Professor Philip Darbyshire - Australia Chair of Nursing, Women's and Children's Hospital University of South Australia (Adelaide) Philip Darbyshire began nursing in 1974.  He trained in what was then called ‘Mental Handicap’ Nursing and followed this with post-registration training in Paediatric Nursing at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.  His clinical experience was predominantly in ‘Special Care’ for children with profound multiple (physical and intellectual) handicaps.  These were the children of the institutions, for whom traditional wisdom decreed that “nothing could be done”.  But it could, and it was.

Following his PhD he was Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland.  As the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Chair of Nursing, for the last 11 years, he has won over a million dollars in competitive research grant funding and has developed a programme of collaborative, interdisciplinary  research of over 15 studies focusing specifically on the health and illness experiences of children, young people and families.  His research and education interests involve the promotion of clinical research and scholarship, interpretive approaches to understanding children’s and families’ health and illness, developing participatory, collaborative research with children and young people and the development of Arts & Humanities approaches in health care education.  He has published extensively and presented over 80 Keynote papers and invited seminars across the world.

Lorelei Mason - Health Reporter TVNZ I grew up in Christchurch and am the mother of 3 lovely children. I have worked as a reporter at One News for the past 15 years & 7 of those as Health Correspondent. Prior to this I worked at BBC Television as a reporter in their London newsroom and at BBC World Service as a radio reporter. I began my journalism career at The Press in Christchurch, moving to Radio New Zealand for 5 years before heading over to Britain. I have won more than a dozen journalism awards both here and in Australia. I have won the Qantas Television News Reporter of the year award twice now &and have won the Qantas Best Television News Health story award 5 times. I am One News’ longest-serving female reporter. I like to think I know ‘a little about a wide variety’ of health issues and have grown to have a good understanding of health issues. It is an area fraught with politics and with no easy solutions to a barrage of pressing problems. For all that though, I am constantly uplifted by the success and dedication of those in the health system and believe in many areas, New Zealanders have access to some of the best care in the world.

Mr. Saxon Connor - Christchurch Hepatopancreaticobilary Consultant Surgeon Canterbury District Health Board I am a consultant general surgeon at Christchurch hospital with an interest in pancreatic and liver disease.

Molly Carlile - Australia RN, FRCNA, FAICD, AFCHSE, MAIPC, MACA Molly is a registered nurse, counsellor, counselling supervisor and educator.  She has extensive experience in Palliative Care as an advance practice consultant, administrator and educator.  She has held executive positions in both regional and metropolitan health care services and currrently project manages for the largest metropolitan palliative care consortia in Victoria. As an accredited counsellor, educator and university lecturer she has provided grief and bereavement support for clients of all ages, in addition to providing extensive education programs for health professionals, schools and community organisations.

Molly has worked in a range of environments from acute metropolitan health services to designated inpatient units and the community, both rural and regional.  her roles have enabled Molly to establish a process of supervision, self care and staff support for staff members from a range of disciplines.  Molly has a firm commitment to the philosophy of holistic care for clients and holistic self care for health professionals.