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Pitch It!

Tracks
Activities of daily living (ADLs) (General)
Activities of daily living aids (Assistive Technology)
AT assessment and goal setting (Assistive Technology)
Behaviour modification, including self-regulation (Paediatrics)
Children and families (Paediatrics)
Coaching (Knowledge Translation)
Development, including performance skills (visual-motor, fine-motor, cognitive) (Paediatrics)
Device trial and prescription (Assistive Technology)
Driving (General)
Early intervention (Paediatrics)
Education access technologies (Assistive Technology)
Education, including undergraduate and postgraduate course design (Knowledge Translation)
Equipment prescription (General)
Evidence-based practice (Knowledge Translation)
Falls prevention and safety (Disability)
Falls prevention and safety (Older Persons)
Home and environmental modifications (Assistive Technology)
Home and environmental modifications (Disability)
Home modifications (Older Persons)
Home safety (Older Persons)
Implementation science (Knowledge Translation)
Innovation and role-emerging practice (Knowledge Translation)
Knowledge exchange, mobilisation, and transfer (Knowledge Translation)
Meaningful activities (General)
Mentoring (Knowledge Translation)
Mobility (Disability)
NDIS (Disability)
Neurodevelopment, including autism, ID, and LD (Paediatrics)
Policy (Knowledge Translation)
Policy, funding, and access (Assistive Technology)
Practice challenges and future directions (Knowledge Translation)
Quality improvement projects, including student-driven programs (Knowledge Translation)
School, including school readiness and embedded services (Paediatrics)
Sensory processing, modulation, and integration (Paediatrics)
Supervision (Knowledge Translation)
Telehealth and remote AT services (Assistive Technology)
Working in dynamic settings (Knowledge Translation)
Workplace accommodations and ergonomics (Assistive Technology)
Youth and adolescence (Paediatrics)
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
1:10 PM - 1:35 PM
Spark Stage

Details

Pitch It returns to the OTX stage for its second year, giving OTs and innovators a live stage to showcase bold solutions, clever prototypes, and fresh thinking that could shape the future of practice. Whether it’s a new product, service model, or tech-powered tool, this fast-paced session spotlights innovations at any stage solving real OT challenges. Come watch the pitches, delivered to a "shark-tank" style panel, cheer on the risk-takers, and see what tomorrow looks like before it hits the mainstream. 🚀


Speaker

Chris Pearce
Director & Occupational Therapist
OT Services Group

WIKIQUIP: Bridging policy, practice & possibility in access to assistive technology.

Biography

Brianna Avramides
Senior Occupational Therapist
Otbuilder

Building Better Home Programs for Children and Families

Biography

Sarah Smith
Director
The OT Foundry

The OT Foundry: Home Modifications Support at the point-of-practice

Biography

to come
Brad Williams
Director
Williams Occupational Therapy

Drive With Me - a telehealth/video program enabling neurodivergent teens to drive

Biography

Julian Corvin
Founder and Occupational Therapist
Scripto

Scripto: Giving OTs 2,500 Hours Back—Built by an OT for OTs

Biography

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