Keynote Speaker

Cat Walker is a Registered Veterinary Nurse, Lawyer, Mediator, and self-confessed nerd with a wealth of experience in the veterinary sector. She has a background in veterinary ownership and management of general practice and emergency hospitals. Cat empowers veterinary teams to maximise patient outcomes by navigating common lines of tension and conflict using evidence-based strategies grounded in conflict theory and neuroscience. With a past life in performing arts, Cat’s skills as a speaker shine through with her interactive, engaging, yet extremely professional style. Delegates benefit from the pragmatic nature of Cat’s talks in which her goal is for individuals to walk away with clear strategies that they can apply to their working lives. Cat is the voice and mind behind the Radio Vet Nurse podcast with over 70,000 downloads.

Upcoming Events

  • 31st VNCA Conference, Veterinary Nurses Council of Australia, 19-21 March 2025, Melbourne

    • Wednesday 19 March 08:45-0945: Opening Plenary Address - How Yesterday Shapes Tomorrow

    • Thursday 20 March 10:30-11:30: Finding Comfort in the grey - palliative care and supported natural death

    • Thursday 20 March 13:30-14:30: The inaugural human anaesthetist vs veterinary nurses and technologists panel and challenge

    • Friday 21 March 10:30-11:30: Safeguarding: drug misuse in veterinary teams

    • Friday 21 March 13:30-14:30: The Cat Walker Hour

  • Vets Central & VetEducation New Graduate Symposium, April 2025, online

    • Tuesday 29 April: Client communication and stressors

  • THRIVE Veterinary Wellness Symposium, ICC Darling Harbour, Sydney

    • Monday 12 May 13:35: Building a Well Workplace: Managing Incivility

    • Monday 12 May 14:30: Panel - How do we manage and shape unwanted behaviours to protect ‘total team wellbeing’?

    • Monday 12 May 16:50: Q & A discussion

  • Omega Summit 2025, The Langham, Gold Coast, June 19 - 21, 2025.

    • Speaking topics and times to be advised

  • IVECCS 4-8 September 2025, International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Symposium, San Diego CA

    • Speaking topics and times to be advised

  • Women in Veterinary Leadership Summit, 28 November 2024

    • Communication for Women: Authenticity vs Results

  • Coast to Coast Anaesthesia Conference, 8-10 November 2024, Noosa

    Keynote Speaker

    • Saturday 9 November 11:00-12:00: When I Was Your Age

  • The Vet Expo, 24-25 October 2024, International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney

    • Thursday 24 October 12:15-12:35: Live podcast interview

    • Thursday 24 October 13:30-13:50: Outsourcing difficult client interactions: retain clients and protect teams

    • Friday 25 October 10:20-10:50: Panel - intergenerational management and communication

  • Greencross National Clinical Symposium, 19-20 October 2024, Gold Coast

    • Saturday 19th October 16:15-17:10: Panel chair - How to approach challenging client situations

    • Sunday 20th October 11:00-11:55: When I Was Your Age…

    • Monday 21st October 10:15-1:15: Leadership Workshop

  • IVECCS 7-11 September 2024, International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Symposium, St. Louis MO

    • Saturday 7 September 1:15pm-3:15pm: Palliative Care in the Emergency Department

    • Saturday 7 September 3:30pm-5:30pm: Conflict is a Dish Best Served Cold

    • Sunday 8 September 3pm-5:15pm: Assisted Death

    • Sunday 9 September 3pm-4pm: When I Was Your Age

  • 49th ASAV Annual Conference Together with the Veterinary Business Group, 12-15 August 2024, Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort

    • Wednesday 14 August 11:45am-12:45pm: Howdy Partner! Navigating veterinary business ownership and partnerships.

  • University of Queensland Veterinary Nurses & Technicians Conference, 6-7 July 2024

    • The Cat Walker Hour

    • Conflict is a Dish Best Served Cold

    • When I Was Your Age

  • 30th VNCA Conference, Veterinary Nurses Council of Australia, 17-19 April 2024, Adelaide

    • When I was Your Age

    • Conflict is a Dish Best Served Cold

    • The Cat Walker Hour

  • The University of Queensland Veterinary Nurse and Technicians Conference 2023

    • The Cat Walker Hour.

Past Events