GWS Future Health Forum 2023

At the 2023 GWS Future Health Forum, focus will be on regional solutions to issues across health service provision, community engagement, innovative partnerships, city-shaping, skills pipeline, digital and transport access.

The Dialogue presents this complimentary policy forum for its partners and invited guests in collaboration with Greater Western Sydney’s three Local Health Districts.

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Date
Monday, 30 October 2023

Venue
CommBank Stadium, Parramatta

Registration

Dialogue partner complimentary registration

Non Dialogue partner expression of interest

Key Topics

How do we improve the health of our communities? Are our health systems responding to local needs?
Understanding the role of planning, design, transport and amenity in improving health outcomes.
How is the region’s care economy (healthcare, aged care & childcare) supporting its communities’ health and wellbeing needs, and why is GWS different?
What are some of the untapped opportunities within the care economy that could spark productivity, improve efficiencies and address cost-of-living pressures?
Understanding the role of the private sector in meeting future health needs.
How is collaboration between industry and public sector producing results?
Summer is fast approaching, what can we put in place right now to help safeguard communities from the effects of extreme heat come December? What role does access to recreational water and heat refuges play in this?
What is the role of sport in improving community health outcomes and how can we leverage this more?
How can the private sector help support the growth of grass-roots sport and promote more inclusive opportunities for participants at all backgrounds and abilities?

Who should attend?

Healthcare executives, including CIOs and CEOs, government officials and policymakers and data analysts
Clinicians, healthcare consumers, medical software and systems developers and healthcare IT professionals
Innovators and entrepreneurs, biomedical and health informatics researchers and students
Health system administrators and managers, and public health professionals
Technologists and telehealth providers, nurses and midwives, residential and aged care providers
Health informaticians, health and healthcare standards developers and educators
Community leaders and prominent NGOs from across the region

The details

Program

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Featured speakers

Richard

Alcock

Former Chair, Western Sydney Local Health District

Christopher

Brown

Chairman, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue

David

Burns

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Collective Leisure

Tracey

Burton

Chief Executive Officer, Uniting

Edward

Caine

Associate - NSW & ACT Health Leader, Arup

Hon.

Peter

Collins

Board Chair, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

Loretta

Di Mento

Board Chair, Western Sydney Local Health District

Clr

Pierre

Esber

Lord Mayor, City of Parramatta

Lidija

Faamau

First Year Medical Student, Western Sydney University

Carlos

Frias

Director, Urbis

Rebecca

Grasso

Director City Futures, Campbelltown City Council

Lee

Gregory

Chief Executive, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

Prof.

Louise

Hickman

Pro Vice Chancellor – Health, University of Wollongong

Paul

Higham

Head of Western Sydney Development, Sydney Water

Kay

Hyman

Former Chief Executive, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District

Amanda

Larkin

Former Chief Executive, South Western Sydney Local Health District

Adam

Leto

Chief Executive Officer, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue

Kim

Loo

Sydney GP and NSW Chair, Doctors for the Environment Australia

Erin

Lorenzini

Head of Government Relations & Infrastructure, Cricket NSW and Director, Sport NSW

Graeme

Loy

Chief Executive, Western Sydney Local Health District

Sonia

Marshall

Acting Chief Executive, South Western Sydney Local Health District

Keith

McDonald

Chief Executive Officer, South Western Sydney PHN

Andrew

Montague

General Manager – Health and Strategic Delivery Office, HammondCare

Albert

Naffah

Chief Executive Officer, CommBank Health

Tom

Nance

Manager, Strategy and Delivery, Western Sydney University

Lauren

Nicholls

Senior Manager, Policy & Research, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue

Grainne

O'Loughlin

Chief Executive Officer, Karitane

Hon.

Ryan

Park

Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health and the Minister for the Illawarra and South Coast

Zoe

Terpening

Director Strategy & Precincts, UNSW

Brett

Towers

Director, Marketing and Partnerships, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue

Bruno

Zinghini

Executive Director - Western Region, Health Infrastructure

Sponsorship Opportunities

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