Dr Glenn Singleman is a practising medical doctor specialising in Remote, Rural and Expedition medicine. He is also a World-Record-holding extreme sport athlete and an award-winning documentary filmmaker.
Dr Singleman is a specialist rural and remote medical practitioner with a diverse background. He is a fellow of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). He works for Albury Wodonga Health as an Emergency Physician and Deputy Director of Wodonga Emergency Department. He teaches medical students, interns, HMOs and registrars on a daily basis and advocates for rural careers in medicine. Glenn founded the Extreme Sport Medicine and Marine Medicine Program for the University of Tasmania and also lectures part-time in the Health Care in Remote and Extreme Environments for the University.
He has worked in many different health care settings from metropolitan intensive care units to remote Aboriginal outreach clinics to expeditions in Antarctica, the Simpson Desert and research vessels at the bottom of the ocean. Medicine is only one of Dr Singleman's careers.
Throughout his long expedition career, Glenn has travelled to the remotest corners of the planet to explore, discover and test the boundaries of what’s possible. He’s summited a remote unclimbed peak in Antarctica; he was part of the team that flew the first hot air balloons over Mt Everest; he made the first ever high altitude BASE jump from a Himalayan mountain in Pakistan (6000m), and broke that record with a higher jump from Mt Meru (6672m) in the Indian Himalaya in 2006.
In 2015 he led the high performance wingsuit team that made the first (and only) wingsuit crossing of The Grand Canyon – jumping from 30,000 feet and flying over 12 kilometres. He also led the first wingsuit flights across Sydney Harbour, Brisbane city, Lake Eyre and Wilpena Pound in remote central Australia, to mention just a few.
Glenn is Australia’s best-known wingsuit pilot with an impeccable safety record on over 1000 wingsuit flights. He has featured twice on Australian Story, three times on 60 Minutes and many other current affairs and news segments. He has also featured in a number of international documentaries, including most recently ‘The Search for Freedom’. He is a recipient of many prestigious awards including the ‘Spirit of Adventure Award’ (twice) and the Lifetime of Adventure Award for excellence by the Australian Geographic Society.
Glenn is a key member of James Cameron’s documentary team, having undertaken four major projects with the acclaimed Hollywood Director (Terminator, Titanic, Avatar), including the 2012 Deep Sea Challenger Expedition. Glenn was part of the management team, and also responsible for designing and managing James Cameron’s life support. The Deep Sea Challenger Team successfully built a submersible capable of carrying James Cameron to the deepest part of the ocean – The Mariana Trench - and return.
Glenn has made many successful films for National Geographic International, including BASEClimb, which continues to win awards as one of the best adventure documentaries of all time. He was 2nd Unit Director on the Deep Sea Challenger Documentary.
Since 1992, when he was first invited to speak about his experiences and the lessons relevant to corporate teams, he has inspired audiences all over the world to seek adventure responsibly and to improve their mental and physical fitness. He has also inspired countless young doctors to build careers in remote and rural settings.
Talking Points
The Future of Health
This presentation will inspire audiences and give them tools that will help overcome the inevitable barriers that result from so called 'brain bugs'. Audiences will know what's happening in their brain when they have an 'amygdala hijack'. They will learn the difference between emotional and rational decision making in a fun, safe yet provocative environment. The Future of Health
In the Future of Health Glenn talks about the technology and trends that are shaping the future of health. Like many industries Healthcare is undergoing a technology driven disruption. Big technology names are disrupting the health-care sector through Big Data analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Technologies. At the same time, the age of personalised medicine has arrived. Medications based on individual genome analysis are available. What will this mean for the future of health?
Wearable health and wellness devices are predicted to have sales in excess of $34 billion by 2020. Will this technology improve our health or empty our pockets?
We all like to think of ourselves as rational beings who understand reality. Unfortunately, psychology and cognitive science show that this is a delusion. Dr Singleman's Future of Health presentation shows how cognitive biases, logical fallacies and heuristics (thinking short cuts) can affect belief formation, business and economic decisions. He demonstrates scientific techniques to promote rational thinking and good judgement.
Fear: Understanding it, understanding its role, overcoming it
(Understanding it, understanding its role in limiting performance, health and happiness and tools for overcoming it). Fear: Understanding it, understanding its role, overcoming it
Fear is a sneaky adversary. It can sound so reasonable - that little voice that says, "You don't really want to do that, it's too risky, you might get hurt, you might embarrass yourself, you might fail. It's not too late to stay here where it's safe." But we know that little voice is lying. You can do it. You can push the boundaries safely. You can achieve big dreams.
Physical and Mental Fitness.
Physical and Mental Fitness.
Coping with Adversity and Successfully Managing Change.
Coping with Adversity and Successfully Managing Change.
Glenn Singleman is perhaps the ultimate quiet achiever. Either that or he is a chameleon. How else can you explain the surprise in store when having read his bio relating seemingly foolhardy ... keep reading Professional Conference Organisers Australia
In staging a successful event, you have to find a WOW segment. You certainly provided that element and more! No matter what personal fears we all have, you showed that there is really no limit to what one can achieve if one sets one's mind to it. Glenn, we all climb our different mountains every day of our lives. You've shown us how we can harness the fear and turn it into positive thrust. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Glenn Singleman is perhaps the ultimate quiet achiever. Either that or he is a chameleon. How else can you explain the surprise in store when having read his bio relating seemingly foolhardy deeds, you finally get to meet the man and are confronted with your average day to day conservatively dressed, quietly spoken business man. And that in essence, is the key to Glenn as a professional speaker. normality. It's just that he has this penchant for jumping off thingsvery high things. Glenn is that rare breed of speaker to whom an audience can easily relate. While his achievements are beyond reality for most people, the person is not. Having used Glenn in a motivational speaking capacity for a number of varied clients, I can attest to the fact that he is able to reach audiences on all levels, ever reinforcing the need for planning, preparation and risk management. The message is always clear and absorbable but more importantly, accessible. Glenn isn't out there' like so many others, he is simply a man determined to challenge both himself and his environment and to give his audience a wonderful insight into the capabilities that lie within us all.
Glenn was the highlight of our conference. He delivered a powerful and inspiring keynote that incorporated incredible visuals, captivating stories and cutting edge science on human performance. Our delegates were impressed not only with his almost unbelievable achievements but also with his openness to their endless questions and his down-to-earth manner. I highly recommend him.:
