2026 Speakers

A/Prof Paul Yates

Consultant Geriatrician; Director of Research and Medical Lead, Memory Clinic; Deputy Head of Unit, Geriatric Medicine

Austin Health

Associate Professor Anita Goh

Clinical Neuropsychologist & Director of Aged Care and Social Gerontology

National Ageing Research Institute

Ben Gatehouse

Dementia Clinical Nurse Consultant

Mercy Health

Brenda McAuley‑Hines

Team Leader Advocacy

Elder Rights Australia

Cathy Roth OAM

National Chairman

PALZ – Professionals with Alzheimer’s & related diseases

Daen Dorazio

First Assistant Secretary, Department of Health

Disability and Ageing

Darryl Steff

Chief Executive Officer

Down Syndrome Australia

Dee-Anne Hull

Dementia Support Pharmacist

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

Dora Mansbridge

Manager of Social Support Programs – Treehouse & Treehouse4two

Central Highlands Rural Health

Dr Denise Craig OAM

Advanced Psychologist - Dementia Advisory

Queensland Health

Dr Desmond Graham

Chief Medical Officer, Geriatrician

Geriatric Care Australia

Dr Gaya Wang

Geriatrician

The Northern Hospital

Dr Kaele Stokes

Executive Director Services, Engagement & Research

Dementia Australia

Dr Kathleen Doherty

Senior Lecturer, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre

University of Tasmania

Dr Marianne Coleman

Orthoptist & Research Fellow

National Centre for Healthy Ageing

Dr Sadie Dunn

Deputy Director, Parkville Integrated Palliative Care Service

Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Dr Sanka Amadoru

Consultant Geriatrician, Austin Health, Bendigo Health, and Aria Health Elected Councillor & Company Director

Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine

Isabelle Meyer

Executive Director

Dementia Training Australia

Jane Verity

Founder & CEO, Dementia Care International

Melbourne Australia

Jenny Puxley

Diversional Therapist

SereneCare

Kate Lamont

Director & Registered Occupational Therapist

Thrive Aged Care Consultants

Kathy Kirby

Director & Registered Nurse

Thrive Aged Care Consultants

Kirsty Marsh

Digital Clinical Placement National Expert, The Christie Institute for Cancer Education

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Lorraine Burgess

Macmillan Dementia Nurse Consultant

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Marg Rae

Carer Coordinator

Dementia Alliance

Megan Maack

Chief Executive Officer

Childhood Dementia Initiative

Naomi Moylan

Younger Onset Dementia Project Coordinator

Brightwater Care Group

Nicola Sander

Dementia Support Pharmacist

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

Sally Martin

Carer for husband living with YOD

Sandra Slatter CM

Founder & President

Dementia Alliance

Sarah Yeates

Chief Executive Officer

Caladenia Dementia Care

Tania Hammond

Nurse Practitioner & Spark of Life Master Practitioner, Eyre & Far North Local Health Network

Rural & Remote Health, South Australia

Tim Moore

Retired Small Business Owner & Active Senior Member - Rotary International

Living with Alzheimer

Treasure Jennings

Complaints Commissioner

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission