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Conference program

Below is the Practice Owners 2026 program, all sessions presented live at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney.

  • Click on a presentation title to view the session summary and presenters.
  • Rapid Fire sessions (3 x 15 min presentations in one session) are labelled to show how the session will be presented.
  • Pre-conference workshops are held prior to the main conference, as an optional additional day. Please note, workshop registration is additional to main conference registration and spots are strictly limited. 
  • All program times are shown in AEST.

Program is subject to change

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Friday, May 22, 2026

Stream 1
Practice Owners Conference 2026 Pre-conference day
7:30 - 8:00
Registration Open
8:00 - 8:30
Arrival Tea and Coffee
8:30 - 12:00 Masterclass 2: Succession Planning (Half-day)
8:30 - 16:30 Applied Clinical Governance Workshop (Full-day)
Masterclass 1: Practice Owners (Full-day)
10:55 - 11:10
Morning Tea break
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 - 16:30 Masterclass 3: Starting in Practice (Half-day)
16:30 - 17:00
Afternoon Tea break
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception
Stream 1
Practice Owners Conference 2026 Pre-conference day
7:30 - 8:00
Registration Open
8:00 - 8:30
Arrival Tea and Coffee
8:30 - 12:00 Masterclass 2: Succession Planning (Half-day)
8:30 - 16:30 Applied Clinical Governance Workshop (Full-day)
Masterclass 1: Practice Owners (Full-day)
10:55 - 11:10
Morning Tea break
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 - 16:30 Masterclass 3: Starting in Practice (Half-day)
16:30 - 17:00
Afternoon Tea break
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception

Stream 1
Practice Owners Conference 2026 Pre-conference day
7:30 - 8:00
Registration Open
8:00 - 8:30
Arrival Tea and Coffee
8:30 - 12:00 Masterclass 2: Succession Planning (Half-day)
8:30 - 16:30 Applied Clinical Governance Workshop (Full-day)
Masterclass 1: Practice Owners (Full-day)
10:55 - 11:10
Morning Tea break
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 - 16:30 Masterclass 3: Starting in Practice (Half-day)
16:30 - 17:00
Afternoon Tea break
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception


Saturday, May 23, 2026

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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Day One
7:00 - 8:30
Day 1. Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Symposium 1: Supporting staff wellbeing: what practice leaders need to know
Partner symposium by AVANT
Breakfast Symposium 2: Connected care: The future of general practice
Partner symposium by TELSTRA Health
8:45 - 9:15 Conference Opening - Day 1
Welcome to Country | RACGP Chair, NSW&ACT Welcome | RACGP President Address
9:15 - 10:00 Keynote Plenary 1: EVOLVE: Surviving the Plateau & Pushing to the Next S Curve
10:00 - 10:30
Morning Tea break.
10:30 - 11:15 1a. Administration automation and AI 1b. Make July 1 a success! Managing the Assignment of Benefit Change
Partner presentation - Best Practice Software
1c. Profit with Purpose: Re-engineering Independent General Practice 1d. Leadership skills for navigating conflict and tough conversations 1e. Innovation Is a Team Sport: Building a Culture That Keeps Getting Better 1f. Critical Crossroads for Rural Practices: When Help Works—and When to Walk Away 1g. Integrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners: a webinar series.
11:20 - 12:05 2a. AI of the future 2b. Leading with Data: Benchmarking Strategies for Sustainable Practice Growth
Partner presentation - William Buck
2c. The Revenue Reset, Fix the Financial Bottlenecks You Are Tired of Fighting 2d. The Hidden Drivers of GP Practice Profitability: What Every Owner Should Track 2e. The Hidden Cost of Poor Culture: How Non-Compliance Starts with Everyday Behaviour 2f. WITHDRAWN (Updates in RACGP Infection prevention and control guidelines ) 2g. Getting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Check right: Practical principles for stronger general practice
12:05 - 13:15 Lunch break. Including stage presentations
13:15 - 14:00 3c. The fundamental mindset shifts that take you from GP, to owner, to CEO 3b. Smart Finance Decisions That Help Your Practice Grow Faster
Partner presentation - MedX Finance
3a. WITHDRAWN (Artificial intelligence standards in general practice: governance, compliance, safety and patient-centred care) 3d. Virtual care 3e. Negotiation Strategies for Practice Owners: Turning Tough Conversations into Stronger Outcomes 3f. Rapid Fire - HR 3g. Disaster management and preparedness in a rural/remote setting
14:05 - 14:50 4a. Building a High-Performing Practice: Financial Skills Every GP Owner Must Learn 4b. A practice owner's guide to using AI. 4c. Accountability Without Anxiety: How to Have the Conversations Every Leader Avoids 4d. From Accreditation to Attraction: Building a Sustainable GP Workforce Through Quality Training Practices 4e. Rapid Fire - Paperwork and priorities 4f. Rapid fire - MedicineInsight and Bulk billing 4g. Case studies on establishing and running a rural or remote practice
14:50 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea break. Including stage presentation
15:30 - 16:15 Keynote Plenary 2: Next Generation of Influencers: Shaping Policy & Culture
17:00 - 19:00 Cubiko Social
Venue: Artasian Room, The Arthouse Hotel

Stream 3
Stream 4
Practice Owners Conference 2026 Day One
7:00 - 8:30
Day 1. Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Symposium 1: Supporting staff wellbeing: what practice leaders need to know
Partner symposium by AVANT
Breakfast Symposium 2: Connected care: The future of general practice
Partner symposium by TELSTRA Health
8:45 - 9:15 Conference Opening - Day 1
Welcome to Country | RACGP Chair, NSW&ACT Welcome | RACGP President Address
9:15 - 10:00 Keynote Plenary 1: EVOLVE: Surviving the Plateau & Pushing to the Next S Curve
10:00 - 10:30
Morning Tea break.
10:30 - 11:15 1c. Profit with Purpose: Re-engineering Independent General Practice 1d. Leadership skills for navigating conflict and tough conversations
11:20 - 12:05 2c. The Revenue Reset, Fix the Financial Bottlenecks You Are Tired of Fighting 2d. The Hidden Drivers of GP Practice Profitability: What Every Owner Should Track
12:05 - 13:15 Lunch break. Including stage presentations
13:15 - 14:00 3a. WITHDRAWN (Artificial intelligence standards in general practice: governance, compliance, safety and patient-centred care) 3d. Virtual care
14:05 - 14:50 4c. Accountability Without Anxiety: How to Have the Conversations Every Leader Avoids 4d. From Accreditation to Attraction: Building a Sustainable GP Workforce Through Quality Training Practices
14:50 - 15:30 Afternoon Tea break. Including stage presentation
15:30 - 16:15 Keynote Plenary 2: Next Generation of Influencers: Shaping Policy & Culture
17:00 - 19:00 Cubiko Social
Venue: Artasian Room, The Arthouse Hotel











Sunday, May 24, 2026

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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Day Two
7:00 - 8:30
Day 2. Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Session 5: Practice Ownership - Leadership Insights
Breakfast Symposium 3: Navigating Change: The Business Reality of Practice Ownership. Medicine, Management, and the Missing Middle
Partner symposium by AVANT
Breakfast Symposium 4: Reducing Risk and Unlocking Value in Diagnostic Imaging Pathways
Partner symposium by I-MED
9:00 - 9:15 Day 2 Welcome
9:15 - 10:00 Keynote Plenary 3: Healthcare systems – a global perspective
10:00 - 10:30 Morning Tea break. Including stage presentation
10:30 - 11:15 5a. Strategic Planning for Private Practice – Turning Clinical Success into Business Sustainability 5b. From Data to Direction: The Benchmarks and Trends Shaping Practice Success
Partner presentation - Cubiko
5c. Navigating Medicare compliance: your guide to the PSR review process 5d. AI in practice: what GPs told us and how owners can respond 5e. What Do Strong Financial Vital Signs Look Like in a Practice? 5f. General practice in an ever-changing environment 5g. Alternative supervision models – supporting your rural practice to train GPs
11:20 - 12:05 6a. Practice growth & financial sustainability 6b. Driving growth and better care: The power of supported clinical audits
Partner presentation - PraxHub
6c. The Profit Engine: Financial Levers That Drive GP Success 6d. From Insight to Impact: Leveraging Data for Quality Improvement in General Practice 6e. Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack on a Medical Centre 6f. RACGP Advocacy in Action: What we’ve achieved - and what comes next. 6g. An Amazing Supervisor Changed my GP Career
12:05 - 13:15 Lunch break. Including stage presentations.
13:15 - 14:00 7a. PM-GP-Owner, Is this the most important relationship? 7b. Succession Planning for Medical Practices: Sale or Family Transition Explained 7c. How to buy a practice as a millennial 7d. From IMG to FRACGP and long term collegue: a how-to guide 7e. Successful practices plan for today and the future 7f. Lifestyle medicine for rural and remote settings 7g. Preparing your practice for the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health checks
14:00 - 14:30
Afternoon Tea. break
14:30 - 15:15 Keynote Plenary 4: Economic challenges facing general practice
15:15 - 15:30 Conference Close
RACGP Chair, NSW&ACT Address | RACGP President Address












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