Assoc. Prof Sue Westerway | Womens Imaging Group Sue celebrated 50 years as a sonographer in May 2025. Improving outcomes for patients undergoing medical ultrasound examinations has been a core mantra of her career, helping create & implement scanning practice protocols & standards across all disciplines of ultrasound for ultrasound practitioners. Sue has received many awards for her contribution to ultrasound including the 2011 ASA Prue Pratten award, life memberships of ASUM & ASA, Humanitarian & Researcher of the year, a Churchill Fellowship and is a Life Governor of Sydney Hospital. Sue was president of ASUM, board member of ASA, ASAR & WFUMB, is the co-director of the WFUMB Centre of Education in the Pacific & is a traveling educator for international aid projects. She has authored over 70 peer reviewed journal articles and is considered a world luminary for infection control in the clinical ultrasound environment.

Mr Christopher Sykes | Sykes Legal Christopher has extensive public and private clinical experience in medical ultrasound. He has lectured in post graduate ultrasound physics and instrumentation and was a physics and clinical examiner for ASUM in addition to being a member of the ASUM Board of Examiners. He is the previous Chair of the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry. Christopher completed his Juris Doctorate in 2008 and has worked extensively in health law, providing advice to public and private health services and governments across Australia. He is currently Corporate Counsel at Latrobe Regional Health and provides advice to all aspects of the business. He also consults privately in health law matters and delivers medicolegal training. He is a director at Echuca Regional Health. In addition to his legal work, Christopher runs a vascular ultrasound consultancy.

Ms Kerri Thomas | Sparke Helmore Lawyers Kerri has acted in professional negligence proceedings brought against doctors, hospitals and allied health professionals since 1995. She has acted for a number of medical defence organisations and insurers and also acts for psychologists, pathology and radiology practices and practitioners, and other allied health professionals. She regularly represents parties in relation to complaints to the Health Complaints Commissioner and AHPRA, including acting for them in VCAT. Clients value Kerri’s proactive and pragmatic approach to claims, her expertise, accessibility, responsiveness and her ability to balance the needs of insureds with those of their insurers.

Ms Deanne Chester | CQUniversity Deanne is a sonographer with over 20 years' experience and has been a tutor sonographer for much of her career. A passion for sonographer education led her to academia 2014 where she is Head of Course, Medical Sonography at CQUniversity. She is still a working sonographer, maintaining a regular clinical day with I-MED in Brisbane North. Dee has been a long-time volunteer, giving back many hours to the Australian Sonographer community including as a previous member of the ASA Board. Current positions include peer reviewer for journals including Sonography the journal of ASA, ASAR Course Accreditation Committee and Course Provider Advisory Committee, RAB mentor, and invited speaker to ASA, ASUM and ASMIRT events. She is a founding committee member of the ASA Clinical Supervisors Special Interest Group due to her support of clinical supervisors and interest in promoting that career pathway. Dee hopes to encourage more sonographers to enjoy the experience and personal rewards that come with training the next generation of sonographers and seeing them succeed.