Associate Professor Geoff Ramin 

International Medical Systems (IMS) was formed by Geoff Ramin and provides high quality medical repatriation services to and from anywhere in the world. IMS also provides a range of consultancy and educational services related to pre-hospital care, aeromedical transportation and medical retrieval. IMS' activities have been as diverse as helping develop industrial paramedic services on Groote Eylandt, providing medical support to sporting events and training all aeromedical doctors for the Hong Kong helicopter based medical retrieval system. Geoff is a specialist Emergency Physician who also works clinically in Intensive Care. He has extensive experience in pre-hospital care and medical retrieval. He is currently the Senior Specialist Aeromedical and Critical Care Services for the Royal Flying Doctor Service  Qld, the Director of Emergency Medicine at the John Flynn Hospital, a VMO in Intensive Care at the Tweed Hospital and a Senior Medical Consultant to Allianz Global Assistance. He has previously received an Australia Day Medallion for his services to pre-hospital care. His passion for adventures includes mountaineering, scuba diving, hiking in the wilderness and generally getting lost.

Dr Jonah Desforges 

Jonah Desforges is a Specialist Anaesthetist at Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia. His main interests are in paediatric anaesthesia, trauma and care of the critically ill.

Jonah is a watersports enthusiast! His windsurfing has taken all him over the world including the wild north west coast of Australia where conditions can be extreme and definitive medical care is a long way away!

Further speakers to be announced soon...