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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
Friday 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
Friday Morning Tea
12:00 - 13:00
Friday Lunch
13:00 - 16:30 Masterclass 3: Starting in Practice (Half-day)
16:30 - 17:00
Friday Afternoon tea
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception
Stream 1
Practice Owners Conference 2026 Pre-conference day
7:30 - 8:00
Friday 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
Friday Morning Tea
12:00 - 13:00
Friday Lunch
13:00 - 16:30 Masterclass 3: Starting in Practice (Half-day)
16:30 - 17:00
Friday Afternoon tea
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception

Stream 1
Practice Owners Conference 2026 Pre-conference day
7:30 - 8:00
Friday 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
Friday Morning Tea
12:00 - 13:00
Friday Lunch
13:00 - 16:30 Masterclass 3: Starting in Practice (Half-day)
16:30 - 17:00
Friday Afternoon tea
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception


Saturday, May 23, 2026

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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Day One
7:00 - 8:30
Saturday Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Symposium 1: Supporting staff wellbeing: what practice leaders need to know
Sponsored by AVANT
Breakfast Symposium 2: Connected care: The future of general practice
Sponsored 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
Saturday Morning Tea
10:30 - 11:15 1a. Administration automation and AI 1b. Make July 1 a success! Managing the Assignment of Benefit Change
Sponsor presentation - Best Practice Software
1c. Leadership skills for navigating conflict and tough conversations 1d. Profit with Purpose: Re-engineering Independent General Practice 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. Strengthening general practice – the benefits of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners: a practical, sustainable approach
11:20 - 12:05 2a. AI of the future 2b. Leading with Data: Benchmarking Strategies for Sustainable Practice Growth
Sponsor presentation - William Buck
2c. Developing Your LinkedIn Presence: A Practical Workshop for Practice Managers and Owners 2d. The Revenue Reset, Fix the Financial Bottlenecks You Are Tired of Fighting 2e. The Hidden Cost of Poor Culture: How Non-Compliance Starts with Everyday Behaviour 2f. Updates in RACGP Infection prevention and control guidelines – requirements for reprocessing reuseable medical devices 2g. Getting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Check right: Practical principles for stronger general practice
12:05 - 13:15 Saturday Lunch I including stage presentations
13:15 - 14:00 3a. Virtual care 3b. Smart Finance Decisions That Help Your Practice Grow Faster
Sponsor presentation - MedX Finance
3c. Rapid Fire - HR 3d. The fundamental mindset shifts that take you from GP, to owner, to CEO 3e. Negotiation Strategies for Practice Owners: Turning Tough Conversations into Stronger Outcomes 3f. Artificial intelligence standards in general practice: governance, compliance, safety and patient-centred care 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. Rapid fire stakeholder presentations 4c. Rapid Fire - Paperwork and priorities 4d. From GP to CEO: Managing Growth Without Burning Out and Building High-Performing Teams 4e. Accountability Without Anxiety: How to Have the Conversations Every Leader Avoids 4f. From Accreditation to Attraction: Building a Sustainable GP Workforce Through Quality Training Practices 4g. Case study on establishing and running a remote practice
14:50 - 15:30 Saturday Afternoon Tea I 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 5
Stream 6
Practice Owners Conference 2026 Day One
7:00 - 8:30
Saturday Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Symposium 1: Supporting staff wellbeing: what practice leaders need to know
Sponsored by AVANT
Breakfast Symposium 2: Connected care: The future of general practice
Sponsored 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
Saturday Morning Tea
10:30 - 11:15 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
11:20 - 12:05 2e. The Hidden Cost of Poor Culture: How Non-Compliance Starts with Everyday Behaviour 2f. Updates in RACGP Infection prevention and control guidelines – requirements for reprocessing reuseable medical devices
12:05 - 13:15 Saturday Lunch I including stage presentations
13:15 - 14:00 3e. Negotiation Strategies for Practice Owners: Turning Tough Conversations into Stronger Outcomes 3f. Artificial intelligence standards in general practice: governance, compliance, safety and patient-centred care
14:05 - 14:50 4e. Accountability Without Anxiety: How to Have the Conversations Every Leader Avoids 4f. From Accreditation to Attraction: Building a Sustainable GP Workforce Through Quality Training Practices
14:50 - 15:30 Saturday Afternoon Tea I 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
Sunday 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
Sponsored by AVANT
Breakfast Symposium 4: Reducing Risk and Delay in Diagnostic Imaging Pathways
Sponsored 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 Sunday Morning Tea I including stage presentation
10:30 - 11:15 5a. Navigating Medicare compliance: your guide to the PSR review process 5b. From Data to Direction: The Benchmarks and Trends Shaping Practice Success
Sponsor presentation - Cubiko
5c. What Do Strong Financial Vital Signs Look Like in a Practice?
William Buck
5d. Strategic Planning for Private Practice – Turning Clinical Success into Business Sustainability 5e. AI that Enables General Practice: Demo‑led session that save hours and lift care 5f. Alternative supervision models – supporting your rural practice to train GPs
5g - topic to be finalised
11:20 - 12:05 6a. Practice growth & financial sustainability 6b. Driving growth and better care: The power of supported clinical audits
Sponsor presentation - PraxHub
6c. From Insight to Impact: Leveraging Data for Quality Improvement in General Practice 6d. The Profit Engine: Financial Levers That Drive GP Success 6e. Anatomy of a Ransomware Attack on a Medical Centre 6f. An Amazing Supervisor Changed my GP Career 6g. Lifestyle medicine for rural/remote settings
12:05 - 13:15 Sunday Lunch I including stage presentation
13:15 - 14:00 7a. PM-GP-Owner, Is this the most important relationship? Concurrent 7b - topic to be finalised
Australian Association of Practice Management (AAPM)
7c. How to buy a practice as a millennial 7d. Succession Planning for Medical Practices: Sale or Family Transition Explained 7e. From IMG to FRACGP and long term collegue: a how-to guide Concurrent 7f - topic to be finalised Concurrent 7g - topic to be finalised
14:00 - 14:30
Sunday Afternoon Tea
14:30 - 15:15 Keynote Plenary 4: Economic challenges facing general practice
15:15 - 15:30
Conference Close












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