Dr Silvia Pfeiffer

Silvia is a repeat entrepreneur, previously having founded a web video analytics company and now Coviu, a telehealth turnkey solution for private practice. Coviu is a spinout from CSIRO’s Data61 and is an innovator in telehealth. It does so by providing medical tools in a video visit that give clinicians superpowers.

Silvia has more than 15 years of experience with web video businesses having worked in technology innovation for Google, Mozilla, NICTA, and CSIRO. Silvia has a PhD in computer science, a master’s in business management, has published two books on HTML5 video and most recently one for healthcare businesses to help them set up video consultations sustainably.

Professor Anthony Smith

Professor Anthony Smith is Director of the University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health (COH). He is also an Adjunct Professor of Digital Health and Telehealth at the University of Southern Denmark, in Odense, Denmark.

Professor Smith has around 20 years research experience mainly focussed on the planning, implementation and evaluation of new telehealth applications for clinicians and patients - in metropolitan, regional and remote areas.

Professor Smith has developed and sustained an exemplary international track record in the establishment and evaluation of telehealth, principally in paediatrics and more recently in the adult and aged care disciplines. In collaboration with the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane, he was instrumental in establishing and managing the Queensland Telepaediatric Service (QTS) from 2000 to 2015. During this time over 23,000 teleconsultations were provided for children all throughout Queensland – in specialties including burns care, cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, neurology, orthopaedics and psychiatry.

Mr Rob Rawson

Rob Rawson is a former medical doctor and now runs a software business with a completely remote team with over 90 people all working from home. Rob will share his tips about effective remote work from over 10 years of experience working with remote teams.

Mrs Lucy Brogden

Lucy brings to the Commission extensive experience in psychology and has a strong commitment to helping others and building stronger communities.

Lucy's primary areas of focus are issues facing Mental Health and Wellbeing particularly in the workplace and the community. She takes an evidence based approach to problem solving and social investment.

Lucy has more than 25 years' commercial experience with companies including Macquarie Group and Ernst & Young and more than ten years in organisational psychology.

Dr Tim MacDonald

Dr MacDonald is a Consultation-Liaison and Addiction Psychiatrist affiliated with Griffith University as a Senior Lecturer, and works full time as the Unit Director (Dual Diagnosis) at Currumbin Clinic. He graduated with first class honours from Monash University and with the Geoff Conron Prize in Psychiatry. He is a Committee Member for the Queensland Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry, an Opioid Treatment Program prescriber in QLD and NSW, is a reviewer and editor for numerous domestic and international journals, and has led clinical trials and observational studies in the private sector.

Dr Joanne Orlando

Dr Joanne Orlando (PhD) is a leading international expert on family and digital lifestyle.

Digital balance and empowerment is Joanne’s key message. Her cutting-edge insight and practical solutions support children and families to confidently manage today’s most pressing digital wellbeing issues. Joanne guides on how to balance the ever-changing challenges that technology poses alongside with leveraging the opportunities it facilitates for learning and life. Joanne is a speaker, consultant to industry, and commentator in the media worldwide. Her TechClever courses for schools and parents foster confidence and strategies for managing the stress and tensions that our technology use can bring.

Professor Nick Titov

MindSpot, MQ Health, Macquarie University

Professor Nick Titov is committed to developing and delivering high quality psychological treatments. Nick is Co-Director of the eCentreClinic, a research unit that develops and evaluates digital mental health services. Nick has co-developed more than 15 online psychological interventions. These have been evaluated in more than 80 clinical trials of internet-delivered treatments involving more than 9,000 people across four countries. He has published more than 175 peer reviewed articles and has received more than $65M in project and research funding.

Nick is also Executive Director of MindSpot, at MQ Health, Macquarie University. MindSpot operates two digital mental health clinics, the MindSpot Clinic and PORTS which serve 25,000 Australians per year. Nick also provides advice and support for organisations developing and delivering digital mental health services in Australia as well as in other countries.

Dr Ruth Vine

Dr Jocelyn Lowinger

Dr Jocelyn Lowinger has been a doctor for 25 years. She has an Honours degree in Medicine (1994) and a Master of Science degree in Coaching Psychology (2019). As a doctor, Jocelyn has worked across a range of medical settings including general practice, public health, and health communication and now works in medical professional development. In 2018 Jocelyn started Coach GP, a coaching practice focused on building wellbeing in health professionals including helping them build leadership skills, confidence, and manage career transitions. Jocelyn’s passion is to help people become more self-authored and build skills in managing complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity – skills vital for preventing burnout.