2026 Speakers

Lisa Wragg - Event Emcee

Nurse Continence Specialist

Lisa Wragg has 35 years’ experience working as a Nurse Continence Specialist and is the Director of Continence First P/L, which has been operational since 2018. Her highly successful continence assessment and management service works with participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), recipients of Home Care Packages (HCP) and Short-Term Restorative Care Programs (STRC), Transport Accident Commission (multiple states), Workcover and private clients.

Lisa’s breadth of continence experience spans the life cycle working with children, teens and adults with complex disabilities, spinal cord injuries, behavioural and trauma related continence issues that are associated with bladder and bowel dysfunction.

Lisa has contributed extensively to this area of medicine, authoring multiple publications and chairing multiple steering committees relating to the development and review of continence resource information, online education programs, credentialing and customer care service delivery models for continence and urological care.

Anita Brown-Major

Occupational Therapist and Founder of Thrive Rehab

Anita Brown-Major is an Occupational Therapist with more than 27 years’ experience and a commitment to inclusive, sex-positive healthcare. She is the co-creator of Cliterate, a 3D anatomical model designed with RMIT Industrial Design to make vulval and clitoral anatomy and physiology easier for everyone to understand. The model is now used widely in education and clinical settings to promote accurate, accessible, and empowering sexual health knowledge.

Anita is also an active member of the International Cliterati and a respected educator known for making complex concepts clear, engaging, and relevant to everyday life, intimacy, and pleasure.

Janie Thompson

Nurse Continence Specialist

Janie is a Nurse Continence Specialist who has been working in the continence field for over 30 years. She is currently a clinical continence content writer for Continence Health Australia where she is the principal writer the Advanced Practice Continence Nursing Course that will be launched in July 2026.

Janie was previously the manager of the National Continence Helpline for Continence Health Australia. The National Continence Helpline is an Australian government funded, free and confidential phone advice service manned by Nurse Continence Specialist. Janie has spent the majority of her career with the Alfred Health Continence Service where she was the service manager. This included providing comprehensive continence assessment, treatment and management to community based clients as well as inpatient continence support.

Janie has been involved in continence related research and publications. She has been involved in the support and professional development of Nurse Continence Specialists through various committee roles. She is currently a member of the International Continence Society’s Nursing Committee

Jacqui McEwan

Nurse Practitioner Candidate Healthcare United

Jacqui is an experienced clinical nurse consultant with over 18 years of clinical practice across aged care, primary care, and community health settings. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing and is an IPC Lead. Her clinical practice is grounded in advanced assessment, complex decision-making, and evidence-informed care. Jacqui has extensive experience in wound management, infection prevention, chronic disease management, and clinical governance.

She has held senior leadership roles including Facility Manager and Clinical Care Coordinator, where she provided oversight of clinical governance systems, risk management, multidisciplinary consultation, quality improvement initiatives, and compliance with the Aged Care Quality Standards, with being even more advanced in the remote and regional VIC settings.

Jacqui has embarked on her Nurse Practitioner journey using her advanced clinical assessment, mentoring and education skills to support aged care nursing teams. She is passionate about improving patient outcomes through practical, evidence-based strategies that translate directly into everyday practice.