2017 | Presentation to the annual meeting of the China Acupuncture-Moxibustion Association Acupuncture Technology Assessment Committee, 2017 World Conference on Acupuncture-Moxibustion. Beijing. The Acupuncture Evidence Project: Background, Overview and Implications. |
2017 | Invited Speaker Australasian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Annual Conference (AACMAC) 2017 Brisbane. a) Preventing and managing pneumothorax in acupuncture practice: The vulnerable patient. b) Advertising with evidence: Sciatica, a case study. c) Clinically effective strategies for sciatica (workshop). d) The Acupuncture Evidence Project: Background and overview. |
2016 | Invited Speaker Australasian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Annual Conference (AACMAC) 2016 Perth. Preventing and managing pneumothorax in acupuncture practice. |
2015 | Invited Speaker Australasian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Annual Conference (AACMAC) 2015 Adelaide: a) An Introduction to Trigger Point Acupuncture; b) Australian Privacy Principles & Clinic Privacy Policy; c) Labelling for Safety (and Efficacy): Botanical Names are the Gold Standard in Chinese Medicine Practice |
2014 | Invited Speaker Australasian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Annual Conference (AACMAC) 2014 Melbourne: a) An Introduction to Trigger Point Acupuncture (workshop); b) The Chinese medicine board of Australia’s policy on infection prevention and control for acupuncture practice |
2013 | Invited Speaker World Federation of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) 8th World Conference on Acupuncutre Sydney; The Chinese medicine board of Australia’s policy on infection prevention and control for acupuncture practice |
2012 | Keynote Speaker Australasian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Annual Conference (AACMAC) 2012 Brisbane. Acupuncture by Another Name: Dry Needling in Australia Past, Present & Future. |
2011 | Keynote Speaker Australasian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Annual Conference (AACMAC) 2011 Perth. a) ‘Dry Needling' Issues and Risks. b) Clinical Panel and Plantar Fasciitis workshop. |
2010 | Invited Speaker, New Zealand Register of Acupuncturists’ annual conference, Wellington NZ. Topics included plantar fasciitis, trochanter bursitis, and auricular acupuncture. |
2010 | Keynote Speaker Australasian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Annual Conference (AACMAC) 2010 Adelaide: a) Inherent risks of practice and informed consent: a case study. b) An Update on Plantar Fasciitis; Workshop. c) The VAS pulse: Perspectives on wei qi. |
2009 | Presented ‘Greater trochanter bursitis and infrared laser therapy: a case series’ |
| Seventh World Congress on Acupuncture,. World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies, Strasbourg. |
2009 | Invited speaker: AACMAC Melbourne on 'Medical Dominance: How the Doctors did it and what we can do about it’ |
2008 | Invited speaker: AACMAC Sydney Brisbane 'An introduction to Auricular Acupuncture: learning how to find the VAS pulse’ |
2007 | Invited speaker: AACMAC Brisbane 'An introduction to Auricular Acupuncture: learning how to find the VAS pulse.' |
2006 | Conducted workshop on Clinically effective strategies for common presentations of low back pain AACMAC Adelaide. |
2005 | Presented ‘Evidence Based Practice: What is it? Its relevance and consequences for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Complementary Medicine’.2nd International Congress of Chinese Medicine. World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, Paris. |
2006 | Presented 'Placebo analgesia: its role in clinical practice’. AACMAC Adelaide |
2005 | Keynote speaker AACMAC Melbourne a) ‘Informed Consent and Inherent risks of practice’. b) Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct – their role in Clinical Practice’ |
2004 | Presented ‘Plantar Fasciitis – Another Approach’ & ‘Evidence Based practice – destroying the art of acupuncture?’ World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies 6th World Conference on Acupuncture, Gold Coast |
2003 | Presented 'The changing face of the profession – refocussing on professional development' at the AACMA 5th National Symposium Sydney. |
2002 | Keynote Speaker AACMA 4th National Symposium Adelaide ‘TCM and Australia – a Global Perspective’. |
2001 | Presented 'Australian Education Guidelines for TCM’ to World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS) Symposium Singapore. |