Wednesday 3 September 2008
2.00pm	Registration Desk opens
7.00pm - 11.30pm	Aged Care Industry IT Awards Gala Dinner River Room, Crown Complex
Thursday 4 September 2008
8.00am	Registration Desk opens
	Plenary Chair: Rod Young, CEO, Aged Care Association Australia
8.30am	Opening and Welcome Rod Young Chief Executive Officer, Aged Care Association of Australia
8.35am	The NHS Project - Impact on Aged Care Service Provision Mike Bainbridge Clinical Architect, NHS Connecting for Health (UK)
9.30am	State of Technology in Aging Services Majd Alwan Director, Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) (USA)
10.00am	Morning tea and Exhibition
10.30am	Chair: Elizabeth Aris, Executive Director, Telstra Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions and Advanced Medication Management in the Residential Aged Care Sector Matt Antcliffe eHealth Program Manager, General Practice Network NT (Australia)
11.00am	Technology for Aged Care Workers: Working on the move Dr George Margelis Industry Development Manager, Intel Australia Digital Health Group (Australia)
11.30am	National IT Survey Interpretation Louise Schaper Director, Comperio Pty Ltd Mark Barnett Director, Aged Care Direct (Australia)
12.00 noon	Lunch and Exhibition
	CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1.30pm	Next Generation in Home Care Chair: Mark Barnett, Director, Aged Care Direct
	Assistive technologies in BCS's Age Friendly Home John Fraser Connected Communities Manager, BCS (Australia) System integration for seamless operations Tanya Connor CEO, Samarinda Lodge (Australia) Engaging Experts for Co-development in Health Care Steven Strange Ridley Technology Group Pty Ltd (Australia) Lisa Papettas General Manager, Hunt n Gather (Australia) Mobile E-Heath and Community Care: The Future Is Here! Claude Rafin Managing Director, The INS Group (Australia)
1.30pm	Government Initiatives Chair: Gavin de Livera, General Manager, Clipsal Integrated Systems
	Collaboration and Innovation - IT in Aged Care Carolyn Brown Director Aged Care eConnect, Department of Health and Ageing (Australia) Alain Leitch Aged Care Technical Advisor, Department of Health and Ageing (Australia) eHealth in Australia Chris Mount Director, eHealth Clinical Communication, Department of Health and Ageing (Australia) Online claiming in the Aged Care sector David Hancock Manager, Aged Care Branch, Medicare Australia
1.30pm	Academic Chair: Viviana Hood, CEO, Church Resources
	Hospital avoidance through to e-communities of care, telehealth and smart homes - outcomes from the Queensland Smart Home Initiative research program Jeffrey Soar Director, Collaboration For Ageing & Aged-Care Informatics Research, University of Southern Queensland Try Before, During and After you Buy: Using the Centre for Health Innovation to Reduce Risk Cathie Steele General Manager, Australian Centre for Health Innovation (Australia) Entering the World of Uncertainty: Nurses engagement with ICT Andrew Robinson Professor of Aged Care Nursing, School of Nursing & Medicine, University of Tasmania (Australia)
3.00pm	Afternoon tea and Exhibition
	Plenary Chair: George Margelis, Industry Development Manager , Intel Australia
3.30pm	It's a lie: IT doesn't just happen Gael Traa Project Manager, Blue Cross Community Care Services Group Pty Ltd Blue Care (Australia)
3.50pm	Electronic Medication Management Now and In the Future Keryn Coghill Clinical Pharmacist, iCare Solutions (Australia)
4.10pm	Staying in Touch Cameron Clark, CEO, Acryn Pty Ltd (Australia)
4.30pm	Panel Discussion "Future Aged Care Technologies Assisted Monitoring" Chair: Rod Young Majd Alwan Director, Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) (USA) Elizabeth Aris Executive Director, Telstra Business (Australia) Mike Bainbridge Clinical Architect, NHS Connecting For Health (UK) Steve Briscoe Business Development Manager Aged Care, Cisco Systems Australia George Margelis Industry Development Manager, Intel Australia Digital Health Group (Australia) Jeffrey Smoot National Director Health Solutions, Fujitsu (Australia)
5.30pm	Closing drinks with the Vendors
6.30pm	Conference Close