Date: 21-22 March 2018 ¢ Time: 10AM - 4PM ¢ Venue: ICC Sydney

Explore Disruptive Technologies to Deliver

Sustainable Solutions

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Chief Data Chief Medical Innovation Surgeon Director / Head

Scientist Officer Manager / of Clinical
Director Genomics

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 INDUSTRY EXPERTS INCLUDE:
Ian Opperman Neer Korn
Chief Data Scientist, Leading Social
NSW Data Trends &
Analytics Centre Consumer
Dear Colleague Insights Expert

Dr Rob Grenfell
Healthcare innovation is widely recognised as a method Director, A/Prof Munjed
for improving a region’s economic development. However, CSIRO Health Al Muderis
and Biosecurity Orthopaedic Surgeon
innovation must be validated and strategically aligned
and Founder,
to meet both patient-outcome and financial huddles to Osseointegration
overcome the increasingly high barriers to market. Dr Paul Bates Group of Australia
Chief Medical Officer,
Bupa Australia
To overcome these challenges, the healthcare industry and New Zealand Marcel Dinger
must learn to defy traditional paradigms, support an CEO, Genome.One
& Head of Kinghorn
entrepreneurial culture and invest more in medical Kathryn North AM Centre for Clinical
education in the delivery and implementation of new Director, Genomics,
Murdoch Children’s Garvan Institute
technologies to further advance the performance and
Research Institute
delivery of healthcare.
Prof Michael
Dr Anthony Maeder Wilson
The Free to Attend Disrupt Healthcare On-floor Cardiothoracic
Chair in Digital
Program will explore: Health Systems Surgeon,
& Co-Director, Heart & Lung
Flinders Digital Surgeons Sydney
 Those disruptive technologies and models of care that Health Research
respond to current and future healthcare challenges Centre
 How hospitals and clinicians are using AI today and Chris Kommatas,
Innovation Manager |
what does the near-future hold? Professor Director, Accelerator
 The world of genomics – where are we now and where Rajesh Vasa Programs,
Deputy Director Royal Melbourne
are we heading? - Deakin Software Hospital
 Big data and machine learning – How they, along and Technology
Innovation Lab,
with AI and the IoT, enable the prediction of patient Deakin University
Dr Mohan
treatments Karunanithi
Ronald Fleischer Group Leader –
I look forward to seeing you at this Free to Attend Theatre Genetic Counsellor, Health Services, The
Royal Prince Australian eHealth
at the ICC Sydney in March 2018! Research Centre,
Alfred Hospital
CSIRO
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Steven Huang Dr Jodie Ingles
Project Manager, Head of Clinical
Sarah Hor Cybernet Cardiac Genetics
Project Director Manufacturing Inc. Group,
Centenary
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DISRUPT HEALTHCARE - DAY ONE
21 MARCH 2018
10:20 Welcome Address from the Chair
Marcel Dinger
CEO, Genome.One & Head of Kinghorn Centre
for Clinical Genomics,
Garvan Institute
The Emergence of Different Thinking and
10:30 
Methodologies to Catalyse Innovation in Healthcare
In today’s environment, healthcare and health-tech startups
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
are critical in the development our national, regional and
even local economies. However the increasingly high
barriers to market means that innovation must be validated
and strategically aligned to meet both patient-outcome
and financial huddles specific to healthcare. Assisting new
business ventures through the process of incubation or
acceleration seeks to overcome the factors that impede
innovation. In this session, Chris will explore:
 Current and emerging health innovation programs within
hospitals and universities both in Australia and globally
 Examples of experimentations with agile innovation,
simulation and research
 Opportunities of building niche engineering and
technology teams within hospitals
 How incubators/accelerators and innovation precincts
provide knowledge sharing between mentors and the
venture during the vulnerable start-up stage
Chris Kommatas
Innovation Manager|Director, Accelerator Programs,
Royal Melbourne Hospital
11:00 Ageing Disgracefully – The Baby Boomer Perspective
Baby Boomers will continue to impact Australian society
just as they have done at every stage of their lives. They
are intent on ageing disgracefully and will force society to
re-evaluate their perceptions and expectations of older
Australians. This presentation will immerse the audience
in the trends, attitudes and behaviours of the older Baby
Boomers and explore how these will impact the future of
healthcare. You will learn:
 Why they are living for today and doing it all while they can?
 How they are breaking the rules & seeking “all gain no
pain” health solutions?
 What their two key health concerns are?
 Why they are intent on staying put and avoiding the
nursing home? How to overcome the technology
divide and empower them?
Neer Korn
Leading Social Trends & Consumer Insights Expert
 marter Homes: Next Generation Technology
S
11:30 Mobile Health Delivery to Innovatively Address
Bringing Helping Elderly Australians and Trauma
Recovery
CASE STUDY
Elderly Australians will soon be intelligently reminded when
forget to take medication and to have a glass of water
by their house, with Sofihub. The ‘Sofihub Smart Home
System’ is working towards installations in 100s of smart
homes in early 2018. Using A.I it integrates data from IoT
sensors to enable more independent living and provide
carers and families with insights on how that person is
living. In this session, Raj will discuss:
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 How sensors and speakers are interspersed around
the house, learning patterns of movement around the
home
 The use of AI to provide intelligent reminders, which
interestingly reduces loneliness and provides many
positive psychological benefits
 The value and the need of an intelligent IoT systems
to permit remote monitoring to take place as we move
towards hospitals in home
 Although the Sofihub technology was initially designed
to detect behavioural anomalies and assist the elderly,
it has since shown significant promise with trauma
recovery patients and is assisting them live more
independently by providing passive oversight
Professor Rajesh Vasa
Deputy Director - Deakin Software and Technology
Innovation Lab,
Deakin University
Cybernet, The Leading Design House and Medical
12:00 
PC Manufacturer is Here to Show Non-Disruptive
Products that can Sustain Temporary Black-Out
CASE STUDY
Steven Huang
Project Manager,
Cybernet Manufacturing, Inc.
12:30 NETWORKING TEA AND COFFEE BREAK
Current ICT Trends and Leveraging Emerging
14:00 
Technologies to Achieve Greater Connectivity
and Access
Recent “disruptive technologies” currently impact
business models in health (e.g. mobile, cloud, IoT). These
can catalyse new models of care which bring the locus of
control closer to the individual or their carers. Empowering
individuals to manage their health status addresses
the burden of disease and improves quality of life. This
presentation will provide some examples of how health
services can leverage these technologies.
 Greater connectivity and power of mobile devices
supports distributed work tasks
 Access to information when and where it is needed
allows better health decisions
 Collecting data continuously for individuals provides
more personalized health understanding
Dr Anthony Maeder
Chair in Digital Health Systems & Co-Director,
Flinders Digital Health Research Centre
14:30 
the Needs of the Aging Population Suffering from
Chronic Disease
There is an increasing prevalence of people living longer
with chronic diseases. To manage this in the already
stretched health system, innovative models of mobile
health delivery is needed. In this session, Mohan will
address the following:
 Ongoing care for chronic diseases management is not
feasible in acute care setting of hospitals
 Chronic disease management is only sustainable if
care is delivered at the community level
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21 MARCH 2018

 Community care delivery can be enabled through  Clinical and logistical challenges – Educating the
innovative care delivery models using technology community and industry to help them adapt to this shift
 The technology is already here on our doorstep but
Dr Mohan Karunanithi the real question is: How do we apply it in a safe and
Group Leader – Health Services, sensible way?
The Australian eHealth Research Centre,
CSIRO Marcel Dinger
CEO, Genome.One & Head of Kinghorn Centre
Expert Panel Discussion: Mainstreaming Clinical
15:00  for Clinical Genomics,
Genomics – Where Will We Be in 3-5 Years Time? Garvan Institute
Australia is 3-5 years off from mainstreaming clinical
genomics and applying it into non-genetic disciplines. Dr Jodie Ingles
In particular is the potential for preventative healthcare Head of Clinical Cardiac Genetics Group,
EXPERT PANEL DISCUSSIONS

and tailored patient management as new technology Centenary Institute

enables rapid genome sequencing and the interpretation
Ronald Fleischer
of genomic data. This panel will discuss the transformative
Genetic Counsellor,
shift in genomics and discuss what we can anticipate in the
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
not so distant future:
 Recognising the subtle difference between real-time
16:00 CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
and point-of-care genomics
 Opportunities to apply genomics in non-genetic
disciplines, such as oncology, pharmacogenomics and
genetic counselling

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DISRUPT HEALTHCARE - DAY TWO
22 MARCH 2018
10:20 Welcome Address from the Chair
Marcel Dinger
CEO, Genome.One & Head of Kinghorn Centre
for Clinical Genomics,
Garvan Institute
Future of the Health Report
10:30 
In this presentation, Rob will cover:
 Key trends and future challenges, including Australia’s
CASE STUDY
future health issues and challenges
 Future health industries and how they will be disrupted
from the commercial perspective
 Future health experiences around influence allocation
and exposure to healthcare from a customer
perspective
 Growth enablers to improve Australia’s health agenda,
including emerging technologies that will drive change
and legislative, economic and infrastructure changes
necessary to support this future state
Dr Rob Grenfell
Director,
CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
Keynote Presentation: Leading Innovation in
11:00 
Osseointegrative Surgery to Improve Quality of Life
for Amputees
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
A/Prof Munjed Al Muderis is a world leader in a
revolutionary technology known as Osseointegration,
which offers amputees an alternative to traditional socket
mounted prostheses. The Osseointegration Group of
Australia has helped more than 390 amputees walk again.
Munjed’s ambition to help disabled people started when
he was a young child watching “The Terminator” movie.
This passion inspired him to develop this technology
to help amputees rehabilitate with enhanced mobility,
comfort, reduced pain and overall achieving a significantly
better quality of life.
In this session Munjed will share his astonishing journey
in coming to Australia from Iraq and his experiences in
developing this novel surgical procedure, highlighting how
this technology has evolved and advanced to date.
A/Prof Munjed Al Muderis
Orthopaedic Surgeon and Founder,
Osseointegration Group of Australia
 enomics and the Brave New World of Personalised
G
11:30 immerse the audience in attitudes and trends around
Medicine: A Global and Local Perspective
Genomics is having a major impact on our ability to
CASE STUDY
diagnose and understand a range of disorders, and to
target therapies to the individual. In 2016, Australian
Genomics was launched to establish the evidence and
inform policy for the integration of genomic medicine into
Australian healthcare. Kathryn North leads this 78-partner
national research program, and in this presentation will
provide a local and international perspective to unlocking
the promise of genomic medicine, including:
 Demonstrating how the application of genomic data
impacts the care of patients across a range of disorders
 How the Australian research approach — patient
centred and embedded in clinical practice— is
recognised internationally as a leading model for the
integration of genomics in healthcare
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 How collaborative partnerships, and common
frameworks for data sharing globally are essential to
advancing our understanding, diagnosis and treatment
of disease
Kathryn North AM
Director,
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
I rresistible Digitisation –New Ways of
12:00
Understanding Health
The irresistible digitisation of our lives, coupled with
innovative application of analytics, has led to astonishing
changes in the way we understand the world, the services
we create and how we connect. It can also allow us to
tackle some of the biggest problems we face including
dealing with a growing and aging population. This
presentation highlights some of the exciting opportunities
and challenges of healthcare in a digital world.
Ian Opperman
Chief Data Scientist,
NSW Data Analytics Centre
12:30 NETWORKING TEA AND COFFEE BREAK
14:00 Leading Innovation in Delivering Minimally Invasive
Surgery
 Michael Wilson is internationally recognised for applying
CASE STUDY
new and emerging technologies and minimally invasive
techniques to deal with complex heart and lung surgical
problems. As an advocate for thinking ‘outside the box’,
Michael is practiced in the effective utilisation of Da Vinci
robots to minimise the trauma of surgery. In this session,
Michael will contrast open and videoscopic techniques,
discuss the challenges being time adequate and efficient,
and explore the opportunities for minimally invasive
technologies to significantly improve the clinical and
patient outcomes.
Prof Michael Wilson
Cardiothoracic Surgeon,
Heart & Lung Surgeons Sydney
14:30 Crossing the Technology Generational Divide
Nowhere is a generational divide more prominent than
when it comes to technology. Consider that today
young people have skills and empowerment that older
generations could never match. This presentation will
technology and social media, and its impact on healthcare.
You will learn:
 How young people are empowered and seamless in
their use and adoption of technology?
 Why older Australians need technology Zimmer
Frames and how being technology savvy impacts
overall confidence?
 How fear of technology leads to its dismissal?
 How some older people care too much about security
and privacy, and how little young people do?
Neer Korn
Leading Social Trends & Consumer Insights Expert
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22 MARCH 2018

Benchmarking Your Digital Solutions Against Best

15:00 
Practice to Determine Suitability and Room for
Improvement
We are competing in an ever crowded digital market
place. However, there is always a balance between what is
required, what is desired and the extent to which we take
action. Best practice benchmarking is a valuable exercise
for improving operational efficiency and determining the
suitability and effectiveness of your digital solution(s). In
this session, Paul will discuss:
 Benchmarking against best practice to ensure that you
are making the right digital investment and determine
how you can improve your investment
 The importance of benefit realisation – a useful tool
for estimating the value you can derive against costs of
acquiring, developing and implementing
 Finding the right business partners and remembering
to solve real customer problems rather than creating
solutions to the problem
Dr Paul Bates
Chief Medical Officer,
Bupa Australia and New Zealand
15:30 CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR

Australian Healthcare week provided me with a great

opportunity to network with a health care leaders, view
some outstanding exhibitions and enjoy a well organised,
informative forum”.
Chief Executive, Southern NSW Local Health District

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