31 March - 1 April 2026 Swissotel Sydney

  • AI in Health Regulation, Policy and Standards Conference

    Exploring the legal, regulatory and policy considerations for the adoption of AI and other emerging digital innovations in healthcare. The event is about getting the right balance between enabling technological advancement and ensuring appropriate safeguards in healthcare AI implementation.
    1 April 2026
    Swissotel Sydney

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Overview

The AI in Health Regulation, Policy and Standards Conference will take place on the 1st April 2026 at the Swissotel Sydney as part of Connect Virtual Care.

Navigate the complex regulatory landscape of healthcare AI in Australia through collaborative dialogue and diverse expertise. This critical forum brings together regulators, policy architects, legal specialists, clinical leaders, and technology innovators when regulatory frameworks are actively being shaped.

As artificial intelligence transforms Australian healthcare, the complexity of governance challenges demands collective wisdom. This conference acknowledges there are no simple solutions to healthcare AI regulation, creating an essential space for thoughtful exploration across multiple perspectives. Break down silos between technical, clinical, legal, and regulatory stakeholders to develop coherent approaches that serve all Australians in this rapidly evolving digital health environment.

Key Agenda Topics:

  • Case studies: Learnings from Healthcare organizations navigating AI regulation
  • AI medical regulation update: Latest TGA guidelines for healthcare providers
  • Australian healthcare AI standards: Compliance requirements and implementation
  • National Digital Health Strategy: policy frameworks and implementation roadmap
  • Patient consent dilemma: Legal requirements for AI disclosure in clinical settings
  • Bridging perspectives: How doctors, patients, and lawyers view AI disclosure
  • Multi-stakeholder perspectives: Bridging consumer rights, clinical practice, and legal obligations
  • Equity challenges in healthcare AI: From principles to operational implementation
  • Legal responsibility: Who’s liable when AI healthcare tools make mistakes?
  • Risk Analysis: The cost of delaying AI adoption in Australian healthcare
  • Practical innovation: Balancing safety rules with healthcare advancement
  • Data privacy compliance
  • Government procurement processes: selection criteria for healthcare AI vendors

Interested in speaking?
We are now accepting expressions of interest from industry experts, innovators, and thought leaders to present at the conference.

Email the event producer Frankie at [email protected] with your submission, with include the following details:

  • Name, job title, and organisation:
  • Proposed topic/theme (max 50 words):
  • Would you like to join a panel? Suggest a topic:
  • Would you like to run a workshop? Suggest the theme:

Sponsors

2026 Speakers


Prof Ian Scott
Clinical Consultant in AI, Digital Health and Informatics Division, Metro South Digital Health


Dr Michael Bonning
Public Health Committee Chair,
AMA


Dr Yagiz Alp Aksoy
Clinical Research Fellow – Biomedical AI Centre, Centenary Institute & Resident Doctor, Royal North Shore Hospital, Manager Research Ethics and Governance Forum, NSW Health


Lisa Kalman
Advisory Committee Member, Australian Digital Health Standards Advisory Group and Senior Healthcare Programs Officer – Integration Lead, Heart Foundation


Dr Anton Van Der Vegt
Advanced QLD Industry Research Fellow & Affiliate of Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland


Owen Bradfield
Chief Medical Officer,
Medical Indemnity Protection Society


Phil O’Sullivan
Partner,
Allens

AGENDA

DAY ONE | 2 April 2025

08:30

Registration & Morning Coffee

09:00

DAY ONE OPENING

09:00

Opening remarks from the Chair

Melissa Fodera, Clinical Excellence Lead (Standard 4 Medication Safety), Austin Health

09:10

OPENING KEYNOTE | Statewide Rollout of the Single Digital Patient Record

Dr Angus Ritchie, Clinical Director, SDPR Program & Chief Medical Information Officer, Sydney LHD, Senior Staff Specialist Nephrologist, Concord Repatriation General Hospital

09:40

De-mystifying Private Health: Achieving Levels of Safety & Balancing Resources

  • EMR systems: what are our priorities and how did we get here?
  • How is this EMR being used on a day-to-day basis?
  • How does this impact workflows, prescribing and paper?

Alicia Simpson, Chief Pharmacy and Psychology Information Officer, Ramsay Health Care

10:10

KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Building Workforce Legacy: How can we Support Clinicans and Their Time?

  • AI tools to assist with transitions of care
  • Elements outside of eMeds in EMR
  • Frameworks and guidelines

Michael Bakker, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, SA Pharmacy, SA Health 

10:40

Networking Break & Morning Tea

11:10

Electronic Prescribing: Where to Next?

Jenene Baker, Medication Management Solutions Section, Digital and Service Design, Department of Health and Aged Care
Vicki Ibrahim, Director, Medicines Safety Program – National Program Delivery Branch – Policy, Programs and Engagement Division, ADHA

11:45

CASE STUDY | Beyond the Gap: Continuity in Medicines Management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Cheyne Sullivan, Aboriginal Health Lead, SA Pharmacy, SA Health

12:15

IN CONVERSATION | Understanding New Errors, Incidents and Usability

  • What are some of the new dispensing and prescribing errors? How can we reduce them?
  • Is there an appropriate maximum dispensing error rate? How (&why) this may differ among different scenarios
  • How can we help the software’s catch up?
  • Digital Governance

Daisy Lu, Clinical Operations Manager and Clinical Pharmacist, Eucalyptus
Peter Guthery, Senior Pharmacist – Strategic Policy, PSA
Michelle Nalder, Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Youseph Dib, QUM Pharmacist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

13:00

Networking Lunch

14:00

PANEL | Debunking Transitions of Care: Where Should Our Focuses Lie?

  • In-hospital transfers and in the within the community: allied health, GP, aged care etc
  • Discharge to another hospital
  • How can we better improve the handover of medicine information
  • Adoption of AI

Michael Bakker, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, SA Pharmacy, SA Health
Kendra Hagedorn, Chief Nursing Information Officer, Ramsay Health Care
Daniel Trajkov, Chief Pharmacy Information Officer, South Eastern Sydney LHD, Senior Program Manager, UnitingCare Queensland
Mike Stephens, Director, Medicines Policy & Programs, NACCHO
Moderated by Vicki Ibrahim, Director, Medicines Safety Program – National Program Delivery Branch – Policy, Programs and Engagement Division, ADHA

14:45

CASE STUDY | Human Factors and Safe Systems

This session will explore a case in the US where a nurse selected the incorrect medicine from an automated dispensing cabinet resulting in a patient death. The event resulted in the nurse being criminally prosecuted. This session will focus on the importance of the systems we put in place with technology to reduce the risk of human error.

Melinda Rose, Nursing Director – Safe Medication Practice, Statewide Hospital Pharmacy, Tasmania

15:15

Afternoon Tea & Networking Break

15:45

An Update from Alfred Health: Two Case Studies

  • Deploying the most extensive electronic management system for chemotherapy and cancer treatments in Australia
  • Implementation of closed loop medication management of complex infusions in ICU

Linda Shi, Senior Pharmacist, Alfred Health
Mohanrao Ramarao, Senior Pharmacist, Alfred Health

16:15

PANEL | Digital Tools Used to Connect Hospital with Aged Care

  • Improving medication administration whilst becoming more efficient?
  • eMeds in EMR and Medication Reviews – where should we focus?
  • Other digital tools we should consider

Jillian Campbell, Lead Subject Matter Expert, VMM ePrescribing Project, Virtual Care, Program Delivery, eHealth NSW
Brett Chambers, Director of Virtual Pharmacy, Western NSW LHD
Brenton Jones, Senior Digital Health Officer, Western NSW PHN
Moderated by Melissa Fodera, Clinical Excellence Lead (Standard 4 Medication Safety), Austin Health

17:00

Closing remarks from the Chair

17:05

Networking Drinks 

DAY TWO | 3 April 2025

08:30

Registration & Morning Coffee

09:00

DAY TWO OPENING

09:00

Opening remarks from the Chair

Michael Quach, Chief Pharmacist, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

09:10

OPENING ADDRESS | Overcoming Medication Safety and Efficiency from Coast to Bush

  • Implementing eHealth Records for improved medication safety
  • Offline capabilities iPads or computers
  • Governance and aligning with standards

Michelle Dobie, Principal Advisor Digital Health Systems & Projects, Royal Flying Doctor Service (SA/NT)

09:40

CASE STUDY | Overcoming Connectivity and Managing Multiple Systems in Clinical Trial Pharmacy

  • What to do when there are 11+ systems in place + paper?
  • How to get the pharmacist back into a clinical role
  • Can we close the loop?

Geeta Sandhu, Deputy Director of Pharmacy (Investigational Drugs Service), St Vincent’s Sydney Public Hospital

10:10

From Data to Wisdom: The Role of Nursing Informatics Leadership in Digital Meds Management

Kate Renzenbrink, Digital Health Adviser, Australian Digital Health Agency, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

10:40

Networking Break & Morning Tea

11:10

PANEL | Transferring Big EMRs to Other/Smaller Facilities: What Does This Mean for Rollouts?

  • New Infrastructure, Satellite Hospitals and Creating CX Roles
  • Bespoke functionalities and considerations
  • Engaging boards, and overcoming budgets
  • Grappling with regional, rural and remote
  • Challenges and road-bumps to how we achieved this

Jo Hunter, Assistant Deputy Director of Pharmacy – Informatics, Supply Chain, Monash Health
Dr Andrew Blanch, Clinical Director, eHealth Queensland
Selvana Awad, Principal Lead, Clinical Safety Management, SDPR Implementation Authority
Moderated by Michael Quach, Chief Pharmacist, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District

12:00

Improving Patient Identification to Reduce Errors

Patient identification errors are a growing proportion of incidents reported to Australia’s primary professional indemnity insurer. The causes of these errors are many, and the harm that may occur goes well beyond privacy breaches and inefficiency – they can lead to hospital admissions or death. This session will explore the human and system factors that is resulting in patient identification is increasingly represented in incident notifications, and the changes needed to reduce avoidable harm caused in primary care by inadequate or incorrect patient identification.

Peter Guthery, Senior Pharmacist – Strategic Policy, PSA
Jess Hadley, Professional Officers and is on the Local Advisory Committee for NSW and the ACT, PDL

12:30

Networking Lunch

13:30

Nursing Workflows and Clinical Incidents

Rebecca Lewin, Chief Nursing Information Officer, The Royal Melbourne Hospital

14:00

CASE STUDY | Governance and Risk Mitigation: Overcoming Clinical Pain Points When Paper is Still in Use

In this session, Rebecca will highlight some clinical pain points with the interface of digital systems and remaining paper-based processes in the prescribing, administration and dispensing of medicines. The session will explore the role of governance in overcoming the ongoing clinical risk posed by hybrid systems in health organisations.

Rebecca Broom, Director of Pharmacy, Liverpool Hospital

14:30

CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Digitally Empowered Medicines Management Ecosystem: What’s Next?

  • Conformance and standards for public & private hospitals
  • Moving from community to aged care and other hospital settings
  • New errors, and what does this really mean going forward?

Dr Amandeep Hansra, Chief Clinical Advisor, ADHA

15:00

Closing remarks from the Chair

15:05

Conference Concludes & Afternoon Tea Served

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  • On-demand recordings
  • Networking drinks reception
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  • Live interactive Q&A & audience polls
  • Dedicated networking opportunities
  • BONUS post-event video content including speaker interviews
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  • Workshop pass: $495 + GST
  • Dinner ticket (single): $150 + GST
Packages Full Rate
2 Day Conference – Standard Pass $2,695 + GST
2 Day Conference – Healthcare Professional Pass $1,995 + GST
Virtual Pass – Standard $2,595 + GST
Virtual Pass – Healthcare Professional $1,795 + GST

Venue

Swissôtel Sydney
68 Market St
Sydney NSW 2000
+61 (02) 9238 8888

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