Monday 14 September 2026
Theme: Co-design, Implementation, and Trauma-Informed Burn Care & Research
Audience: People with lived experience of burns (adults/youth), as well as their families/carers, and clinicians or other stakeholders providing support in the community (e.g., private providers, return to work professionals, lawyers). In addition, this workshop will welcome researchers and implementation professionals involved in developing or providing information and support to people who have experienced burn injury recovery.
Intended Outputs (by end of day):
1. Practical take-home strategies for trauma-informed practice and research
2. Shared understanding of authentic co-design and implementation in burns
3. A prioritised list of post-discharge information & support processes for the Ember to Empower study
4. A map of support networks of people after initial burn care for the Ember to Empower study
| 8:30 | Registration | Boulevard B1-B2 | Registration, consent for photos/recordings & participation in Ember to Empower study | |||
| 9:00 | Welcome to Country, Housekeeping | ||||
| 9:15 | Session 1: Trauma informed care & research | Practical take-home strategies for trauma-informed practice, research and self-care for general well-being in stressful times. | Presentation by Dr Martha Druery followed by small group discussion. | ||
| 10:30 | Morning Tea | ||||
| 10:45 | Session 2: Co-design & implementation in burn care | What authentic engagement of consumers looks like, what works, what to avoid.
Invited presentation: Co-Design in Action: Tools, Techniques, and a Little Bit of Magic! |
Consumer led case studies & invited presentation by Professor Evonne Miller | ||
| 12:15 | Lunch | People wander to get their own lunch around Southbank | |||
| 13:00 | Session 3: Prioritising post discharge info & support | Priorities to inform next phase of Ember to Empower | Facilitated prioritisation activities & small group discussions | ||
| 14:30 | Practice skills & reflect | Mindfulness body scan or stretch (quiet/ dim lights) | |||
| 14:45 | Session 4: Group discussion | Summing up priorities | Full group discussion | ||
| 15:15 | Afternoon Tea | ||||
| 15:30 | Session 5: Planning next steps | Meeting of CAG members, investigators and planning for next steps of the Ember to Empower study – informed by priorities & the study protocol | Full group & small group discussion | ||
| 16:15 | Session 6: Support network & wrap up | Collaborative mapping activity | Facilitated activity | ||
Wednesday 16 September 2026
| Sponsored Breakfast Session | Boulevard B1-B2 |
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| 07:00 – 08:00 | The Next Chapter in Surgeon-Led Innovation: MTX and MTX + BTM in Clinical Practice Prof Roy Kimble, Prof Carl Lisec, and Dr Brendan O’Connor BTM began with a surgeon identifying an unmet clinical need and partnering with PolyNovo to solve it. NovoSorb MTX is the next chapter in that story. In this breakfast session, Prof Roy Kimble (Queensland Children’s Hospital), Prof Carl Lisec (Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital) and Dr Brendan O’Connor (Townsville University Hospital) share their early experience with MTX; on its own and alongside BTM, across paediatric and adult cases, and reflect on what clinician–industry partnership can deliver for patients. |
| 07:30 | Registration | Boulevard Foyer |
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Session 1: Opening Plenary Room: Boulevard Auditorium |
| Welcome from Co-Convenors Andrea Mc Kittrick & Carl Lisec |
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| A Golden Commemoration: The Golden Jubilee Medal of the Australian and New Zealand Burn Association John Pearn (5 mins) |
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| Murray Clark Oration Professor Roy Kimble (30 mins) |
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| Growing a worldwide burns workforce Jim Gallagher (20 mins) |
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| 10:00 – 10:40 | Morning Tea & Exhibition | Boulevard Foyer |
| 10:40 – 12:30 | Session 2: Burn care revolution, from saving lives to improving lives Room: Boulevard Auditorium |
| Evolution of objective scar evaluations over the past 50 years Bernadette Nedelec (20 mins) |
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| Impact Presentations (12 mins) | |
| Digital health collection of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in paediatric burn scars: Nicole Alexander (2 mins) | |
| Comparative accuracy and inter-rater reliability of digital tools for burn surface area estimation: A Systematic Review: Sparsh Tiwari (2 mins) | |
| Frailty improves prognostic accuracy in elderly patients with major burns: a Western Australian cohort study: Dylan C Prunster (2 mins) | |
| The Hidden Hurt: Unmasking Vascular Rebound Pain in Children After Burn Injury: Morgan Jackson (2 mins) | |
| Under the Shade, Still at Risk: Limitations of Shade in Preventing Reflective UV: Yu Ting Tay (2 mins) | |
| A single centre experience in the management of lower extremity burns in diabetic patients 2020-2023: Tiarnan White (2 mins) | |
| Embedding patient‑reported outcome measures into routine burn scar care: A hybrid effectiveness-implementation study Zephanie Tyack (10 mins) |
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| The potential effect on quality of life in individuals with burn injury: Utilizing smartphone assisted self-management education at aftercare Siu Kwong Liu (5 mins) |
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| Measuring What Matters After Burns: Implementing the Brisbane Burn Scar Impact Profile (BBSIP) in NSW Anne Darton (5 mins) |
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| Fifty Years On: Survivor and Carer Voices Guiding the Future of Burn Care in NSW Siobhan Connolly (10 mins) |
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| Understanding return-to-employment after burn injury: Lived experience perspectives Akane Katsu (10 mins) |
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| Implementation and evaluation of an innovative stepped psychosocial model of care for medical traumatic stress in young burn injured children Alexandra De Young (10 mins) |
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| The Ember to Empower study: Co-designing a burn recovery resource for burn survivors Dale Trevor (5 mins) |
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| Burn scar management with use of UltraClear® a novel 2910mn ablative fractional laser Andrea Issler-Fisher (10 mins) |
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| Impact Presentations (8 mins) | |
| Effect of BMI on palm size: Elise C Rawlinson (2 mins) | |
| The burden of facial and neck burns: A retrospective review of Regional Burn Unit referrals: Novell Shu Chyng Teoh (2 mins) | |
| Defining lower limb compression: sub-bandage pressure delivered by different compression methods over the foot and lower limb: Dale Edwick (2 mins) | |
| Clinical Research Priorities Workshop (7 mins) | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch, Posters & Exhibition | Boulevard Foyer |
| 12:45 – 13:15 | Priority Setting Workshop | Boulevard Auditorium |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Session 3: Beyond the numbers – 50 years of progress in burn management Room: Boulevard Auditorium |
| Panel Discussion: Is pain always a numbers game? What is the best experience of multiple methods (20 mins) |
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| Inhaled Dexmedetomidine for Analgesia and Sedation in Burns (IDEAS-B): pilot-feasibility of a phase III randomised controlled crossover trial. Jayesh Dhanani (10 mins) |
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| Translating lessons learnt from implementing a universal evidence-based procedural care framework into a paediatric burns outpatient setting Megan Simons (10 mins) |
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| A golden opportunity: 50 years of Virtual Reality transforming paediatric burn pain, past lessons, present evidence and future potential Belinda Kipping (5 mins) |
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| Flamazine: Good Riddance or a Sad Goodbye? Aditya Mishra (5 mins) |
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| Defining compression: How much skin interface pressure is delivered with different methods of compression in the hand and upper limb? Dale Edwick (10 mins) |
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| Feasibility and Acceptability of Wearable Technology in Patients with Burn Injury to Measure Energy Expenditure Bronwyn Segon (10 mins) |
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| 15:00 – 15:30 | Afternoon Tea & Exhibition | Boulevard Foyer |
| 15:30 – 16:50 | Session 4: Contrasting burn outcomes across geographical regions Room: Boulevard Auditorium |
| Panel Discussion: Contrasting burn outcomes across geographical regions (30 mins) |
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| A Golden Milestone in Burn Care: Co‑Designing an Equitable Recovery Resource Siobhan Connolly (10 mins) |
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| Bridging the Gap: Addressing geographic and ethnic inequities in facial and neck burn Novell Shu Chyng Teoh (10 mins) |
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| Micronutrient Monitoring in Post-Burn Care: Findings from Australia’s First Dietetic Outpatient Burns Clinic Emma McShane (5 mins) |
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| Development of a Japanese Version of the Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile: Cultural Adaptation and Cognitive Testing Yukio Sato (5 mins) |
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| Psychometric properties of the Australian Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation Profile (Aus-LIBRE Profile) Liz Capell (10 mins) |
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| Use of a biosensor for earlier recognition of extravasation injuries in PICU: a randomised controlled trial Craig McBride (10 mins) |
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| Day 1 Wrap Up | |
| 17:00 – 17:45 | ANZBA Annual General Meeting |
Thursday 17 September 2026
| Sponsored Breakfast Session |
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| 07:00 – 08:00 | My journey with MatriDerm: Two Decades of clinical evidence and the path forward with MatriDerm pluS+ and future innovation Dr. Markus ÖhlbauerJoin Dr Markus Öhlbauer, Head of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Microsurgery/Burn Centre, BG Trauma Centre Murnau, for a breakfast session reflecting on two decades of clinical evidence with MatriDerm and introducing MatriDerm pluS+, the new bi-layer matrix enabling rapid two-stage reconstruction (7–10 days) and future innovation in modern wound management. |
| 08:00 | Registration | Boulevard Foyer |
| 08:30 – 10:00 | Session 5: From innovation to standard practice in burns surgery Room: Boulevard Auditorium |
| Novosorb® Biodegradable Temporising Matrix (BTM) in Major Burns: Clinical Outcomes and Health System Costs Varun Harish (15 mins) |
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| Split Thickness Skin Grafting for Minor Burns under Local Anaesthesia Jevin Karunia (10 mins) |
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| Time is tissue: The Impact of Delays to Initial Debridement on Outcomes in Paediatric Burn Injuries Neha Athreya (10 mins) |
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| Biodegradable temporising matrix for the management of paediatric burns and complex wounds with tissue loss Sarthak Tandon (10 mins) |
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| Negative pressure wound Therapy in acute paediatric hand and foot burns: A Randomised Control Trial Emma Lumsden (10 mins) |
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| Autologous Bioengineered Skin for the Definitive Closure of Full-Thickness Burn Injuries – Early Results from a Phase IB Clinical Trial Heather Cleland (10 mins) |
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| Functional Clinical Outcomes following Composite Dermal Graft Lucas Guimaraes Carelli (5 mins) |
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| Evolution of Burn Wound Excision and the Use of Acellular Biosynthetic Temporary Skin Substitute as an Alternative to Cadaveric Allograft Louis Ferrari (5 mins) |
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| Impact Presentations (20 mins) | |
| Debridement and Split Thickness Skin Grafting Performed under Local Anaesthesia in an Outpatient Setting: A Case Series: Jevin Karunia (2 mins) | |
| Prevalence of Multi-Resistant Organisms in Burns Patients with Prolonged Length of Stay (≥4 weeks) at the RBWH Burns Unit: Andrea Manrique Villa (2 mins) | |
| ACELLULAR FISH SKIN GRAFTS IN WOUND REEPITHELISATION AND REDUCING COSTS: Lucas Carelli (2 mins) | |
| Impact of Temperature Management Practices and Time in Hypothermia on Mortality in Patients with Severe Burns: Elisha Purcell (2 mins) | |
| Fibroblast plasticity in human dermis: implications for fibrotic commitment in wound healing: Andrew Stevenson (2 mins) | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Morning Tea & Exhibition | Boulevard Foyer |
| 10:30 – 12:10 | Session 6: From bench to bedside, implementing research into burns care Room: Boulevard Auditorium |
| Knowing is Not Enough: Implementation Science and the Impact Imperative in Burn Care Amanda Bettencourt (20 mins) |
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| Top 10 Research Publications Lee Cancio (15 mins) |
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| Implementation of Negative Pressure for Acute Pediatric Burns (INPREP): Results from a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Maleea Holbert (10 mins) |
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| Implementation outcomes for the early treatment of paediatric hypertrophic burn scars using minimally-invasive methods: A mixed methods process evaluation Brandon Meikle (10 mins) |
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| Implementation of Patient Reported Outcome Measures for paediatric hypertrophic burn scars into routine clinical care Nicole Alexander (10 mins) |
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| Barriers and Enablers to Providing Evidence-Based Acute Paediatric Burn Care in Rural and Remote Queensland Kylie Fischer (10 mins) |
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| Cost-Efficient, Personalized 3D-Printed Facial Masks for Burn Therapy and Rehabilitation– Our Process in Western Australia Daniel Chai (5 mins) |
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| Treadmill Burns between 2014 to 2025 at a Major Burns Tertiary Centre in Queensland Intesar Nur (5 mins) |
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| A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating the Pattern of Burns in Different Geographical Locations of the Northern Territory Bahjat Alirani (5 mins) |
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| Reconstructive Strategy in a Complex Full Thickness Hemi-facial Contact Burn in a Polytrauma Patient Candra Maung (5 mins) |
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| 12:10 – 13:10 | Lunch, Posters & Exhibition | Boulevard Foyer |
| 13:10 – 14:30 | Session 7: Burn under pressure- readiness for mass casulty events Room: Boulevard Auditorium |
| Panel Discussion: Contrasting burn outcomes across geographical regions (30 mins) |
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| Reflections of the Iraq and Afghan war Lee Cancio (20 mins) |
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| In a World at War, is There a Deterrent Effect to Mass Casualty Medical Preparedness? James Jeng (5 mins) |
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| 14:30 – 15:00 | Afternoon Tea & Exhibition | Boulevard Foyer |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Session 8: From resuscitation to recovery in burns ICU care Room: Boulevard Auditorium |
| The Lethal Triad in Patients with Severe Burns Elisha Purcell (10 mins) |
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| The association between early opioid use and duration of mechanical ventilation after acute burn injury: a 10‑year retrospective study Kate Speakman (10 mins) |
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| Exploring current physiotherapy practice in managing patients with burn inhalation injuries across Australian and New Zealand intensive care units Dale Edwick (5 mins) |
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| Frailty, burn severity, and acute physiology in elderly burn patients admitted to intensive care: a single-centre retrospective cohort study Dylan Prunster (10 mins) |
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| Debate: We have come along way from burns cream and hope (25 mins) |
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| 16:30 – 18:00 | Social Activity: The Big Hustle It’s time to settle the score — think Amazing Race meets Scavenger Hunt as teams battle it out in a series of creative challenges, puzzles, and head-to-head missions. State pride is on the line, so grab your bandana and bring your A-game — only one state can take home the medals! |