The Croakey Conference News Service provides skilled, independent, multimedia reporting of conferences and other events that are likely to be of interest or use to Croakey readers.
The aims of the service include:
- To provide a service to Croakey’s readers by helping to disseminate news from events with some public interest merit
- To disseminate knowledge and contribute to improved policy, practice and services
- To contribute to more informed and empowered communities
- To help ensure the sustainability of Croakey.
Conference organisers pay for the time and costs of a journalist (or someone with appropriate skills and expertise) to attend the conference, and to provide articles for Croakey, as well as tweet-reporting and conducting video interviews. They also fund a Croakey editor’s time in organising and editing coverage.
Tweets, video interviews and articles produced as part of the service provide independent reporting, and are not vetted by conference organisers prior to publication.
Reports published at Croakey are also available to the event organisers and other organisations (subject to agreement) to publish in their own newsletters. Croakey can also produce an e-publication compiling the conference coverage.
In the interests of transparency, each article produced under this service is clearly badged with a logo.
The National Rural Health Alliance was the first to enlist the Croakey Conference News Service, for the 12th National Rural Health Conference in 2013.
Contact Croakey direct if this service is of potential interest for your event or conference.
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The Consumers Health Forum of Australia
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VicHealth
2023 coverage
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| The 3rd International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 14 – 16 June Editorial team: Amba-Rose Atkinson, Danielle Manton, Breanna Solomon, Rhanee Lester, Chenoa Wapau, Dr Ruth Armstrong, Dr Melissa Sweet | #Lowitja2023 | |
| Webinar on working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) 17 May Editorial team: Dr Ruth Armstrong, Marie McInerney | #AskMSF | |
| The Health and Democracy Forum 16 May Editorial team: Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet | #OurDemocracy | |
| National Suicide Prevention Conference 1-4 May. Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet | #NSPC23 | |
| Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMIRT) conference 27-30 April. Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet, Mitchell Ward | #ASMIRT2023 | Download |
2022 coverage
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| Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute 10th Annual Colloquium. Editorial team: Alison Barrett | #SydneyID2022 | |
| HEAL2022 conference Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Network 23-24 November. Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Alison Barrett, Dr Ruth Armstrong, Dr Melissa Sweet | #Heal2022 | |
| RANZCOG Annual Scientific Meeting 2022 With live-tweeting coverage provided 10-11 October. Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Dr Melissa Sweet | #RANZCOG22 | |
| Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum 2022, 7 October 2022. Co-hosted by Climate and Health Alliance, Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network, and Hunter New England Local Health District. A preview article and live-tweeting. Editorial team: Dr Sarah Simons, Dr Melissa Sweet, Alison Barrett | #GreenHealthForum22 | |
| Rethink Addiction National Convention With coverage provided 12-13 September, 2022 Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet | #RethinkAddiction | Download |
| The Australian College of Nursing’s National Nursing Forum, 17-19 August Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet | #NNF2022 | Download |
| The 16th National Rural Health Conference, with coverage provided for 3 August 2022. Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet | #16NRHC | Download |
| The 21st International Conference on Emergency Medicine, a hybrid event hosted by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, with coverage provided 16-18 June. Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Alison Barrett, Dr Sarah Simons, Dr Melissa Sweet | #ICEM22 | |
| The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland hosted the annual Native American Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Conference 2022 – Regional Gathering, with the theme Indigenous Futures and Sustaining Liveliness, 29-31 May. Editorial team: Dr Summer May Finlay, Dr Tess Ryan, Dr Melissa Sweet | #NAISA22 | |
| The Giant Steps conference, hosted by Safer Care Victoria, 26-27 May, held in person and online. Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet | #GiantSteps22 | Download |
| Research to Practice 2022, 19-21 May, convened by Exercise and Sports Science Australia Editorial team: H. Clare Callow, Associate Professor Lesley Russell, Dr Melissa Sweet | #RTP22 | |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Congress, ‘Stronger Bridges, Safer Harbours’, 15-19 May Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet | #RANZCP2022 | Download |
| The Choosing Wisely Australia National meeting, 3 May, 2022 Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett, Cate Carrigan, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet | #ChoosingWisely2022 | Download |
| The Equally Well 2022 Symposium, 12-13 April, 2022 Editorial team: Cate Carrigan, Dr Melissa Sweet | #EquallyWell22 | Download |
2021 coverage
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| The 2021 Global Food Governance Conference, supported by the Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney; the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments housed at the O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law at Georgetown University; and The George Institute for Global Health. Editorial team: Meera Senthilingam, Jennifer Doggett, Melissa Sweet | #FoodGovernance2021 | |
| The Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum, held by the Climate and Health Alliance, the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Pacific network and UnitingCare Queensland. Editorial team: Cate Carrigan, Melissa Sweet | #GreenHealthForum21 | |
| Lowitja Institute report and event. Editorial team: Nicole MacKee, Summer May Finlay, Cate Carrigan, Melissa Sweet | #IndigenousClimateJustice2021 | Download |
| National Nursing Forum 2021, Australian College of Nursing. Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett, Marie McInerney | #NNF2021 | Download |
| Reported on the Youth Health Forum 2021 National Summit. Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Jennifer Doggett | #YHFSummit | Download |
| Reported on the 2021 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference. Editorial team: Linda Doherty, Alison Barrett, Cate Carrigan, Marie McInerney | #21OPCC | Download |
| Reported on the World Congress of Epidemiology 2021. Editorial team: Nicole MacKee, Dr Amy Coopes, Jennifer Doggett, Dr Melissa Sweet | #WCepi2021 | |
| Reported on an online summit on value-based care, by NHMRC-funded Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability. Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Dr Melissa Sweet | Read story | |
| Reported on the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) 2021 Congress. Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Dr Amy Coopes | #RANZCP2021 | Download |
| Live Tweeted and reported on the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Women’s Health Summit. Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett, Dr Melissa Sweet | Read story | |
| Live Tweeted and reported on the online event -#GiantSteps21 Conference, hosted by Safer Care Victoria. Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Dr Melissa Sweet | #GiantSteps21 | |
| The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) launched a national conference series under the theme ‘Back to the Fire’. Editorial team: Dr Tess Ryan, Marie McInerney, Cate Carrigan, Dr Melissa Sweet, Dr Tim Senior and Nicole MacKee | Read stories | |
| Reported, live tweeted and produced two podcasts covering the Shifting Gears Summit, the first Australian and New Zealand conference on consumer leadership and experience in healthcare, hosted by the Consumers Health Forum of Australia. Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett, Nicole MacKee, Cate Carrigan, Dr Ruth Armstrong and Dr Melissa Sweet | Read stories | Download |
| Reported and live tweeted on Soundfair’s launch of the HearMe 21 project report. Editorial team: Cate Carrigan and Dr Melissa Sweet | Read stories |
2020 coverage
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| Live tweeted Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 37th Annual Scientific Meeting, held virtually. Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes and Dr Melissa Sweet | #ACEM2020 | |
| Reported and Tweeted on the Mental Health Lived Experience webinar hosted by Mental Health Victoria and the Victorian Healthcare Association. You can also read a Twitter thread here. Reporter: Marie McInerney | Article link | |
| Reported and Tweeted on a mental health reform webinar hosted by Mental Health Victoria and the Victorian Healthcare Association. You can also read a Twitter thread of #MHReform here. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #MHReform | |
| Reported and Tweeted on the online event– The Gathering of Kindness – on World Kindness Day Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett and Dr Melissa Sweet | #KindnessWorksHere | |
| A webinar discussing a report by the Menzies Centre for Health Governance, titled Australian COVID-19 policy responses: Good for health equity or a missed opportunity? Reporter: Dr Melissa Sweet | #Govern4Health | |
| A webinar, Aboriginal leadership in research and policy, launched the 2020 Symposium Series for the Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Health + Alcohol. Editorial team: Dr Tess Ryan, Dr Melissa Sweet, Marie McInerney and Dr Ruth Armstrong | #2020ResearchExcellence | |
| VicHealth hosted a series of discussions about “life and health re-imagined”, examining how the pandemic has created a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” for addressing critical determinants of health. Editorial team: Marie McInerney and Dr Melissa Sweet | #HealthReImagined | Download |
| #SAHeapsUnfair Twitter Festival – A report, titled South Australia: The Heaps Unfair State was produced by the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity and the South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS), and documents a growth in inequities in SA since the 1980s. Editorial team: Dr Melissa Sweet and Marie McInerney | #SAHeapsUnfair |
2019 coverage
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| Annual scientific meeting of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM). Reporter: Amy Coopes | #ACEM19 stories | |
| The launch of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency’s (AHPRA) designation as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Regulation in Canberra. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett | #WHOcollabAHRPA story | |
| Equally Well symposium in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #EquallyWellAust stories | |
| Grand round panel discussion on women in medicine at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #HealthAdvocacyWIM stories | |
| 15th National Rural Health Conference in nipaluna/Hobart. Reporter: Dr Melissa Sweet | #ruralhealthconf stories | |
| Lowitja Institute’s #KTthatWorks knowledge translation forum in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #KTthatWorks stories | |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ 2019 Congress, #RANZCP2019, in Cairns. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #RANZCP2019 stories | |
| 2019 Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #OKtoAsk2019 stories | |
| Lowitja Institute’s second International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conferenceon the lands of the Larrakia Nation in Darwin. Reporters: Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney | #LowitjaConf2019 stories | |
| Mental Health and Ageing summit convened in Melbourne by Mental Health Victoria. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #MHAgeing stories | |
| Australian College of Nursing’s National Nursing Forum was held in Hobart. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #NNF2019 | |
| The Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity Forum at the UNSW in Sydney. Reporter: Amy Coopes | #CPHCE19 stories | |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) meeting in Melbourne. Reporter: Amy Coopes | #RANZCOG19 stories | |
| Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) conference in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #VMIAC2019 stories | |
| Safer Care Victoria Giant Steps – Towards Better, Safer Care conference in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #GiantSteps19 stories | |
2018 coverage
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| VicHealth annual health promotion awards. Reporter Marie McInerney | #VHAwards stories | |
| Grand round panel event hosted by the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne discussing how how they and the broader sector can practically, legally and ethically advocate for asylum seekers and refugees. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #HealthAdvocacy | |
| Second World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference in Perth. Reporters: Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney | #WISPC18 stories | |
| Second National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference in Perth. Reporters: Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney | #ATSISPC18 stories | |
| Australasian College for Emergency Medicine conference in Perth. Reporter: Amy Coopes | #ACEM18 stories | |
| National 2nd Annual NDIS & Mental Health Conference in Melbourne, hosted by Mental Health Victoria and Community Mental Health Australia. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #NDISMentalHealth stories | |
| Mental Health in the Emergency Department Summit held in Melbourne, and hosted by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) in partnership with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). Reporter: Marie McInerney | #MHED18 stories | |
| #VMIACAwards18 night. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #VMIACAwards18 stories | |
| Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) conference in Adelaide. Reporter: Amy Coopes | #RANZCOG stories | |
| Annual forum of the UNSW Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity. Reporter: Ruth Armstrong | #CPHCE stories | |
| Inaugural Youth Health Forum convened in Canberra by the Consumers Health Forum of Australia. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett | ||
| Australian Health Promotion Association’s National Symposium in Canberra. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett | #AHPA2018 stories | |
| 5th Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Summit in Sydney. Reporters: Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney | #IndigenousHealthSummit stories | |
| Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting in Canberra. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett | #OKToAsk2018 stories | |
| Nurseforce for the Future, the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) 10th Annual National Conferencein Brisbane. Reporter: Marie McInerney | #Nurseforce stories | |
| Lowitja Institute forum in Canberra, Community priorities into policy. Reporter: Dr Megan Williams | #ResearchIntoPolicy stories | |
| 6th Rural and Remote Scientific Symposium in Canberra. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett | #6rrhss stories |
2017 coverage
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| The national conference of Indigenous Allied Health Australia in Perth. Reporter: Karen Wyld | #IAHAConf17 stories |