We have excelled ourselves in the number and range of passionate international experts that we have been able to attract to speak at this conference. Here are some examples of the outstanding speakers you will hear:

• We have the world’s expert on quality of life in dementia care
   from the UK, Professor Sube Banerjee
• Award winning innovator in the development of community
   services, Rani Svanberg also from the UK
• Dr. Wilhelmina Hoffman, a true expert in the development
   and support of staff who started as a care assistant, worked
   through qualifying as a  geriatrician and became the leader of
   the specialised dementia service, Sylviahemmet, established
   by the Queen of Sweden
• International expert in positive ageing in long term care,
   Dr. Bob Hill  from Washington University in St. Louis,
   Missouri and the Karolinska  Institute in Stockholm
• Dr. Trevor Adams from the U.K. talking on helping families
   and people with dementia make good joint decisions
• Vivienne Davis Quarrel from the Welsh DSDC presenting
   on developing services for younger people with dementia
• Four Japanese presenters talking about new approaches
   to maintaining cognitive abilities and identity and improving
   social support.

Trade Exhibition

The 2006 International Conference will be further enhanced with the addition of a Trade Exhibition. This year the exhibition is co-ordinated and sold by Interpoint Events Pty Ltd, a member of the Exhibition & Event Association of Australia and in co-operation with National Healthcare Journal.

For an Exhibition Pack including details and pricing for site booking - contact Carmella Rowsthorne, Exhibition and Advertising Manager, National Healthcare Journal, (02) 9660 2113 or email carmella@intermedia.com.au