We are pleased to reveal the speakers at the 2026 Lumos Symposium.
Patty leads the Lumos Team in the System Monitoring and Insights Unit at the NSW Ministry of Health. She is an experienced epidemiologist who specialises in the use of data linkage to inform large scale health service delivery. Patty started her career as a nurse before moving to epidemiology, working in academic research and then becoming established as a health system epidemiologist. Patty provides over 30 years experience and expertise in health system planning, research design, data linkage, application of ethico-legal frameworks, stakeholder management, writing and communication.
In her role as the Chief Data Officer, NSW Health and Executive Director of the System Information and Analytics branch, Sharon ensures that NSW Health meets its state and national reporting obligations and maintains high standards of public accountability and transparency in the health system. She is highly skilled at interpreting health data and information and using data driven evidence to solve complex problems, support decision making and foster innovation to deliver improved health outcomes.
Anne-Marie has more than 30 years experience in public health research and policy, with extensive experience providing strategic as well as specialist technical advice to government and industry. Her career has spanned senior academic and private sector roles, including a range of senior advisory posts, working closely with policy makers and service providers on a range of sensitive and topical issues.
Throughout her career, she has had a deep commitment to harnessing the power of high quality data to improve health and social care systems. The opportunity to work with the Lumos program, since its inception, has been a highlight of her career.
Currently Anne-Marie is Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of Western Sydney, and Chair of the Western Sydney Primary Health Network
Dr Walid Jammal is General Practitioner in Western Sydney. He has a strong commitment and interest to quality and safety, integrated care, and health economics. He has been on numerous committees and advisory bodies both at a state and national level, including the recent Strengthening Medicare Taskforce.
He was Co-Chair of the Commonwealth's Primary Care Reform Steering Group that informed Australia's 10 Year Primary Care Plan, is a Member of the Medicare Services Advisory Committee, Board member of the Western Sydney Local Health District, and Board Member of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. He is also Co-Chair of NDIS Evidence Advisory Committee-capacity building and therapies subcommittee.
Susan Parker Pavlovic is a proud Yaegl woman from Maclean in Northern NSW, with family links to Gumbaynggiir and Bundjalung nations. Susan has strong connections within her community and a lived experience of the issues facing Aboriginal people and communities on the North Coast.
With over 20 years of experience in Aboriginal health projects, policy, and research roles in both Government and non-Government organisations, Susan has made significant contributions to improving health outcomes. Susan worked at the Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies, leading research on Indigenous women's care experiences during pregnancy and birth. During her previous tenure at North Coast Primary Health Network, Susan served as an Indigenous Health Program Officer and Manager of Aboriginal Health. In these roles, she built relationships with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations and managed Integrated Team Care chronic disease contracts.
As an Associate Lecturer at the University Centre for Rural Health, Susan taught medical and allied health students about the impact of past government policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and effective ways to engage with Aboriginal communities. Her expertise extends to Aboriginal-led research and evaluation projects such as Health from the Grassroots, the Bari Aboriginal Youth Project, and arts-based compassion-focused therapy initiatives.
Since 2022, Susan has been working for Corporate Culcha, managing a remote literacy, numeracy, and digital skills pilot based in Doomadgee. Susan holds Certificate IV qualifications in Alcohol and Other Drugs, Mental Health, and Training and Assessment. Her tertiary qualifications include a Bachelor of Health Science (Community Studies major) and a Graduate Diploma in Indigenous Health Promotion.
Scott is an experienced pharmacist having worked across the acute and primary healthcare sectors both in Australia and overseas. Scott is now focussed on expanding the future of healthcare through integration of services across Western Sydney through his role in the PHN, with the ultimate goal of delivering patient centred care. He has worked managing the digital health space in primary care since 2020, overseeing the growth of the LUMOS program and other digital enablers, building capacity and capability across the system.
With an interest in digital transformation, and accreditation as a health informatician, Scott understands the value of driving holistic care through the use of system wide technology disruption to improve care for patients and the broader community.
Deborah Pallavicini is the General Manager, Primary Healthcare Engagement and Coordination at Sydney North Health Network. In this role, she provides strategic direction across teams responsible for quality improvement, primary care support, digital health, emergency response, service integration and workforce priorities. She also leads the Clinical Engagement team, supporting professional members to strengthen their capability to deliver the right care to the local community, at the right time and in the right place.
Deborah brings more than 12 years' experience as a Practice Manager in medium to large general practices. During this time, she worked with the Improvement Foundation as part of Primary Care Collaboratives. The experience she gained over this time has translated into a strong and practical understanding of the primary care and wider health system environment.
Deborah holds a Master's in Health Management, with a focus on quality and safety in healthcare, and a Graduate Certificate in Health Science.
Brenton Jones is Manager Digital Health at the Western NSW Primary Health Network. Known for his expertise in digital health strategy and communications, Brenton is passionate about improving healthcare sustainability and patient outcomes and experiences by leveraging the benefits of technology. He also hosts a podcast series titled 'Let's Get Literal About Digital Health'. Now in it's third season, the program is dedicated to digital health literacy education for frontline healthcare workers living and working in rural and remote areas of Australia.
A registered psychologist, Ben has more than 20 years of experience working in the public and private health sectors and his teams oversee health planning and needs assessment activities, including the Joint Needs Assessment with South Western Sydney Local Health District.
Prior to his current role, Matthew was an Independent Consultant predominantly supporting the Health & Not For Profit Sectors, and Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Business, as well as Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Services at the University of Tasmania. He has also held a Group Executive position in Financial Services with a major Corporate.
For over 30 years, Matthew has held a broad range of operational, executive and strategic management positions in NSW and Tasmania at Chief Executive, Senior Executive and Head of Agency levels within the health sector to drive strategic and organisational reforms in the delivery of acute, primary and community health services. Working in collaboration with Commonwealth and State Governments, he has been responsible for supporting the implementation of programs to improve health outcomes.
Professor Charlotte Hespe AM is an Academic General Practitioner, researcher, and health system leader based in Sydney. She is Principal GP at Glebe Family Medical Practice and Head of General Practice and Primary Care Research at The University of Notre Dame Australia.
Charlotte has dedicated much of her career to improving patient outcomes through the intelligent use of primary care data, digital health innovation, and quality improvement. She has played an active role in supporting the integration and use of health data to improve care delivery, working closely with initiatives such as Lumos and through her advisory roles with the Australian Digital Health Agency. Her work focuses on translating real-world data into practical improvements that support clinicians, strengthen healthcare systems, and improve health outcomes for patients and communities.
A passionate educator, researcher, and advocate for community-based care, Charlotte has contributed to numerous national health initiatives and helped shape the next generation of doctors. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2024 for significant service to general medicine as a practitioner, academic, and mentor
A self-confessed 'data-nerd’ George is actively involved in quality improvement activities in his General Practice and with National Asthma Council Australia. He brings experience of translating Lumos insights into improved health outcomes in his community.
Professor David Peiris leads the development and implementation of the institute's research strategy and is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at UNSW Sydney. He also works as a locum GP with Miwatj Health in Galiwin'ku, Elcho Island. His work focuses on strengthening primary health care globally, particularly improving access to affordable, high-quality services. His research spans health systems science, including health policy, health services research, and implementation science. David has published extensively and leads several grants testing innovative strategies to improve access to high-quality primary health care.
Anthony is the Research Manager at HCNSW which is the peak consumer group in the state, it is an independent, membership-based charity that works to ensure that health consumers (patients, carers, and families) are involved in the decisions that impact on them.
Anthony is a member of the Lumos Stakeholder Reference Group. He is a partner on research projects investigating patients' and communities' attitudes, hopes, and concerns around sharing health data.
Brian is a Consumer Representative with a background in local government, public health and the environment. Career highlights include managing the control of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in the City of Fairfield, implementing the first ban on smoking in public open spaces in NSW, and preparing the Model for State of Environment Reports for local government.
Brian is a passionate consumer advocate with a particular interest in palliative and end of life care, and virtual care. After retiring due to ill health in 2004, he became involved in advocacy through caring for his mother during five years of palliative and end of life care.
Brian's goal as a consumer advocate is to help ensure people across NSW have equitable access to quality healthcare services that meet the needs of patients, families and carers, regardless of their geographic location or economic circumstances.
Brian has contributed to a number of committees and projects, including as a Consumer Advisor to the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI), Lumos, the National Primary and Acute Care Data Linkage Project, the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Consumer Group, the End of Life and Palliative Care 2024 Framework, AusHealth Facilities Guideline 610 Subacute Care, the ACI Remote Patient Monitoring Committee, the ACI Strategic Review 2027-30, and the Consumer and Community Participation Committee at Camden/Campbelltown Health Service.
Fun fact: Brian enjoyed learning to fly sailplanes and finds the freedom of being in the sky amazing.
Brian is a Consumer Representative on the Lumos Stakeholder Reference Group fostering matters that relate to patient privacy and security safeguards, social license, and public trust.
Brian brings a diverse and complementary set of skills and competencies built up over more than 30 years fostering the Consumer in the Health, For Purpose (Social/Community Services) and For Profit Sectors. He has 'lived experience' of the aged and health care systems, as well as experience as a Consumer Representative member of advisory committees in Public/Private health care settings, tertiary institutes and with NSW Health.
Beth is a qualified Health Information Manager and former Professor of Health Information Management at the University of Sydney. Her recent consulting work has focused on improving the quality of hospital discharge data, particularly coded clinical data, and how these data can be used to improve the quality of care. She has also worked with Lee Ridoutt, Paul O'Connor and others to advocate for improving the competencies of health professionals to support better quality health information.
Beth is a community representative on the Clinical Quality and Patient Care Committee for the Lower Sector of the Mid North Coast of NSW, the Forster Local Health Committee, and the Lumos Data Governance Committee. Through these roles, she contributes a consumer perspective while also helping to shape and learn from the rapidly evolving digital health environment, with a focus on how health information can be used to improve patient care.
Georgina is a Lumos Consumer Representative on the Data Governance Committee and brings experience from rural roles, including the Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSWPHN) Community Advisory Council and formerly the University of Newcastle Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Community Advisory Committee. Georgia also brings lived experience as the carer of a rural consumer.
Professionally, Georgina is the Associate Professor of Rural Health in the School of Rural Health, University of Sydney, with expertise in quantitative medical research and a particular interest in digital health and service access.
Simon job shares as the acting Senior Manager of the Lumos program and its Principal Collaboration lead, pursuing strategic projects that enhance Lumos and support its stakeholders. He also represents NSW in the National Primary and Acute Care Data Linkage Project and the national Health Data Collaboration, and is supporting development of data sharing agreements with Primary Health Networks. Simon brings experience from across multiple health areas, including intergovernmental policy, healthcare innovation and clinical research.