REGISTRATION
SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

0830: Registration, Tea and Coffee

Keynote speakers:

  • In-event health services for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Patrick Basset (Medical Director, Dokever, France)
  • From preparation to action for the Paris 2024 Olympics: the experience of the French National Public Health Agency. Marie Hamsany. (Project manager – Crisis preparedness and mass gatherings, Sante Publique France).

Speakers:

  • 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Update. Brendin Bloye. (Director, Olympics and Major Events Coordination; Queensland Health)
  • Goal! Public Health at the Women’s Asian Cup 2026. Victoria Marriott. (Senior Epidemiologist, Gold Coast Public Health Unit)
  • Early career healthcare professionals: a barramundi in a bathtub. Frazer Petrie. (St John Ambulance Australia (Queensland))
  • Itaewon: The Untold Story. Alan Wilson
  • An overview of the event health and mass-gathering medical sector in New Zealand. Brendan Harris. (Director, Service Development, Education & Clinical Strategy. Medical Response Industries).
  • How Student-Led Health Promotion at Mass Gatherings Influences Health Behaviour. Michelle Stubbs. (University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia)
  • Safe and Healthy Crowded Places Handbook Update – Blythe McLennan (Manager, Knowledge. Development, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience)

Discussion panels:

  • Olympic legacy

1700: Conclusion

1715: Networking event commences

Location: UniBar, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus. Located in Building G07.

What is included?

  • Upon arrival, you will receive 2 tokens that you can redeem at the bar for drinks (soft drinks, juice, wine, beer).
  • A variety of hot and cold finger food options will be available throughout the evening
  • A fantastic opportunity to network and collaborate. Make new industry networks while catching-up with old friends.

Should you attend?

Yes. Attendees from the last symposium stated that the networking event was the best aspect of the symposium for making new contacts and catch-up with old friends.

Sponsorship

This event is sponsored by 1300MEDICS.

1900: Networking event conclusion

0830: Registration, Tea and Coffee

0900: Commencement

Keynote speaker:

  • When athletes overheat: Managing exertional heat illness at major sporting events. Daniel Friedman (Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician Registrar, Olympic Park Sports Medicine)

Speakers:

  • Hyperthermia: Toxicology versus exertional heat illness. Ethan Dooley (1300MEDICS)
  • Gold Coast Marathon response. Sally Beaver (Emergency Department, Gold Coast Health)
  • The Paradox of Absence: Demographic Displacement of Emergency Care During Premier League Matches. Radwan Barbandi. (Faculty of Mass Gathering Medicine Education, SCH Disaster Medicine Center, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea)
  • Patient presentation and transfer to hospital rates during mass gathering stadium events. Nazneen Sultana (Griffith University)
  • Council Bureaucrats and the Nuances of Event Regulation. Garry O’Dell.
  • Security Theatre: When Security and Safety Looks Right but Fails When It Matters. Bea Tomlin. (Beaspoke Safety, Melbourne, Australia)
  • Crowds Don’t Panic . . . They Run Out of Space. Alan Wilson
  • Mass gathering key considerations. Ninglan Wang. Health Emergencies Programme (WHE), World Health Organization (HQ).

1500: Closing remarks