Monday
18 October |
8:30am
-
8:50am |
Opening Address - President Jefferson Gibbs
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8:50am
–
10:20am |
Plenary |
Plenary 1 – Investment and Innovation: Building a Better System
Presentation
Video |
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki |
David Bacon,
Niki Ellis,
Sarah Johnson,
Paul Gimblett
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10:30am
-
11:10am |
Concurrent Sessions 01
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Concurrent |
Strains, veins and automobiles
- a study of motor accident injury experience through COVID-19
Video
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Ivan Lebedev
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Paul Driessen,
Ramona Meyricke
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Concurrent |
Scheme Update: National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Presentation
Video
|
Gavin Moore |
Sarah Johnson |
Concurrent |
Scheme Update: Comcare and NSW Nominal Insurer
Video
|
Natasha de Souza
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Michael Duke,
Mary Maini
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Concurrent |
Long Duration Psychological Claims - what can be done?
Presentation
Video |
Dave Gregory |
Sue Freeman |
11:10am
-
11:30am |
Morning Tea - Virtual Networking sponsored by

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11:30am
-
12:10pm |
Concurrent Sessions 02
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Concurrent |
The Slow Train - to better injury and disability schemes
Presentation
Video
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Bruce Watson
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Estelle Pearson |
Concurrent |
Lost cause: Getting at causation in our datasets
Presentation
Paper
Video
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Stephanie Russell
|
Hugh Miller |
Concurrent
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Ageing with lifelong traumatic injuries - Research Program
Presentation
Video |
Shikha Bajpai
|
Jade Hurst,
Cameron Lucas |
Concurrent
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Lumbar spinal fusion surgery outcomes in a cohort of injured workers in the Victorian workers’ compensation system
Presentation
Video
|
Ting Chen
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Janine McMillan,
Mark Philips |
12:20pm
-
1:00pm |
Concurrent Sessions 03 |
Concurrent |
Technological Solutions Changing the Face of Recovery Across Schemes and Sectors
Video
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Danny Rouel
|
Ari Pianta |
Concurrent |
Suicide and self-harm following work injury and disability: A global evidence review
Presentation
Video |
Niki Appleton |
Alex Collie,
Shannon Gray |
Concurrent
(Ends at 1.10pm) |
Scheme Update: Accident Commission Corporation (New Zealand), CTP Insurance Regulator (South Australia) and ACT MAI Scheme
Presentation
Video |
Raj Kanhai |
Paul Gimblett,
Kim Birch,
Nicola Clark |
Concurrent |
What are the potential harms? Better measurement of opioid use in the NSW personal injury schemes
Presentation
Video
|
Paul Driessen
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Dr Ian Cameron,
Bronwyn Martin |
1:00pm
-
2:00pm |
Lunch
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2:00pm
-
2:35pm |
Keynote Address - Dr Dinesh Palipana
Chair: Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
Video
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2:45pm
-
3:25pm
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Concurrent Sessions 04
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Concurrent |
Framework to help guide the development and efficacy of outcome measures from a client, stakeholder, and scheme health perspective
Presentation
Video
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Niki Appleton
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Andrew Fronsko,
Ross Iles
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Concurrent |
Employment outcomes for National Disability Insurance Scheme participants
Presentation
Video
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Stephanie Russell
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Sally Galbraith,
Renata Morello |
Concurrent |
AI and Injury Claims
Presentation
Video |
Neil Singleton
|
Paul Beinat |
Concurrent |
Working WISER - 2020 Expansion of Work Injury Screening and Early Intervention (WISE) Study
Video |
Laura Richards
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Leah Brown |
3:25pm
-
3:40pm |
Afternoon Tea - Virtual Networking sponsored by

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3:40pm
-
4:20pm |
Concurrent Sessions 05
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Concurrent |
Participants with acquired brain injury, cerebral palsy or spinal cord injury in the NDIS
Presentation
Video
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Dave Gregory
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Nicole Stransky,
Sarah Johnson |
Concurrent |
Point to (which) point? A look at the impact of P2P and rideshare vehicles across CTP jurisdictions
Video |
Neil Singleton
|
Vivian Tse |
Concurrent |
N-of-1 Trials: Custom-built for patient-centred care
Presentation
Video
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Ross Iles |
Petra Bywood,
Mark Phillips
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Concurrent |
Scheme Update: Office of Industrial Relations’ and ACT WorkSafe'
Video |
Gae Robinson |
Janene Hillhouse,
Michael Young |
4:30pm
-
5:35pm |
Plenary |
Plenary 2 - Managing psychological injury claims – seeking a gold standard
Presentation
Video |
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki |
Nick Glozier,
Natalie Bekis,
Dr Petrina Casey,
Jono Nicholas
|
5:35pm
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End of Day 1 sessions
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Tuesday
19 October
|
8:30am
-
10:00am |
Plenary |
Plenary 3 – The Front Line
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Video
|
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
|
Aidan Brophy,
Laura Richards,
Purnima Kant,
Matthew Vickers |
10:00am
–
10:20am |
Morning Tea
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10:20am
-
11:00am |
Concurrent Sessions 06
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Concurrent |
The challenges created by automated vehicles for motor accident injury insurance schemes
Presentation
Video |
Vivian Tse
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Peter Mulquiney,
John Morgan
|
Concurrent |
Evidence informed work injury scheme design and implementation helps people and reduces costs
Presentation
Video
|
Natasha de Souza |
Dr Mary Wyatt
|
Concurrent |
Improving service at the NDIS
– the Participant Service Charter
Presentation
Video
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Jas Singh
|
David Gifford,
Donna Purcell,
Amanda Hyatt |
Concurrent |
Radical service planning
- how person-centred practice saves scheme liability
Presentation
Video |
Darryl Frank
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Trudy Minett,
Kylie Smith |
11:10am
-
11:50am |
Concurrent Sessions 07
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Concurrent |
Fatigue and burnout takes its toll on healthcare workers
Presentation
Video
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Sue Freeman
|
Dr. Petra Bywood |
Concurrent |
Lifetime Care Schemes: Setting, Achieving and Measuring Participant Outcomes (a follow up)
Presentation
Video
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Shikha Bajpai
|
Claire White |
Concurrent |
The Magic Pudding and the claim farmer – a never ending story
Presentation
Video |
Neil Singleton
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Raj Kanhai,
Geoff Atkins |
Concurrent |
Scheme Update: RTWSA and WorkCover WA
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Video
|
Ivan Lebedev
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Michael Francis,
Chris White |
11:50am
-
12:40pm |
Lunch
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12:40pm
-
1:20pm |
Concurrent Sessions 08
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Concurrent |
A Novel Approach: Outcomes and Learnings from the Pilot of Queensland's Workers' Psychological Support Service
Presentation
Video
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Gavin Moore
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Janene Hillhouse,
Karina Maxwell |
Concurrent |
Collaborative Partnership to Improve Work Participation
– Where to from here? Part 1
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Video |
Natalie Bekis |
Dr Jason Thompson,
Laura Youl,
Associate Professor Ross Iles,
Geniere Aplin
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Concurrent |
Scheme Update: State Insurance Regulatory Authority (CTP) and Transport Accident Commission (TAC)
Presentation
Video |
Raj Kanhai |
Petrina Casey,
Cameron Lucas
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1:30pm
-
2:10pm |
Concurrent Sessions 09
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Concurrent |
Trust, customer experience and outcomes
Presentation
Video
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Danny Rouel
|
Adam Dent |
Concurrent |
Connect & Care: Best Practice Support to workers experiencing a complex injury
Video |
Shikha Bajpai
|
Maddi Biles,
Farah Shams |
Concurrent |
Collaborative Partnership to Improve Work Participation
– Where to from here? Part 2’
Presentation
Video |
Natalie Bekis,
Niki Ellis |
Dr Robin Chase,
Jo Collins,
Geniere Aplin,
Lucy Brogden, Tarja Saastamoinen
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Concurrent |
Initial customer contact – how harnessing the power of behavioural science, data and analytics can drive better outcomes for the injured.
Presentation
Video
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Scott Duncan
|
Ben Edwards,
David Bacon
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2:10pm
-
2:30pm |
Afternoon Tea
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2:30pm
-
3:10pm |
Concurrent Sessions 10
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Concurrent |
CANCELLED
Workers' comp doesn't work - from Kafka and pirates to quantum mechanics: thoughts for the 21st century
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Andrew Houltram
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David Gifford |
Concurrent |
Improving understanding of mental health and injury in workers using unstructured data
Presentation
Video
|
Stephanie Russell |
Jonathan Cohen,
Amy Clarke
|
Concurrent |
Scheme Update: National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland (NIISQ) and Motor Accident Insurance Commission (QLD)
Presentation
Video |
Vivian Tse
|
Neil Singleton
|
Concurrent |
Scheme Update: Lifetime Support Scheme (South Australia) and Lifetime Care and Support Scheme (NSW)
Video |
Gillian Harrex |
Rick Howe,
Nick Allsop
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3:20pm
-
4:50pm |
Plenary |
Plenary 4 - Future Changing Technologies
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Presentation 3
Video |
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
|
Marcus Burke,
Miranda Blogg
Robyn Stokes
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4:50pm
-
5:05pm |
Closing Remarks - President Jefferson Gibbs
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