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2011 Clinical Program

* 2012 Clinical Program will be available early 2012

Along with the main Expo we are again organising an extensive program of clinical education seminars featuring local and international speakers. The seminars are designed to support the ongoing professional development of therapists and equipment prescribers.

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WEDNESDAY 18TH MAY 2011

ROOM 1



9:30am - 10:45am
Drawing board to delivery: Improving wheelchair seat cushions through science & design
Patrick Meeker, Senior Director Global Sales - The Roho Group (USA)

11:30am - 12:45pm
Innovation in Kitchen Design

Tim Knowles, Business Development Manager - Care Design

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Interfacing: Using your power wheelchair controller as a mouse & environmental control unit

Justin Ware, Technology Consultant - The Cerebral Palsy Alliance

3:30pm - 4:30pm
Prescribing a powerchair from the ground up

Owen Dawes, National Sales Manager - Permobil Australia

ROOM 2

9:30am - 10:45am
Application of Advanced Electronics for Powered Mobility - Is integration the way to go?

Amy Bjornson, Clinical Education Manager - Sunrise Medical Australasia

11:30am - 12:45pm
Addressing Seating Challenges in Children & Young Adults

Clare Wright, Clinical Research Manager - James Leckey Design (Ireland)

2:00pm - 2:45pm
Latest developments in standing wheelchair technology

Joel Bosshard, Technical Manager Levo (Switzerland)

3:30pm - 4:00pm

How Uriwell Personal Unisex Toilets can Help the Immobile

Helen Shalavin, Promoter - Freedom Aids

ROOM 3
9:30am - 10:45am
Know, Go, Grow - Transitioning children from dependent mobility bases to manual wheelchairs; considerations, options & solutions
Angela Rankin, Occupational Therapist - Seating Dynamics

11:30am - 12:00pm
Therapeutic equipment for the elderly & stroke rehab

Susanne Bachhaus, Area Sales Manager Asia & Middle East - Medica Medizintechnik GmbH (Germany)

12:15pm - 12:45pm
Innovation in Wheelchair Electronics to Help Encourage Equipment Adoption

Bruce Campbell - Dynamic Controls, (New Zealand)

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Enabling the development of children with disabilities

Jane Crowle, Physiotherapist - Dejay Medical

2:45pm - 3:15pm
Horticultural therapy for dementia

Virgina Field, President - Horticulture Therapy Society of NSW

3:30pm - 4:15pm
Stimulite - Taking the heat off

Tania Bowkett, Occupational Therapist - C1 South (New Zealand)


THURSDAY 19TH MAY 2011
ROOM 1
9:30am - 10:30am
Advancements in Alternate Drive Controls

Ron Smelter, Quantum Rehab Manager - Pride Mobility Products

11:00am - 12:00pm
Clients Deserve Filet Mignon - Best Practice vs Compromise in Equipment Provision

Amy Bjornson, Clinical Education Manager - Sunrise Medical Australasia

1:15pm - 2:15pm
Critical Thinking in Pressure Ulcer Assessment & Management - Linking Solutions to Problems
Patrick Meeker, Senior Director Global Sales - The Roho Group (USA)

2:45pm - 3:15pm
The Impact of Disposable Continence Products

Glenis Drayton, Managing Director - Conni

ROOM 2
9:30am - 10:30am
Positioning for Function - Clinical decisions behind making a seating system work for your client

Simone Ferer, Seating Manager & Clinical Consultant - Invacare South Australia

11:00am - 12:15pm
Alternative Positioning - The Missing Link

Roger Summerville - Peacocks Medical (UK)

1:15pm - 2:15pm
You’ve Selected the Manual Wheelchair Frame but Don’t Stop There - Setup & component selection

Amy Bjornson, Clinical Education Manager - Sunrise Medical Australasia

2:45pm - 3:15pm
The Benefits of Early Independent Mobility

Jacinta Maurin - Otto Bock

ROOM 3 9:30am - 10:30am
You’re Standing Up, How Does That Feel?

Patricia Joyce

11:00am - 12:00pm
Pushing the Envelope with PME Auto Conversions

Bill Georgas, CEO - Problem Management Engineering

1:15pm - 2:15pm
Sex, Lies & Assistive Technology - What’s your position?

Narelle Higson, Occupational Therapist, Assistive Equipment Services - Independent Living Centre WA

2:45pm - 3:45pm
Pressure Care Considerations: Protection Dignity & Natural Movement
Annette Curry, National Sales Manager, Novis Healthcare

Remember Daily Living Expo is FREE to attend! With more then 50 exhibitors: