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Welcome to the Health Insurance Summit 2026, Australia’s premier gathering for health insurance executives, hospital leaders, policymakers, regulators, medical specialists & clinicians, health services providers, expert advisors and innovators.
As Australia’s private health insurance sector works to improve outcomes for consumers—addressing healthcare affordability, enhancing care coordination, and strengthening prevention programs—this summit provides the essential neutral ground where industry leaders can engage in candid dialogue, forge strategic partnerships, and collaborate on the complex challenges that no single organization can solve alone.
2026 Speakers
Kate Williams
Health Insurance Managing Director, Bupa
Milosh Milisavljevic
Chief Customer Officer, Medibank
Dr Rachel David
CEO, Private Healthcare Australia
Rhod McKensey
Chief Executive Officer, nib Health Strategy & Services
Dr Lachlan Henderson
Chief Executive Officer, HBF Health Ltd
Ian Whitehead
CEO, Latrobe Health Services
Paul McBride
Assistant Secretary for the Private Health Strategy Branch within the Health Systems Strategy Division, Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Judith Day
Director, Healthcare Management & Partnerships, Bupa
David Nowell
National Manager Provider Relationships and Strategy, Australian Health Service Alliance (AHSA)
Dinah Rowe-Roberts
General Manager - Commercial, Finance & Strategy, Australian Unity
Christopher Zinn
CEO, PHIIA
Misael Valdes Triana
Chief Operating Officer, Honeysuckle Health
Natira Drayton
Market Leader Healthcare, Civica
Joanna Green
Principal, Hive Legal
Ravinder Carothers
General Manager, Health Funding, Strategy and Performance, St John of God Health Care
Greg Morris
Chief Executive Officer, HIF Australia
Rebecca Harwood
CEO - Health Insurance, Australian Unity
Daniel Erasmus
CEO & Consulting Actuary, Insight Actuaries
Nicole Pritchard
Accredited Practising Dietitian and Head of Health Programs, Digital Wellness
Lisa Robins
CEO, Patients Australia
Charlotte Hudson
Market Access Manager, Dexcom
Cathy Ryan
Group Director | Health – Funding, Information & Analytics, Cabrini Health
Tracy Shepherd
Head of Health Services, Phoenix Health Fund
Amy Villalobos
Chief Operations Officer, CBHS
Paris Petranis
Partner, K&L Gates
Vanessa Baic
Special Counsel, K&L Gates
Dr Katharine Bassett
Director of Health Policy, Catholic Health Australia
Sherron Madden
Clinical Services Manager, Teacher’s Health
Agenda
2026 Sponsors
exhibitors
Pricing
Kieser Breakfast Showcase
KIESER BREAKFAST SHOWCASE & REAL-WORLD CLINIC TOUR
Kieser South Melbourne | 41 Cecil Street, South Melbourne
Wednesday 22 July 2026 | 7:45 – 8:45am
Kieser is proud to host the Breakfast Showcase and Real-World Clinic Tour as part of the 2026 Health Insurance Summit.
Delegates are warmly invited to join us at Kieser South Melbourne clinic to see how clinician-led strength training can deliver measurable health and economic outcomes.
This interactive session offers the opportunity to:
- gain firsthand insight into how a Kieser clinic operates
- explore evidence-based programs designed in partnership with health funds
- understand how our interventions can reduce surgical pathways and prevent hospitalisations
- review real-world outcome data demonstrating improvements in function, independence and long-term member health
- discuss scalable models that align with fund priorities of quality care and cost efficiency.
Attendees are welcome to trial our Swiss-engineered strength training machines, observe program delivery, and connect directly with our clinical leadership team.
A light breakfast will be provided during your visit.
Kieser South Melbourne is a short walk from the Crown Conference Centre.
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
Reconnect and re-engage with your industry peers at the 25th 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 & Partnership Manager
+61 2 9080 4318
[email protected]
2025 Video Highlights
2025 Speaker Interviews
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.
Testimonials
“One of the best events for getting the whole system in the room and convening a discussion across representatives”
– 2025 delegate
“We’ve proudly sponsored the Summit for five years now, and the return on investment has been outstanding. It initially helped us break into the private health insurance sector and continues to play a key role in strengthening our relationships and positioning within the industry. Sponsoring and attending events can be stressful, but the Informa team go above and beyond to alleviate that. They’re professional, approachable, and down to earth—which makes all the difference”
– 2025 sponsor
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
21 - 22 Jul 2026
Crown Promenade Melbourne
8 Whiteman Street
Southbank VIC 3006
* note well that the venue space is NOT the same as last year’s event. The best entrance for the conference will be via Crown Promenade on Whiteman Street, however the Crown Conference Centre is further into the Crown Complex. Follow directional signage to Crown Conference Centre.
contact
Still have a question?
General Information & Registration
Customer Service
+61 2 9080 4307
[email protected]
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
Danielle Newman
Senior Business Development & Partnership Manager
+61 2 9080 4318
[email protected]
Speaking Enquiries
Frankie Brewer
+61 439 780 927
[email protected]
Marketing & Media Enquiries
Paul O’Connor
[email protected]