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Trust in an Age of Uncertainty

Conference

Provisional Academic Programme

Friday, 6 November 2026
Registration Opens
Chairs
Andrew Argent, Mignon McCulloch
Plenary Session: Opening of the meeting
- Andrew Argent / Mignon McCulloch / Peter Laussen / Allan Goldman
Session
Making sure things don't go wrong
(1) Preparing for the risk of doing a trans-Atlantic Ocean race crossing
(2) Preparing for and managing the risk of abandoning a sinking yacht in deep ocean and the subsequent rescue
- Sibusiso Sizatu
Neil Clarke
Identifying patients who are deteriorating – before it happens
- Peter Laussen
The 10 Commandments...." - these commandments have been formed over 30 years of close protection and prehospital care and the .... allows the audience to see a bridge between them and their own profession as they are equally applicable in medicine.
- Timm Irvine-Smith
Managing Risk Without Seeing the Patient: 32 Years of Building Safer Systems for Children
- Chantel Cooper
Refreshment Break
Session
Dealing with risk at the institutional level
Building at the Edge: Strategic Risk and Opportunity in a New Medical School
- Reno Morar
EMS Red Zones on the Cape Flats – how to stop ambulance crews being attacked
- Craig Wylie
Being the Dean at a time of risk
- Marian Jacobs
Q & A
Cocktail reception & networking
Saturday, 7 November 2026
Registration and arrival refreshments
Session
LOOKING AFTER MULTIPLE RISKS
Chairs
Andrew Argent, Mignon McCulloch
In a world gone awry – The power of purpose and meaningful lives
- Mark Orpen-Lyall
Rationalising Risk for Reward
- Rik De Decker
What will we do with the next pandemic?
- Lucille Blumberg
Risk in Research – management for change
- Ntobeko Ntusi
Planning exercise programmes for children with disabilities
- Vicki Lambert
Keeping the right note – on time all the time
- Natalie Lawrenson
Discussion
Refreshment Break
Session
DEALING WITH DAY-TO-DAY PRACTICE
Chairs
Mignon McCulloch. Andrew Argent
Putting a new hospital on the ground, and getting it going or (recording)
- Allan Goldman
All that sparkles are not of value
- Janine Binneman
Protecting what counts: Helicopter firefighting and external lifts in South Africa
- Peter Jackson
The Hantam Community Education Trust – creating education for a rural community
- Lesley Osler
Planning to get the SA Agulhas to Antarctica and back – safely
- Marianne Wolmarans
The IMPALA 3 project in Malawi
- Job Calis
Lunch
Session
Yet More Interventions
Chairs
Mignon McCulloch. Andrew Argent
NSRI - Bringing an end to drowning
- Cleeve Robertson
Going Viral for Good: Harnessing the 4IR to Build Public Health Movements
- Jonty Wright
Saving Young Lives across the World
- Mignon McCulloch
Keeping the theatre as a safe space for everyone
- John Roos
Refreshment Break
Creating safety for staff in a large hospital How do we change risk? Safety for Staff?
- Matodzi Mukosi
MPS
Kindness in Healthcare – making a difference
- Camilla Kingdon
Discussion
CLOSE & THANKS