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Conference Program
LM26: THE NATURE OF HEALTH: Lifestyle Medicine Pillars in Practice
13-15 November 2026
Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart
Tasmania, Australia
Note: all sessions will be recorded for attendees to view at a later date. There may not be a live stream option for this conference.
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the program, speakers, sessions and timings may change as final arrangements are confirmed.
Friday 13 November 2026
Workshops Day
8:45am – 9:00am
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Registration
Exhibition Open
9:00am – 10:30am
Harbour View 1
Culinary Medicine Master Class Session 1 – Theory of Culinary Medicine
Emma Stirling, Sian Armstrong
Workshop Room Grand Ballroom 1
What Precision Lifestyle Medicine Actually Looks Like!
Gain insight into the necessary and complete Lifestyle Medicine approach that truly treats the individual.
Dr Cam McDonald
Workshop Room Grand Ballroom 2
Practice Success: Marketing for Sustainable Growth
A practical session focused on growing your clinical practice through effective marketing. Learn strategies to attract and retain the right patients, strengthen your visibility, and build lasting connections with your community, with insights from the team at Affinity.
Sarah Mullens, Brianna Vidal
10:30am – 11:00am
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Morning Tea break
Exhibition Open
11:00am – 12:30pm
Harbour View 1
Culinary Medicine Master Class Session 1: Practical Culinary Medicine
Emma Stirling, Sian Armstrong
Coaching in Time-Poor Consults
Practical strategies for incorporating lifestyle medicine coaching techniques into brief clinical encounters, helping patients identify achievable behaviour changes, build motivation, and take meaningful next steps without adding significant time to the consultation.
Sharon Curtain
Breastfeeding and lactation support in real-world, time-limited settings: key clinical skills
Breastfeeding difficulties are a common postnatal presentation across primary care, emergency and maternity settings, often within time-limited consultations. This workshop equips clinicians with practical, evidence-based skills for lactation assessment and management, including structured history, focused examination, risk stratification and clear decision-making. Topics include infant oromotor assessment; nipple pain and damage; breast inflammation; tongue-tie and frenotomy; supply issues; and infant feeding behaviour.
Dr Pamela Douglas
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Lunch break
Exhibition Open
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Harbour View 1
Culinary Medicine Master Class Session 2 – Theory of Culinary Medicine
Repeat of the morning session
Emma Stirling, Sian Armstrong
Pain Management
An exploration of contemporary, evidence-based approaches to pain management, highlighting lifestyle medicine strategies, multidisciplinary care, and practical tools to support people living with persistent musculoskeletal pain.
Peter McCann, Peter McGlynn
Workshop Room Grand Ballroom 2
Consensus Statement Development
Co-designing a Consensus Guideline for Implementing Lifestyle Medicine in Primary Care in Australia & New Zealand.
Emma King
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Afternoon Tea break
Exhibition Open
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Harbour View 1
Emma Stirling, Sian Armstrong
Workshop Room Grand Ballroom 1
Workshop
Details to be announced
Workshop Room Grand Ballroom 2
Consensus Statement Development
Co-designing a Consensus Guideline for Implementing Lifestyle Medicine in Primary Care in Australia & New Zealand.
Emma King
5:00pm – 5:30pm
Break
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Location to be announced
LM26 Welcome Function
An inspiring exploration of the science and practice of forest bathing, including emerging research on the relationship between nature, stress reduction, mental wellbeing, immune health and human connection, alongside reflections on how nature-based interventions can be meaningfully integrated into modern healthcare and lifestyle medicine practice.
Gary Evans (virtually from the UK)
Saturday 14 November 2026
Conference Day 1
7:00am – 8:00am
Locations to be announced
Morning Activities
Begin the day by connecting with movement, nature and community through a choice of nature-based and movement activities.
8:00am – 8:45am
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Registration
Exhibition Open
8:45am – 11:00am
Grand Ballroom
Opening Plenary
Master of Ceremonies (5 minutes)
Nutrition scientist, space nutritionist, entrepreneur and science communicator; Founder and CEO of FOODiQ Global, Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, and Founding Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore
Welcome to Country (10 minutes)
By a representative of the Muwinina (Moo-we-nin-ah) people
To be announced
ASLM Welcome (5 minutes)
Hung The Nguyen
Welcome to Tasmania (10 minutes)
To be announced
The Yellow Car – Drive Away Stress Instantly (40 minutes)
A powerful and entertaining keynote about the way we see the world, the stories we tell ourselves, and the impact that has on our stress, relationships and happiness. You will leave this session uplifted and with a simple shift in perspective you’ll never forget.
Toni Powell
Nature Is Not Optional: This Is Life Support (40 minutes)
We are becoming dangerously disconnected from the natural world, resulting in rising rates of chronic disease, burnout, loneliness, and environmental decline.
It’s time to change the narrative. Nature is not a luxury, but a fundamental determinant of health, and lifestyle practitioners are leading the way.
Dr Jenny Brockis
11:00am – 11:30am
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Morning Tea break
Exhibition Open
11:30am – 1:00pm
Grand Ballroom
Plenary – The Nature of the Mind
Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore
Prescribing Nature: Forest Therapy As Effective Lifestyle Medicine Intervention (35 minutes)
As healthcare systems grapple with rising rates of chronic disease, mental health diagnoses and escalating healthcare costs, nature-based interventions are emerging as a powerful yet underutilised tool for prevention and treatment. This presentation explores the growing evidence base of Forest Therapy and its role within modern healthcare, examining how guided and structured nature connection can support mental wellbeing, stress reduction, social connection – leading to the desired behaviour change. Drawing on international experience and emerging training pathways for healthcare professionals, attendees will gain practical insights into how nature-based interventions can be integrated into lifestyle medicine practice and prescribed as part of a broader approach to population and planetary health.
Dieter Kotte
Bringing Lifestyle Medicine Into Mental Health Care – Practical Lessons From The Front Line (35 minutes)
Drawing on real-world clinical experience, this presentation explores how lifestyle medicine can be successfully integrated into mental health care, highlighting practical strategies, implementation challenges, and lessons learned in supporting patients with anxiety, depression and other common mental health conditions.
Dr Sam Manger
Q&A (10 minutes)
Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Extended Lunch break (for non-members)
Exhibition Open
1:45pm – 2:30pm
Location to be announced
ASLM Annual General Meeting (AGM)
ASLM members are invited to attend the Society’s Annual General Meeting, including updates on organisational activities, achievements, governance, and future directions.
Concurrent Streams
2:30pm – 4:00pm
Stream 1: Lifestyle Medicine Across the Lifespan
Showcasing the role of Lifestyle Medicine and the work of our members in supporting diverse patient cohorts across life stages.
Facilitator to be announced
Optimising developmental trajectories and maternal wellbeing from the beginning of life: Implementation science and Neuroprotective Developmental Care (or The Possums Programs)
Dr Pam Douglas
What Do Health Professionals Know About Nature-Based Interventions For Children Aged 4-17 Years: Qualitative Pilot Study
Dr Fay Karpouzis
Nature’s Anti-inflammatory Intervention for Midlife and Older Women: The Sunrise Vitamin in the Sunset of Life
Dr Wendy Sweet
Beyond Risk Factors: Smarter Prevention For Midlife Women
Melanie White
2:30pm – 4:00pm
Workshop Room Grand Ballroom 2
Stream 2: Practice That Lasts – Tools, Models and Methods for Modern Care
Exploring practical tools, care models and implementation strategies that make Lifestyle Medicine sustainable in real-world practice.
Facilitator to be announced
John Stevens
Tūhauora: a marae-based shared medical appointment model to improve access and culturally appropriate care for Māori in rural Aotearoa
Robin Chan
Can we manage obesity through programmed shared medical appointments in Australian general practice? A Pilot study
Arun Pillai
2:30pm – 4:00pm
Workshop Room Grand Ballroom 2
Stream 3: Beyond the Clinic – Social Prescribing and Community Care
Examining how Lifestyle Medicine extends beyond the consulting room through community partnerships, social prescribing and systems-level innovation.
Facilitator to be announced
Nurtured by Nature: Integrating Therapeutic Horticulture and Floristry into Healthcare
Dr Carla Anderson
Alison Hill
The Nature of Health: Gut, Community and the Own-Do Model
From prescription pad to parkrun: designing a closed-loop digital social prescribing pathway across primary, community and hospital care.
Dr Cheryl Martin
4:00pm – 4:20pm
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Afternoon Tea break
Exhibition Open
4:20pm – 5:20pm
Grand Ballroom
Plenary – The Future of Health is Human
The next era of healthcare will be shaped by extraordinary advances in technology, personalisation and data. Yet the greatest opportunities for improving health remain deeply human: how we live, connect, move, eat, rest and find purpose. This plenary brings together leading thinkers in personalised medicine, behaviour change and digital health to explore how emerging innovations can support the lifestyle medicine pillars, helping people turn knowledge into action and healthier choices into lasting habits.
Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore
Personalised Place: Don’t miss the forest for the trees. (15 minutes)
Dr Cam McDonald
Behaviour Change: Making Lifestyle Medicine Stick Between Consults. (15 minutes)
Dr Sebastian Pederson
Lifestyle Apps Will Die. The Pillars Won’t. (15 minutes)
Dr Mark Anns
5:20pm – 5:30pm
Grand Ballroom
Closing Reflections
Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore
5:30pm – 6:30pm
Break
6:30pm – late
Location to be announced
Celebration of Excellence Dinner
Celebrate the people shaping the future of Lifestyle Medicine at this special evening of recognition and connection. The Celebration of Excellence Dinner will acknowledge new ASLM Fellows, honour AALM graduates, announce the 2026 Prof Garry Egger Scholarship recipient, and present the ASLM Awards. Guests will also enjoy an inspiring and entertaining presentation from Daniel Sih, making this a memorable highlight of the conference program.
Sunday 15 November 2026
Conference Day 2
7:30am – 8:30am
Locations to be announced
Morning Activities
Begin the day by connecting with movement, nature, and community through a choice of nature-based and movement activities.
8:00am – 9:00am
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Registration
Exhibition Open
9:00am – 11:00am
Grand Ballroom
Opening Plenary – Pillars into Practice (part 1)
Lifestyle medicine is most powerful when evidence becomes action. This plenary showcases practical, real-world applications of the lifestyle medicine pillars, highlighting innovative approaches that help people reconnect with nature, build confidence in their health, harness the power of the microbiome and explore new frontiers in preventive care. Together, these presentations illustrate how small shifts in how we live, connect and interact with our environment can have profound effects on health and wellbeing.
Prof Darren Morton
Rewilding Wellbeing: How Nature, Movement and Connection Interventions Transform Health
Di Westaway
Does our nation have a health confidence disconnect?
Simone Austin
Jason Hawrelak
Aeronutrients and Aeronutrient Therapy
Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore
11:00am – 11:30am
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Morning Tea break
Exhibition Open
11:30am – 1:00pm
Grand Ballroom
Prof Darren Morton
Sleep as a Vital Sign: Harnessing Lifestyle and Behaviour Change to Transform Sleep Health
Dr Moira Junge
Food, Mood and Mental Health: The Ultra-Processed Food Connection
Deakin Food and Mood Centre
Prof Renee Bittoun
Dr Jeremy Lim
1:00pm – 1:45pm
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Lunch break
Exhibition Open
1:45pm – 2:30pm
Grand Ballroom
Practicing What We Preach – Self-Care For Clinicians
Lifestyle Medicine begins with us. Through personal reflections, professional experience and practical wisdom, this plenary explores what it means for healthcare professionals to prioritise their own wellbeing while caring for others. From navigating challenge and change to finding joy, purpose and renewal, attendees will be encouraged to reflect on their own health and leave with strategies to support sustainable, fulfilling clinical practice.
Hosted by Dr Jenny Brockis
Can Consultation-Level Change Reduce GP Burnout? Insights from a Health Coaching Pilot Study
Dr Eileen Gourley
Surprise in Clinical Practice: Attention, Listening, and Reflective Presence in Care
Dr Ross Carne
Riding the Edge of Burnout (a real story)
Fiona Sandrock
Concurrent Stream, Rapid Presentations, and Panels
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Rapid Fire Presentations: Lifestyle Medicine in Action
From innovative models of care and emerging research to practical tools and community initiatives, this session highlights the breadth and diversity of work occurring across the lifestyle medicine movement. Through a series of short presentations, delegates will gain exposure to new ideas, real-world experiences and promising approaches that are helping to translate evidence into action across healthcare and communities.
Host to be announced
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Workshop Room Grand Ballroom 2
Bridging to Lifestyle Medicine
What do we do when patients are too unwell, overwhelmed or disengaged to make the lifestyle changes we know could transform their health? This session explores practical and innovative approaches that help create a bridge between where patients are today and where they need to be to successfully engage in lifestyle medicine. From symptom management and supportive therapies to emerging models of care, presenters will share strategies for building capacity, fostering hope and creating opportunities for lasting change.
Host to be announced
Opening the neuroplastic window: Psychedelic-assisted therapy enhancing capacity for lifestyle change.
Dr Phoebe Slape, Renee Curran, Tara Mueller
Dr Ashleigh Osborne
Integrating Microbiome Testing into Lifestyle Medicine: Enhancing Personalisation, Behaviour Change and Clinical Outcomes
Dr Brad Leech
Dr Eddie Price, Dr Prathibha Jose
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Workshop Room Grand Ballroom 3
Meaning and Purpose
At the heart of every health journey lies a simple question: what makes life worth living? This session explores how meaning, purpose and connection influence health behaviours, resilience and overall wellbeing. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across healthcare and beyond, presenters will examine the evidence, stories and practical approaches that help people reconnect with what matters most, supporting not only longer lives, but richer and more meaningful ones.
Host to be announced
Dr Clinton McCullough
Dr Richard Thorpe
Vanita Smith
3:30pm – 3:45pm
Mezzanine Level & Federation Foyer
Afternoon Tea break
Exhibition Open
3:45pm – 4:30pm
Grand Ballroom
Plenary – You Don’t Need a Lifestyle Medicine Practice to Practise Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle medicine is not a destination, a job title or a particular type of clinic. It is a way of thinking about health and healthcare. As the conference draws to a close, this session brings together practical examples of how clinicians are integrating lifestyle medicine into diverse healthcare settings, often without additional resources, specialised programs or dramatic changes to their workflow. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas, renewed confidence and a clear understanding that meaningful change can begin with the very next patient encounter.
4:30pm – 4:45pm
Grand Ballroom
Closing Reflections
