Note: This page will be updated progressively as speaker and faculty confirmations are finalised.
Prof Victoria Brazil
Co-organiser, Simulation Reconnect 2026
Director, Translational Simulation Collaborative, Bond University
Prof Victoria Brazil is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Director of the Simulation Service at Gold Coast Health, and leads the Bond University Translational Simulation Collaborative. Victoria’s main interests are in connecting education with patient care - through translational simulation in healthcare, and in developing high performing healthcare teams. Victoria is Senior Editor at Advances in Simulation and co-producer of Simulcast, a podcast about healthcare simulation.
Dr Jessica Stokes-Parish
Co-organiser, Simulation Reconnect 2026
Associate Dean, Student Affairs & Service Quality, & Deputy Director, Translational Simulation Collaborative, Bond University
Dr Jessica Stokes-Parish is a practicing ICU nurse and academic at Bond University’s Medical Program. In addition to her teaching and service roles, she is the lead of the Simulated Participant Program for the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine. She holds a PhD in simulation-based education. Her areas of research include workforce preparedness, simulated patient methodology, moulage, and gender equity.
Dr Daniel Seng
Co-organiser, Simulation Reconnect 2026
Consultant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Woodlands Hospital
Dr Daniel Seng is a consultant Orthopaedic surgeon and medical educator. He is the chairperson of the Simulation and Clinical Training Committee in Woodlands Hospital, and is also a teaching faculty in the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine as well as Singapore Institute of Technology. He was awarded the National Healthcare Group Interprofessional Teaching award in 2023. He has a keen interest in trauma and limb reconstruction as well as building effective teams.
Dr Soffien Chadli Ajmi
Consultant Neurologist, Stavanger University Hospital
Dr Soffien Ajmi is a consultant neurologist at Stavanger University Hospital, Norway, working mainly in stroke care, quality improvement, and clinical research. He recently completed a PhD focusing on the use of simulation as a tool for quality improvement in acute stroke management. He serves as Deputy Chair of the Norwegian Stroke Organization and is actively involved in the European Stroke Organization, with a particular interest in how simulation can enhance stroke care.
Dr Nemat Alsaba
Director, Bond University Simulation Program
Dr Nemat Alsaba is an Emergency Medicine and Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM) Consultant at Gold Coast University Hospital and Director of the Bond University Simulation Program. She is a member of the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM) and an accomplished medical educator with over 27 years of clinical experience.
She is an international leader in geriatric emergency care, serving in key roles within the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) GEM Network and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) GEM Special Interest Group. Dr Alsaba’s work spans national and international platforms, driving simulation, education, innovation, and systemlevel improvements in the care of older people. Her recent book, Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Geriatric Simulation – A Focus on Older Adults as Simulated Participants, reflects her commitment to expanding the role of simulation as a powerful tool for transforming older people’s care across healthcare, individual, team, and organisational levels.
Dr Kirin Channa
Simulation and Safety Medical Lead, Northern Health
Dr Kirin Channa is an Emergency Physician with a Graduate Certificate in Safety Leadership. Her background in quality improvement and safety science has contributed to the growth of translational simulation and embedding the role of the Simulation and Safety team at Northern Health.
Ms Sharon Clipperton
Education Coordinator, Mater Health
Ms Sharon Clipperton is an experienced educator with a strong background in nursing and midwifery, Sharon brings a deep commitment to quality and safety in healthcare. She works closely with hospital leadership and multidisciplinary teams to integrate translational simulation into system design, process improvement, and service delivery. Her work focuses on using simulation not just for education, but as a strategic tool to drive meaningful change and enhance patient outcomes.
Assoc Prof Ellen Davies
Research Program Lead, Adelaide Health Simulation, Adelaide University
Assoc Prof Ellen Davies is the Research Program Lead at Adelaide Health Simulation (AHS). In this role, Ellen works with clinicians, educators, students, emerging and expert researchers and the broader AHS simulation team to examine and contribute to the field of health simulation. The AHS Research Program investigates, guides and supports the implementation of health simulation in education and health services that is underpinned by sound theoretical principles and best available evidence.
Prof Fatimah Lateef
Senior Consultant, Director of Quality and Patient Safety, Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital
Director, SingHealth Duke NUS Institute of Medical Simulation
Core Faculty, SingHealth Emergency Medicine Residency
Adjunct Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Lee Kong Chian Medical School, NTU
Programme Director, Academic Development Department, Duke-NUS Medical School
Prof Fatimah Lateef is the first Emergency Physician-Politician/Member of Parliament in Singapore and served as an elected Member of Parliament from 2006 till 2020. She is Senior Consultant, Director of Training and Education as well as Director of Patient Safety and Quality at the Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital. She is Adjunct Professor at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Yong Loo Lin Medical School, National University of Singapore, and Lee Kong Chian Medical School at NTU. She is the Director of Patient Safety and Quality in Emergency Medicine at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre.
She is also the Director of the SingHealth Duke-NUS Institute of Medical Simulation, where she led the centre to Society for Simulation in Healthcare accreditation and continues to teach as an educator and facilitator. She is passionate about Patient Safety, Medical Education, Leadership training, Communications, International Humanitarian Medicine, and Simulation / Technology-driven Education.
Ms Leah McIntosh
Education Coordinator, Mater Health
Ms Leah McIntosh is an experienced nurse educator at Mater Health and coordinator of the OptiSim program (Optimisation through simulation). She has extensive experience in designing simulation experiences that are used to explore, test and improve systems, processes and safety within healthcare services.
Prof Adam Montagu
Director, Adelaide Health Simulation, Adelaide University
Prof Adam Montagu is the Director of Adelaide Health Simulation (AHS) at Adelaide University. He leads one of Australasia’s most technologically advanced simulation centres, accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) in Teaching/Education and Research. Adam is an Education Specialist who began his career as a Registered Nurse in adult emergency care - experience that grounds his leadership and teaching practice. He consistently and effectively leads the AHS team with the aims of enhancing patient safety, championing interprofessional learning, and supporting clinical readiness.
Dr Nicola Ngiam
Senior Consultant, National University Health System (NUHS)
Dr Nicola Ngiam is currently the Director of the Standardized Patient Program and Deputy Director of the Centre for Healthcare Simulation, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, as well as a senior consultant in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Khoo Teck Puat – National University Children’s Medical Institute, National University Health System. She is also involved in developing paediatric palliative care services at NUHS.
She has a special interest in standardized patient training, teaching communication skills, the use of simulation-based teaching methods and medical humanities. She is the chairperson of the Asian Standardized Patient Educator Collaborative (AsiaSPEC), an organization that aims to promote SP methodology in Asia and to connect SP educators in the region.
Dr Sirirat Rattana-arpa
Program Manager of Siriraj Medical Simulation for Education and Training, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Dr. Sirirat Rattana-arpa is an Assistant Professor and Program Manager of Siriraj Medical Simulation for Education and Training (SIMSET). Working alongside her team, she played a vital role in SIMSET achieving SSH Full Accreditation in 2025. She is a certified basic and advanced simulation instructor from the Center of Medical Simulation in Boston and a key member of the Thai Society of Simulation in Healthcare. Sirirat also spearheaded the development of national professional standards for simulation technicians in Thailand. Her work focuses on aligning simulation design with clinical learning outcomes to enhance medical education.
Dr Nicole Sng
Medical Director, Teamwork & Collaborative Training, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Nicole Sng is an Emergency Physician with a background in medical education and simulation, and interests in teamwork, human factors, and resilient healthcare. She co-leads TACT: Teamwork and Collaborative Training at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, an embedded, hospital-wide service that uses translational simulation, staff development, and clinical debriefing to strengthen teamwork and make systems safer and more connected. Nicole is also a faculty educator for the Queensland Trauma Education Course and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. She continues to learn from the teams she works with and from others doing this work, guided by the belief that sustainable change is built through relationships, reflection, and respect in practice.
Dr Benjamin Symon
Director, Clinical Simulation, Mater Health
Simulation Consultant for Children's Health Queensland
Paediatric Emergency Physician for Queensland Health
Dr Benjamin Symon is a simulation consultant and paediatric emergency physician working for Mater Health and Children's Health Queensland. He is an international speaker on simulation, debriefing and communication with a passion for translating academic research into meaningful practice for everyday clinicians at the coalface of healthcare. He is co-producer of the podcast 'Simulcast', a podcast on healthcare simulation.
Ms Elise Sutton
Simulation and Safety Clinical Nurse Consultant, Northern Health
Ms Elise Sutton is a Clinical Nurse Consultant with a background in critical care, psychology, and a Master of Nursing Practice, recognised with First Class Honours in 2013. Her work focuses on healthcare innovation, human factors, and patient safety. She has played a key role in building the Simulation and Safety team and driving translational simulation at Northern Health.
Dr Eve Purdy
Assistant Professor, Bond University
Emergency Physician, Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service
Eve is an Emergency Physician, educator, and researcher at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service and Assistant Professor at Bond University. She works across clinical care, simulation, and team science, leading innovative approaches to training and research. Her work focuses on team performance under stress, translational simulation, and building capacity through collaborative education.
