Friday, 25th August The Joint Annual Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia (SSA) and Smartstrokes 2023

• Invited Plenary: Courage, confidence and collaboration: implementing and embedding supported self-management in stroke care - Lisa Kidd

• Keynote: Championing stroke care in regional Australia - Philip Choi and Lauren Arthurson
• The New South Wales Telestroke Service: Access, Treatment and Outcomes. - Ken Butcher
• Evaluation of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit Using Data Linkage - Dominique A Cadilhac
• Investigating Stroke Care and Outcomes for People with Aphasia to Drive Quality Improvement Initiatives in Australian Hospitals - Marissa Stone
• Dogs Offering Support after Stroke (DOgSS) - Animal Assisted Intervention Action Research at the Royal Adelaide Hospital’s Stroke Unit - Monica Anne Hamilton-Bruce
• In Search of a Gold Standard Stroke Knowledge Assessment Tool: Preliminary data from a COSMIN Systematic Review - Catherine Burns

• Keynote: Implementing a Communication Enhanced Environment using a phased clinical trial approach - Erin Godecke
• Implementation of Evidence-informed Discharge Planning in Inpatient Rehabilitation - Liana S Cahill
• Evidence-Based Information Provision to Carers of Survivors of Stroke? Exploring how Information is Provided to Carers during Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation. - Elizabeth Lynch
• Improving Communication Partner Training of Carers of People with Aphasia: Preliminary Results of a Stepped Wedge Implementation Trial - Kirstine Shrubsole
• Cost-effectiveness simulation modelling of chronic disease management plans among survivors of stroke   - Zhomart Orman
• Disparities in General Practice Management of Stroke by Dementia Status: Linked Registry and General Practice Study - Muideen Olaiya

• Keynote: Fatigue after stroke. Learnings from the 3^rd Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable initiative and future research directions - Coralie English
• Participation in Meaningful Activities may be More Important than Functional Independence After Severe Stroke: A Cohort Study of Working-aged Adults - Laura Jolliffe
• Socioeconomic status is associated with health-related quality of life after stroke—an Australian state-wide record linkage study - Yichao Alexandra Sun
• A Community Stroke Recovery Boot Camp - Brenton Hordacre
• Psychological Factors and Return to Work After Stroke: The Unseen Challenges of an Unmet Need - Katherine Sewell
• Patients', therapists’ and caregivers’ experiences of a group education programme for the management of post-stroke fatigue: A qualitative sub-study of the FASTER randomized controlled trial - Sulekha Devaki De Silva

11:30AM - 12:15PM: SSA Excellence in Stroke Award Oration - Rob Medcalf

12:15PM - 12:45PM: ASC Certification Session (Tim Kleinig and Lisa Murphy; Chairs: Laura Joliffe and Darshan Ghia)

12:45PM-1:15PM: SF Guideline Update (Chairs: Laura Joliffe and Darshan Ghia)

1:15PM - 1:45PM: Awards and Conference Close

• SSA Excellence in Stroke Award Oration: Plasminogen activation, thrombolysis and stroke - Robert Medcalf