Key Speakers
International Speakers include
Dr Gary Christenson MD, Director of the Boynton Mental Health Clinic and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School; Artistic Director, Center for Art and Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Alison Clough Director, Pioneer Projects and Looking Well Centre, Bentham UK
Sally Denman MA, ATR-BC, Administrator, Arts in Mental Health Program, Napa State Hospital, California
Dr Cheryl Dileo PhD, MT-BC, Professor of Music Therapy and Director: Arts and Quality of Life Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia
Mary Grehan Arts Director, Waterford Healing Arts Trust, Ireland
Dr Jeffrey Levine Gerontologist and photographer, New York
Carrie McGee Educator, Community and Access Programs and The MoMA Alzheimer's Project, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Shanti Norris Co-founder and Director, Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington DC
Clive Parkinson Director, Arts for Health, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Susan Perlstein Founder and Director of Education, National Center for Creative Aging, Washington DC and founder Elders Share the Arts, New York
Paula Terry BS, Director, Office of AccessAbility, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC
Mike White M.Phil, MA, Senior Research and Development Fellow in Arts in Health, Centre for Medical Humanities and St Chad's College, University of Durham, UK
Naj Wikoff MA, Fulbright Senior Specialist and President Emeritus of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare, Washington DC
Australian presenters include
Adriane Boag, Manager Education, Youth Community Access Programs, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Dr John Boulton MD, FRACP, Senior Regional Paediatrician, Kimberley Health WA and Conjoint Professor Paediatrics, University of Newcastle, NSW
Molly Carlile RN, FRCNA, FAICD, AFCHSE, MAIPC, MACA, Consortium Manager, North and North West, Palliative Care Consortium, Victoria
John Crawford, Live Music Director, ABC Classic FM
Professor Ian Gibbins Sc(Hons), 1977; PhD, 1981; Fil.dr (hc) 1995, Head of Anatomy & Histology, Flinders University, South Australia
A/Professor Jill Gordon MB BS, BA, MPsychMed, PhD, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney; Founder Medical Humanities Association of Australia and New Zealand
Alan Hopgood OAM, playwright, actor, filmaker, Victoria
Lindy Hume Festival Director and Chief Executive, Sydney Festival
Ralph Kerle Executive Chairman, The Creative Leadership forum and Creative Skills Training Council, Sydney
Dr Hilton Koppe Senior Medical Educator, North Coast GP Training, Lennox Head NSW
Kim McConville, CEO, Beyond Empathy, Australia
Dr Brendan McPhillips psychotherapist, Sydney
Alison Page Regional Aboriginal Cultural Development Co-ordinator, Arts Mid North Coast, NSW
