TENTATIVE PROGRAM
0830: Registration, Tea and Coffee
0900: Opening Session. Session Chair: Jamie Ranse
0900: Opening remarks from the Symposium organisers – Jamie Ranse
0910: Setting the scene – Jamie Ranse
0920: Keynote speaker – In-event health services provision during the Paris 2024 Olympics. Patrick Basset (Medical Director, Dokever, France)
1000: 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Update. Brendin Bloye. (Director, Olympics and Major Events Coordination; Queensland Health)
1015: Clinical governance and credentialling in private practice. Brodie White. (Managing Director, Critical Care Paramedic)
1030: Morning Tea / Networking
1100: Crowded Places
1100: Itaewon: The Untold Story. Alan Wilson
1115: Realtime monitoring of psychosocial behaviour. Alison Hutton (Professor, Western Sydney University)
1130: Graham Coleman (Executive Director, Olympic & Paralympic Games Group, Queensland Police Service)
1145: Security Theatre: When Security and Safety Looks Right but Fails When It Matters. Bea Tomlin. (Beaspoke Safety, Melbourne, Australia)
1200: Discussion: Safe and Healthy Crowded Places Handbook Update. Blythe McLennan (Manager, Knowledge. Development, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience)
1230: Lunch / Networking
1330: Public health
1330: Keynote speaker – 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).
1410: Goal! Public Health at the Women’s Asian Cup 2026. Victoria Marriott. (Senior Epidemiologist, Gold Coast Public Health Unit)
1425: How Student-Led Health Promotion at Mass Gatherings Influences Health Behaviour. Michelle Stubbs. (University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia)
1440: Sexual Health and the 2032 Olympics – Is it a sprint or a marathon? Joseph Debattista. (Sexual Health & BBV Coordinator, Metro North Public Health Unit)
1500: Afternoon Tea / Networking
1530: International perspectives
1530: 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).
1545: National Emergency Medical Teams at Mass Gathering Events: Timor-Leste experience. Anthony Cook, (Director Regional Engagement Program, National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre)
1600: World Health Organization, Mass Gathering Cell Update (video). Ninglan Wang, (Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization)
1615: Discussion panel: 2032 Olympic legacy – what should we be thinking about right now? Facilitated by Jamie Ranse. Panel members: Patrick Basset (Medical Director, Dokever, France); Marie Hamsany. (Project manager – Crisis preparedness and mass gatherings, Sante Publique France); Brendin Bloye. (Director, Olympics and Major Events Coordination; Queensland Health); Graham Coleman (Executive Director, Olympic & Paralympic Games Group, Queensland Police Service)
1700: Conclusion
1700: 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: Heat
0900: Opening remarks – Jamie Ranse
0910: Opening remarks from Griffith University
0920: Keynote – When athletes overheat: Managing exertional heat illness at major sporting events. Daniel Friedman (Sport and Exercise Medicine Physician Registrar, Olympic Park Sports Medicine)
1000: Hyperthermia: Toxicology versus exertional heat illness. Ethan Dooley (1300MEDICS)
1030: Morning Tea / Networking
1100: Hospitals and Health Services
1100: Gold Coast Marathon response. Sally Beaver (Emergency Department, Gold Coast Health)
1115: 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)
1130: Patient presentation and transfer to hospital rates during mass gathering stadium events. Nazneen Sultana (Griffith University)
1145: Nursing support to the Paris Olympic Games, Australian Open and 2026 Commonwealth Games. Manna McLeod (Victorian Institute of Sport)
1200: Discussion panel: Heat and mass gathering events.
1230: Lunch / Networking
1330: Event governance. Session Chair – Leonie Lockstone-Binney
1330: Council Bureaucrats and the Nuances of Event Regulation. Garry O’Dell.
1345: Crowds Don’t Panic . . . They Run Out of Space. Alan Wilson
1400: Decision making in the cancelation of events. Daniel Gschwind. (Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University)
1415: Early career healthcare professionals: a barramundi in a bathtub. Frazer Petrie. (St John Ambulance Australia (Queensland))
1430:
1445: Closing remarks
1500: Afternoon Tea / Networking
1530: Conclusion of symposium