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The draft CPC26 program is below.  The program will continue to be updated so please visit this page for further information.  Please note that sessions and timing are currently subject to change.


Thursday, May 28, 2026

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM GP Pharmacist Symposium
Found out more information and register here
đź“ŤRoyal Poinciana
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM GP Pharmacist Symposium Sundowner
Join us at the conclusion of the Symposium for an hour of canapés and beverages to unwind, catch up with colleagues, and reflect on the day.
đź“ŤVidere Bar
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM GP Pharmacist Symposium
Found out more information and register here
đź“ŤRoyal Poinciana
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM GP Pharmacist Symposium Sundowner
Join us at the conclusion of the Symposium for an hour of canapés and beverages to unwind, catch up with colleagues, and reflect on the day.
đź“ŤVidere Bar

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM GP Pharmacist Symposium
Found out more information and register here
đź“ŤRoyal Poinciana
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM GP Pharmacist Symposium Sundowner
Join us at the conclusion of the Symposium for an hour of canapés and beverages to unwind, catch up with colleagues, and reflect on the day.
đź“ŤVidere Bar

Friday, May 29, 2026

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Pre-Conference Workshop Registration
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Workshop 1: Beyond the review: Motivational interviewing and soft skills for effective medicines conversations
CHAIR: Brooke Snow
Workshop 2: The future is sweet: from BGL basics to connected care devices
Deborah Hawthorne and Elise Hoyer
Workshop 3: Device matters: Practical workshop on inhaler device technique
Debbie Rigby & LFA

Facilitators: Samantha Nolan-Neylan, Andrew Stafford

Workshop 4: Person-centred care and immunisation case study
CHAIR: Jo Gross
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch for Workshop Attendees
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
CPC26 Registration and Industry Engagement
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Welcome

Welcome to Country

Welcome to CPC26
Debbie Rigby, Conference Chair - CPC26 and
Prof Mark Naunton, President - PSA
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Opening Plenary - GP & MDT
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Plenary - Pharmacist & MDT
Brooke Shelly
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
Session One - CKD
SESSION CHAIR: Tim Perry
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Modern CKD management – the game has changed
Dr David Mudge
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Hiding in plain sight
Dr Carla Scuderi
Session Two - Awards
SESSION CHAIR: Debbie Rigby
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM 2025 PSA MIMS Consultant Pharmacist Award address
Reflection and future vision | Angus Thompson
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM 2026 PSA MIMS Consultant Pharmacist Award
PSA President, Prof Mark Naunton and MIMS Australia CEO, Robert Best
Photos
Award winners and group photos
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception
đź“ŤRoyal Benowa Foyer, RACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast
Friday dinner at leisure
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Pre-Conference Workshop Registration
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Workshop 1: Beyond the review: Motivational interviewing and soft skills for effective medicines conversations
CHAIR: Brooke Snow
Workshop 2: The future is sweet: from BGL basics to connected care devices
Deborah Hawthorne and Elise Hoyer
Workshop 3: Device matters: Practical workshop on inhaler device technique
Debbie Rigby & LFA

Facilitators: Samantha Nolan-Neylan, Andrew Stafford

Workshop 4: Person-centred care and immunisation case study
CHAIR: Jo Gross
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch for Workshop Attendees
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
CPC26 Registration and Industry Engagement
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Welcome

Welcome to Country

Welcome to CPC26
Debbie Rigby, Conference Chair - CPC26 and
Prof Mark Naunton, President - PSA
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Opening Plenary - GP & MDT
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Plenary - Pharmacist & MDT
Brooke Shelly
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
Session One - CKD
SESSION CHAIR: Tim Perry
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Modern CKD management – the game has changed
Dr David Mudge
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Hiding in plain sight
Dr Carla Scuderi
Session Two - Awards
SESSION CHAIR: Debbie Rigby
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM 2025 PSA MIMS Consultant Pharmacist Award address
Reflection and future vision | Angus Thompson
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM 2026 PSA MIMS Consultant Pharmacist Award
PSA President, Prof Mark Naunton and MIMS Australia CEO, Robert Best
Photos
Award winners and group photos
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception
đź“ŤRoyal Benowa Foyer, RACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast
Friday dinner at leisure

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Pre-Conference Workshop Registration
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Workshop 1: Beyond the review: Motivational interviewing and soft skills for effective medicines conversations
CHAIR: Brooke Snow
Workshop 2: The future is sweet: from BGL basics to connected care devices
Deborah Hawthorne and Elise Hoyer
Workshop 3: Device matters: Practical workshop on inhaler device technique
Debbie Rigby & LFA

Facilitators: Samantha Nolan-Neylan, Andrew Stafford

Workshop 4: Person-centred care and immunisation case study
CHAIR: Jo Gross
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch for Workshop Attendees
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
CPC26 Registration and Industry Engagement
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Welcome

Welcome to Country

Welcome to CPC26
Debbie Rigby, Conference Chair - CPC26 and
Prof Mark Naunton, President - PSA
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Opening Plenary - GP & MDT
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Plenary - Pharmacist & MDT
Brooke Shelly
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Tea
Session One - CKD
SESSION CHAIR: Tim Perry
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Modern CKD management – the game has changed
Dr David Mudge
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Hiding in plain sight
Dr Carla Scuderi
Session Two - Awards
SESSION CHAIR: Debbie Rigby
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM 2025 PSA MIMS Consultant Pharmacist Award address
Reflection and future vision | Angus Thompson
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM 2026 PSA MIMS Consultant Pharmacist Award
PSA President, Prof Mark Naunton and MIMS Australia CEO, Robert Best
Photos
Award winners and group photos
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception
đź“ŤRoyal Benowa Foyer, RACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast
Friday dinner at leisure

Saturday, May 30, 2026

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and Industry Engagement
Grab a coffee and meet our exhibitors before day two sessions start
Session One - Diabetes MDT
SESSION CHAIR: Deborah Hawthorne
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM MDT in diabetes care
Dr Gary Deed
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Looking beyond blood glucose control: Preserving Kidney Function in T2DM
Dr Carla Scuderi
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM A day in the life of a pharmacist CDE
Jaimee Anderson
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel Discussion
CHAIR: Deborah Hawthorne
PANELLISTS: To be announced
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea
Session Two - Innovative Models of MDT
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Embedding consultant pharmacists across education, Primary Care and PHN Strategy
Daniel Nasri
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Pump it up: A pharmacist's role in a heart failure multidisciplinary team in Australia's unhealthiest place
Kelly Abbott
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Virtual TOCs pharmacist: A new model for safer transitions in rural Australia
Linda Krogh
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Optimising chronic kidney disease care: A GP pharmacist–led program in general practice
Shona Oxley
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Bridging the divide: how a non-dispensing community pharmacist strengthens chronic disease management in low socioeconomic communities
Clare Pilkington
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM 1 PPA discussion
CHAIR: Chris Campbell
PANELLISTS: Dr Shane Jackson, Debbie Rigby, Brooke Shelly
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
Session Three - MDT in action
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM The ins and outs of short gut syndrome
Jo Gross
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Beyond the pills: integrating lifestyle medicine into your practice
Tim Perry
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon Tea
Session Four - Emerging therapeutics
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Emerging role of biologic therapies in COPD management
Debbie Rigby
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Detection to disease modification: blood biomarkers and monoclonal antibodies in Alzheimer’s disease
Dr Andrew Stafford
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM If we don’t ask, we don’t know: empowering people with dementia and carers to shape medicine choices
Dr Nagham Ailabouni Freeman
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PSA AMH Aged Care Pharmacist of the Year
AMH CEO David Dart
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Taste Gold Coast
đź“ŤRACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and Industry Engagement
Grab a coffee and meet our exhibitors before day two sessions start
Session One - Diabetes MDT
SESSION CHAIR: Deborah Hawthorne
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM MDT in diabetes care
Dr Gary Deed
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Looking beyond blood glucose control: Preserving Kidney Function in T2DM
Dr Carla Scuderi
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM A day in the life of a pharmacist CDE
Jaimee Anderson
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel Discussion
CHAIR: Deborah Hawthorne
PANELLISTS: To be announced
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea
Session Two - Innovative Models of MDT
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Embedding consultant pharmacists across education, Primary Care and PHN Strategy
Daniel Nasri
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Pump it up: A pharmacist's role in a heart failure multidisciplinary team in Australia's unhealthiest place
Kelly Abbott
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Virtual TOCs pharmacist: A new model for safer transitions in rural Australia
Linda Krogh
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Optimising chronic kidney disease care: A GP pharmacist–led program in general practice
Shona Oxley
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Bridging the divide: how a non-dispensing community pharmacist strengthens chronic disease management in low socioeconomic communities
Clare Pilkington
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM 1 PPA discussion
CHAIR: Chris Campbell
PANELLISTS: Dr Shane Jackson, Debbie Rigby, Brooke Shelly
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
Session Three - MDT in action
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM The ins and outs of short gut syndrome
Jo Gross
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Beyond the pills: integrating lifestyle medicine into your practice
Tim Perry
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon Tea
Session Four - Emerging therapeutics
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Emerging role of biologic therapies in COPD management
Debbie Rigby
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Detection to disease modification: blood biomarkers and monoclonal antibodies in Alzheimer’s disease
Dr Andrew Stafford
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM If we don’t ask, we don’t know: empowering people with dementia and carers to shape medicine choices
Dr Nagham Ailabouni Freeman
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PSA AMH Aged Care Pharmacist of the Year
AMH CEO David Dart
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Taste Gold Coast
đź“ŤRACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and Industry Engagement
Grab a coffee and meet our exhibitors before day two sessions start
Session One - Diabetes MDT
SESSION CHAIR: Deborah Hawthorne
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM MDT in diabetes care
Dr Gary Deed
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Looking beyond blood glucose control: Preserving Kidney Function in T2DM
Dr Carla Scuderi
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM A day in the life of a pharmacist CDE
Jaimee Anderson
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel Discussion
CHAIR: Deborah Hawthorne
PANELLISTS: To be announced
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea
Session Two - Innovative Models of MDT
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Embedding consultant pharmacists across education, Primary Care and PHN Strategy
Daniel Nasri
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Pump it up: A pharmacist's role in a heart failure multidisciplinary team in Australia's unhealthiest place
Kelly Abbott
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Virtual TOCs pharmacist: A new model for safer transitions in rural Australia
Linda Krogh
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Optimising chronic kidney disease care: A GP pharmacist–led program in general practice
Shona Oxley
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Bridging the divide: how a non-dispensing community pharmacist strengthens chronic disease management in low socioeconomic communities
Clare Pilkington
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM 1 PPA discussion
CHAIR: Chris Campbell
PANELLISTS: Dr Shane Jackson, Debbie Rigby, Brooke Shelly
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
Session Three - MDT in action
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM The ins and outs of short gut syndrome
Jo Gross
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Beyond the pills: integrating lifestyle medicine into your practice
Tim Perry
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon Tea
Session Four - Emerging therapeutics
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Emerging role of biologic therapies in COPD management
Debbie Rigby
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Detection to disease modification: blood biomarkers and monoclonal antibodies in Alzheimer’s disease
Dr Andrew Stafford
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM If we don’t ask, we don’t know: empowering people with dementia and carers to shape medicine choices
Dr Nagham Ailabouni Freeman
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM PSA AMH Aged Care Pharmacist of the Year
AMH CEO David Dart
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM Taste Gold Coast
đź“ŤRACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast

Sunday, May 31, 2026

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and Industry Engagement
Session One - Pain MDT
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Prophetical | Sliding Doors
Prof Lisa Nissen
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Neuropathic pain
Emeritus Prof Jeff Hughes
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea - Sunday
Session Two - Therapeutic updates
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM Scratching beneath the surface: Itch, ageing, and medicines
Dr Brett MacFarlane
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM Menopausal hormone therapy update
Dr Karen Magraith
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM Osteoporosis
Dr Paul Kubler
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ‎ 󠀠󠀠󠀠Lunch
Last chance for Industry Engagement
Session Three - Clinical controversies
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Seeing is believing? GLP-1 therapies and eye disease
Dr Andrew Stafford
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Statins: separating evidence from noise
Emeritus Prof Jeff Hughes
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM Sore toes and canaries in metabolic coal mines
Angus Thompson
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Closing remarks
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Farewell Afternoon Tea
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and Industry Engagement
Session One - Pain MDT
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Prophetical | Sliding Doors
Prof Lisa Nissen
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Neuropathic pain
Emeritus Prof Jeff Hughes
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea - Sunday
Session Two - Therapeutic updates
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM Scratching beneath the surface: Itch, ageing, and medicines
Dr Brett MacFarlane
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM Menopausal hormone therapy update
Dr Karen Magraith
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM Osteoporosis
Dr Paul Kubler
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ‎ 󠀠󠀠󠀠Lunch
Last chance for Industry Engagement
Session Three - Clinical controversies
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Seeing is believing? GLP-1 therapies and eye disease
Dr Andrew Stafford
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Statins: separating evidence from noise
Emeritus Prof Jeff Hughes
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM Sore toes and canaries in metabolic coal mines
Angus Thompson
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Closing remarks
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Farewell Afternoon Tea

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration and Industry Engagement
Session One - Pain MDT
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Prophetical | Sliding Doors
Prof Lisa Nissen
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Neuropathic pain
Emeritus Prof Jeff Hughes
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea - Sunday
Session Two - Therapeutic updates
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM Scratching beneath the surface: Itch, ageing, and medicines
Dr Brett MacFarlane
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM Menopausal hormone therapy update
Dr Karen Magraith
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM Osteoporosis
Dr Paul Kubler
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ‎ 󠀠󠀠󠀠Lunch
Last chance for Industry Engagement
Session Three - Clinical controversies
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM Seeing is believing? GLP-1 therapies and eye disease
Dr Andrew Stafford
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM Statins: separating evidence from noise
Emeritus Prof Jeff Hughes
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM Sore toes and canaries in metabolic coal mines
Angus Thompson
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Closing remarks
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Farewell Afternoon Tea

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