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Our conference spreads knowledge, celebrates excellence, and unites the dispersed remote health workforce

Since 1983, CRANAplus has held its annu­al con­fer­ence to bond and unite the dis­persed remote and iso­lat­ed health work­force. The con­fer­ence serves as an oppor­tu­ni­ty for like-mind­ed remote and iso­lat­ed health indi­vid­u­als to net­work, con­nect and share.

Held at a dif­fer­ent loca­tion each year or under­tak­en online, the event brings togeth­er health prac­ti­tion­ers, man­agers, gov­ern­ment rep­re­sen­ta­tives, pol­i­cy mak­ers, aca­d­e­mics and stu­dents into an ener­getic social forum.

Built around a series of high qual­i­ty pre­sen­ta­tions, it pro­vides the ide­al plat­form for recog­nis­ing the out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions of health pro­fes­sion­als through CRANAplus awards and fel­low­ships. Dis­cov­er past award win­ners.

2026 Remote Nursing & Midwifery Conference

New date: the annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence has been moved from Octo­ber 2025 to May 2026 and will be held in the same host city, Perth.

Join us from 11-13 May, 2026, in beau­ti­ful Boorloo/​Perth, on the tra­di­tion­al lands of the Whad­juk Nyoon­gar peo­ple, for the CRANAplus Remote Nurs­ing & Mid­wifery Con­fer­ence to con­nect, learn, and cel­e­brate our ded­i­cat­ed work­ers in remote healthcare.

The 42nd annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence, which has been tra­di­tion­al­ly con­vened in Octo­ber, will now be moved to 2026 and held ear­li­er in the cal­en­dar year to give more Mem­bers the chance to attend and avoid con­flict with oth­er health events.

Although the tim­ing of the annu­al con­fer­ence has changed, the chance to expe­ri­ence our excit­ing line-up of speak­ers, abstract pre­sen­ta­tions, expo and valu­able net­work­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties remains unchanged. The 2026 con­fer­ence theme — Dis­tance. Ded­i­ca­tion. Dif­fer­ence. The future of remote health — remains focused on the vital role of remote health pro­fes­sion­als in shap­ing Aus­tralian health­care. And, as always, we will close the con­fer­ence hon­our­ing and cel­e­brat­ing inno­va­tion and excel­lence in remote health­care at the CRANAplus Awards event.

Register here.

View our prospec­tus for exhibitors and spon­sors.

For event enquiries, includ­ing spon­sor­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties, con­tact Con­fer­ence Design at mail@​conferencedesign.​com.​au.

Got questions? We have answers.

Frequently asked questions

Why have the conference date changed from October 2025 to May 2026?

Stake­hold­er feed­back indi­cates that hold­ing the annu­al CRANAplus con­fer­ence ear­li­er in the cal­en­dar year would pro­vide more Mem­bers an oppor­tu­ni­ty to attend and avoids con­flict with oth­er health events. 

We don’t want any­one to miss out.

What is the new conference date?

The annu­al con­fer­ence has been resched­uled to 11 – 13 May, 2026. 

Where will the conference be held?

Perth Con­ven­tion and Exhi­bi­tion Cen­tre (PCEC), Lev­el 2 Meet­ing Rooms, 21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth WA 6000 

Why has the conference venue changed?

We decid­ed a more cen­tral city loca­tion would work bet­ter for con­fer­ence delegates.

How do I register and what is the cost?

Registration and ticket pricing is available here.

Will the conference agenda change?

The core sched­ule will remain the same: expo, key speak­ers, abstract pre­sen­ta­tions and awards event. 

We will pro­vide updates here as soon as the final sched­ule is confirmed.

Is the Awards event still going ahead?

Yes. The Aus­tralian Remote Health Awards will con­tin­ue, with recip­i­ents announced at the Gala Din­ner at the annu­al con­fer­ence. Award nom­i­na­tions are now open. Nom­i­nate your peers here. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact professionalservices@​crana.​org.​au.

How will this affect hotel and travel arrangements?

If you have already booked hotel or trav­el, please con­tact your ser­vice providers to adjust your reser­va­tions for the new con­fer­ence date. If you have ques­tions, please con­tact us at conference@​crana.​org.​au.

How do I become an exhibitor/sponsor?

You can find our sponsor and exhibitor information here. 

When can I book a stand at the expo/conference?

You can find all our exhibitor information here.

How can I stay updated on the conference?

We’ll con­tin­ue to share con­fer­ence updates on our Con­fer­ence web­site, via our socials plat­forms LinkedIn, Face­book, Insta­gram and X and through our week­ly newslet­ter CRANA­pulse.

Is the date change for the annual conference part of more changes expected at CRANAplus?

The date change for the annu­al con­fer­ence has been made as part of our con­tin­ued com­mit­ment to Mem­bers and Stake­hold­ers to pro­vide the best pos­si­ble con­fer­ence experience. 

As a not-for-prof­it peak body, CRANAplus will con­tin­ue to evolve to meet the needs of our remote health work­force and is com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing, edu­cat­ing, and advo­cat­ing for remote nurs­ing, mid­wifery, and health professionals.

Who can I contact if I have further questions?

If you have any addi­tion­al ques­tions, feel free to con­tact Con­fer­ence Design at mail@​conferencedesign.​com.​au

Over the years

Past Conferences

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.

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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

Event Program
Images

39th CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2022

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

Event Program
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CRANAplus Vir­tu­al Sym­po­sium, 2021

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

Event Program

CRANAplus Con­fer­ence, 2019

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Event Program

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.