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Convenor welcome
Welcome to Country
Presenter: Alex Kerr
Welcome to Austin Health
Presenter: Mr Ross Cooke, Board Chair, Austin Health
Session 1
Sponsored by Novo Nordisk
Opening plenary
Updates in the modern understanding of obesity
Session Chair: Associate Professor Cilla Haywood
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Topic |
Speaker |
|---|---|
| A modern understanding of obesity: aetiology, pathophysiology, preventability and how treatment works |
Dr Georgia Rigas |
| Evidence on clinical outcomes for the various treatment modalities | Associate Professor Niloufar Torkamani |
| Clinical assessment and decision making in obesity care. Dispelling common myths | Dr Alex Craven |
| Q & A |
Morning tea – break 1
Session 2
Sponsored by Ethicon
Equity and Access in Obesity Care
Session Chair: Dr Dani Ko
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Topic |
Speaker |
|---|---|
| Lived experience of obesity care |
Andrew Wilson |
| Local lived experience |
Tammy Fitzgerald |
| Title TBC (Recording) | The Honourable Ged Kearney MP, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care |
| Current issues in access and provision of evidence-based obesity care. | Associate Professor Ahmad Aly |
| Limitations on access to education and training in evidence-based obesity care | Dr Krinal Mori |
| Ethics and Inequity as they affect obesity care | Dr Dani Ko |
| Panel Discussion: The way forward |
Lunch – break 2
Session 3
Sponsored by iNova Pharmaceuticals
Practical Obesity Care
Session Chair: Dr Georgia Rigas
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Topic |
Speaker |
|---|---|
| Psychological aspects of obesity care |
Kylie Murphy and Annemarie Hindle |
| Exercise for everyone, and everything except weight loss & body composition |
Associate Professor Cilla Haywood |
| Customised care in community settings: personalised health strategies at Belgravia Leisure | Emma Lowe |
| Nutritional adequacy and safety in obesity treatment | Andrea Jasper |
| Practical use of anti-obesity medications, and special considerations around women’s health | Associate Professor Niloufar Torkamani |
| Who should be offered bariatric surgery? (And who should receive it in public?) | Dr Alex Craven |
| Practicalities of system design and having the right people in place | Jarryd Walkley |
| Panel discussion: Can’t access or afford surgery or medications ... what now? | Jarryd Walkley |
Afternoon tea - break 3
Session 4
Sponsored by Medtron
Obesity Shark Tank
Which specialities will win access to treatment from our ruthless sharks?
Session Chair: Alex Craven
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Activity |
Participants |
|---|---|
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Shark Tank
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Sharks Jarryd Walkley Who’s in the tank? Dr Chris Leung – representing Hepatology |
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Panel discussion with the Sharks |
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| Audience debate |
Session 5
Closing plenary
Event conclusion
Event delegates are invited to Sir Henry Barkly Hotel for post-event drinks and networking.
