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Pre Congress Symposiums
This 3-hour pre-congress symposium is designed to empower cancer nursing professionals with the leadership skills, strategic insights, and collaborative tools needed to drive innovation, foster integration across care teams, champion education, and advocate for patients and the profession. Participants will explore innovative approaches to leadership development, recognise the importance of integrating leadership across systems and disciplines, and understand how education empowers nurses to lead effectively. Through case studies and collaborative dialogue, they will also examine advocacy strategies at national, regional, and international levels—highlighting how collective efforts can strengthen cancer nursing leadership and elevate the profession worldwide.
| Faculty | |
| Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates AM | Executive Dean, Faculty of Health, Director, Centre for Healthcare Transformation |
| Ellen Heywood | Director of Operations – Alfred Cancer and Co-Vice President CNSA |
| A/Prof Andrew Dimech | Chief Nursing Officer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre |
| Lucy Gent | Nurse Director, Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital |
| Nikki Dean | Director Nursing Education, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; Chair, CNSA Education Standing Committee |
| Catherine Johnson | Medical Oncology Clinical Nurse Consultant, Calvary Mater Newcastle and ISNCC Treasurer-Secretary |
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 0900 - 0905 | Welcome and Housekeeping | Catherine Johnson AM, Medical Oncology Clinical Nurse Consultant, Calvary Mater Newcastle |
| 0905 - 1030 | Overview - what is leadership | Lucy Gent, Nurse Director, Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital |
| Panel discussion | Ellen Heywood, Director of Operations – Alfred Cancer and Co-Vice President CNSA Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates AM, Executive Dean, Faculty of Health, Director, Centre for Healthcare Transformation A/Prof Andrew Dimech, Chief Nursing Officer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Nikki Dean, Director Nursing Education, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; Chair, CNSA Education Standing Committee |
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| 1030 - 1045 | Morning Tea | |
| 1045 - 1210 | Activities for leadership development | Faculty |
| 1210 - 1215 | Wrap up and close | Catherine Johnson AM, Medical Oncology Clinical Nurse Consultant, Calvary Mater Newcastle |