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Event Overview
The aged care sector has moved beyond reform announcement into the reality of delivery. With the new Aged Care Act now in force and the strengthened Quality Standards fully embedded, providers are operating in an environment of heightened accountability, measurable outcomes and greater scrutiny than ever before.
The Aged Care Quality, Safety & Risk Forum 2026 is designed to support leaders navigating this new era. Across two intensive days, senior decision-makers will explore how to translate strengthened standards into practice, manage growing clinical complexity, prevent harm, and build cultures that support learning, transparency and continuous improvement.
Tailored for senior leaders across aged care providers, governance, clinical care, quality and risk, home care, allied health, government, advocacy and technology, this forum brings together those responsible for safeguarding older people while leading organisations through unprecedented regulatory and cultural change.
Advisory Board
The advisory board for the forum played a crucial role in shaping the event's direction and content. These hand-picked industry experts brought their knowledge and experience to ensure that the forum addressed the most relevant topics and challenges facing the sector.
Featured Speakers
Deidre McGill
Chief Operating Officer, Home & Community Support
Bolton Clarke
Jenny Summerton
Executive General Manager, Residential Care
HammondCare
Rameez Hassan
Chief Nursing Officer
Regis Aged Care
Linda Cribb
Palliative Care Practice Lead
Uniting
Mel White
Quality Director
Bupa
Kristopher McMurdy
National Director of Operations
St Vincent’s Care Services
Deborah Karam
Chief Residential Officer
Catholic Healthcare
Claire Johnson
Director
PACOP
Who Attends?
Senior aged care leaders and executives from the public and private sectors involved in residential care, home and community care responsible for:
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Compliance
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Quality
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Risk
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Innovation
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Customer Experience
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Clinical Governance
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Corporate Services
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Transformation
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Corporate Governance
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Service Delivery
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Operations
What will you gain?
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Turning Reform into Practice: How do providers operationalise the new Act and Standards across complex systems, multiple services and diverse workforces — and demonstrate compliance with confidence?
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Preventing Harm in High-Risk Environments: From polypharmacy and palliative care to home care settings you don’t control, learn how leaders are strengthening clinical governance and early-warning systems to manage complexity and risk.
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Audit Readiness, Non-Conformance & Assurance: Understand how to prepare for audits, respond proportionately to non-conformance, and prevent recurrence through stronger systems, reporting and governance oversight.
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Rights, Autonomy & Dignity of Risk: Explore how to uphold resident and client choice, even when decisions are complex, controversial or emotionally charged — without compromising safety or compliance.
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Building Cultures that Learn and Improve: Discover how psychologically safe, learning-focused cultures empower staff to speak up, reduce errors and drive sustainable quality improvement.
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The Future of Clinical Care & Risk Oversight: Gain insight into what’s next — from predictive analytics and real-time dashboards to emerging models of care shaping the next five years of aged care quality and safety.
Attendee Feedback
“Sponsoring an event like this has allowed us to meet a large cross section of people, from C-suite and decision makers to people on the ground like nurses, and it’s handy to speak to them about what they need and want. It’s one of the most qualitative events we’ve attended, and as a result we’re having some phenomenal conversations. ”
Product Manager, Touchstone Life Care
"Lovely venue, great networking, very informative & relevant trade displays, knowledgeable and inspiring presenters, topics covered were relevant and hot off the press. I would highly recommend this event."
Professional Services Lead, Saint Agnes Parish Catholic Care
"Thank you, the Aged Care Quality, Safety and Risk Forum I attended was excellent, including the presenters, visual tools, discussions, product suppliers and networking opportunities."
Clinical Governance Support Manager, Southern Cross Care