Welcome Reception Cairns Convention Centre
Welcome: Dr Louise Schaper CEO HISA
Telstra ignites cross-jurisdiction EHR
Jon Hughes Director, Smart Health Solutions Telstra

Concurrent 1 - Chair: Dr Trevor Lord
GLIMPSES OF INNOVATION

Innovations in Post-Disaster Care - The Sichuan Experience
John Grant Director, Connected Health, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems Inc

Virtual Care: Providing High Quality Care at a Distance
Dr George Margelis General Manager, Care Innovations Australia, NSW

Connecting primary care: a view on telehealth from General Practice Networks
Craig Szucs Principal Network Adviser eHealth Australian General Practice Network, ACT

Concurrent 2 Chair: David Ryan
RURAL SERVICES
'War Stories' - Lessons Learnt

Telehealth applications accross the Grampians region, Victoria
Sharon Tonkin Campus Manager Donald Campus East Wimmera Health Service

Virtual Health - Myth or Reality
Bruce Winzar CIO London Mallee Health Alliance

Virtual critical care clinician outreach and support in medical retrieval
Tim Gray Medical Advisor, Adult Retrieval Victoria

Barriers to Telehealth

New ways of approaching telehealth
Jackie Plunkett Director, Health eTowns Project, NT Department of Health

Health:electronic and the cloud? Some perspectives from ground level.
Dr Leif Hanlen Senior Researcher, E-Health Business Management, NICTA

Concurrent 3 - Chair: Dr Jenny May
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TELEHEALTH

This is the business end of telehealth, dealing with day to day clinical care. Various aspects of technology and clinical requirements to provide efficient health care to patients and demonstartions of a few scenarios will be highlights of this session.

Dr Sabe Sabesan Director of Medical Oncology Townsville Hospital, Qld

Dr Michael Williams Director Child & Adolescent Health Service, Mackay Base Hospital, Qld

Concurrent 4 - Chair: Dr Trevor Lord
USER EXPERIENCE WORK FLOW AND EHR

Telehealth - an Occupational Medical Experience
David Allen Managing Director Telehealth Solutions Australia and Quality Occupational Health NSW

Making sense of telemedicine and EHR in the workplace
Prof John Wilson Head Cystic Fibrosis Service, Alfred Hospital Melbourne

Combining web based classrooms and E-learn tools; Increasing access to nursing education in the Kimberley
Sally Clark Associate Dean University of Notre Dame, Broome Campus, WA

Connecting Critical Care: Enhancing Clinical Decision Making at the Point of Care
Angela Ryan Statewide Services Development Branch NSW Health

Telepathology in the Northern Territory
Merrianne Wardle Network Supervising Scientist - Haematology, Northern Territory Government Pathology Service

Concurrent 5 - Chair: Jackie Plunkett
USER EXPERIENCE

Considering Clinical Consultations via Video Conference?
Heidi Warkill Facilitator Statewide Telehealth Services, Qld

Telederm National: vision for its future
Dr Jim Muir Director Department of Dermatology, Mater Hospital Qld

Implementation of Statewide Video Remote Interpreting Service to Improve Access to Interpreters Within Queensland Health, Australia. A Telehealth Success Story.
Libby Sterling, Principal Interpreter Quality Officer - Northern, Queensland Health Multicultural Services

Concurrent 6 - Chair: Louise Schaper
BIG IDEAS

Virtual Maternity
Michael Gill, Director Internet Business Solutions Cisco and
Helen Timms, Assistant Director of Nursing, Caboolture Hospital

The Changing Role of Telehealth
Prof Mukesh Haikerwal AO National Clinical Lead, National E-Health Transition Authority

Telehealth and the Power of Proximity
Dr Jenny May Chair National Rural Health Alliance

Plenary 6: Chair - Dr Sabe Sabesan
Dr Jon Linkous CEO American Telemedicine Association, USA

Plenary 7:
Health Care in an NBN World - A hypothetical
Moderated by Michael Gill Chair, Rural & Remote Telehealth Conference

Kerri Burden Director, E-Health Branch, Department of Health and Ageing
Sylvia Spaseski Assistant Secretary, Digital Initiatives, Department of Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy
Prof Mukesh Haikerwal AO National Clinical Lead, National E-Health Transition Authority
Moya Sandow Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia, Director Consumer Health Forum of Australia, National Rural Health Alliance Council Member
Bernadette Gibbons National General Manager, Telstra Health
Dr Trevor Lord Senior Medical Officer, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service Council
Dr Jenny May Chair, National Rural Health Alliance

Plenary 8 : Chair - Dr Trevor Lord

Telehealth in India: An Overview
Prof K Ganapathy President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation, India

Plenary 9:

Improving access to specialist services through Medicare rebates for video consultations
Jennifer Campain - Director of Medicare Eligibility, Medical Benefits Division Department of Health and Ageing, ACT