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
Friday, May 22, 2026
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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Pre-conference day
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| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Friday Registration Open
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Arrival Tea and Coffee
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| 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
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Friday Lunch
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| 13:00 - 16:30 | Masterclass 3: Starting in Practice (Half-day) |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Friday Afternoon tea
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| 17:00 - 18:30 | Welcome Reception |
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Stream 1
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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Pre-conference day
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| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Friday Registration Open
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Arrival Tea and Coffee
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| 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
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Friday Lunch
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| 13:00 - 16:30 | Masterclass 3: Starting in Practice (Half-day) |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Friday Afternoon tea
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| 17:00 - 18:30 | Welcome Reception |
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Stream 1
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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Pre-conference day
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| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Friday Registration Open
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| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Arrival Tea and Coffee
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| 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
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Friday Lunch
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| 13:00 - 16:30 | Masterclass 3: Starting in Practice (Half-day) |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Friday Afternoon tea
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| 17:00 - 18:30 | Welcome Reception |
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Sunday, May 24, 2026
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Stream 7
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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Day Two
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| 7:00 - 8:30 |
Sunday Registration Open
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| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast Session 5: Practice Ownership - Leadership Insights |
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Breakfast Symposium 3: Navigating Change: The Business Reality of Practice Ownership. Medicine, Management, and the Missing Middle Sponsored by AVANT |
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Breakfast Symposium 4: Reducing Risk and Delay in Diagnostic Imaging Pathways Sponsored by I-MED |
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| 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 |
5g - topic to be finalised
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| 11:20 - 12:05 | 6g. Lifestyle medicine for rural/remote settings |
| 12:05 - 13:15 | Sunday Lunch I including stage presentation |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | Concurrent 7g - topic to be finalised |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Sunday Afternoon Tea
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| 14:30 - 15:15 | Keynote Plenary 4: Economic challenges facing general practice |
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Conference Close
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Stream 1
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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Day Two
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| 7:00 - 8:30 |
Sunday Registration Open
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| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast Session 5: Practice Ownership - Leadership Insights |
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Breakfast Symposium 3: Navigating Change: The Business Reality of Practice Ownership. Medicine, Management, and the Missing Middle Sponsored by AVANT |
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Breakfast Symposium 4: Reducing Risk and Delay in Diagnostic Imaging Pathways Sponsored by I-MED |
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| 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 |
| 11:20 - 12:05 | 6a. Practice growth & financial sustainability |
| 12:05 - 13:15 | Sunday Lunch I including stage presentation |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | 7a. PM-GP-Owner, Is this the most important relationship? |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Sunday Afternoon Tea
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| 14:30 - 15:15 | Keynote Plenary 4: Economic challenges facing general practice |
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Conference Close
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Stream 6
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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Day Two
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| 7:00 - 8:30 |
Sunday Registration Open
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| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast Session 5: Practice Ownership - Leadership Insights |
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Breakfast Symposium 3: Navigating Change: The Business Reality of Practice Ownership. Medicine, Management, and the Missing Middle Sponsored by AVANT |
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|
Breakfast Symposium 4: Reducing Risk and Delay in Diagnostic Imaging Pathways Sponsored by I-MED |
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| 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 | 5f. Alternative supervision models – supporting your rural practice to train GPs |
| 11:20 - 12:05 | 6f. An Amazing Supervisor Changed my GP Career |
| 12:05 - 13:15 | Sunday Lunch I including stage presentation |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | Concurrent 7f - topic to be finalised |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Sunday Afternoon Tea
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| 14:30 - 15:15 | Keynote Plenary 4: Economic challenges facing general practice |
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Conference Close
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Stream 7
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Practice Owners Conference 2026 Day Two
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| 7:00 - 8:30 |
Sunday Registration Open
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| 7:30 - 8:30 | Breakfast Session 5: Practice Ownership - Leadership Insights |
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Breakfast Symposium 3: Navigating Change: The Business Reality of Practice Ownership. Medicine, Management, and the Missing Middle Sponsored by AVANT |
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Breakfast Symposium 4: Reducing Risk and Delay in Diagnostic Imaging Pathways Sponsored by I-MED |
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| 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 |
5g - topic to be finalised
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| 11:20 - 12:05 | 6g. Lifestyle medicine for rural/remote settings |
| 12:05 - 13:15 | Sunday Lunch I including stage presentation |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | Concurrent 7g - topic to be finalised |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Sunday Afternoon Tea
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| 14:30 - 15:15 | Keynote Plenary 4: Economic challenges facing general practice |
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Conference Close
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