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Conference Exec Group

Judy Ratajec (NT Health)
Mary Ingrames (NT Health)
Danielle Cave (Student and Early Career Group (SECG) representative,
University of Sunshine Coast)
Michael Tan (AAG)

NT Division Committee Members

Judy Ratajec (NT Health)
Mary Ingrames (NT Health)
Susan Williams (Dementia Australia)
Kim Clayworth (NT Health)
Kayleen Hinchliffe (NT Aged Care Assessment Team)
Wendy Hubbard (Australian Regional & Remote Community Services – ARRCS)
Paulene Mackell (National Research Ageing Institute (NARI) & University of Melbourne)
Caroline Phillips (NT Health)
Ben Poona (Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation)
Bridget Riggs (NT Health)
Nicole Tate (Australian Regional & Remote Community Services – ARRCS)

11 - 14 November 2025

Alice Springs Convention Centre

193 Barrett Drive, Alice Springs

Speakers 2025

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Prof Aimee Spector - Gary Andrews International Fellow

Clinical Psychology of Ageing at University College London (UCL). She developed Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) for dementia

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A/Prof Rachel Winterton - David Wallace Address

Principal research fellow and Deputy Director at the John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research, located in the La Trobe Rural Health School

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Sarah Brown AM - Opening Plenary

Chief Executive Officer of Purple House

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Martin Knapp

Professor of Health and Social Care Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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Gloria Wong

Associate Professor at the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading

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Prof Kasia Bail - President's Symposium

Professor of Nursing at the University of Canberra

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Judy Ratajec

Psychogeriatric Nurse currently working as the NT Clinical Lead Aged Care and Clinical Nurse Consultant to the Older Persons Wellbeing Program commissioned through PHN

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Mary Ingrames

Clinical nurse consultant for the aged care unit Darwin

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Dr Michael Lowe

Co-author of several editions of the text book “Ethics and Law for the Health Professions” and has published papers in Ethics, Medical Education and Geriatric care. He has co-authored a number of other book chapters and websites.