In November 2025, we held our first training workshop for the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre in Optimal Ageing. It was a meaningful milestone for our Directors, Yen Ying Lim and Dana Kulic, to see our PhD cohort come together for the first time, as the program begins to unfold.

Thank you to Ling Wu and Patrick Olivier for designing the micro-training program, which introduced key foundations in Co-design, Implementation Science, Systems/Web Engineering in Healthcare, Health Equity and AI for Health. We are so grateful to our presenters Anu Ivaturi, Ph D, Delvin Varghese, Siew Lim, Alex Waddell PhD, Jue Xie and Jackie Rong for sharing their expertise.

Thank you to Catherine Robb for facilitating the Speed Mentoring session, and to our mentors Colette Browning, Paul Maruff, Róisín McNaney and Lisa Bransby for offering guidance to our emerging researchers.

Thank you also to Yen Ying Lim, Delvin Varghese, Catherine Robb and Ling Wu for your honest reflections during the Career Development panel session.

We were privileged to have industry partners Ken Liang Future Wellness Group Holdings Pty Ltd. and Jeanna Manifold join us throughout the program. Your experience and insights were valued by our Postdoctoral Researchers and PhD students.

We look forward to continuing to build our cohort and provide more opportunities to collaborate and connect.