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Welcome to the Health Insurance Summit 2025, Australia’s must-attend event for health insurance leaders, hospital leaders, policymakers, medical specialists and clinicians, and innovators in the health insurance industry. This dynamic gathering is designed to tackle the biggest challenges and explore the most exciting opportunities shaping the future of healthcare in Australia.
As the health insurance sector evolves, staying ahead means understanding and embracing change. At this year’s summit, we’ll focus on the latest health insurance policy updates and how the industry is responding, critical trends such as the growing emphasis on preventative care, the rise of digital health technologies, and the shift toward consumer centric models.
2025 AGENDA TOPICS:
- Understanding consumer perspectives on health services and health insurance
- Financial health of the private hospital sector and proposed reforms
- Addressing consumer pain points (e.g. premium affordability, care pathways, and empowering consumers to proactively manage their health) through multi-stakeholder collaboration
- Health fund strategies to align with emerging consumer trends – How health funds are adapting to changing consumer preferences through branding, innovative products, and improved member propositions.
- Innovations in care delivery – short stay models, virtual care, hospital in the home
- Embracing value-based care and preventive health strategies
- Managing risk: investment priorities and strategic responses
- Harnessing AI and data for industry advancement – AI and data analytics to drive operational efficiency and improve health outcomes
- The impact of AI and the importance of data to enable improvement
- Technology costs and challenges in core policy insurance systems
- Adapting to regulatory changes and meeting digital consumer expectations
- Engaging with regional communities – insights and best practices
Who attends?
- Private health funds
- Private healthcare providers & hospitals
- Public health providers & hospitals
- Federal government
- State government agencies and departments
- Medical specialists and clinicians
- Health services companies
- Medical device companies
- Consulting and advisory
- Actuaries
- Health insurance agents and intermediaries
To stay informed of speaker announcements, early bird discounts and the official agenda release register your interest below.
Speakers

Kate Williams
Acting Managing Director, Health Insurance, Australia, Bupa

Milosh Milisavljevic
Chief Customer Officer, Medibank

Ed Close
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, nib Group

Damien Mu
CEO, AIA Australia

Martin Stokie
Commissioner, Productivity Commission

Andrea Caton
General Manager, Member Health Strategy & Planning, HCF

Daniel Pole
Head of Public Affairs Melbourne, Ipsos

Dean Breckenridge
Chief Policy Officer, Ramsay

Dr Jennifer Coller
Director & Consultant Cardiologist, Connected Cardiology & Founder, PulsePoint Academy

Dr Sidney Chandrasiri
Executive Director Medical Services, Department of Health, Tasmania

Christopher Zinn
CEO, PHIIA

Adam Yasa
Head of Claims and Data Integrity, Phoenix Health

Prof Luis Prado
Director of Academic & program development, Australian Institute of Health Executives (AIHE)

Dr Rachel David
CEO, Private Healthcare Australia

Kate Jarvis
Head of Marketing and Business Development, Latrobe Health Services

Misael Valdes Triana
Chief Health Services Officer, Honeysuckle Health

Amy Villalobos
Chief Operations Officer, CBHS
Pricing
Breakfast Briefings
Event Feature – Breakfast Briefings | INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES
Monday 23rd June 2025
This session will include a series of short briefings followed by a breakout to more intimate roundtables hosted by a range of different organisations. These roundtables offer the opportunity for a deeper dive discussion with who can talk you through the various considerations, solutions and strategies that will be critical in delivering quality out-of-hospital care.
Some of the areas we may cover in these briefings include:
- Hospital in the Home
- Effective out of hospital care – models of care for success
- Driving better member experiences
- Data security and privacy
- Tech transformations
Register your interest to join the discussion;
For more information, contact:
Danielle Newman
Senior Business Development Manager
E: danielle.newman@informa.com
T: +61 (2) 9080 4318
Networking Dinner
Monday 23rd June – Venue and timing TBC
Don’t miss out on one of the event highlights which is a sell out each year!
Book early to avoid disappointment.
* Please note, only paying delegates, sponsors and speakers are eligible to attend the networking dinner.
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
Reconnect and re-engage with your industry peers at the 22nd Annual Health Insurance Summit.
There are many opportunities for networking including social events such as the PHI Networking Dinner, networking drinks, refreshment breaks and lunches, making this not just a conference… but an all encompassing industry “experience”.
Event sponsorship or exhibiting will allow your organisation to:
- Build relationships with potential and existing clients
- Generate leads from a high-level, targeted audience
- Close sales in a more personal manner than via phone
- Demonstrate your product in person
- Network with the industry
- Build brand awareness
To see what is on offer please contact:
Danielle Newman
Senior Business Development Manager
E: danielle.newman@informa.com
T: +61 (2) 9080 4318
Testimonials
“The summit more than lives up to its name in terms of attendance by numbers and their seniority; in terms of the presentations that set and don’t just follow the broader agenda and in terms of the organisation, which leaves nothing to chance. It all adds up to a must-attend event”
– 2024 Delegate
“Congratulations on a summit that brought glimmers of what the industry can do. Thought provoking sessions and the chance to meet with participants across the industry. Very well organized and run”
– 2024 Delegate
“Breakfast briefing sessions were a great way to hear about a specific idea and connect with new people before the Summit formally commenced”
– 2024 Delegate
Insights
Insights from the Chairs of Health Insurance Summit
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Working Symbiotically
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Investing in choices – Psychedelics in Australia
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How Buy Now Pay Later is fuelling appetite for private healthcare
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Care in the home – the future of healthcare?
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Private Health Insurance – Paying for Value for Health Fund Members
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Debunking the myths around private health insurance
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Australia’s private health insurance industry – a refreshed view from the sidelines
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Event Code Of Conduct
We want everyone who comes to our events to have a great experience. This code explains our expectations and rules, which includes general good practice behaviour, and how to report anything witnessed or experienced that goes against them. Read our Event Code of Conduct here.
ConnectMe + Streamly
ConnectMe • Networking enhanced
All of our events utilise a bespoke dynamic smartphone app, ConnectMe – which guarantees attendees a premium event experience. Logins are sent prior to the conference commencement allowing you to check who’s attending, schedule in meetings and catch ups, participate in live Q+A and interactive polls, and much more. ConnectMe ensures you never miss a beat prior, during and post event.
Streamly • On-Demand video vault
Streamly is a new video platform from Informa Connect – hosting hours of session recordings from our events and more. Select the Streamly add-on at the checkout to receive year round access to exclusive On-Demand session recordings from all of our related healthcare events*. Login information will be sent post event. For more information visit our Streamly page.
* Note: In a minority of cases, speakers may request their sessions to be excluded from Streamly access.
Sustainability
Our Commitment to Sustainability
In Australia, we are committed to running our events in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Across Informa Connect we are focusing on the short and long-term sustainability impacts we have on customers and colleagues alongside the communities we work in.
We recognise that it’s not just about the way we produce our events and products but recognising that we have a role to play in providing a space to work in partnership together with our markets to inspire the sustainable development of the industries we serve.
To read more on our latest sustainability reports and Faster Forward initiatives – click here.
when & where
23 - 24 Jun 2025
Crown Melbourne
8 Whiteman St
Southbank VIC 3006
+61 3 9292 8888
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION RATE
We have secured a special accommodation rate from $240* per room per night, room only, for conference attendees at the Crown Promenade for the nights of the 22-23 June 2025 inclusive.
To book this rate, click here.
* Room availability and rates are subject to availability and valid until 7 days prior to the event, unless sold out prior.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
contact
Still have a question?
General Information & Registration
Customer Service
+61 2 9080 4307
info@informa.com.au
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
Danielle Newman
+61 2 9080 4318
Danielle.Newman@informa.com
Speaking Enquiries
Frankie Brewer
+61 439 780 927
Francesca.Brewer@informa.com
Marketing & Media Enquiries
Paul O’Connor
Paul.c.Oconnor@informa.com