Conference

2026 Remote Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Con­fer­ence (42nd CRANAplus Conference)

“Distance. Dedication. Difference. The future of remote health.“
Held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Boorloo/Perth, on 11-3 May 2026.

2024 Remote Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Con­fer­ence (41st CRANAplus Conference)

“Clin­i­cians, change­mak­ers – cel­e­brat­ing inspir­ing peo­ple & prac­tice”
Held at the Crown Mel­bourne on 23rd ‑25th Octo­ber 2024.

40th CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2023

“Build­ing on 40 years of strength for a sus­tain­able, skilled and safe work­force”
Held at the Cairns Con­ven­tion Cen­tre, Gimuy/​Cairns on 10th — 12th Octo­ber 2023

39th CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2022

“Pas­sion. Pur­pose. Influ­ence. Impact”
Held at the Hilton Hotel, Ade­laide on 4th — 6th Octo­ber 2022

CRANAplus Vir­tu­al Sym­po­sium, 2021

“Con­nect­ing across an iso­lat­ed land­scape”
Held vir­tu­al­ly on 17th Sep­tem­ber 2021

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2019

“Embrac­ing Diver­si­ty to Build Stronger Con­nec­tions”
Held at The Crowne Plaza Hunter Val­ley, Lovedale NSW from the 18th — 20th Sep­tem­ber 2019

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2018

“Think Glob­al, Act Local.”
Held at the Pull­man Cairns Inter­na­tion­al, Cairns, QLD on 20th — 22nd Sep­tem­ber 2018

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2017

“The Future of Remote Health and the Influ­ence of Tech­nol­o­gy”
Held at the Cable Beach Resort, Broome WA on the 18th — 20th of Octo­ber 2017.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2016

“GOING TO EXTREMES: How iso­la­tion, geog­ra­phy & cli­mate, build resource­ful­ness & inno­va­tion in health­care”
Held at the Grand Chan­cel­lor in Hobart on the 12th — 14th of Octo­ber 2016. Our Keynote Address Speak­ers were Dr Bob Brown who spoke dur­ing the first day and The Hon. Michael Kir­by AC CMG, who spoke dur­ing the first ses­sion on Fri­day Octo­ber 14th 2016.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2015

“Telling Tales: The Pow­er of the Nar­ra­tive”
The 33rd Annu­al CRANAplus Con­fer­ence was held at the Alice Springs Con­ven­tion Cen­tre — from Thurs­day 15th Octo­ber, con­clud­ing Sat­ur­day 17th Octo­ber 2015. Keynote Speak­ers includ­ed Stephanie Dale and Dr Bud­dhi Lokuge.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2014

“Cre­at­ing and sus­tain­ing diver­si­ty with­in com­mu­ni­ties”
The 32nd Annu­al CRANAplus Con­fer­ence was held at the Pull­man Albert Park — from Wednes­day 15th Octo­ber, con­clud­ing Sat­ur­day 18th Octover 2014. Keynote Speak­ers includ­ed Tim Wil­son and Chris­tine Nixon.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2013

“From the cra­dle to the grave”
The 31st Annu­al CRANAplus Con­fer­ence was held at the Dou­ble Tree by Hilton Dar­win Esplanade in Dar­win — from Wednes­day 25th Sep­tem­ber, con­clud­ing Sat­ur­day 28th Sep­tem­ber 2013. Keynote Speak­ers includ­ed Dr Philip Nitschke, Dr Peter Saul and Dr Yvonne Lux­ford.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2012

“Remote pearls of wis­dom.”
The 30th Annu­al CRANAplus Con­fer­ence was held at the Sebel Hotel in Cairns from Wednes­day 24th Octo­ber 2012 and con­clud­ing Sat­ur­day 27th Octo­ber 2012. The con­fer­ence was offi­cial­ly opened by by Queens­land Assis­tant Min­is­ter for Health The Hon. Chris Davis. Keynote speak­ers includ­ed the Hon. Michael Kir­by AC CMG, Karen Cook, Melis­sa Sweet, Lee Thomas and Dr Mark Wena­tong.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2011

“Sup­port­ing the full spec­trum of remote health prac­tices.”
The 29th Annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence was held at the Novotel Lan­g­ley Hotel in Perth, WA from Tues­day 11th to Fri­day 14th Octo­ber 2011. The con­fer­ence was offi­cial­ly opened by the Hon. Helen Mor­ton MLC, Min­is­ter for Men­tal Health and Dis­abil­i­ty Ser­vices WA. The open­ing cer­e­mo­ny also marked a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone in CRANAplus’ his­to­ry with the pre­sen­ta­tion of the inau­gur­al CRANAplus Fel­lows. The pre­sen­ta­tion was made by Marie Bax­ter, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Nurs­ing, WA Coun­try Health Ser­vice. The keynote speak­ers at the 2011 con­fer­ence were Pro­fes­sor Colleen Hay­ward, John Mof­flin and Lee Thomas.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2010

“Remote Health – we’re out there… doing it, teach­ing it, sup­port­ing it and research­ing it.”
The 28th Annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence was held at the Hotel Grand Chan­cel­lor in Ade­laide, SA from Wednes­day 13th to Sat­ur­day 16th Octo­ber 2010. The con­fer­ence was unique­ly opened at the Ade­laide Zoo­log­i­cal Gar­dens by The Hon­ourable War­ren Snow­don Min­is­ter for Vet­er­ans’ Affairs, Defence Sci­ence and Per­son­nel, and Indige­nous Health. The keynote speak­ers at the 2010 con­fer­ence were Rose­mary Bryant, Mr Greg Cavanagh and John Mof­flin.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2009

The 27th Annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence was held at the Alice Springs Con­ven­tion Cen­tre, Alice Springs, NT from Wednes­day 14th to Sat­ur­day 17th Octo­ber 2009. The event was opened with a Wel­come to Coun­try by Pat Ancell-Dodds, per­for­mances by the One Fire Dance Troupe and Drum Atweme and address­es from the Hon. War­ren Snow­don and Greg Rickard from NT Health. The keynote speak­ers at the 2009 con­fer­ence were Dami­an Amamoo and James Charles.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2008

“Australia’s Remote Health Chal­lenge: Is Pri­ma­ry Health Care the Answer?”
The 26th Annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence was held at the Novo­tel Rock­ford, Palm Cove, Cairns, QLD from Thurs­day 11th to Sun­day 14th Sep­tem­ber 2008. The keynote speak­ers at the 2008 con­fer­ence were Pro­fes­sor Earnest Hunter, Sabi­na Knight, Janet Mal­oney-Moni and Les­ley Podesta.

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2007

“Sil­ver Jubilee Con­fer­ence — Cel­e­brat­ing 25 years of Achieve­ment.”
The 25th Annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence was held at the Bro­ken Hill Enter­tain­ment Cen­tre, Bro­ken Hill NSW from Thurs­day 13th to Sun­day 16th Sep­tem­ber 2008.