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Conference program

Below is the Practice Owners 2025 program, all sessions presented live at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.

  • 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. Our full day pre-conference masterclass for existing practice owners is sold out.
  • All program times are shown in AEST.

Program is subject to change

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Friday, May 23, 2025

Track 1
Practice Owners Conference 2025. Pre Conference Workshops Day
7:30 - 8:00
Registration Open
8:00 - 8:30
Arrival Tea and Coffee
8:30 - 12:25 Masterclass 2 I Succession Planning
8:30 - 16:00 Masterclass 1: Practice Owner
12:25 - 13:15
Lunch Break
13:15 - 16:00 Masterclass 3 I Starting in Practice
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception
Track 1
Practice Owners Conference 2025. Pre Conference Workshops Day
7:30 - 8:00
Registration Open
8:00 - 8:30
Arrival Tea and Coffee
8:30 - 12:25 Masterclass 2 I Succession Planning
8:30 - 16:00 Masterclass 1: Practice Owner
12:25 - 13:15
Lunch Break
13:15 - 16:00 Masterclass 3 I Starting in Practice
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception

Track 1
Practice Owners Conference 2025. Pre Conference Workshops Day
7:30 - 8:00
Registration Open
8:00 - 8:30
Arrival Tea and Coffee
8:30 - 12:25 Masterclass 2 I Succession Planning
8:30 - 16:00 Masterclass 1: Practice Owner
12:25 - 13:15
Lunch Break
13:15 - 16:00 Masterclass 3 I Starting in Practice
17:00 - 18:30 Welcome Reception


Saturday, May 24, 2025

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Practice Owners Conference 2025. Day One
7:00 - 8:30
Registration Open.
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Symposium: Smarter practice, stronger future: Strategies for success in finance, legal & efficiency
Breakfast Symposium: Unlocking the Power of the Cloud: Understanding Applications, Hosting and Services
8:45 - 9:15 Conference Opening
9:15 - 10:00 Keynote 1: Understanding and navigating the current economic environment
10:00 - 10:30 Morning tea
10:05 - 10:25 Technology Spotlight Zone presentations - Morning
10:30 - 11:15 1a. Unpacking the latest insights from Touchstone 1b. Learnings from Getting to 100k consults/year
1c. Pathways to Recruitment: A step by step guide to IMG entry pathways. 1d. The Importance of Partnership Alignment for a Thriving Practice
1e. “Boom” Baby Boomers. Why integrating health and social care is the future 1f. Revolutionising GP CPD: Seamless Integration for Better Care
11:20 - 12:15 2a. What does a healthy BMI look like for a practice? How an Item 705 appointment might look for your practice.
2b. Creating wealth and saving tax in challenging times
2c. Understanding Financial Information 101 for Practice Owners
2d. Modern Practice, Modern Tools: Harnessing Social Media for GP Success
2e. RACGP advocacy - shape what comes next
2f. Humanising Change Management: Building psychological flexibility for Better Wellbeing and Patient Care
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch
12:40 - 13:20 Stage presentations - Meet the Expert (day 1)
13:30 - 14:15 3a. AI scribes in General Practice - Risks and Rewards
3b. Hybrid Care: Providing an Amazing In-Person and Virtual Experience for Patients
3c. Financial benchmarking your Practice 3d. Your Staff, Your Responsibility: Understanding a Practice Owner’s Duty of Care
3e. The upcoming 6th edition Standards – an overview of proposed new environmental sustainability requirements (RACGP)
14:20 - 15:15 4a. Understanding the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program
4b. How to set up an affordable tax compliant Tenant Doctor Model that is payroll tax and employer superannuation guarantee free. Tax tested.
4c. Understanding Legal Liability for Medical Clinic Owners: Key Risks and Protections
4d. Nurse-Led Care Planning & Case Conferencing – Scaling GP Impact Without Burnout 4e."Grow your own". The business of educating registrars
4f. The Simple Do's and Don'ts of Medicare Compliance: Bill well and sleep well.
15:05 - 15:45 Afternoon tea
15:20 - 15:40 Technology Spotlight Zone presentations - Afternoon
15:45 - 16:30 Keynote 2: From Ballot Box to Consulting Room: What the Election Means for General Practice
17:30 - 19:30 Social Function: Cocktails with Cubiko
Track 1
Track 2
Practice Owners Conference 2025. Day One
7:00 - 8:30
Registration Open.
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Symposium: Smarter practice, stronger future: Strategies for success in finance, legal & efficiency
Breakfast Symposium: Unlocking the Power of the Cloud: Understanding Applications, Hosting and Services
8:45 - 9:15 Conference Opening
9:15 - 10:00 Keynote 1: Understanding and navigating the current economic environment
10:00 - 10:30 Morning tea
10:05 - 10:25 Technology Spotlight Zone presentations - Morning
10:30 - 11:15 1a. Unpacking the latest insights from Touchstone 1b. Learnings from Getting to 100k consults/year
11:20 - 12:15 2a. What does a healthy BMI look like for a practice? How an Item 705 appointment might look for your practice.
2b. Creating wealth and saving tax in challenging times
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch
12:40 - 13:20 Stage presentations - Meet the Expert (day 1)
13:30 - 14:15 3a. AI scribes in General Practice - Risks and Rewards
3b. Hybrid Care: Providing an Amazing In-Person and Virtual Experience for Patients
14:20 - 15:15 4a. Understanding the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program
4b. How to set up an affordable tax compliant Tenant Doctor Model that is payroll tax and employer superannuation guarantee free. Tax tested.
15:05 - 15:45 Afternoon tea
15:20 - 15:40 Technology Spotlight Zone presentations - Afternoon
15:45 - 16:30 Keynote 2: From Ballot Box to Consulting Room: What the Election Means for General Practice
17:30 - 19:30 Social Function: Cocktails with Cubiko










Sunday, May 25, 2025

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Practice Owners Conference 2025. Day Two
7:00 - 8:30
.Registration Open
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Symposium: Well-Designed Care: The Role of Design in Team Retention & Patient Experience
Breakfast Symposium: What do your patients really value from a GP?
9:00 - 9:15 Day 2 Welcome
9:15 - 10:15 Keynote 3: 2025: The year of primary care reform?
10:15 - 10:45 Morning tea
10:30 - 10:40 Technology Spotlight Zone presentations - Morning
10:45 - 11:30 5a. Harnessing the Power of AI in General Practice: Opportunity, Productivity & Risk
5b. Guarding the Gates: Sophisticated Fraud Prevention Strategies for Practice Owners
5c. Medicare Compliance 2025: Education and Provider Support
5d. AI for Practice Owners: Practical Tools to Transform GP Clinic Management
5e.Embedding pharmacists into general practice
5f. In Practice CPD: Enhancing Practice Sustainability and Staff Satisfaction
11:35 - 12:20 6a. AI Automation in Healthcare Administration
6b. Greener general practice: Practical steps for environmental sustainability in healthcare 6c. Rapid Fire 1. Maximizing Medicare Billings with AI: MBSPro for Practice Owners
6d. Shaping general practice for the future
6e. Effective Negotiation Strategies for Practice Owners
6f. Rapid Fire 1. Research-Active, Practice-Strong: How Research Enhances Your Practice
6c. Rapid Fire 2. Novel AI Innovations & Business Risk Mitigation in General Practice
6f. Rapid Fire 2. Usability counts: rapid access to PBS authority approvals
6c. Rapid Fire 3. Shared Medical Appointments – Enhancing Access and Revenue in General Practice
12:20 - 13:30 Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:10 Stage Presentations - Meet the Expert (day 2)
13:30 - 14:15 7a. From One Percenters to Game Changers: AI Innovation in General Practice
7b. From concept to care: The RACGP Hackathon journey
7c. Safeguarding Your Practice & Assets Through Smart Structuring
7d. The New Privacy Act: What It Means for Your Practice
7e. Environmental Sustainability in Your Practice
7f. Engaging with Research in Practice: A Workshop
14:15 - 14:45 Afternoon tea
14:45 - 15:30 Keynote 4: Clinical Governance - the why and the how. What is often considered a dry topic is in fact a vital essential activity.
15:30 - 16:00 What do the CDM changes mean for general practice? Dr Michael Wright
16:00 - 16:15 Conference Closing










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