{"id":319,"date":"2026-10-13T13:22:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T02:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/?post_type=news&#038;p=319"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T02:25:33","slug":"ben-bravery-keynote-speaker","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/news\/ben-bravery-keynote-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"First Student Conference Keynote Speaker Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are excited to announce <strong>Dr Ben Bravery, <\/strong>who is a Doctor, Advocate and Author of <em>The Patient Doctor <\/em>as the Student Conference Keynote Speaker for ASMIRT 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally a zoologist and science communicator, Ben became a doctor in 2018 after a stage 3 bowel cancer diagnosis. He is now a psychiatrist working in Sydney and regional NSW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben speaks about cancer care, medicine and medical education, and is committed to advocating for change in Australia's healthcare system. His memoir, <em>The Patient Doctor<\/em>, was released in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1083\" height=\"1083\" src=\"https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ASMIRT2027_Dr-Ben-Bravery_HS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-317\" style=\"width:349px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ASMIRT2027_Dr-Ben-Bravery_HS.png 1083w, https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ASMIRT2027_Dr-Ben-Bravery_HS-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ASMIRT2027_Dr-Ben-Bravery_HS-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ASMIRT2027_Dr-Ben-Bravery_HS-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ASMIRT2027_Dr-Ben-Bravery_HS-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1083px) 100vw, 1083px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sign up to our ASMIRT 2027 Student Conference email list for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":320,"template":"","class_list":["post-319","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conference.asmirt.org\/2027\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}