Agenda - Day One | National Health Workforce Summit 2026

8:15am - 9:00am

JOINT PLENARY KEYNOTE SESSION
Registration & Morning Coffee

9:00am - 9:05am

Opening remarks from the Chair

9:05am - 9:35am

OPENING KEYNOTE | The State of the Nation: next steps for the National Medical Workforce Strategy

9:35am - 10:20am

EXECUTIVE PANEL | The 2026 Workforce Reset & Beyond

10:20am - 10:50am

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE | Fleshing out the skeleton to manage abuse and harassment in healthcare

10:50am - 11:20am

KEYNOTE | Beyond Stereotypes: Helping Multigenerational Teams Thrive

11:20am - 11:50am

Networking Break & Morning Tea

11:50am - 12:20pm

Beyond Ratios: Rethinking Allied Health Workforce Planning

12:20pm - 12:50pm

Rural/Remote Workforce Retention: The FIFO Model in Health

12:50pm - 1:20pm

SESSION SPOTLIGHT | Upskilling staff in digital literacy and data interpretation

1:20pm - 2:20pm

Networking Lunch

2:20pm - 2:50pm

Wellbeing by Design: Governing the conditions that sustain our healthcare workforce

2:50pm - 3:20pm

CASE STUDY | Growing our own regional workforce”: Piloting alternative localised training models

3:20pm - 3:50pm

Networking Break & Afternoon Tea

BREAKOUT – INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES

Showing 3 of 3 Streams

Industry RT1

Industry RT2

Industry RT3

3:50pm - 4:35pm

Reimagining the Rural Model: A Strategic Approach to Rural and Remote Workforce

3:50pm - 4:35pm

Operating at the Ceiling: Expanding Scopes of Practice and the Rise of Emerging Roles

3:50pm - 4:35pm

The "Thin Market" Challenge: Sustainable business models for GP clinics in small populations and outer-metro "MM1" regions that lack rural funding despite high need.

4:35pm - 4:50pm

Someone from Industry RT sessions share the top 3-5 key takeaways that was discussed in their RT

4:50pm - 4:55pm

Closing Remarks from the Chair

4:55pm - 5:00pm

End of Day 1 & Networking Drinks

Day OneMonday, 17 August 2026