Episode 262 (Oceania Conference 2026 preview)

Another Pre Season 6 episode - we catch up with the team from Oceania 2026! Oceania Academy Biennial Conference will be held in Hobart, Tasmania, 4-7 March 2026.

Keynote Speakers:

John Coughlan: Secretary General of the International Cerebral Palsy Society and Cerebral Palsy Europe, and the parent of a young adult with cerebral palsy.

Melissa McCradden is the Artificial Intelligence Director and Deputy Research Director with the Women's and Children's Health Network, and a Deputy Director and The Hospital Research Foundation Group Fellow at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning at the University of Adelaide.  

Dr Lynne McKinlay is a medical leader at Sunshine Coast Health with responsibility for patient safety and clinical governance.

Riley Saban is an Australian disability advocate, entrepreneur, and international keynote speaker whose work centres on inclusive design, assistive technology, and systemic reform. 

Dr Jennifer Ryan is Director of Cerebral Palsy Lifespan Health and Well-being (CP-Life) Research Centre and an Associate Professor in the School of Physiotherapy at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Scientia Professor Julian Trollor AM FAHMS, NHMRC Leadership Fellow, Director of the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health at UNSW Sydney.

Dr Ilisapeci Tuibeqa  and Professor Susan Woolfenden: Presidential Address

Adj Prof Sarah McIntyre: Dinah Reddihough Oration

The ResearchWorks team including Dayna, Ash and Ed will be on site to provide live interviews with Keynote speakers and other incredible researchers.

If you haven't registered yet - there is still time to register, book your accommodation for Hobart (a wonderful location in Australia) and join in-person and there is also a hybrid option for those unable to travel.

https://www.oceaniaacademy.org/conference-2

If you are attending, be sure to pop by the ResearchWorks booth and say hello! We'd love to meet you and we can't wait to bring you exclusive interviews with some of the finest researchers on the planet!

Be sure to check out the ResearchWorks Academy at www.researchworks.academy (its FREE to register). 

From AI and Machine Learning based tools, to Gait analysis tools, to report templates, decision trees, custom calculators for GMFMER/ENE and Goal Attainment Scale, Gesture and Switch based video games and other multimedia, it's a one-stop-shop for tools to implement research into clinical practice!