Maree started her career in country Victoria and has gone on to become a driving force of innovation in aged care.
As CEO, she unified Alzheimer’s Australia into Dementia Australia and helped revolutionise the sector through world-first technologies like the Virtual Dementia Experience, EDIE, and the BrainTrack app—pioneering the use of AI and virtual reality in dementia care.
A Member of the Order of Australia, Maree has driven major national impact, including securing $229 million in federal funding for dementia and a further $13M for CTE in 2024.
She serves on the Board of Alzheimer’s Disease International and the International Federation of Ageing, and is Patron of Batten’s Disease Research and Support Australia.
Bold and relentlessly focused on impact, Maree is a humanitarian working to elevate the future of care—globally.
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This dynamic, audience‑driven session brings together international leaders in ageing, innovation and health system reform to explore one of the biggest challenges of our time: closing the gap between life span and health span. Through an engaging mix of Q&A, fishbowl dialogue and light debate, speakers will examine what it takes for people not just to live longer, but to live well—drawing on global best practice, research insights and bold system‑level innovations.