Be part of an interdisciplinary society of doctors, allied health practitioners, public health professionals, health executives, educators and researchers advancing Lifestyle Medicine
Conference Program Friday
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
Healthy Aging: Sarcopenia and osteoporosis screening in Lifestyle Medicine
Sarcopenia and osteoporosis present a significant burden of disease and increasing risks for falls, fractures and frailty in our rapidly aging society. We will present the evidence-based approaches to the identification and management of these common conditions using a collaborative lifestyle medicine approach. By attending this workshop you will gain the necessary expertise to implement these strategies immediately on returning to practice.
Dr Peter McCann, Dr Carl Thistlethwayte, Dr 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)
