Injury Prevention
Summit 2025
Thursday 12 June 2025
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Tickets $55 (incl. GST)
The Injury Prevention Summit is a one-day event held biennially by Injury Matters, via the Know Injury program, with funding from the Western Australian Department of Health.
The Injury Prevention Summit will connect injury prevention and safety promotion practitioners, policymakers, and representatives from Local Governments across WA to facilitate collaboration and exchange injury prevention knowledge, ideas, and information.
The Future of Injury Prevention
Themed The Future of Injury Prevention, the Injury Prevention Summit 2025 will offer insights into emerging technology and data science through an injury prevention lens, strategies for enabling positive injury outcomes in WA, and inspire innovation across the sector.
The two sessions for the day include Unlocking potential: Technological innovation and insights and Shaping tomorrow: Driving positive injury outcomes in WA.
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Injury Prevention Summit 2023 Attendees
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9:00am Registrations open 9:30am Injury Prevention Summit 2025 welcome Rachel Meade, Injury Matters 9:40am Welcome to Country Neville Collard 9:50am Welcoming address TBC TBC Keynote address:Injury Prevention in a Changing World: A One Health Approach to Population Health and Safety Lisa Sharwood, University of New South Wales 10:50am Morning tea Session One | Shaping tomorrow: Driving positive injury outcomes in WA TBC Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Practice: The WA ACCHS Social and Emotional Wellbeing Model of Service Rachel Radcliffe, Aboriginal Health Council of WA TBC Product Safety in Western Australia Catherine Purnell, Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety TBC Session One Q&A 12:20pm Lunch and networking Session Two | Unlocking potential: Technological innovation and insights TBC Leaving No One Behind: Digital Inclusion in an Increasingly Digitised World Elliot Sawers, WA Council of Social Services TBC Session Two Q&A 2:20pm Afternoon tea Session Three | Fostering a Culture of Innovation TBC Interactive Workshop: Fostering Innovation for the Future Ashleigh Dickson, East Metropolitan Health Service Innovation Hub 4:30pm Injury Prevention Summit close
Meet the Speakers
Dr Lisa Sharwood
University of New South Wales
Dr Lisa Sharwood is an experienced epidemiologist specialising in injury, public health, and health services research with 20 years of experience in academic, government, and industry settings.
She is dedicated to advocating for health and health system optimisation through data driven strategies and translating evidence-based findings to improve practice and policy for cost-effective health care.
Dr Lisa Sharwood is currently building Australia’s first National Injury Surveillance system using machine learning, in partnership with AIHW, ACCC, and other stakeholders.
Rachel Radcliffe
Aboriginal Health Council of WA
Rachel Radcliffe is a Yamatji Martu woman living and working on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar. Rachel completed a Bachelor of Health Science at Edith Cowan University and, in 2022, was a successful recipient of the Australian Health Promotion Association scholarship program.
Rachel then joined the Aboriginal Health Council of WA (AHCWA) as a Tackling Indigenous Smoking Program Officer. She now works as the Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) Program Manager within AHCWA’s Health and Wellbeing Team, overseeing a SEWB Pilot Program, a Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Pilot Program, and the Culture Care Connect suicide prevention program.
Catherine Purnell
Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety Consumer Protection Division
Catherine Purnell is a Principal Product Safety Officer in the Legislation and Policy Directorate at Consumer Protection.
Catherine coordinates product safety functions under the Australian Consumer Law to ensure consumer goods and product-related services are safe.
This includes providing support and advice to the Department’s Inspectors and Compliance and Investigations Officers on mandatory safety standards, banned products, recalls and safety warning notices. Catherine’s role also manages responses to emerging hazards, participates in national product safety projects and works with the Department’s media and community education officers to promote product safety.
Elliot Sawers
WA Council of Social Services
Elliot Sawers is the Training and Partnerships Lead on the WA Digital Inclusion Project, with extensive experience in project management, collaborative initiatives, and innovative workplace methodologies across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.
With a strong background in education and digital inclusion, Elliot has taught at Curtin University and across Western Australia and the UK. In his role as the Training and Partnerships Lead on the WA Digital Inclusion Project, Elliot has a passion for supporting diverse communities across WA.
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