Return to Work Forum 2014

The two day conference brings together speakers from multiple sectors to share best practice in return to work, injury management and rehabilitation. While considering the regulatory framework and obligations, the thrust of the conference is to explore how we can effectively implement return to work strategies that support our workers through effective rehabilitation and re-integration into the workforce. The conference considers some of the barriers to return to work, the ways in which the relationships are developed and managed not only with the workers but with the larger group of stakeholders who play a role in injury management and return to work. It considers what is involved in case management and some of the issues for health and injury.

PRESENTATIONS FROM:
* Bruce Watson, ‎Executive General Manager, Claims Management and Insurance, Comcare
* Damian Poel, Senior Manager Recovery, Transport Accident Commission
* Dr Nicola Reavely, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
* Kim Garling, WorkCover Independent Review Officer, WorkCover Independent Review Office, NSW
* Dr Clarissa Martin, Program Lead - Health and Disability Services Delivery, Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research
* Catherine Gillespie, Director, Work Conflict Resolution
* Bill Nevin, Manager, XtraCare, A Self-Insurance Unit for Queensland Employees of Glencore
* Anya Stephens, Partner, People Sense
* Associate Professor Belinda Gabbe, Head - Emergency and Trauma Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
* Medicine, Monash University and Chief Investigator, Victoria State Trauma Registry
* Dr Venerina Johnston, Work Disability Prevention, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland
* Nikki Brouwers, Managing Director, Interact Management
* Jeremy Keane, Managing Director, Injury Treatment
* Caryn Cridland,