Enhance your knowledge and empower your practice with cutting-edge insights into gut health management through the lens of an Integrative GP with Dr. Nadine Perlen. Dr Perlen will delve into the critical importance of gut health and its profound impact on overall well-being. Drawing on her extensive clinical expertise, Dr. Perlen will guide practitioners through the intricacies of the gastrointestinal system, exploring functional mechanisms, clinical presentations, and targeted therapeutic interventions.

🔬 Learning Outcomes

✅ Develop a thorough understanding of the critical role that gut health plays in overall well-being, recognising its profound impact on various bodily systems and its influence on both physical and mental health.

✅ Learn to identify common and complex gut-related issues through targeted therapeutic interventions guided by real-life integrative approaches.

✅ Learn how to effectively use validated diagnostic tools, like the GI 360 test, to enhance clinical insights by pinpointing key underlying issues with greater precision, allowing for more accurate, effective, and individualised treatment plans.

Cost: Early Bird Special = $19 (Early Bird Special ends 27th March 2026).

Rates of chronic illness and mental health conditions continue to rise, placing growing pressure on Australian families, schools, and communities.

Whether you are a patient, parent, educator, doctor, therapist, advocate, or journalist, the Mindd Forum offers you the opportunity to be part of meaningful change – by learning a whole-person, root-cause approach to healthcare that unlocks the body’s innate ability to heal and thrive.

The Mindd Forum offers a unique in-person opportunity to empower and connect your community through:
• Learning from world-class experts on whole-person, root cause approaches to healthcare
• Connecting with like-minded practitioners, teachers, psychologists, therapists, advocates and journalists
• An interactive Expo Hall featuring innovative health products and services
• An inspiring space where your group can share fresh, nutrient-rich meals

To support you and your community, Mindd Health are pleased to offer you a special 15% off discount code: Mindd26

Please note that the Practitioner training runs April 30–May 2 while the Community Education track runs May 1–2.

We are also celebrating our speakers Friday evening, May 1, at our Speakers Reception and welcome anyone from your community to join for an evening of fun and meaningful advocacy.

Metabolic health is fundamentally linked to health span. It influences everybody system, shaping not only how we feel today but how we age tomorrow. Metabolic dysfunction is a primary driver of a spectrum of chronic diseases which collectively account for the greatest burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide.

Current healthcare systems remain anchored in a disease-centric paradigm, focusing on survival with chronic disease, over strategies that enhance health span and quality of life. For the holistic clinician, increasing health span and vitality has always been a fundamental goal; and addressing metabolic dysfunction represents a profound opportunity to extend the years lived in optimal wellbeing. Therefore, longevity is not a distant aspiration; it emerges from the foundations of holistic medicine, rooted in nutrition, lifestyle, and whole-person care. In an era of supplement-driven protocols and quick-fix trends, there is a critical need to reframe longevity as a whole-system, person-centred clinical framework, rather than the endless pursuit of biohacking and longevity shortcuts.

The Metabolic Health Summit bridges cutting-edge science with grassroots clinical realities. Across two streams and 12 dynamic sessions, the summit will explore how clinicians can deliver effective care for patients with chronic and complex metabolic health presentations, while laying the groundwork for long-term vitality. Topics will span weight management, integrative cardiology, and the role of the microbiome in metabolic regulation. Practical sessions will consider clinical prioritisation, the patient experience, and sustainable business practises – ensuring that both patients and practitioners thrive.

The BioMedica Metabolic Health Summit is more than an event; it is a call to remain true to the foundations of holistic health care, while embracing new evidence-based strategies that strengthen our clinical framework. By connecting the realities of chronic illness with a holistic view of longevity medicine, we empower clinicians to deliver clinical outcomes that endure – not only for the next month or year, but for decades to come.

Registrations are now open for the inaugural Global Mitochondrial Health Summit 2026 (MHS 2026), a landmark international scientific and clinical forum aimed at healthcare professionals to advance mitochondrial health as a core pillar of integrative and preventative health.

The Summit will convene leading global experts to spotlight the latest in mitochondrial research and support patient-centred clinical application across women’s health, fertility, cardiovascular health, genetics, cognition, ageing, pharmacy, and other topics, including the gut–microbiome interface.

Reflecting the global relevance of mitochondrial science, a satellite educational event will also be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which is open to local healthcare professionals.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 

• Pharmacists and allied health professionals involved in patient care
• Medical practitioners, including integrative GPs and medical specialists
• Integrative and functional medicine clinicians
• Accredited naturopaths and clinical nutritionists
• Clinical researchers, educators and academic faculties
• Healthcare industry professionals involved in product development and clinical education.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

• Clinical frameworks for integrating mitochondrial science into everyday practice
• Evidence-informed strategies to support cellular energy production and metabolic function
• How commonly prescribed medicines (statins, metformin, GLP-1 agonists, oral contraceptives) may influence mitochondrial pathways
• Nutritional and lifestyle factors that support mitochondrial function and healthy ageing
• Emerging insights into post-viral fatigue and autonomic regulation
• A bioenergetic perspective on women’s health across the reproductive lifespan

This unique event offers a combination of both conference and retreat and has been created specifically for naturopaths seeking to take time out, deepen their practice and explore a more spiritual approach to healing. It will include international keynote speakers and presentations on topics such as Anthroposophic medicine, the destiny of illness and Ayurveda along with interactive workshops on plant studies, art therapy, nature connection and forest bathing. The retreat also offers a wellbeing programme of daily meditation, movement, immersive spa experiences, foot oilings and incredible organic and biodynamic food. This event will provide practitioners with both a nourishing break for renewal and recharge as well as new inspiration and insights to take back to their clinical practice.

What you can expect:

This event delves into the science and clinical management of conditions such as PMDD, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, Multiple sclerosis, ADHD, and mental fatigue. Sessions will examine how sleep, circadian rhythms, light exposure, nutrition, stress, gut health, immune regulation and oral health collectively shape mental and physical wellbeing.

Attendees will gain actionable insights into reframing mental health and addiction, optimising sleep hygiene, and leveraging chronobiology and gut microbiota research for neurodegenerative and mood disorders. The program also addresses the role of light as a nutrient, the importance of synchronising biological clocks, and the influence of environmental factors on hormonal and immune health. Practical workshops will offer tools for improving patient compliance and recognising the links between infections, oral health and neuroinflammation.

Learning Outcomes:

• Strengthen sleep quality and circadian alignment to support conditions including depression, PMDD, ADHD, and autoimmunity, with practical strategies that go beyond standard sleep advice.
• Understanding the importance of light, including its role in hormonal and immune regulation. We will cover the impact of light environments, the importance of natural sunlight, and practical interventions for office-based patients.
• Apply gut–brain and nutritional insights, discover the connection between gut microbiota, nutrition, and brain function, including new research on the ketogenic diet for depression and the role of sleep and the gut in common clinical presentations.
• Recognise oral health drivers of neuroinflammation, such as jaw growth, airway restriction and chronic mouth breathing, and learn how to assess and address them within holistic patient care.
• Practical tools focused on maximising patient compliance, especially for those suffering from mood disorders and chronic stress. Attendees will learn approaches for reframing mental health and addiction to reduce stigma and improve outcomes.

Learn how to:

1. Use HTMA effectively in your clinic.
   i. To guide bio-individualised therapy
   ii. Identify environmental toxic burdens
2. Interpret Test Results with Confidence.
3. Navigate Detox and Mineral Balancing.

Each intensive 1-hour session is packed with clinical insights to support better patient outcomes.