Dr Rebecca Moore is a GP in Newcastle with a special interest in geriatric medicine and a Masters degree in dementia. She has an active interest in dementia research and works as an educator with Dementia Training Australia.

Dr Morley is a registered nurse with wide-ranging experience in the Australian and UK healthcare systems. She has worked across the spectrum of clinical, education, research, and senior leadership roles in healthcare. Currently a Research Fellow at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania, her research is exploring alternative models of care for people who are high users of healthcare services. Claire is a mixed methods researcher, with a special interest in incorporating the voice of consumers with lived experience in her work.

Dr Jordan Nguyen is a leading Australian engineer, inventor and innovator, committed to improving as many lives as possible, and becoming a driving force behind both human and technological evolution as we move into the future.


An internationally renowned engineer for humanity, Jordan designs life-changing technologies to transform the lives of people with disabilities and the elderly through his role as founder of Psykinetic, a social business committed to bringing positive, sustainable and life-altering change. He also shares his adventures through documentaries across the world. Inspired by human endeavour, Jordan has big ambitions to see our world step consciously and creatively into a better future.


Jordan is Founder and CEO of Psykinetic, a social business creating futuristic, inclusive and empowering technologies to improve independence and quality of life for disability, aged care and beyond. Dr Jordan and his team have successfully created a mind-controlled wheelchair, numerous Virtual and Augmented reality applications, inclusive gaming, an instrument that enabled a friend with cerebral palsy to perform live music with her eye movements and blinks, and devices that make it possible to control household appliances or even drive cars using only the tiny electrical signals created from eye movements.


Author of the book 'A Human's Guide to the Future', Jordan is also an award-winning documentary maker and presenter. In 2016 he collaborated with the Australian-based production company, The Feds, and the
ABC Catalyst to create and present his first TV documentary Becoming Superhuman, which went on to win many prestigious awards both locally and internationally. His work is regularly featured in the media. He has since gone on to present a second ABC Catalyst documentary Meet The Avatars exploring the impacts of Virtual Reality, including creating virtual interactive avatars to preserve memories of loved ones. He has also presented numerous documentaries with Discovery Channel and National Geographic
including Frontiers of Science, Smart China Start-up Revolutions, Vietnam: Connecting East Africa, and Tibet: Living On The Roof Of The World. He recently founded his own media company and aims to continue creating world-changing content on the intersection between technology and humanity.


Jordan is a passionate ambassador for STEAM education, adaptable mindsets and big-picture thinking, and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering, First-Class Honours, Diploma in Engineering Practice, and a
PhD in Biomedical Engineering (Chancellors List) from the University of Technology Sydney. He has taught university engineering masters students and overseen PhDs in Artificial Intelligence design and Biomedical instrumentation and has supervised many more research students. He believes our young generations are the change-makers of tomorrow and has the potential to create solutions to the world's greatest challenges.


In November 2022, the Dr Jordan Nguyen Innovation Centre at Baulkham Hills North Public School was officially opened - named by the school's students. Jordan was a finalist for NSW in Australian of the Year in 2017, and a finalist in the AmCham (American Chamber of Commerce) awards for Artificial Intelligence. He was named in the six Harper's BAZAAR Visionary Men of 2019, has made the list of Australia's Most Innovative Engineers by Create Magazine, was named twice in Onalyticas Top 100 Global
Influencers on Virtual Reality, travelled on a Think Inc tour with Steve Wozniak, won the Australian Computer Society's (ACS) ˜ICT Professional of the Year Digital Disruptors Award, and has had the honour of being MC for An Evening With President Barack Obama on his last visit to Sydney.

Ms Gae Nuttall, RN, Risk Adviser, MDA National

Gae Nuttall joined the organisation in May 2015. Gae’s professional interests include medico-legal education, practice management and accreditation systems. She is also a Registered Nurse, with an interest in ‘all things Medicare’. As part of MDA National’s Support in Practice team, Gae provides practical assistance and advice to medical practitioners and practice managers to help reduce their medico-legal risk.

Dr (Elizabeth) Emma Palmer is a clinical geneticist at Sydney Children’s Hospital and senior clinical lecturer at UNSW Sydney. She led the collaborative co-design of Australia’s first National Recommendations for Rare Disease Health Care launched in Federal Parliament in February 2024.

Richard is a Counselling Psychologist in Perth who now works solely on his PhD research and as a sessional academic at Curtin University. He is also a father of two.
He has worked clinically with children and their parents across various contexts, most recently, in a private practice setting. For some time, he also co-facilitated antenatal information sessions for first-time parents. Since becoming a father, he also experienced the joys and challenges of the fathering journey, especially in the first 12 months. His personal and professional experiences have influenced his work with children, their parents and broader systems. They were the basis for his increasing interest in men’s transition and adjustment to parenting.
His PhD project explores the need for an online peer-based perinatal program for first-time fathers and the acceptability and feasibility of referring these fathers predominantly through primary care.

Grace is a GP and part of Boorloo Public Health Unit's Syphilis Response Team. In this role she chairs a multidisciplinary team meeting managing cases of syphilis in pregnancy, engages in regular education of clinicians about syphilis and is involved in congenital syphilis reviews.

Dr Louisa Picco is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow. Her research predominantly focuses on identifying and responding to prescription opioid-related risks and harms, particularly via prescription drug monitoring programs and clinical screening tools.

Tracy has more than 24 years experience in medico-legal complaint management and litigation. She is responsible for identifying and responding to emerging medico-legal issues which impact Avant’s members. Tracy is an experienced presenter, regularly presenting at educational seminars and is actively involved in the medico-legal community in Queensland. She is a key member of the Avant team exploring issues relating to the medico-legal risks associated with AI in healthcare.

Emilie is a general practitioner and medical educator in Perth, Western Australia. She has worked in general practice for 15 years.
Emilie is an experienced medical educator and RACGP examiner, currently working in assessment
development for the RACGP. She was the recipient of the Sam Bada Medical Educator Award in
2023.

Professor Pond is a clinical professor at the Wicking Dementia Research and Training Institute, University of Tasmania. She has a long history of involvement in aged care, as a clinician, researcher and policy advisor. This includes contribution to a number of palliative care projects. She is also currently a GP in active clinical practice.

Dr Prentice is a psychologist and researcher. He is a Senior Research Assistant in the RACGP GP Training Research team where he focuses in particular on literature reviews. His PhD and subsequent research has largely focused on doctors' health, in particular burnout in the general practice context.