Dr Tania Moerenhout (MMed, MGP, MA, PhD)

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Bioethics
University of Otago (Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka)

Tania Moerenhout is a Senior Lecturer at the Bioethics Department of the University of Otago and a general practitioner in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand. Her main research interest lies in digital health ethics, with a focus on integrating ethical considerations into technology design, assistive technologies for older adults, artificial intelligence, and the secondary use of routinely collected healthcare data. She is a member of the National Ethics Advisory Committee and of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ ethics committee. She is a principal investigator for AIMCura, an MBIE-AI Singapore-funded project aiming to develop an AI-driven platform for cognitive health in older adults.

Moving beyond the hype: a critical-constructive approach to using AI in primary care
The introduction of AI in healthcare comes with high expectations of improved efficiency, time gain, and better quality of care for patients. In this talk, I will provide a critical analysis of AI hype, examine a few prominent concerns from a clinical and ethics perspective, and offer suggestions for moving past the hype towards a more mature use of AI in primary care.

Jennifer (Jen) DeVoe, MD, DPhil

Professor, Family Medicine,
Oregon Health & Science University

Director, Center for Primary Care
Research & Innovation

Fellow, International Centre for Future Health Systems, University of New South Wales

Bridging the Gap Between Where the Quality Metric Ends and Real Life Begins: An Ongoing Journey to Deliver “Precision Primary Care”
The poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends,” by Shel Silverstein, includes a famous phrase: “There is a place where the sidewalk ends and before the street begins…” In my primary care practice, I often feel like I am in that place where the quality metric ends and real life begins. This talk will highlight how my clinical experiences have informed research and policy work to support primary care teams in delivering care that balances the tensions between evidence-based performance metrics and the realities of actual patient care. Quality metrics can be helpful for tracking general population health; however, they often do not reflect the social factors impacting patient and community health. A trusting relationship between a patient and a primary care team is a crucial bridge, facilitating a better understanding of a patient's whole-person context and the ability to adapt and tailor treatment to each individual person (precision primary care!). Delivering primary care in this way requires practice and policy environments that support this notion.

Associate Professor Paul Saunders

Ngarruwan Ngadju,
Graduate School of Medicine,
University of Wollongong

A/Prof Paul Saunders (MBBS, MPH, GradCert-IRL, PhD) is a proud Biripi man who lives and works on Dharawal Country. He is the Academic Lead, Indigenous Health in the Graduate School of Medicine and the Deputy Director, Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Wollongong. He has experience in clinical medicine, medical devices, and Indigenous Health teaching, scholarship, research, and academic leadership. His research interests include the structural and social determinants of Indigenous Health, medical education, including accreditation, and culturally safe and responsive models of care for Indigenous Peoples and Communities. Paul is a Puggy Hunter, Yarramundi, and Lowitja scholar, a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, a Board member of Ngaramura Indigenous Corporation, a Guest Editor for the Medical Journal of Australia’s 2025 and 2026 Indigenous Health Special Collection, and a member of the Australian Medical Council’s Medical School Accreditation Committee and Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Māori Committee, among other appointments. He is the first (and currently only) Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander PhD graduate of Western Sydney University’s School of Medicine, and more importantly is a father to two beautiful children.

Dr Jean-Frederic Levesque

CEO, NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation

Dr Jean-Frédéric Levesque is the Chief Executive of the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation, and the Deputy Secretary, Clinical Innovation and Research at the NSW Ministry of Health. He is an Adjunct Professor at the International Centre for Future Health Systems at the University of New South Wales. He has a Medical Degree, a Masters in Community Health and a Doctorate in Public Health from the Université de Montréal, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Jean-Frédéric brings extensive senior leadership in healthcare systems analysis and improvement, combining experience in clinical practice in refugee health and tropical medicine, in clinical governance and in academic research. He is a member of the HealthShare NSW Board and a member of the Strategic Analytic Advisory Committee of the Canadian Institute of Health Information.

Sarah Dennis is Professor of Allied Health and Director of Movement Sciences, in the School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health. She is a leading primary care researcher with a focus on research that improves outcomes for people living with long-term conditions and translating these findings into clinical practice and policy. Her research aims to increase equitable access to high quality primary care, especially allied health, in the community to support people to maximise their well-being and reduce the burden on the Australian healthcare system.