Conference 2024

Registration

Keynote Speaker

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Schedule

ASPAH Conference 2023: 25 - 26 November Online & In Person at the Pacific Hotel Brisbane

The Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare is announcing our
15th Annual Conference, to be held on 23 – 24 November 2024.

This conference will be held both face to face at the Mantra Southbank, Melbourne/Naarm and online with live presentations, Q&A sessions, workshops / movement sessions and break-out networking opportunities.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

 

IN PERSON

Early bird
(reg by 25 Oct 2024)
Standard
ASPAH Member Non-member ASPAH
Member
Non-member
Full (2 days) $395 $495 $450 $550
Full Concession
(2 days)
$335 $390 $380 $440
One Day $295 $370 $340 $415
One Day Concession $250 $290 $285 $330

 

ONLINE

Early bird
(reg by 25 Oct 2024)
Standard
ASPAH Member Non-member ASPAH
Member
Non-member
Full (2 days) $235 $275 $255 $295
Full Concession
(2 days)
$205 $235 $225 $255
One Day $165 $185 $185 $205
One Day Concession $145 $165 $165 $185

 

****#ASPAH2024 Conference event recordings will be made available to REGISTERED delegates.  Only events that were consented to be recorded by their presenter will be distributed***

Group booking rates are available for our 2024 Conference!

Gather 3-8 members from your organisation and attend together.

For group bookings, please email admin@aspah.org.au

A downloadable PDF version of the schedule is available here.

Keynote Speaker

Lorimer Moseley AO

DSc PhD FAAHMS FACP HonFFPMANZCA HonMAPA
Bradley Distinguished Professor
Professor of Clinical Neurosciences
Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy
University of South Australia

Founder and CEO, Pain Revolution
Chair, PainAdelaide

Lorimer’s main interests are persistent pain and other protective feelings. His research group investigates pain in humans, from cognitive and behavioural experiments to clinical trials and implementation studies. He has authored over 410 scientific articles and seven books. His contributions to the science of pain, to the treatment of persistent pain, to pain education, and to public outreach, have been recognised by honours in 13 countries. He has delivered keynote lectures at world congresses in six fields. In 2017, he founded the non-profit Pain Revolution and in 2020 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia, that country’s second highest civilian honour, for ‘distinguished served to humanity at large in the fields of pain and its management, science communication, education and physiotherapy.’ His public facing pain education videos attract millions of views each year. He lives and works on Kaurna Land in Adelaide, South Australia.

Panel Speakers

Dr Ebonie Rio

A leading sports physiotherapist and Senior Clinical Research Fellow with the Australian Ballet and La Trobe University.

Associate Professor Bronwen Ackermann

A specialist musicians’ physiotherapist and musculoskeletal anatomist
with 30 years in musicians’ injury prevention & optimising performance.

Dr David Munro

A highly experienced physiotherapist and exercise physiologist, with pioneering work and research in the healthcare of circus arts.

Dr Margaret Osborne

A consulting performance psychologist, researcher, and educator in performance science and musicians’ health at the University of Melbourne.

Call for Presentation Abstracts & Outlines

Conference 2024
The Canvas of Care: Painting a healthy future for performing artists

The Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare is announcing our 15th Annual Conference, to be held on 23-24 November 2024 at the Mantra Southbank, Melbourne.Naarm VIC.

 This conference will be held both face to face and online with live presentations, Q&A sessions, workshops/ movement sessions and break-out networking opportunities.

Keynote Speaker: Professor Lorimer Moseley, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences, University of South Australia

The Conference Working Group of ASPAH has prepared a set of guidelines to assist potential presenters for the annual conference to prepare and submit abstracts.

There are 4 presentation categories in 2024 outlined below. Each category has a description and a template for formatting, including subheadings and character count. Please ensure you read the general guidelines and specific guidelines for each category.

Submissions which do not adhere to these guidelines will not be considered.

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED 11.59pm AEST ON SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2024

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General Abstract & Outline Submission Guidelines

These instructions relate to all categories of abstracts and outlines for submission. Please note that we are encouraging any person with professional experience, wisdom or science related to the health and wellbeing of performing artists to present at the conference.

  • To ensure blinded review, do not include any information that could identify you in the abstract / outline section of the submission templates. That is:
    no presenter/author names or affiliations. Please also remove any references that could identify the presenter by replacing with XXXX (e.g. the Jane Smith School of Dance would become the XXXX School of Dance). 
  • Please include the names and affiliations of all authors, and provide the name and contact information for the author who intends to present the research at the conference, if invited. 
  • All original research that involves human participants must have institutional human research ethics committee approval, and must state as such in the abstract submission. Any research submissions that do not state that they have appropriate ethics approval will not be accepted to present.
  • Please keep a copy of your abstract/outline as a Word (or other) document to safeguard against loss of work in the case of any technical problems with the online submissions. 
  • You must use the headings provided in the relevant template for your proposed presentation. 
  • Please note that the biography will only be published if your submission is accepted for presentation.
  • If your abstract/outline is accepted for presentation at the conference, you will be required to register for the event in order to present your work. 
  • Abstract/outline submissions close 11.59pm AEST on Sunday 9 June, 2024. Corresponding authors will be notified of the outcome of their submission in approximately 6 weeks of this deadline. 

Abstract/Outline Categories and Submission Portal

Practitioner Wisdom
Teachers, coaches, educators, rehearsal directors, physicians and clinicians can gather profound insights into the psychological and physiological problems faced by performers. This wisdom, which is often supported by education and research, can be instructive to other performing arts practitioners. The Practitioner Wisdom category of presentations offers those with an extensive history of working with performing artists an opportunity to share insights based on their personal experiential knowledge. Please note that  all submissions need to comply with jurisdiction privacy laws when using names, images or videos of other people. Presentations will be 20 minutes in duration including 5 minutes for Q&A. 

Interventional and Descriptive Research
This includes any original research that studies the effect of any intervention to improve the health, wellbeing and performance of performing artists. These include but are not limited to surgical, pharmaceutical, physical and psychological interventions. Descriptive studies include normative, epidemiological, and correlation studies, as well as non-intervention case studies and qualitative studies. Please note that all original research that involves human participants must have institutional human research ethics committee approval, and must state as such in the abstract submission. Any submissions that do not state that they have appropriate ethics approval will not be accepted to present. Presentations will be 20 minutes in duration including 5 minutes for Q&A. 

Literature Reviews/Conceptual Analysis
This includes systematic, narrative and scoping reviews of the literature relevant to the health, wellbeing and performance of performing artists. It is important to translate the results of the review/analysis to the practice of performing arts practitioners. Presentations will be 20 minutes in duration including 5 minutes for Q&A. 

Workshops/Movement Sessions
These sessions should be interactive in format. They should offer participants practical experience and insight into clinical and training strategies that support the health, wellbeing and performance of performing artists. Presentations will be 40 minutes in duration including Q&A. 


SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

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Rates, Sizes and Format

 

Deadline
31 October 2024 for payment and jpeg or camera-ready copy

Program booklet
Format: Colour, approx. 48 x A4 pages
Electronic distribution to conference delegates: 50+ delegates are anticipated
Electronic distribution for a fee after the event available when accessing the recordings
Distribution: 2-day annual online conference – national & international delegates (performing arts healthcare)
Exposure: 3+ days

Full page:          $210
Half page:         $150
Quarter page:  $95
Strip ads
(3cm across bottom of one page): $25 for one, $15 each for additional pages

Page size
Full page ad: 25cm height x 17cm width
Half page ad: 12.5cm height x 17cm width
Quarter page ad: 12.5cm height x 8.5cm width
Strip ad: 3cm height x 17cm width. Advertiser to send text, and small logo if desired.

Format
JPEG preferred

CONTACT: admin@aspah.org.au 

Partnership Hybrid Conference Package

Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss your specific needs with us, we can tailor a package for you!

Exhibitor Zoom Room / Table at the Conference Venue
The opportunity to scroll slides of your products, and chat to delegates of the conference. This could be online or face to face at our conference. We are happy to discuss your individual preferences.

Full Page Colour Ad in Electronic Conference Program
25cm height x 17cm width

Scrolling Slide Advertisements at the commencement of each session

2x Conference Registrations
This includes the opportunity to not only attend lectures, but also network with delegates.

Social Media Posts
ASPAH will post across the event that you are supporting our #ASPAH2023 Online Conference.

TOTAL – $1100

CONTACT: admin@aspah.org.au