Program

8:30-18:30, Friday 4 August 2023 (8.75 CPD points)

Day 1Breakout Room 1Breakout Room 2
0830-1000
Session A
8:30-8:40
Danforn Lim (Chinese Medicine Board of Australia)
Topic: to be confirmed
8:40-9:20
John McDonald (AUS)
Fifty years of Australian acupuncture: An eyewitness account
9:20-10:00
Stephen Janz (AUS)
The importance of AACMA and professional representation to the survival and advancement of the profession
1000-1015Morning Tea
1015-1145
Session B1 & B2
10:15-10:45
Adam Cook (Therapeutic Goods Administration)
Scheduling of medicines and chemicals in the Poisons Standard
10:15-11:00
Greg Bantick (AUS)
Treating complex multi system cases
10:45-11:15
Rebecca Tolhurst (AUS)
Community Acupuncture for Business Sustainability
11:00-11:45
Raf Nathan (AUS)
Prostate Problems
11:15-11:45
Millicent Matthew (AUS)
Inclusive language for health professionals
1145-1215
Session C1 & C2
11:45-12:15
Johan Hausen (Germany)
Chinese Medicine in the Making: Gao Plasters
11:45-12:15
Xiang Zhu (AUS)
Close Correlations between Carotid Arterial Mean Blood Flow Velocity, Body Mass Index and Temperature in Normal Individuals
1215-1300Lunch
1300-1430
Session D
13:00-14:30
Janice Walton-Hadlock (USA)
Fibromyalgia: the case of missing fight or flight

(Workshop)
1430-1445Afternoon Tea
1445-1615
Session E1 & E2
14:45-16:15
Vicki Wooller (AUS)
The Heart of the Matter
14:45-16:15
Felip Caudet (Spain)
Fascia & Moxibustion: Going deep and far with fire

(Workshop)
1615-1745
Session F1 & F2
16:15-17:45
Kevin Ryan (AUS)
The Dai Mai Vessel – can’t see the forest for the trees
16:15-17:45
Sandro Graca (Ireland)
Help Writing Tomorrow’s Classics – Building Your Strong Evidence-Informed And Integrative Practice Of Acupuncture For Menstrual And Reproductive Health
1745-1830
Session G1 & G2
17:45-18:30
Jean-Paul Staats (AUS)
Can the Classics be used in Modern Practice – Bai He Bing
17:45-18:30
Aram Akopyan (UK)
Giving back. The role and benefits of Charity work in Acupuncture and TCM

8:30-17:30, Saturday 5 August 2023 (7.75 CPD points)

Day 2Breakout Room 1Breakout Room 2
0830-1000
Session H1 & H2
8:30-10:00
Jeff Shearer (AUS)
Understanding palpation and distal approaches in the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions

(Workshop)
8:30-9:15
Fernanda Mara Santos (Brazil)
Diet therapy for weight loss difficulties according to TCM
9:15-10:00
Guojian Huang (Canada)
Mini ren acupuncture therapy for migraines
1000-1015Morning Tea
1015-1145
Session I1 & I2
10:15-11:45
Terry Hitzke (AUS)
Innovative cupping techniques utilising the modern silicone cups

(Workshop)
10:15-11:45
Mary Garvey (NZ)
Chinese Medicine Psychology in Practice
1145-1230
Session J1 & J2
11:45-12:30
Felip Caudet (Spain)
Moxibustion based on palpation: Moxa treatment in real time with rapid results
11:45-12:30
Tiago Manuel Horta Reis da Silva (UK)
TCM for Headaches
1230-1315Lunch
1315-1445
Session K
13:15-14:45
Janice Walton-Hadlock (USA)
Detecting the Qi

(Workshop)
1445-1500Afternoon Tea
1500-1600
Session L1&L2
15:00-16:00
Damian Carey (AUS)
Extraordinary Medicine – Protocols for Extraordinary Channel Treatment
15:00-16:00
Yair Maimon (Israel)
How to use windows of heaven points
1600-1730
Session M1 & M2
16:00-17:30
David Hartmann (AUS)
Accessing the Pericardium (Xīn Bāo/心包) to balance self-esteem
16:00-17:30
Peter Deadman (UK)
Chinese medicine, nature and health
1930-2330
Gala Dinner
AACMA 50th Anniversary Celebration & Hall of Fame Awards

3-Course Plated Dinner
4-Hour Beverage

Dress code: After five

8:30-15:30, Sunday 6 August 2023 (5.75 CPD points)

Day 3Breakout Room 1Breakout Room 2
0830-0920
Session N
8:30-9:20
Breakfast Forum
Topic: to be confirmed

*Plated breakfast served in room
N/A
0930-1030
Session O
N/A9:30-10:30
Mel Hopper Koppelman (USA)
Quantifying the Ruler: How Heart Rate Variability Connects Our Cell to Universe
1030-1045Morning Tea
1045-1215
Session P1 & P2
10:45-12:15
Janice Walton-Hadlock (USA)
Parkinson’s disease: an example of being stuck on pause mode
10:45-12:15
David Brown (AUS)
Reinvigorating our Roots: Contemporary Applications of Heaven, Earth, Man Theory
1215-1300Lunch
1300-1430
Session Q1 & Q2
13:00-14:30
Michael Brown (AUS)
Who, What, Why, Where, Wen – Recognising the Importance of Pulse, Herbal and Citation Based Literature
13:00-14:30
Yair Maimon (Israel)
The treatment of depression compering Chinese medicine with DCM5 the physiatry guidelines
1430-1530
Session R1 & R2
14:30-15:30
Tyler Rowe (AUS)
Deficiency Taxation – the illness of the modern world
14:30-15:00
Hoc Ku Huynh (AUS)
The Clinical Application of Acupuncture and Moxa 5 Points for Cervical Vertebrae Syndrome

15:00-15:30
Jianqiao Fang (China)
Study on Dose -effect relationship of Electro analgesia
1530-1545Closing ceremony

*The conference program is subject to change.
*Catering included for in-person tickets: Morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea on Friday 4 August 2023; Morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner on Saturday 5 August 2023; Breakfast, morning tea, lunch on Sunday 6 August 2023.

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