Early bird is registration now open!
Registration is now open for the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) 2025 Conference with early bird pricing available until 1 June 2025 — don’t miss out on this opportunity to secure your spot at a discounted rate.
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*All pricing is inclusive of GST
Inclusions
Full registration includes access to all sessions from the opening session to the closing session and catering. Registration includes:
- lunch
- morning tea
- afternoon tea
- on-site welcome reception.
You can purchase tickets for the conference dinner through the registration portal.
Dinner tickets are $125 per person.
Preliminary program
As we prepare to launch the full program, please find a preview of our confirmed keynote speakers. These include:
- Dr Tad Funahashi, Chief Innovation Officer, Kaiser Permanente
- Professor Niek Klazinga MD PhD, Professor of Social Medicine, from the Department of Public Health of the Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam
- Amol Navathe, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Health Policy, and Healthcare Management and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania
- Professor Ms Irene Papanicolas, Director of the Center for Health System Sustainability from Brown University
There are more speaker announcements to come, as we invite those leading the way in addressing the opportunities and challenges of the care sector to attend.
View a copy of the preliminary program.
What you need to know
When
5-7 August 2025
Where
Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia
Theme
Explore how policy and pricing can work together to support resilience and sustainability of our growing care sector.
Who should attend
- researchers
- policy makers
- health and aged care industry professionals
- service providers
- consumer and workforce groups, or anyone with interest in Australia’s care economy.
Conference call for abstracts
The call for abstracts will remain open until Monday 28 April 2025.
The conference scientific committee welcomes abstract submissions from researchers, policy makers and industry experts who are leading the way in addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by the care sector.
There are several topics linked to the conference theme, including:
- Reform to improve efficiency and quality of care through policy, programs, projects and transformative research.
- Innovation relating to new and efficient funding models, innovative models of care, better care and/or workforce outcomes using data and technology.
- Costing and pricing of services, including classifications, coding and documentation, and performance benchmarking.
- Harmonisation and collaboration, including examples of collaboration between governments business and community to support sustainability of the sector.
These streams are provided for guidance only as abstracts may be applicable across multiple streams.
You can nominate to present your work as an oral presentation or interactive workshop.
Read the guidelines and make a submission today. Submissions close 11.59pm AEST Monday 28 April 2025.
Please note our reviewers will assess all submissions and recommend the final format.
More information
We are pleased to announce Think Business Events has been appointed as the professional conference organiser. For more information, or to provide speaker suggestions, email IHACPAevents@ThinkBusinessEvents.com.au
