Past Speakers

Hon. Anika Wells
Minister for Aged Care
Parliament of Australia

Janet Anderson
Commissioner, Aged Care
Quality and Safety Commission

Christopher How
Chief Executive Officer
Bethanie

Craig Gear
CEO
Older Persons Advocacy Network

Michael Beres
Chief Operations Officer
Annecto

Dr Ricki Smith
CEO
Access Care Network Australia

Rachael Lewis
Senior Lecturer
UNSW Business School

Neeley Cordery
Quality Outcomes Manager
Five Good Friends

Amy Laffan
First Assistant Secretary
Department of Health

Yvonne Wells
Head, Lincoln Centre for Research on Ageing
La Trobe University

Mary Ducusin (Carpenter)
Director of Customer, Risk and Governance
Uniting NSW & ACT

Trent Dean
Chief Executive Officer
Mercy Connect

Aunty Phyllis Marsh
Volunteer Leadership Role
Anglicare Southern Queensland

Rebecca Woods FCPHR
Executive Director Aged Care Access
Access Care Network Australia

Sharyn Broer
Chief Executive Officer
Meals on Wheels

Peter Willcocks
Consumer Advocate

Melanie Metz
Assistant Secretary
Department of Health & Aged Care

David Sykes
Director of Centre for Dementia Learning
Dementia Australia

Danielle Ballantine
Chief Executive Officer
Your Side Australia

Mary Ann Geronimo
Director of Policy
FECCA

Paul Ostrowski
Chief Executive Officer
Care Connect

Rosy Walia
CEO
Multicultural Care

Prof. Michael Woods
Professor
University of Technology Sydney

Robin Vote
Advocate

Dr Nick Hartland
First Assistant Secretary, Home and Residential
Department of Health & Aged Care

Lynda Chalmers
National Manager
Mercy Health

Gaurav Oberoi
Chief Executive Officer
Afea Care Services

Vandana Rathore
Project and Policy Officer, Multicultural Aged Care
PICAC Alliance

Lylea McMahon
Chief People, Property and Growth Officer
ARUMA

Carolanne Barkla
Chief Executive
Aged Rights Advocacy Service

Robyn Abrahams
Home care consumer