Orators and Keynote Speakers

Dr Michael Robson is the Besins Healthcare Keynote Speaker and is a distinguished medical professional, who completed his training and earned his MBBS at St Thomas’s Hospital, London, England, in 1982.

Dr Marie Vikström Bolin, MD, PhD, is the Norman Beischer Medical Research Foundation Keynote Speaker and stands as a prominent figure in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology

Dr Kati Taghavi completed an MD-PhD in epidemiology investigating the secondary prevention of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan among women living with HIV (WLWH).

Moananu Dr Karaponi Okesene-Gafa is a distinguished Senior Lecturer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Auckland.

Alison was the first Indigenous midwife to be based at a major maternity hospital and played a leading part in setting up a national maternity health-training program.