program
Empowering voices: Educating health professionals for respectful and inclusive conversations
The 2026 theme will explore how we equip future health professionals with the capabilities to have meaningful, inclusive conversations that help our communities and colleagues feel heard, respected, and empowered.
Watch this space - more details coming soon.
Schedule
Time
Session content & speakers
Plenary
Disability, Mental Health and the Role of Pharmacy as Part of an Ecosystem of Support
9:15am
Session details available soon.
Keynote
Accessible Communication: Building Trust and Safety in Patient Care
9:55am
Session details available soon.
Presentation
MORNING TEA
Building capability in students for respectful and inclusive conversations #1
10:25am
TBA - speaker selected from abstract Expression of Interest
Session details available soon.
Presentation
Lived experience - What we need from future health professionals
11:20am
Session details available soon.
Panel
Embedding inclusive practices across health education programs
12:20pm
Session details available soon.
Presentation
LUNCH
Building capability in students for respectful and inclusive conversations #2
2:00pm
TBA - speaker selected from abstract Expression of Interest
Session details available soon.
Presentation
Theory to practice: case studies on navigating inclusion in the workplace
2:25pm
Session details available soon.
Workshop
AFTERNOON TEA
Building capability in students for respectful and inclusive conversations #3
3:55pm
TBA - speaker selected from abstract Expression of Interest
Session details available soon
Presentation
Plenary
Networking reception
5:00pm
Hotel Realm
Continue the conversation and enjoy some light refreshments at our networking reception.