Sunday 19 May 2019
| 0700-1200 | Exhibition Build (custom site builders only) | BANQUET HALL | |
| 1200-1600 | Exhibition Bump-In (all exhibitors) | BANQUET HALL | |
| 0900-1300 | Workshop Registration | FOYER, GROUND FLOOR, SMC | |
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Pre-Conference Workshops The pre-conference workshops will be held at the conference venue on Sunday 19th May 2019. Participation is an additional cost of $80 per person and includes lunch from 1200-1300. Each workshop has a limited number of participants that can attend and bookings will be taken in a first come, first served basis. Delegates and non-delegates as welcome to book. |
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| WORKSHOP ONE | CORINTHIAN | WORKSHOP TWO | DORIC | |
| 1000-1200 | Bariatric Nursing, Wound and Skin Care, and Safety Susan Gallagher
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Stomal and Peristomal conditions: Focus on peristomal skin Carmen George
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| 1200-1300 | Light lunch for all workshop participants. | |
| WORKSHOP THREE | CORINTHIAN | WORKSHOP FOUR | DORIC | |
| 1300-1500 | What can we do to manage the volcano, when we can only see the crater at the top? Lee Gavegan, Petti Caraiscos Sponsored by KCI – An Acelity Company This session aims to improve your understanding of fistulas and the available options for managing fistulas when using V.A.C. Therapy |
Colostomy irrigation and ACE procedure Ian Whiteley, Jill Fairhall (assisting)
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| 1400-1530 | Conference Registration | MARBLE FOYER, LEVEL 1, SMC | |
| 1530-1700 | Welcome Reception | Banquet Hall, SMC Welcome to the 2019 AASTN Conference! This is the first social opportunity to catch up with your interstate colleagues and sponsors and exhibitors of the Meeting.  The welcome reception also provides a great opportunity to meet delegates who are attending the conference for the first time.
Inclusive for full registrations and exhibitors, book during registration process. Additional tickets can be purchased by guests and day registrations. |
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| Free Evening | ||
Monday 20 May 2019
| 0730 | Registration desk open | MARBLE FOYER, SMC | |||
| 0730 | Speaker’s Preparation Room Open | BALCONY | |||
| Opening Plenary Session | GRAND LODGE Chair: Jackie Johnston |
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| 0830-0845 | Welcome & Delegate Address | Conference Convenor Jackie Johnston Indigenous Welcome | Uncle Allan Murray |
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| 0845-0930 |  Keynote Speaker: Susan Gallagher, PhD MA MSN RN CSPHP CBNBariatric care: Considering wound, stoma and continence Susan Gallagher is a recognized expert in safety, outcomes and communication with an emphasis on bariatrics, skin and wound care, safe patient handling and mobility, and risk and loss control. Full biography. |
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| 0930-1015 |  Keynote Speaker: Wendy WhiteConnected. Caring. Capable: The 3C’s of contemporary practice In 2007, Wendy White founded Wendy White Wound Care, an independent wound consultancy service, with now over 27 years of wound & skin care expertise. Full biography. |
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| 1015-1045 | Morning Tea in the Exhibition | BANQUET HALL | |||
| Plenary Session | GRAND LODGE Chair: Bronwyn Overall |
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| 1045-1115 | Education & Professional Development Committee Clinical Documentation: The importance of documentation for the Advanced Clinical Practitioner What you write as a stomal therapy nurse will impact on the funding your institution receives. This session aims to give an overview of the requirements and importance of good clinical documentation and the positive impact great documentation can have in capturing patient acuity and complexities. You will gain insight into how your documentation is reviewed by coders and the impact this has on the importance of the stomal therapy nurse. |
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| 1115-1120 | MOVE TO BREAKOUTS | |||
| Concurrent Session A | ||||
| BREAKOUT – GRAND LODGE |
BREAKOUT – IONIC |
BREAKOUT – TUSCAN |
BREAKOUT – CORINTHIAN | |
| CHAIR | Bronwyn Overall | Kris Louis | Mark Murtagh | Lee Gavegan |
| 1120-1200 | Why stomal therapy nurses need to broaden their scope of practice for the sake of improved patient quality of life Dr Vicki Patton |
Surgical innovation in colorectal surgery Dr Kim-Chi Phan-Thien |
Medicinal cannabis for the treatment of pain, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease issues Dr Teresa Towpik |
Getting to the bottom of it: Bowel management and the physiology of defaecation Dr Torey Lawrence |
| 1200-1300 | Lunch in the Exhibition | BANQUET HALL Poster Viewing & Question Time (poster authors please stand by your poster to answer questions from delegates) |
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| Concurrent Session B | |||
| BREAKOUT – IONIC SYMPOSIUM |
BREAKOUT – TUSCAN PAEDIATRICS |
BREAKOUT – CORINTHIAN SURGERY & TREATMENT |
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| CHAIR | Keryln Carville | Karen Cole | Jill Fairhall |
| 1300-1315 |
The scope of the community wound burden and costs to care Kerlyn Carville, Anne Capes, Gordana Petkovska, Margaret Edmondson, Pam Morey, Jenny Faithful
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Getting to the bottom of Hirschsprung’s Disease Chary Richards |
Stomal closure and complications Steve Smith |
| 1320-1335 | A colourful idea for children having a Mitrofanoff / Monti stoma – from idea to end product Lisa Naeher |
Anaesthetic options in colorectal cancer surgery Steve Smith |
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| 1340-1355 | A visit to blow my ‘red stockings’ off Alison Kennedy |
Implementation of a multidisciplinary, nurse led clinic for cancer treatment related bowel dysfunction Carolyn Atkin |
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| 1400-1430 | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition | BANQUET HALL | ||
| Plenary Session | GRAND LODGE Chair: Anne-Marie Lyons |
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| 1430-1510 | Keynote Speaker: Dr Philippe Fauqué Nutrition for ostomates 
Dr Philippe Fauqué is a nutritionist doctor specialized in artificial nutrition. He leads the largest french clinical nutrition unit at the Institute Polyclinique of Cannes that welcomes patients with various digestive pathologies, hepatitis, pancreatitis, digestive cancers, hepatic transplant and digestive surgery. Full biography |
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| 1515-1715 | AASTN AGM (all members welcome) | GRAND LODGE | ||
| Free evening | |||
Tuesday 21 May 2019
| 0800 | Registration desk open | MARBLE FOYER | ||
| 0800 | Speaker’s preparation room open | BALCONY | ||
| Plenary LARS Symposium | GRAND LODGE Chair: Donna Heggie |
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| 0830-1030 | The Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS) session
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| 1030-1100 | Morning Tea in the Exhibition | BANQUET HALL | ||
| Plenary Session | GRAND LODGE Chair: Jackie Johnston |
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| 1100-1200 |  Keynote Speaker: Luke EscombePapa’s brand new bag Award-winning songwriter and comedian Luke Escombe reflects on his twenty five years with IBD, his decision to have an ostomy, and the surprising new direction his life has taken since. Filled with music, humour and brutal honesty about the less than glamorous aspects of ostomy life, Luke’s story is ultimately a reminder that ostomies don’t just save lives, they can also transform them. Full biography. |
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| 1200-1300 | Lunch in the Exhibition | BANQUET HALL | ||
| 1215-1300 | WCET Meeting | GRAND LODGE | ||
| Concurrent Session C | |||
| BREAKOUTS – IONIC SKIN / COMPLIANCE LAWS |
BREAKOUTS – TUSCAN EDUCATION & TRAINING |
BREAKOUTS – CORINTHIAN CONTINENCE / AGEING |
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| CHAIR | Debra Day | Kenneth Salazar | Kris Louis |
| 1300-1315 | ‘Cellutome’ an epidermal harvesting system. a series of case studies demonstrating the clinical experience using ‘Cellutome’ in an outpatients setting Tina McEvoy |
Making the connection; enabling person centred care through facilitation and consumer involvement Julia Kittscha |
Incontinence in Australia by numbers Donna Heggie |
| 1320-1335 | Advancing wound, ostomy and continence education for nurses Joy Sears |
Neobladder support group Kavita Sharma |
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| 1340-1355 | The challenges in the management of a stoma patient with dermatitis artefacta Mireille Hamson |
Seeding Stomal Therapy in Mauritus Sharon Boxall |
“On the verge of residential aged care” a continence management case history Claire Dobson |
| 1400-1415 | Peristomal medical adhesive-related skin injury: International consensus development Ian Whiteley |
‘The OZtomy Nurse’. A series of YouTube videos and podcasts dedicated to education & sharing of knowledge relating to stoma care, products and scope of current stomal therapy practice in Australia Felicity Rackham |
A new way to treat urinary tract infections Loreto Pinnuck |
| 1420-1435 | Interacting appropriately with industry – how compliance laws can affect you Paris Purnell |
Stoma site selection outside stomal therapy hours – training hospital staff Kate Brereton |
ARE WE READY? ……Managing the complexities of dementia within stoma care Michaela Parker |
| 1435-1450 | Discussion | Discussion | |
| 1450-1520 | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition | BANQUET HALL | ||
| Plenary Session | GRAND LODGE Chair: Lee Gavegan |
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| 1520-1605 |  Keynote Speaker: Associate Professor Celi VarolNeobladders Associate Professor Celi Varol is a Urologist at the, Nepean Public Hospital, Nepean Private Hospital, Westmead Private Hospital and Sydney Private Hospital. A/Professor Celi Varol is currently undertaking the first University and Ethics board approved trial for Focal Laser Therapy for patients with Prostate Cancer in Australia. Full biography. |
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| 1815 | Meet coaches outside the Sydney Masonic Centre for transfer to Jones Bay Wharf | ||
| 1900 till Late | Gala Dinner | Doltone House, Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont Entertainment: Jellybean Jam Theme: Vivid Sydney!You are invited to dress BRIGHT, BOLD and COLOURFUL! 
Inclusive for full registrations however bookings are essential for planning purposes. Book during the registration process. Additional tickets may be purchased by guests, exhibitors and day registrations. Transport to and from the dinner |
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Wednesday 22 May 2019
