In the lead up to the conference the Early and Mid- Career Researchers (EMCR) committee will be interviewing each of the presenters as part of the ‘Meet the Speaker Series’.

Today we would like to introduce Prof Rich Masters. Rich is a Professor of Human Movement Psychology in Te Huataki Waiora School of Health at the University of Waikato, Health, Sport and Human Performance. Rich is interested in understanding psychological markers of the way in which people learn and perform movements, with particular emphasis on nonconscious, implicit, processes. His work crosses discipline boundaries into rehabilitation, surgery, speech sciences, movement disorders, ageing, sports sciences, psychology and developmental disorders and disabilities.

In this interview Rich discusses his research passion, some of the future challenges for fall prevention and a teaser for his upcoming presentation.

Please visit https://anzfpconference.com.au/ for more information and key dates in the lead up to the conference.

We are excited to announce a stellar line-up of International and National Speakers at our 2025 ANZFPS Conference in Sydney. We will be hearing about the research from our two International Keynote Speakers:

and from our Plenary Speakers:
– Prof Rich Masters, Waikato University, NZ
– Prof Pazit Levinger, National Ageing Research Institute, Melbourne
– Dr Toby Ellmers, Imperial College London, UK
– Prof Lisa Keay, University of New South Wales, Sydney
– Prof Denise Taylor, Auckland University of Technology, NZ
– A/Prof Michele Callisaya, Monash University, Melbourne
– A/Prof Ruth Peters, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, Sydney
– Prof Cathy Said, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne
– Prof Rebecca Ivers, University of New South Wales, Sydney
– Prof Alison Hutchinson, Deakin University, Geelong

The Australia & New Zealand Fall Prevention Society are pleased to announce that the 11th Biennial Australia & New Zealand Fall Prevention Society Conference will be held at the Sofitel Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, NSW on the 23rd to 25th of November 2025.

We look forward to another memorable conference filled with high quality talks on fall prevention.