Australian Healthcare Week

✨ GIVEAWAY ✨
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Australian Healthcare Week Australia's Largest Healthcare Expo

A shared ambition. A future-focused health system. Real-world impact. 👏
We are honoured to have Professor The Hon Greg Hunt as an official advisory board member for AHW 2026!

Don’t miss his keynote on Megatrends in Australian Health and the Future of Medtech in Australia on the Healthcare 2040 Expo Futures Stage.

Professor Hunt will explore the global health megatrends shaping the next 15 years, from genomics and stem cells to AI, telehealth, remote diagnostics and new models of care, and what they mean for Australian innovators, industry and policymakers.

📍 March 11, Futures Stage | ICC Sydney
👉 Register your free ticket now to hear his keynote presentation live: link in bio 🔗

⭐ It’s official! Salesforce is the Title Sponsor of Australian Healthcare Week 2026 ⭐

We’re proud to welcome Salesforce as our Title Sponsor for Australian Healthcare Week - and co-located Healthcare 2040 Expo - bringing together technology, innovation and human-centred care to help shape the future of health in Australia.

“Salesforce is partnering with innovators shaping the future of Australian health and the broader care ecosystem. Health and care trailblazers who are redefining care models through engagement, operational excellence, interoperability and improving health outcomes. True systemic transformation happens at the intersection of technology and human-centred care. We are therefore thrilled to sponsor both Healthcare 2040 and Australian Healthcare Week 2026 as we work alongside our partners to drive the conversation forward around new models of care and innovation.”

This partnership marks a major step forward in connecting digital transformation, innovation and real-world impact across the healthcare ecosystem.

Get involved:
🗓️ 11-12 March, 2026
📍 International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney)
🎟️ Register for Free: Link in bio ✔️

🚨 Keynote Speaker Announcement 🚨
We’re proud to welcome The Hon. Victor Dominello as a Keynote Speaker on the Futures Stage at Healthcare 2040!

In his fireside chat, “Reimagining the Health Journey: Designing a Consumer-Centred Care Continuum”, we will challenge the sector to move beyond silos and instead design experience-led care that keeps the consumer at the centre of the entire health journey.

Healthcare 2040 exists because now is a critical moment for our industry to come together. There is no other free-to-attend event in Australia that unites policymakers, providers, clinicians, technologists and innovators at this scale to shape what comes next. Plus your registration to Healthcare 2040 Expo also gives you free access to the co-located Australian Healthcare Week!

📍 March 12 | Futures Stage | ICC Sydney
🎟 Free tickets are limited — register now to hear this conversation live (link in bio)

The search for Healthcare 2040’s Start-Up Champion 2026 is officially on! 🚀
If you’re building the future of health, from women’s health to AI-enabled care models, this is your moment.
With an incredible judging panel from CSIRO, Stoic Venture Capital, UNSW Founders, AstraZeneca, UnitingCare Queensland and Australian Friends of Sheba Medical Centre, this is the stage to get your innovation seen.
Applications now open - submit yours before Jan 30th!

Let’s see who will take the crown 👑

Healthcare leaders know that AI is no longer a future ambition, it’s a capability we need to build now.
That’s why we’re excited to introduce the AI Bootcamp, a hands-on, practical training series designed to help clinicians, executives, and digital health teams move from curiosity to confident implementation.

Across three deep-dive workshops, facilitator Marc d. Paradis will guide participants through the foundations of responsible AI, high-value use cases, and the frameworks needed to turn strategy into real organisational impact.

This Bootcamp is part of our sister event Healthcare 2040 Expo, and seats are strictly limited.
👉 Build the capability to lead, implement & scale AI
👉 Gain practical tools you can apply immediately
👉 Join an ongoing community of peers and experts
Secure your place — limited seats available. Sign up via the visitor registration form: link in bio ✅

AILeadership

Can healthcare stay human in an AI-powered world?
As AI becomes part of everyday clinical practice, nurses and midwives are at the centre of balancing innovation with compassion, safety and connection.
This timely panel on the Nursing & Midwifery Stage at AHW 2026 explores how we protect the human touch while embracing technology that supports care.

➡️ Keeping Healthcare Human: Maintaining the Personal Touch in an AI-Enabled Environment
🎤 Joining the conversation:
• Cherie Bennett, Nursing Policy & Advocacy Lead, ASHM
• Bec Hamilton Assistant Director of Nursing, St. Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital
• Nicole de Tullio, Director of Nursing, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney
• Kaylene Ellis, Perioperative Nurse Educator, Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network

Expect honest discussion on:
✔️ AI in clinical workflows
✔️ Trust, ethics and patient connection
✔️ Supporting nurses through digital change
✔️ Keeping care person-centred — always

📍 11–12 March 2026 | ICC Sydney
🎟️ Free tickets + CPD points
👉 Register now for free and be part of the conversation shaping the future of care. Link in bio!

Hospitals weren’t designed for the future... but they’re being redesigned for it.
From new models of care to smarter operations and lived-experience-led change, this panel explores how healthcare leaders are rethinking hospital operations to meet growing demand, workforce pressures and patient expectations.

🎤 Featuring leaders from across the system:
Brigitte Sigl, Lived Experience Consultant
Tamzin Dimmock FCHSM CHE, Deputy Director – Improvement & Innovation, Alfred Health
Petra Glare, Chief Executive Officer, Ramsay Clinic Albert Road
Dr Sid V., Director Medical Services & Clinical Governance, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) Eastern Sydney LHD
Ila Stuer, Director Healthcare Excellence & Innovation, Metro North Health

This is a must-attend session for anyone shaping the future of hospital performance, care delivery and patient experience.

📍 Healthcare Operational Excellence Stage | Australian Healthcare Week 2026
📅 11–12 March 2026 | ICC Sydney
🎟️ Free tickets + CPD points available
👉 Register now for FREE: link in bio!

HealthcareLeadership

🔥 300 speakers now confirmed... and free passes are moving fast.
This is the biggest AHW + Healthcare 2040 Expo program we’ve ever launched, with global headliners and national leaders across ten stages.
If you’re planning to attend, don’t wait.

Free registration is filling quicker than expected.
🎟️ Secure your pass now. Link to tickets in bio ✔️

🚨 Speaker Announcement – Nursing & Midwifery Stage 🚨

We’re thrilled to welcome Anna Thornton, Chief Nursing Officer at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, to the Nursing & Midwifery Stage at Australian Healthcare Week 2026! 🏥

Anna will deliver an insightful presentation on “The Third Edition of the NSQHS Standards: Supporting Nurses, Strengthening Safety.”

📍 11–12 March 2026 | ICC Sydney
🔗 Get your free tickets now and join us next year: link in bio!