ACTA Summit 2018 – Program
Building a self-improving health care system
The University of Sydney Business School - Abercrombie building
Wednesday 28 November
Pre-conference meetings for members
4:30 pm - 5.30 pm Annual General Meeting
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Cocktail canapes
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Advisory Council Meeting
Thursday 29 November
8:30 am - 9:00 am - Registration
9:00 am - 10:30 am - Opening session: Better health through best evidence
Chair: Prof Tony Keech, ACTA Summit Convener; Deputy Director NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
Welcome message: our better health through best evidence future
Prof John Zalcberg
Chair, ACTA
Ms Glenys Beauchamp
Secretary, Australian Government Department of Health
Better patient care in a complex adaptive health system: evidence into practice
Dr Robyn Clay-Williams
Senior Research Fellow, Australian Institute of Health Innovation and Medical Research
A NSW bird's eyes view: current and ongoing strategies to enhance translation
Dr Tony Penna
Director, NSW Office for Health and Medical Research
10:30 am - 11:00 am - Morning tea
11:00 am - 1:00 pm - Session 2: Strengthening networks
Chair: Prof Steve Webb, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Perth Hospital; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Developing best practice guidance for clinical trial network operations
A/Prof Katie Groom
Liggins Institute, University of Auckland
The formation of the ANZMUSC Clinical Trials Network: lessons learned
Prof Rachelle Buchbinder
Monash University, Australian and New Zealand Muscular Skeletal Trials Network (ANZMUSC CTN)
Challenges and successes in Arboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clinical research
Prof Alan Cass
Menzies School of Health Research
The experience of establishing a new cardiovascular Clinical Trials Network
Prof Anushka Patel
George Institute
Panel discussion: Networks, new and old
A/Prof Katie Groom, Prof Rachelle Buchbinder, Prof Alan Cass, Prof Anushka Patel, Mr Toby Richards
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Lunch
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - Session 3: Connecting with care delivery
Chair: Prof Ian Harris, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales
Keys to successful clinical trial embedding
Prof Jonathan Morris
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Sydney
Optimising implementation
Prof Sally Green
Co-Director, Cochrane Australia
Professorial Fellow Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Embedding Clinical Trials in Healthcare
Dr Christopher Williams
Research Fellow, Shcool of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle
Panel discussion: Prof Jonathan Morris, Prof Sally Green, Dr Christopher Williams, Tanya Symons
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - Afternoon tea
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm - Session 4: Working together
Chair: Rebecca James, Policy & Advocacy Adviser, Medicines for Malaria Venture; Member, Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)
ACTA and AHRA: Cross Pollination bearing fruit - AHRTCs
Prof Steve Wesselingh
Executive Director and Infection and Immunity Theme Leader, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Aspects of consumer involvement in identifying and prioritising new research questions
Prof Hans Lund
Centre for Evidence-based Practice, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
A/Prof Jennifer Yost
M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Networking cocktail reception
Friday 30 November 2018
8:00 am - 8:50 am - Breakfast meetings
Clinical Quality Registries breakfast meeting
Consumer Engagement (Reference Group E) breakfast meeting
9:00 am - 10:30 am - Session 5
Strengthening Consumer Engagement in Developing, Conducting and Reporting Clinical Trials
Anne McKenzie AM
Head, Consumer and Community Health Research Network
Research Prioritisation: Issues and approaches
Dr Haitham Tuffaha
Centre for Applied Health Economics, School of Medicine, Griffith University
A/Prof Alison Tong
Stakeholder engagement in research priority setting
Sydney School of Public Health
Panel discussion: Dr David Abbott, Dr Janelle Bowder, Meg Brassil, Anne McKenzie, A/Prof Allison Tong, Dr Haitham Tuffaha
Clinical Quality Registries - national policy direction?
Prof Stephen McDonald
Executive Officer, Australia & New Zealand Dialysis & Transplant Registry
11:00 am - 11:30 am - Morning tea
11:30 am - 1:00 pm - Session 6: Supporting innovation
Platform trial design in oncoloy
A/Prof Mustafa Khasraw
Clinical Lead, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney
eProms: Considerations and challenges in moving to electronic patient-reported outcomes
Prof Madeleine King
Cancer Australia Chair in Cancer Quality of Life; School of Psychology and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
Panel Discussion: Raj Verma, A/Prof Mustafa Khasraw, Prof Madeleine King, Dr Julie Marsh
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Closing remarks
Conference wrap-up
Prof Nikolajs Zeps
Director of Research, Epworth Healthcare
Clinical Trials: where to from here
Prof John Zalcberg
Chair, ACTA
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - Lunch
Day 2 close
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm - Session 7: ACTA Reference and Special Interest Group-specific meetings
Closed sessions for members only
ACTA Reference Group F Tools for Research Prioritisation
ACTA Reference Group G and STInG Innovative Trial Design
ACTA Network Manager Special Interest Group (SIGNet)
ACTA Reference Group D Embedding Clinical Trials in Healthcare