Recovery, reconnection and revival. A celebration of primary care.

26–29 October 2023 | Sydney Australia
#WONCASydney2023

Welcome messages

Committees

RACGP would like to acknowledge and thank the many volunteers from around the world involved in the planning of the WONCA 2023 through the following committees.

Host Organising Committee

Adj. Prof Karen Price	President, RACGP
Prof Amanda Barnard	Australian National University
Dr Sean Black-Tiong	Chair, RACGP GPs in Training Faculty
Dr Sarah Chalmers	President, ACRRM
Prof Karen Flegg	President-elect, WONCA (2023)
Dr Emily Kirkpatrick	South Australia Health
Dr Garth Manning	Past CEO, WONCA
Dr Mark Miller	Chair, RACGP International
Prof Mark Morgan	Chair, Scientific Committee / Bond University
Prof Brad Murphy	Ashfield Country Practice / Bond University
Dr Samantha Murton	President, RNZCGP

Conference Planning Committee

Dr Harris Lygidakis (Chair)	WONCA CEO
Andrea Zard	WONCA Secretariat
Dr Bohumil Seifert	Past WONCA President
Adj. Prof Karen Price	RACGP President

Conference Scientific Committee

Prof Mark Morgan (Chair)	Bond University
Prof Felicity Goodyear-Smith (Deputy Chair)	University of Auckland
A/Prof Jill Benson AM	GPEx / University of Adelaide
Prof Bruce Chater	University of Queensland
A/Prof Lyn Clearihan AM	Monash University
Prof Gerard Gill	Deakin University
Dr Katie Jeffress	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Faculty representative
Prof Siaw-Teng Liaw	University of New South Wales
Prof Parker Magin	University of Newcastle
Prof Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	Chair, RACGP REC-Research / University of Melbourne
Prof Dimity Pond	University of Newcastle
Adj. Prof Karen Price	President, RACGP
Prof Grant Russell	Monash University
Prof Liz Sturgiss	Monash University
Prof Michael Tam	University of New South Wales
Prof Les Toop	University of Ortago
Prof Chris van Weel	Past WONCA President
Dr Aleeta Fejo

International Advisory Committee

Prof Karen Flegg (Chair)	Australia
Dr Anna Stavdal	Norway
Dr Shanzhu Zhu	China
Prof Mohammed ‘Husni’ Jamal	Malaysia
Prof Nobutaro ‘Nobu’ Ban	Japan
Adj A/Prof Tan Tze Lee	Singapore
Dr Sankha Randenikumara	Sri Lanka
A/Prof Saniya Sabzwari	Pakistan
Prof Maria Pilar Astier-Peña	Spain
Prof Val Wass	United Kingdom
Dr Kim Yu	United States of America
A/Prof Victor Ng	Canada
Prof Bob Mash	South Africa
Dr Kate Anteyi	Nigeria
Prof Thomas Meoño Martin	Costa Rica
Prof Enrique Falceto de Barros	Brazil
A/Prof Nagwa Nashat Hegazy	Egypt
Dr Mohammed Tarawneh	Jordan
A/Prof Roar Maagaard	Denmark
Prof Marvin Reid	Jamaica
Dr Henry Lawson	Ghana
Dr Joseph Scott-Jones	New Zealand
Dr Steve Mowle	United Kingdom
Dr Dora Berneal	Colombia

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