DAY ONETuesday, 11 August 2026

8:50am - 9:00am

OPENING REMARKS | Opening remarks from the Chair

Paul Deakin - Principal Consultant, Deakin Legal

9:00am - 9:20am

SCHEME DIRECTION, WORKFORCE SAFETY & WELLBEING, AND EVIDENCE BASED RECOVERY
KEYNOTE ADDRESS |Review & Performance of the Scheme Post Legislative Reform Industry

9:20am - 9:40am

KEYNOTE | WorkSafe ACT

9:40am - 10:10am

REGULATOR PANEL |National Reform, Scheme Pressures and the Path to Modernisation

10:10am - 10:40am

Morning Tea and Networking Break

10:40am - 11:10am

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: A Clinical and Economic Case for Moving Complex Claims From Management to Remission

11:10am - 11:35am

Empowering Leaders to Build a Psychosocially Safe Workforce

11:35am - 12:00pm

Psychosocial Safety & Wellbeing

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Occupational therapy and mental health

12:30pm - 1:00pm

Mental Health Claims and Legal Capability: Emerging Challenges in Workers Compensation Law

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Lunch and Networking Break

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Can severe, complex and chronic PTSD be treated in just four days?

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Overmedicalisation in workers compensation. When more medicine is not better: Lessons from Australian Workers’ Compensation Data

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Rethinking Pain: Bridging the Gap Between Pain, Mental Health and Recovery in Compensation Systems

3:30pm - 3:35pm

End of Day One | Closing remarks from the Chair

Paul Deakin - Principal Consultant, Deakin Legal

6:00pm - 6:30pm

Pre-Dinner Drinks |Tempo Geelong, The Novotel

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Conference Dinner | Tempo Geelong, The Novotel

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DAY ONETuesday, 11 August 2026