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
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
Featured speakers
Richard
Alcock
AO
Former Chair, Western Sydney Local Health District
Christopher
Brown
AM
Chairman, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue
David
Burns
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Collective Leisure & Lead, WSYD Moving
Tracey
Burton
Chief Executive Officer, Uniting
Edward
Caine
Associate - NSW & ACT Health Leader, Arup
Hon.
Peter
Collins
AM KC
Board Chair, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
Loretta
Di Mento
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
Dr
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
Chief Executive, South Western Sydney Local Health District
Dr
Keith
McDonald
Chief Executive Officer, South Western Sydney PHN
Dr
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
Head of Policy & Analysis, Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue
Grainne
O'Loughlin
Chief Executive Officer, Karitane
Hon.
Ryan
Park
MP
Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health and the Minister for the Illawarra and South Coast
Dr
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
Have a leading role in curating, presenting and participating in the delivery of our event content.
The Dialogue encourages a more active role for our Partners to participate in our program delivery. If you have any questions about how you can become more involved as an event or program sponsor, please contact our Chief Commercial Officer, Brett Towers by emailing brett@westernsydney.org.au or call the Dialogue office directly on (02) 8318 8028
Event partners
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District
South Western Sydney Local Health District
Western Sydney Local Health District
Event Sponsors
