Speakers

Samantha is the President of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, a Board Member for the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals and a member of the Steering Committee for the World Health Organisation’s World Rehabilitation Alliance. She has an excellent global overview of the occupational therapy profession and rehabilitation needs. Samantha graduated as an occupational therapist in 1992 and has worked internationally in a wide range of practice and education settings in low, middle and high-resourced settings. With over 20 years of experience working to effect change at government, institutional and service levels, Samantha has extensive expertise in organisational management, including workforce development and service/education design and delivery.