Congress Program

* Congress Program for 2012 will be available next year.

Monday 8 August 2011

9.00-9.20am	Registration
9.20am	Welcome & International HPM Overview Sean Sullivan, President & CEO, Institute for Health & Productivity Management (IHPM), Deborah Love - Chief Operating Officer, IHPM
9.45am	Keynote: The Real Business Value of a Healthy Workforce - The Unilever Experience Dr John Cooper, ex-Unilever Corporate Medical Director Health care costs are rising fast in most countries of the world, and governments as well as organisations are struggling with how to tackle these rising costs. Evidence is starting to accrue that well-run health programs can make significant reductions in health care costs whilst at the same time providing other benefits to employees in terms of improved health as well as business benefits in terms of lower absence rates together with higher levels of performance and employee engagement. This talk will focus on the hard evidence for the business benefits of a well-run health & wellbeing program.
10.30am	Coffee break & visit expo
11.00am	Australian National Health Prevention Authority Dr Lisa Studdert, Manager, Policy and Programs, Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA) ANPHA has been created by the Federal Government to provide national leadership for effective and sustained investments in prevention and health promotion and is charged with taking a comprehensive approach to these efforts. The role of work and the workplace in health is key to such efforts and the Agency will seek to engage and support a broad range of stakeholders in this effort. This presentation will introduce the agency and outline the strategic directions set for the period 2011-15.
11.30am	The New Australian Wellbeing Index - Different Perspectives on Australia’s Health and Wellbeing Steve Leader Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of Sydney and Geoffrey Smith - Roy Morgan (AWI)
12.00pm	Current issues in the management of occupational mental health Dr Peter Cotton, Director of Psychology Services, Psychology Services. Medibank Health Solutions The significant cost burden to employers of workplace mental health issues has become clear in recent years. What is less clear is how employees with mental health issues can be effectively managed from the workplace perspective. Employee assistance programs continue to be primarily reactive and the standard three to four session model is ineffective in mitigating the workplace impact of mental health problems. On the other hand there is evidence to support particular early intervention strategies but these have had negligible take up by Australian employers. Additionally, there is evidence to support the value of emerging telephonic and online based mental health treatment programs. This presentation will provide an overview of current issues and directions in the workplace management of mental health issues.
12.30pm	Lunch & visit expo

TRACK 1 - Introducing Health & Productivity Management into your business

TRACK 2 - Enhancing your existing Health & Productivity Management Program

13.30pm	HAPIA - Best Practice Guidelines Katrina Walton, Director / Corporate Wellness Strategist - Wellness Designs With the recent release of the ‘HAPIA Best-Practice Guidelines – Workplace Health in Australia‘, organisations now have a practical and proven blueprint for a successful and sustainable program. Whether you’re in the process of planning your program or looking to revamp your existing offering, this session will outline how to put these theoretical guidelines into practice. The ultimate result? A win-win situation for both your employees and your organisation.	13.30pm	Measuring The Impact of Health on Productivity Sean Sullivan - The Gold Book IHPM’s Gold Book is a guide to psychometrically designed self-assessment survey tools for determining the impact of health problems on worker functionality and productivity. Written to help employers, providers, consultants and researchers measure what had not been measured before - the so-called “indirect” costs of lost productivity resulting from health issues in the work force. Since this guide appeared, subsequent research in different employer settings has shown this cost to be much larger than direct medical expenditures for chronic conditions – making these tools and the data they yield especially valuable to employers seeking to target their work force health “investments” for the best return.
14.00pm	NSW Healthy Workers Initiative Dr Brendan Goodger, Branch Manager, Statewide Major Projects The National Partnership Agreement on Preventative Health will provide the NSW Government with $46 million over four years to improve the health related lifestyles of working adults. NSW Health is developing a range of programs and initiatives in response to this investment, this is known as the NSW Healthy Workers Initiative. This presentation will provide an overview of the initiative and the context within NSW in terms of the workforce, barriers and enablers. Details on the planning and development work which has been undertaken and the next steps forward will also be discussed.	14.00pm	Blue-collar men’s health and wellbeing: Issues to consider in developing workplace interventions Dr Karin du Plessis, Research Coordinator, MAPS Blue-collar working men present a large and unique subset of the Australian workforce. They also exhibit particular health-related issues and, in comparison to other groups, a lack of health promoting behaviour. This paper reviews the impact of gender and socioeconomic factors in designing workplace interventions for blue-collar environments. It also considers a range of factors, including barriers to implementation and misconceptions about blue-collar men, which should be considered prior to developing workplace programs.
14.30pm	Coffee break & visit expo	14.30pm	Coffee break & visit expo
15.00pm	‘Know Your Numbers’ - The Importance and Power Of Data A Longitudinal View Demonstrating Year-On-Year ROI’s of $2+:$1 Brad McDougall, MD Springboard Health & Performance You can’t manage what you can’t measure. The purposeful collection and intelligent use of data is paramount when building or managing a targeted health and productivity management program. This is particularly true when considering the diverse needs of large dispersed employment settings. Learn how a 2,000+ staff employer developed a multi-year health and productivity strategy that has leveraged the power of data to deliver sustainable and comprehensive outcomes: short and long term cost savings, sustained decreased absenteeism, increased employee engagement, and improved health outcomes.	15.00pm	Social Media & Employee Engagement Mariah Gillespie, Social Media Strategist - JXT Consulting Emerging technologies like social and digital media are providing new ways of communicating and collaborating. Companies with corporate health initiatives need to understand the nature of emerging technologies, how their employees are using them and how to best integrate them into their health and productivity management programs.
15.30pm	Top Ten Program Options Dr Michael McCoy, Director Online Services, Fitness2live, Medibank Health Solutions Various presenters will discuss; Health Checks, Seminars & Workshops, Coaching, Fluvax, Activities (yoga, massage etc), Portal/online and HRA, Expo’s, Weight Management, Smoking Cessation and Walking Challenges.	15.30pm	Multidisciplinary - Maximising Participation to Achieve Health Outcomes Cheryl Ormond, Team Leader EHS Performance & Systems - Santos The Santos Health Program has been running for 6 years with consistently high participation rates in that time. The last 12 months have seen a significant increase in participation in nearly every aspect of the program. This increase in participation has been achieved through an increased focus on the core Santos belief that “all employees go home from work without injury and illness”.

16.00pm	Integration - Interactive Panel
17.15pm	Close

Tuesday 9 August 2011

7.30am	Sponsored Breakfast From Weet Bix to Workplace Health and Wellbeing - what’s the story? Kevin Jackson, CEO of Sanitarium
8.45am	Opening Remarks Sean Sullivan, President & CEO, Institute for Health & Productivity Management Including Award Presentation - Dr Toby Ford, President HAPIA
9.00am	World View of health and wellness Chrissie Owens - worldwide partner, Mercer’s Global Health Management Consulting This session will take in experiences from numerous geographies and cover the lessons and ramifications for Australia. It will explore the way that health issues are manifesting and the direct impact on culture, productivity and profitability.
9.45am	Early Retirement - Impact on the Australian Workforce Deborah Schofield - Professor and Chair of Health Economics NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre and School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School Poor health is one of the major reasons for early retirement. In this presentation important questions such as the following will be addressed: What impact does illness have on economic outcomes for individuals and what is the impact on Australian Government programs? What approaches to health could be taken to combat the shrinking supply of labour as the workforce ages?
10.15am	Sleeping on the job, can it be done? Dr Angela Baker Ph.D. – Director FRMS Research & Services, Circandian Australia Sleep loss or sleep deprivation that lead to fatigue is something that we cannot afford to ignore. If we do ignore our need to sleep, it is likely that we may experience a myriad of potentially unpleasant and dangerous physiological and cognitive changes that put us at greater risk. Many of these changes can be managed if we know how much sleep we need and we protect it but sometimes our lives at work and at home conspire against us and we find that we turn up to work in a less than optimal state of functioning putting ourselves and others at risk both in the workplace and in the public environment. Can organistions manage sleeping at work? Should they? If they do, how is this successfully achieved and is it the responsible thing to do?
10.45am	Coffee break & visit expo
11.15am	State panel - Work Health Authorities Moderator Cath Winter - Director, Healthy Children, Healthy Workers Section, Healthy Living Branch, Department of Health and Ageing
12.00pm	See it, Feel it, Touch it: Engaging Communication Strategies Greg McLoughlin, Managing Director - Health by Design Advertisements that sell mimic their target audience. People inherently want to be healthier. We begin with a captive audience but we lose them when we start speaking like health professionals or by telling them benign information they’ve heard before. When health information is compelling, relevant and presented in a manner that appeals to the audience they will listen! This session looks at innovative behaviourally oriented health promotion initiatives that deliver WOW factor. With over 90% readership in current real world programs we look at ideas that are both working now, as well as discussing future directions. See it, feel it, touch it. A case study for a health promotion strategy tested from corporate offices in Perth to the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia is discussed with a realistic look at the feasibility of use on a national scale.
12.40pm	Lunch & visit expo

TRACK 1 - Case Studies

TRACK 2 - Case Studies

13.45pm	Smoking - Kick it Jane Rawson & Anna Baxendale - Alere ‘Kick It!’ is a bespoke smoking cessation program aimed at reducing tobacco smoking prevalence in a large transport organisation. RailCorp has placed itself at the forefront of employee engagement, implementing strategies aligned with industry best practice. This presentation will discuss senior management commitment, which includes both senior and front line managers acting as program ambassadors as they too undertake their own quit journeys, coupled with a comprehensive internal communications plan to maximise program uptake. The ‘Kick it’ program is being evaluated at 3, 6 and 12 months periods. This presentation will discuss evaluation measures, which include cessation outcomes, analysis of implemented quit strategies, effectiveness of program components and post cessation physiological changes.	13.45pm	Healthy Weight, NSW Health Case Study – Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service® Dianne Eggins - Acting Manager, Strategic Projects, Centre for Health Advancement The Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service® was launched in February 2009 by NSW Health and is a free telephone based service that provides information and ongoing behaviour change coaching support for adults in relation to healthy eating, physical activity and achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. The NSW Service is also available in the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania. This presentation will provide an overview of the Get Healthy Service, some initial service results and the results of formative research about how the Service can be promoted and supported in the workplace.
14.30pm	Nutrition/Activity The utility of an audit tool to assess physical activity and nutrition-related attributes Micalla Williden - AUT Audits were conducted in 23 worksites of one organisation across New Zealand over a three month period. Employees completed an online health risk assessment. Partial correlation coefficients tested the relationship between environmental attributes of the worksite and employee physical activity and nutrition-related behaviours. Taking advantage of opportunities for regular informational seminars and workplace activities were at the discretion of local managers. Trivial associations were found between physical elements of the worksite and employee physical activity and nutrition behaviours. Fruit at Work’s Workplace Health Index – 2008 vs 2011: Are Australian companies and employees moving in the right direction? Wendy Visontay, Founder & Stefanie Stephenson, National Relationship Manager - Fruit at Work Pty Ltd This presentation will provide an analysis of the 2011 Fruit at Work Workplace Health index findings and a comparison between where we were three years ago and where we are today.	14.30pm	International Case Study Austrian Case Study - Workplace Health Promotion with a focus on the SME-market Markus Feigl Both projects run through the typical management cycle, analysis of status-quo – participative development and planning of interven-tions – implementation of interventions – evaluation. The quality criteria of the Euro-pean Network for Workplace Health Promotion (www.enwhp.org) and the basic prin-ciples of WHP according to the “Luxembourg Declaration” (European Union, 1997) have been considered as a basic understanding to assure good quality of the process and the results.
15.00pm	Coffee break & visit expo	15.00pm	Coffee break & visit expo
15.30pm	Anxiety & Depression Mindful Employer: a SANE approach to mental health and the workplace Charmaine Smith, Manager, Mindful Employer Initiative - Sane Australia Around one-third of Australians will experience a mental illness at some stage of their lives. How companies respond is critical to their efficiency and the lives of employees affected. A poor response can mean the loss of talented people and potential damage to a company’s reputation. SANE Australia will outline a comprehensive, ‘SANE’ approach that provides your employees with practical tools and skills to respond effectively and with confidence, to mental health problems at work.	15.30pm	BWell – Implementation and Health Impact John Lang, MD - Alere Health Boral’s internationally acclaimed BWell Program that won the IHPM award in 2007, has gained new momentum despite major company re-structures following difficult GFC times. With a new CEO on board, BWell quickly re-gained support from top level by reviewing its contribution to the bottom line. The successful follow-up of over 100 critical events illustrates the importance of the program.

16.00pm

An update on health and wellness coaching and its role in corporate wellness
Fiona Cosgrove, Executive Wellness Coach, Wellness Coaching Australia and Troy Morgan, Managing Director, Willows Health & Lifestyle Centre
This session will give an update on the current status of health and wellness coaching in the corporate world. Coaching can change the way a person’s brain works to facilitate the possibility of change, and recent research (Boyatzis and Jack, 2010) will be presented to illustrate this. Delivering wellness programs in a coaching style is as important as the content of such programs if we want to engage our employees. Empowering internal staff to coach others to increased wellness is now a viable option along with running group coaching programs that create a sense of affiliation and in house supported and the use of online and telephonic coaching as a lower cost alternative. The important message of this session is the need to move away from bombarding our people with information and emphasise the “how” more than the “what” to help them adopt lifestyle behaviours that work. The presentation takes you on the journey of Bob the employee, blissfully ignorant of his hidden health issues along the coaching road of transformation supported by a corporate health model of behaviour change. This allied health coaching team approach concentrates on the behaviour change that individuals need to make to achieve real outcome goals. In turn, this process delivers a culture of health throughout the workplace.

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