The Philosophy Symposium and Dynamic Growth Experience
co-hosted event!
29th July, 2023
This year, The Philosophy Symposium and the Australian Spinal Research Foundation are teaming up to bring you this exciting new event in July.
Our goal is to create an outstanding day for the whole team. We’ll be bringing amazing speakers to the stage, with a focus on expanding your understanding of Chiropractic, along with delivering amazing content for CA’s to take home and implement straight away.
We are excited to bring you a CA Stream, as well as a Research Panel on: How does chiropractic research, education and philosophy all fit in together?
Morning and afternoon snacks will be provided. Lunch can be easily sourced within the Melbourne CBD.
29th July, 2023
Registration – 8am.
Sessions: 8.30am – 6.15pm
Location: Novotel on Collins, 270 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Meet our incredible line-up of speakers!
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Topic – Principle #17
William M. (Bill) Decken, D.C., FCSC, is a 1986 cum laude graduate of Sherman College; at his graduation, he received the prestigious Milton W. Garfunkel Award. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Marist College (1979). Prior to Chiropractic Decken taught High School Chemistry and was in Toxicology Research at Texaco, Inc. He joined the Sherman College faculty in 1987 and is a Professor of Clinical Sciences and Chair of the Philosophy Department. He teaches courses in philosophy and, subluxation theory.
Decken has been active in the profession. He has served as President and Chairman of the International Federation of Chiropractors and Organizations (IFCO) from 2004 -2014, Founded (1994) and is President of the Palmetto State Chiropractic Association (PSCA), and served on the South Carolina Board of Chiropractic Examiners from 1993-2000. He developed and coordinates Sherman College’s Academy of Chiropractic Philosophers (ACP) program, at home and abroad, which benefits those in the profession who seek a greater understanding of chiropractic philosophy and its application. He is a frequent speaker on philosophy at chiropractic events.
Decken practices at Family Straight Chiropractic, which he established and has owned for 36+ years, checking spines from newborn to age 90. Bill enjoys being with family, bicycling and the outdoors.
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Topic – The Magic Where The Art Meets The Philosophy
Sam graduated from Macquarie University in 2005 and has worked as a chiropractor in both Australia and the UK. She is the current ABCA President and heads up the instructor training for ABC worldwide. She is co-owner of Melbourne City Chiropractic, where she practices as part of a five chiro team.
Sam is also the proud Mum to two energetic boys. Her highest values are joy and connection and her purpose is supporting a community of thriving chiropractors while having a really fun time doing it.
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Topic – There’s No Ceiling to Hope
Dr Genevieve Dharamaraj is a Chiropractor B.Sc. M. Chiro. M.Chiro (Paeds) and Functional Neurologist FIBFN-CND, and was the first female Chiropractor in Malaysia! She is co-author with Dr Robert Melillo on a kids books about Primitive Reflexes and Neuroplasticity – ‘Ollie the Octopus and his magnificent Brain’.
Genevieve is a Mother to Ryan, 19 years and Wife to Richard, as well as a Triathlete (Ironman) and Trail Runner, and is a business owner for Cannon Hill family Chiropractic Centre and Nurturing Brain Potential.
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Topics – ‘Existence or Life in the 33 Principles’ + ‘Are You a Graduate of Chiropractic School or a Chiropractor?’
Dr. Brian Dooley is a 2005 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Sherman College of Chiropractic. Upon graduation he won the Service Distinction Award, the BJ Palmer Philosophy Award and the Milton W. Garfunkel Award. He has served Sherman College as a lead instructor in Chiropractic Philosophy, Patient Education, Media Communications, Case History, and Terminology. Presently he serves Sherman College as the Dean of Clinics.
Dr Dooley has presented at many chiropractic events both nationally and internationally and is a graduate of the inaugural class of the Academy of Chiropractic Philosophers in 2007 & now serves as an ACP instructor. He also has presented modules at the Diplomate of Chiropractic Philosophical Standards.
Dr Dooley is a member of the International Federation of Chiropractors and Organizations where he serves as treasurer on their board of directors. Of all that he has done in chiropractic he is probably most proud of the fact that in 2021 he watched his daughter Sara, a then 9th quarter student, make her first adjustment in the same building Dr Dooley made his first adjustment in 2003. Sara also her adjusted her Dad in January 2022 for the first time in the same building her adjusted her for first time in 2004.
Dr Dooley and his beautiful wife of 27 years, Dawn, live in Greenville, South Carolina with his son Jackson.
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Speaker - CA Stream
Scott graduated from RMIT in 1993, and went through tough times in practice, then grew to one of the busiest practices in Australia. This was based around retention and building a great, supportive team. Scott has also been on paediatric and ACA boards, as well as actively supporting and mentoring students.
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Topic - Are you a Philosopher or a Follower?
Perhaps the most important thing to know about me is that I am a big picture, lateral thinker whose ideas can often get me in trouble, like that time I decided to start a private chiropractic college…
This means that I can be challenging at times with both my humour and opinions, however, I get people thinking and can be pretty entertaining at the same time. I am drawn to deep philosophical questions about life, existence and chiropractic and today I’ll be exploring a new idea about an old idea, the big idea.
Satre said that we must transcend our facticity, and I keep trying but I can’t escape the fact that I have been in practice for a quarter of a century, graduated from University of Adelaide and Macquarie University, am bent out of shape by a love of footy and live in a crazy household of 3 children, a husky, a Samoyed, a goldfish, a cat and a wife (she’s in there somewhere but we haven’t seen each other since 2019).
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ASRF and Research Updates
Dr Ryan Seaman is a Murdoch University graduate who now own’s his own family-based practice in Loxton South Australia. Having previously held many roles on various boards, Dr Seaman enjoys serving the profession by applying his skills and knowledge to further the Foundation’s impact. He believes Chiropractic to be the greatest profession in the world, and that good science is the best way to move the profession forward.
As President of the Australian Spinal Research Foundation, Ryan is proud of the Foundation’s in-depth grant approval process and feels this process is adding some of the most clinically relevant and best quality science to the pool for our profession. We as practitioners see many things in practice that the science has yet to define or explain, and therefor research is currency when in discussion with Board and Government. The greater depth and breadth of understanding of the Vertebral Subluxation, the better our profession will be.
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Topic - Elevate your love for practice…one child at a time
Dr Hayley and Dr Breezy Maginness are co-developers of Elevate Paediatrics and have each completed over 160 hours of post-graduate paediatric education. Both are driven by their passion for not only providing quality care to infants and children in practice, but also educating and supporting the next generation of chiropractors, most recently with their creation of the new Elevate 12 month program Paediatrics 101, which is specifically designed for students and new graduates.
Drs Hayley and Breezy have held numerous webinars, presentations and workshops live and online to hundreds of students, new graduates as well as experienced chiropractors worldwide on all things paediatric as well how to create a practice full of kids. They both run a very busy practice on the Mornington Peninsula, with their father, Paediatric Chiropractor Dr. Glenn Maginness, where over 80% of their patients are infants and children.
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Topic - How to maintain allostasis in practice - presenting with Dr Oscar Finn
Dr Paul Finn graduated the late 1980s initially heading back home to Darwin and the top end of the Northern Territory. He returned to Melbourne and joined the practice in Easter 1989, where he and Dr Tom Sims practiced together for 32 years.
He is married to Maral. Oscar Finn is his son who practices in Frankston. Oscar and his wife, Connor are the parents of Mabel – the special granddaughter of Paul & Maral. Paul has completed several postgraduate seminars and has a focus on paediatrics and family wellness care.
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Topic - How to maintain allostasis in practice - presenting with Dr Paul Finn
Dr Oscar Finn is a graduate of RMIT University. He believes that having an optimal functioning nervous system accompanied with exercise, is the key to good health.
Oscar has a keen interest in upper cervical chiropractic and aspires to help as many individuals as possible achieve their maximum potential with chiropractic care.
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Topic - Reasoning Beyond Evidence
Dr. Travis M Corcoran, the best selling author of Restoring Reason, is a philosopher and liberal arts enthusiast that helps people pursue a self-taught education in critical thinking using the ancient philosophy of the Trivium so that they may restore reason to all aspects of their life. Currently he serves as chairman of the board for the IFCO and as a director for the IACE. Dr. Corcoran is also the president of the European Chiropractic Academy in the Netherlands, and operates several Chiropractic practices throughout Europe.
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Topic: Are you helping your patients heal (or just adapt)?
Dr Regan Osborne belongs to a strong chiropractic family. His father Steve and older brother Michael led the charge. Soon after Regan, along with his wife Megan, followed suit- completing studies at RMIT in 2018.
Stepping straight into business ownership of Byron Bay Chiropractic Centre brought challenges, and rapid personal development over the past few years. Alongside being a part of a community that has faced natural disasters, housing crisis, and significant economic changes with a fluctuating tourism industry.
In this climate, Regan has pressed into the importance of what the Chiropractic profession can offer to the world.
He is deeply passionate about the art of Chiropractic. More importantly, refining the philosophy and communication of Chiropractic and the true meaning of ‘Healing’.
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Topic - The Power Of Your Subconscious Identity And It’s Affect On Your Practice Success … or lack of.
Clinton McCauley is a change agent! He has been involved in Chiropractic for over 35 years. Firstly as a patient and then as a Chiropractor. His 2 big loves are Chiropractic and Personal Development, which go hand in hand with their respective philosophies.
He still practices part time, while also running the transformational Personal Development company, Planet Personal Growth, who run men’s and women’s retreats called The Awakened Man and Awakened Woman across Australia.
He’s been deeply involved with learning more about Human behaviour, psychology, spirituality, philosophy, personal transformation and the power of the mind.
His mission on this planet is to transform lives and to inspire others to be the best version of themselves possible.
Today he is talking about the Subconscious identity and how this can impact our philosophy in life and in practice.
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Topic - Chiropractic and the Salutogenic Model of Health
Dr Aaron Scott is a family chiropractor based in Adelaide South Australia, where a strong philosophy has always been central to his practice style, which reinforces his desire to see all humans move closer to their own unique potential. In 2017, he completed his ACP with his dissertation being a revamp of the ideal cycle taking into account the current knowledge surrounding the impact of subluxation on the afferent side of the cycle. He is a founding member of the Australian Chiropractic College and has previously sat on the board of the South Australian branch of the then CAA. Outside of chiropractic, he enjoys spending time tending to his vineyard and making wine from the stunning fruit.
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