The inaugural Future of Ageing Conference was held in Sydney on August 29, featuring 15 panels and presentations across leadership and innovation, operations, IT, people and design.
Below are links to each of the themed sessions, including video recordings and slide deck.
Session 1 – Leading Change- Click to View
- Creating a culture of innovation and excellence through engagement. Presented by Laura Applebee-Jones, Co-Founder, of Fifth Frame Consulting.
- Falls Detector and Health Monitoring Solution – developed by IRT Group and Extranet Systems – Presented by Scott Belgrove (IRT Group Head Infrastructure, Security & Operations) & Amro Elmasry – Infrastructure Architect, Extranet Systems. Winner of the Technology – Consumer category in the 2024 Future of Ageing Awards.
- Sunshine Calls program by Brightwater Care Group to combat loneliness by connecting home care clients with volunteers who make regular uplifting phone calls. Presented by Curtis Reddell, General Manager Residential – Brightwater Care Group.
- Bolton Clarke’s Montclaire STEM program – winner of the Health & Wellbeing category in the 2024 Future of Ageing Awards. Presented by Catherine Doyle, Group Lifestyle Services Manager and Julie Roppola, the Lifestyle Co-ordinator at Allity Montclaire, Bolton Clarke.
Session 2 – Health & Wellbeing – Click to View
- Addressing malnutrition – Food pilot. Presented by Brendon Gakowski, Hotel Services Specialist at Uniting Sydney Central and Chris Deed, Director, The Pure Food Co.
- Live it Up Program. Presented by Dr Jennie Hewitt, Senior Manager of Research and Positive Ageing, Whiddon.
- Innovation in Design: Embracing biophilic design for increased well-being. Presented by Ozge Fettahlioglu, Managing Director, Cocoplum Design Studio and Boxareno Modular Constructions.
- Prof Claire Johnson, Director, Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program, University of Wollongong. 2023 Future of Ageing Award winner.
Session 3 – Business Transformation – Click to View
- Navigating compliance changes alongside technology changes. Presented by Kimberley Dillon, Head of Disability & Learning and Development at Five Good Friends.
- Mirus AI – Careverse – Clinical Data Standard. Presented by Rob Covino, Industry Lead and Founder of Mirus Australia. Awarded highly commended in the 2024 Future of Ageing awards.
- Healthia – A new model of care. Presented by Linda Feldt, CEO – ACH Group. 2024 Future of Ageing Awards winner.
- Striving for Excellence: 10 Strategies for Reform Success in Home Care. Presented by Jennene Buckley, Founding Partner at Enkindle Consulting.
Sessions 4 & 5 – Daring to be Different – Click to View
- Session 4: M&A landscape, Bruce Bailey, Managing Director of Pride Aged Living with Stephen Becsi, CEO, Apollo Care.
- Session 5: Daring to be Different, Next-Gen Care: how robots are changing the face of aged care. Presented by Grace Brown, CEO & Co-Founder of Andromeda.
- Panel discussion: Daring to be different: Grace Brown, CEO & Co-founder of Andromeda; Felicity Burns, General Manager, Health and Palliative Care – HammondCare, Linda Feldt- CEO, ACH John Vohradsky, Chief Information Officer – IRT. Moderator: Jennene Buckley, Enkindle Consulting.
