Women’s Health SymposiumProgram 2019

UNIVERSITY HOUSE, ANU, CANBERRA | 22-23 OCTOBER 2019

Tuesday 22 October

11.30am to 12.30pm Registration and lunch (Torrance Room and Great Hall)

12.30pm to 1.30pm Welcome and opening (Great Hall)David Lloyd, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

Plenary sessionProf Jane Fisher AO, Monash UniversityLeanne Wells, Consumers Health Forum of AustraliaDr Vijay Roach, RANZCOG

1.35pm to 3.00pm Priority area sessions (concurrent sessions)

Maternal, sexual and reproductive health (Great Hall)

Moderator: Erin Bowen, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

Keynote speaker: Prof Danielle Mazza, Monash University

Presenters: Dr Joshua Vogel, Burnet InstituteDr Zohra Lassi, Robinson Research Institute and University of Adelaide

Panellists: Prof Danielle Mazza, Monash UniversityDr Joshua Vogel, Burnet InstituteDr Zohra Lassi, Robinson Research Institute and University of AdelaideProf Deborah Davis, University of Canberra and ACT Government Health DirectorateCatherine Bell, Maternity ChoicesDr Vijay Roach, RANZCOG

Summary and reflections: Prof Deborah Davis, University of Canberra and ACT Government Health Directorate

Mental health (Scarth Room)

Moderator: Prof Rosemary Calder, Victoria University

Keynote speaker: Prof Jayashri Kulkarni AM, Monash University

Presenters: Dr Ingrid Rowlands, University of QueenslandProf Janette Perz, THRI, Western Sydney University

Panellists: Prof Jayashri Kulkarni AM, Monash UniversityProf Jane Fisher AO, Monash UniversityDr Ingrid Rowlands, University of QueenslandProf Janette Perz, THRI, Western Sydney UniversityNicky Bath, National LGBTI Health Alliance

Summary and reflections: Nicky Bath, National LGBTI Health Alliance

3.00pm to 3.30pm Afternoon tea (Great Hall)

3.30pm to 5.00pm Priority area sessions (concurrent sessions)

Healthy ageing (Great Hall)

Moderator: Erin Bowen, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

Keynote speaker: Prof Briony Dow, NARI

Presenters: Dr Frances Batchelor, NARIDr Maggie Kirkman, Monash University

Panellists: Prof Briony Dow, NARI Dr Frances Batchelor, NARIDr Maggie Kirkman, Monash UniversityRob Anderson, Musculoskeletal AustraliaJill Moran, COTA

Summary and reflections: Jill Moran, COTA

Women’s Health Symposium Program 2019

Health impacts of violence against women and girls (Scarth Room)

Moderator: Prof Rosemary Calder, Victoria University

Keynote speaker: Dr Patricia Cullen, UNSW and The George Institute for Global Health

Presenters: Bonney Corbin, Marie Stopes AustraliaJen Armstrong, The MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University

Panellists: Dr Patricia Cullen, UNSW and The George Institute for Global Health Bonney Corbin, Marie Stopes AustraliaJen Armstrong, The MARCS Institute, Western Sydney UniversityDr Anne-Marie Eades, UNSW and The George Institute for Global HealthDr Alison Evans, Women’s Community Health Network WADr Adele Murdolo, Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health

Summary and reflections: Dr Alison Evans, Women’s Community Health Network WA

5.00pm to 6.00pm Free time

6.00pm to 6.30pm Pre-dinner drinks (Quadrangle Garden/Common Room)

6.30 pm to 8.30 pm Dinner (Common Room)

Osteoporosis: A best practice example of strategy action into policy

Moderator: Sean Lybrand, Amgen

Presenters and panelists: A/Prof Jo-An Atkinson, The Sax Institute Robyn Speerin and Julia Thompson, Agency for Clinical Innovation, NSW GovernmentAdjunct A/Prof Justine Waters, Osteoporosis Australia

Wednesday 23 October

6.45am Board Buses to travel to Parliament HouseMeet at reception

7.30am to 8.00am Arrive at Parliament House for security screeningPhoto ID is required to enter Parliament House

8.00am to 9.30am Breakfast Reception, Mural Hall, Parliament HouseWomen’s Health Survey results launched by Minister for Health, Hon Greg Hunt MP

9.30am to 10.00am Bus to University House, ANUFrom underground carpark

10.00am to 11.30am Priority area sessions (concurrent sessions)

Preventive Health (Great Hall)

Moderator: Prof Rosemary Calder, Victoria University

Keynote speaker: Prof Sandra Eades, The University of Melbourne

Presenters: Dr Karin Hammarberg, Monash UniversityDr Robyn Williams, The University of Melbourne

Panellists: Prof Sandra Eades, The University of MelbourneDr Karin Hammarberg, Monash UniversityDr Robyn Williams, The University of Melbourne Dr Amanda Ward, Jean Hailes for Women’s HealthDonna Ciccia, Endometriosis AustraliaKatharine Silk, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals AssociationJulie Anne Mitchell, National Heart Foundation

Summary and reflections: Katharine Silk, Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association

UNIVERSITY HOUSE, ANU, CANBERRA | 22-23 OCTOBER 2019

Wednesday 23 October continued

10.00am to 11.30am Chronic conditions (Scarth Room)

Moderator: Erin Bowen, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

Keynote speaker: Prof Gita Mishra, University of Queensland

Presenters: Dr Clare Arnott, The George Institute for Global Health Dr Lee Nedkoff, University of Western Australia

Panellists: Prof Gita Mishra, University of QueenslandDr Clare Arnott, The George Institute for Global Health Dr Lee Nedkoff, University of Western AustraliaRowan Cockerell, Continence Foundation of AustraliaJessica Taylor, QendoDr Tanja Bohl, Jean Hailes for Women’s HealthProf Gemma Figtree, University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital

Summary and reflections: Prof Gemma Figtree, University of Sydney and Royal North Shore Hospital

11.30am to 11.45am Coffee break (Great Hall)

11.45am to 1.00pm Implementing new strategies (Great Hall) Moderator: Dr Rachel Mudge, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

• Progress with the National Action Plan for Endometriosis (including an update on the National Endometriosis Clinical and Scientific Trials (NECST) Network)

Dr Rachel Mudge, Jean Hailes for Women’s HealthDr Ingrid Rowlands, University of QueenslandJessica Taylor, Qendo

• WA Department of Health – Women’s Health and Wellbeing Policy

Dr Marie Deverell, WA Department of Health

1.00pm to 1.45pm Lunch (Great Hall)

1.45pm to 2.45pm Next steps to progress: Strategy to policy, action and funding (Great Hall)

Moderators: Prof Rosemary Calder, Victoria UniversityErin Bowen, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

2.45pm to 3.00pm Close

Jean Hailes for Women’s Health gratefully acknowledges the support of the Australian Government.

Jean Hailes for Women’s Health would like to thank the members of the Symposium Advisory Group for their contribution:

Erin Bowen, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

Prof Rosemary Calder, Australian Health Policy Collaboration, Victoria University

Dr Karin Hammarberg, Monash University

Prof Caroline Homer AO, Burnet Institute

Vase Jovanoska, RANZCOG

David Lloyd, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

Prof Gita Mishra, The University of Queensland

Dr Rachel Mudge, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health

Prof Sarah Robertson, Robinson Research Institute, The University of Adelaide

Lyndall Soper, Australian Government Department of Health

Tiali Goodchild, Australian Government Department of Health

Kelly Thompson, The George Institute for Global Health

We acknowledge and celebrate the First Australians on whose lands the Australian National University operates, and pay our respect to the elders of the Ngunnawal people, past, present, and emergent.