The Biggest and Most Influential Healthcare Exhibition In The Southern Hemisphere

March 17 - 18, 2027 ICC Sydney

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AUSTRALIAN HEALTHCARE WEEK

Nursing & Midwifery

Championing the frontline of Australian healthcare.

One day dedicated to the nurses and midwives at the heart of patient care — clinical practice, leadership and wellbeing.

17 MARCH 2027, ICC SYDNEY

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Overview

The Nursing & Midwifery program is designed by and for nurses and midwives, covering clinical practice updates, career and leadership development, and the workforce and wellbeing pressures facing the profession. A day to be recognised, supported and equipped.

Who Should Attend

Registered nurses and midwives across all care settings
Nurse and midwifery unit managers and clinical leaders
Nursing and midwifery students and early-career professionals

Key Themes in 2027

The future of nursing and midwifery

Nurses and midwives as leaders of innovation, advocates for patients and drivers of system transformation. Explore what a future-ready profession looks like as scope of practice expands.

Building a workforce that wants to stay

Recruitment is only half the story. Hear how health services are redesigning workplaces for retention, wellbeing and support from day one, and what excellent nursing leadership looks like in 2027.

Digital nursing

Practical AI applications that are already making a difference for nurses, and how to prepare the profession for an AI-enabled future. Plus how nursing data can turn into better decisions and better care.

Caring for everyone

Inclusive models of care for the people the system doesn't always reach. Includes cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, and lessons from South Australia on neurodivergent-friendly healthcare.

Nurse-led care and innovation that sticks

How nurse-led models are improving access and outcomes, and how to scale improvement across health services so it lasts.

Quality, safety and just culture

Learning from what goes wrong, and building a just culture around clinical incidents. Also a look at moving quality and safety from compliance to culture.

Speaker Highlights

Lee Caldwell

LGBTIQ+ Project Manager

Southern NSW Local Health District

Cherie Bennett

Nursing Policy and Advocacy Lead

ASHM

Kate Renzenbrink

Chief Clinical Informatics Officer Digital Health Nurse Leader

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

Melissa Molenaar

Director of Nursing

Peninsula Health

Monica Goldwater

Chief Nursing Officer

Southern Cross Healthcare

Anthony Pham

Deputy Chief Nursing & Midwifery Information Officer

Monash Health

Kassandra Packwood

District Deputy Director Nursing and Midwifery Leadership Excellence and Digital

Southern NSW Local Health District

Gordon Bingham

Chief Nursing Information Officer

Bayside Health

Peter Newman

Director of Clinical Services

Ramsay Health Care

Wendy Hoey

Chief Executive

Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network

Rochelle Griffin

Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer

SA Health

Frances Rice

Chief Nursing Officer

Australian College of Nursing

Johanna Westbrook

Director, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research

Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University

Kendra Hagedorn

Chief Nursing Information Officer

Ramsay Health Care

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Ready to Be in the Room?

Join nurses and midwives from across Australia for a day built around your profession.

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There's nothing more important than coming out here and having those important conversations and engaging and listening and learning in a forum with such dynamism as we have here today.

Amanda Cattermole

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Digital Health Agency

Clinicians and health staff thrive on being together and talking with each other. They love getting ideas and hearing what other people are doing. You cant't beat an opportunity to get people together to socialise and learn together.

Deborah Willcox AM

Chief Executive Officer, Sydney Local Health District

I really enjoyed the energy and positive atmosphere at Australian Healthcare Week. It was a great opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and industry partners, and to have meaningful conversations about the future of healthcare. I could genuinely feel the enthusiasm from participants across the sector who are committed to continuously improving healthcare through innovation, collaboration, and digital transformation.

Meg Ma

Head of Portfolio Management, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District