Conference 2025
Registration
Keynote Speaker
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Schedule – Coming Soon
The Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare is announcing our
16th Annual Conference, From Stage to Study: Integrating Experience with Evidence in Health, to be held on 22 – 23 November 2025.
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.
IN PERSON FEES
Early Bird Pricing / Standard Pricing
Full Conference (2 Days)
ASPAH Member: $400 / $455
Non-Member: $500 / $555
Full Conference (2 Days) Concession
ASPAH Member: $340 / $385
Non-Member: $395 / $445
One Day
ASPAH Member: $300 / $345
Non-Member: $375 / $420
One Day Concession
ASPAH Member: $255 / $290
Non-Member: $295 / $335
ONLINE FEES
Early Bird Pricing / Standard Pricing
Full Conference (2 Days)
ASPAH Member: $240 / $260
Non-Member: $280 / $300
Full Conference (2 Days) Concession
ASPAH Member: $120 / $130
Non-Member: $140 / $150
One Day
ASPAH Member: $170 / $190
Non-Member: $190 / $210
One Day Concession
ASPAH Member: $85/ $95
Non-Member: $95 / $105
All prices are in AUD
Please note, early bird pricing ends Friday, 24 October 2025
Concession rate is for full time students and holders of an Australian Commonwealth Pensioner or Health Care Card
****#ASPAH2025 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 BOOKINGS
Group booking rates will be available for our 2025 Conference!
Gather 3 or more members from your organisation and attend together.
For group bookings, please email admin@aspah.org.au
Mantra Southbank Delegate Accomodation Discount
Our conference venue has offered a discount on accommodation.
Please use the code ASPAH2025 for 10% off and free cancellation up to 24 hours before the booking when booking here.
Kim Walker AM
Chief Executive Officer
NAISDA Dance College
Kim began dancing with his mother, Margaret Walker AM, and his dancing career continued with the Aboriginal and Islander Dance Theatre (NAISDA Dance College) in 1976 graduating with an Associate Diploma in 1979.
NAISDA was instrumental in Kim’s entry into the arts as a dancer and led to him joining Sydney Dance Company in 1980. In 1982 he was appointed a principal dancer and danced with the company from 1980 – 1990 during which he danced and performed many lead roles under the artistic direction of Graeme Murphy. During his time with Sydney Dance Company, Kim also studied at a number of institutes in New York over several years including the Alvin Ailey School in New York.
Kim’s chorographic career started with the Sydney Dance Company where he created several new works. As a freelance choreographer and director, Kim has worked with many major companies and directors in Australia including Opera Australia, Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Company, Richard Wherrett, Neil Armfield, Wayne Harrison and Roger Hodgeman. Kim has also done extensive choreographic work for television commercials, musicals, corporate and charity launches and music film clips.
In 1998 Kim was appointed as Artistic Director of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and has not only created a number of new and innovative works but also toured the company both nationally and overseas to great acclaim.
Kim has served as a member number of Including Create NSW Dance and Physical Theatre Board, Ausdance NSW, including Arts NSW, HotHouse Artistic Directorate and the Theatre Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. Kim was also the individual recipient of the Sidney Myer individual award in 1991.
Currently Kim sits on the boards of Barang Regional Alliance and The Arthouse Theatre Board.
In 2008 Kim was took up the position as CEO of NAISDA Dance College Australia’s National Indigenous Dance College. In his tenure at NAISDA Kim has brought in a number of creative and innovative training concepts, overseeing the growth of the curriculum, facilities, student cohort and corporate governance.
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Rates, Sizes and Format
Deadline
2 November 2025 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
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 #ASPAH2025 Online Conference.
TOTAL – $1100
CONTACT: admin@aspah.org.au
ASPAH Conference 2025: 22 – 23 November
From Stage to Study: Integrating Experience with Evidence in Health
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 2025 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 29 JUNE 2025
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 Friday 20 June, 2025. 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.