Program

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration

Refreshments will be served will be served and a opportunity to meet with our sponsors

Duration: 30 mins
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Introduction and Welcome

Carolyn Bell, Executive Director, Epworth HealthCare Rehabilitation and Mental Health

Duration: 10 mins
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM

PROSPER Introduction and welcome

Associate Professor Gavin Williams

Duration: 10 mins
8:50 AM - 11:05 AM

Session 1

08:50 - 9:35      Focal spasticity management - Professor John Olver 

09:35 - 10:20    Parkinson's disease - Professor Meg Morris 

10:20 - 11:05    Upper lim rehabilitation - Professor Leanne Carey 

 

 

Duration: 2.25 hours
11:05 AM - 11:35 AM

Morning Tea and Sponsor Exhibition

Refreshments will be served and an opportunity to meet our sponsors 

Duration: 30 mins
11:35 AM - 1:50 PM

Session 2

11:35 - 12:20 Transcranial magnetic stimulation - Professor Paul Fitzgerald 

12:20 - 1:05   Concussion - Professor Paul McCrory 

1:05 - 1:50     Motor Neurone disease - Professor David Berlowitz

 

Duration: 2.25 hours
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM

Lunch and Sponsor Display

Buffet Lunch will be served and an opportunity to meet with our sponsors 

Duration: 40 mins
2:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Session 3

2:30 - 3:15 Resistance training for mobility - Associate Professor Williams 

3:15 - 4:00 Physical activity - Dr Christina Ekegren 

4:00 - 4:15 Closing comments - Associate Professor Gavin Williams 

Duration: 1.75 hours
4:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Cocktail Function

Cocktail reception and a chance to meet the Symposium Faculty

Duration: 2 hours