Meet our wonderful lineup of speakers at The Veterinary Kaleidoscope Summit in 2024, and stay tuned for more updates as our program is released!
Keynote Speaker:
Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM
Dinesh is a doctor, lawyer, disability advocate, and researcher. He works in the emergency department at the Gold Coast University Hospital and is a researcher in spinal cord injury.
In 2021, Dinesh was the Queensland Australian of the Year. In 2022, he was listed as number 33 in the Courier Mail’s top 100 power list for Queensland’s most influential in health and wellbeing.
Cam Raw
Cam is a Palawa man with family links to the far south of lutruwita (Tasmania). Providing veterinary care and building relationships in remote communities across the Top End have provided pathways to explore his cultural identity in ways he never imagined growing up. He never expected to be where he is now in his career, having worked in cattle practice, mixed practice, remote small animal practice and now teaching and research, but he loves the diversity of experiences and people that he’s encountered along the way. Indigenous representation, mental wellbeing and diversity as a whole have become a real focus in his life in and outside of work hours, but besides this he loves cooking, creating and viewing art, ice cream, weird sour beer and spending time with his partner.
Jodie Wilson
Jodie is a warrior, and her remarkable resilience, unique perspectives, and ability to innovate have shaped her award-winning veterinary career. As a diagnosed autistic and ADHD individual with a late-life acquired physical disability, she knows what overcoming challenges to succeed really looks like.
Jodie’s passion belongs to the people who make up her communities, and her mission is to move the individuals she works with from surviving to thriving. Jodie is currently sharing her time between her family, wellbeing consultancy, PhD research, and her work as an emergency and critical care veterinarian at Australia’s busiest animal emergency hospital.