Conference Organising Committee


Conference Chair
 Suanne Lawrence (University of Tasmania)
with special acknowledgement to Ngaire Hobbins as interim chair

 

Scientific Co-Chairs
Marguerite Bramble (Charles Sturt University)
Azam Bazoomband (University of Tasmania)
‍Committee Members
Joanna Sun (University of Tasmania)
Kaylee Rudd (University of Tasmania)
Kate-Ellen Elliott (University of Tasmania)
Christine Stirling (University of Tasmania)
Danielle Cave (AAG Student and Early Career Group (SECG) representative, University of Sunshine Coast)
Renu Borst (AAG)
Michael Tan (AAG)

 

Interested in past AAG conferences?

12 - 15 November 2024

Hotel Grand Chancellor

1 Davey St, Hobart TAS 7000

Speakers

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Ms Susana Concordo Harding - 2024 Gary Andrews International Fellow

Susana is Senior Director at the International Longevity Centre Singapore, an Initiative of Tsao Foundation. She is also Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at College of Nursing &Health Sciences at Flinders University.

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Professor James Vickers - 2024 David Wallace Address

James Vickers is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Tasmania and Director of the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre.

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Rev James "Jim" Colville AM - Opening Plenary

Rev Colville was recently awarded 2024 Tasmania Senior Australia of the Year

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Prof Dawn Bessarab - Plenary

Professor Dawn Bessarab is the Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health at University of Western Australia and principle investigator on the Good Spirit Good Life Centre for Research Excellence in Indigenous Ageing

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Emily Harper - Plenary

As First Assistant Secretary, Market and Workforce Division – Ageing and Aged Care Group within the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care

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Robyn Moore AM - Closing Plenary

Robyn Moore is a multi-skilled Communicator who has been changing peoples’ perception through the power of the word for over 40 years

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Alison Standen - Plenary

Alison Standen is the Chief Executive Officer at Corumbene

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Professor Kathy Eagar AM - Plenary

Professor Kathy Eagar is Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Past Director of Australian Health Services Research Ins

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Prof Leon Flicker AM - Plenary

Leon is the inaugural Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Western Australia since 1998

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Robyn Abrahams - Plenary

Robyn is the Post Polio Vic Secretary and committee member

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Mr Saul Eslake - Plenary

Saul is a member of the Australian Parliamentary Budget Office’s Advisory Panel; the Australian Taxation Office’s ‘Tax Gap’ Advisory Panel; and is on the Advisory Board of Jamieson Coote Bonds, a Melbourne-based specialist bond investment manager

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Robert Fitzgerald AM - Plenary

Mr Fitzgerald is a highly respected lawyer, human rights and social justice advocate, and a leading figure in the anti-discrimination space