Global Emergency & Critical Care Conference 2026

Rob Mitchell (@robdmitchell) is an academic emergency physician at the Alfred Hospital Emergency & Trauma Centre; Chair of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Global Emergency Care Committee; and faculty for the Monash University/Alfred Health Capacity Building in Global Emergency Care program. He is involved with emergency care capacity development projects across the Indo-Pacific, including the Regional Emergency and Critical Care Systems Strengthening Initiative (RECSI), funded by the Australian Government through the Partnerships for a Healthy Region initiative. In 2024, he completed a PhD focussed on emergency care systems in low- and middle-income countries, and was the recipient of a Premier’s Award for health services research.

Prof Gerard O’Reilly is a senior Emergency Physician and Head of Global Programs at the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre, Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the National Trauma Research Institute, and Associate Professor at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

Dr Georgina Phillips has worked at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne for more than 25 years, with special interest in clinical excellence and research for patients with complex psychosocial issues. Since 1996 as an Australian Volunteer doctor in Kiribati, Georgina has had ongoing involvement in emergency care capacity development in the Asia-Pacific region, including Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Fiji, Timor-Leste and Myanmar.

Dr Jennifer Jamieson is an emergency physician and trauma specialist, and is the current Deputy Director of the Trauma at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania. She helped establish Tasmania's first trauma admitting service at the RHH and is particularly passionate about bringing trauma education & public health projects to Tasmania, including Trauma Team Training and the PARTY program. Jenny has previously worked with the Alfred Trauma service in Victoria, with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan, and in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She has a number of roles within the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, including being the current deputy-chair for the Global Emergency Care Committee, and the Advancing Women in Emergency Medicine executive. She is also the recent co-editor and co-creator of the book "When Minutes Matter."

Steve is an intensive care physician and infectious diseases physician at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He is the director of The Alfred ICU, a 68-bed quaternary ICU specialising in trauma, advanced cardiac support, ECMO and burns. Steve has also worked for the World Health Organisation in the health emergencies and pandemic preparedness program. He was the chair of the ANZICS COVID-19 guideline committee and is the current Clinical Director of the Australian Living Evidence Collaboration including the COVID-19 National Clinical Evidence Taskforce. He has been the lead author of the Australian Therapeutic Guidelines Sepsis chapter for the past 8 years and is also an author of the most recent version of the Surviving Sepsis Guideline. He has completed a Masters of Public Health and a Masters of International Health Leadership. In 2022, he became a member of the College of Intensive Care Board. Steve has an amazing wife and three awesome kids, who are much better than him at everything.

Alice is a Critical Care Registered Nurse and Emergency Nurse Educator currently working at the National Referral Hospital in Honiara, Solomon Islands. After training at the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre in Melbourne, and has recently completed a Master of Advanced Clinical Nursing (Emergency Care) at Monash University, focusing on capacity building and disaster relief management.

Alice has a strong interest in global health partnerships, clinical education, and workforce development. She is passionate about supporting healthcare workers through mentorship and training, and is committed to improving access to safe, high-quality emergency care in resource-limited settings