Communicable Diseases & Immunisation Conference 2026
'Public Health at Risk - Collective Solutions to New Challenges'
Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 June 2026 | Marvel Stadium Melbourne/Naarm, Wurundjeri Country, VIC
#CDIC2026
Satellite Events Programs
Protecting Beyond Influenza:
What the evidence on influenza vaccines demonstrate
Date: Sunday 14 June 2026
Start time: 6:30pm
End time: 8:45pm
Venue & location: Pan Pacific Melbourne Hotel
Flyer Link: TBA
Event blurb: The programme will feature nationally recognised experts whose combined expertise spans influenza-associated cardiovascular disease burden and immunisation epidemiology, offering attendees both clinical and real-world perspectives on the evolving landscape of influenza prevention and its cardioprotective potential.
Topics will cover the link between influenza and cardio, protection beyond influenza, what the data shows regarding influenza vaccination, and Influenza vaccine: CVD guideline updates and what does that mean for HCPs.
This will be a hybrid dinner event taking place on Sunday, 14 June, the night prior to the start of CDIC. It will be held at the Pan Pacific Melbourne Hotel and attendees can register for face to face or virtual attendance
Target audience: Health care professionals (GPs, nurses, paediatricians) & researchers and clinicians
Registration cost: TBA
Registration link: TBA
Host/Facilitating Organisation: Sanofi
Contact name: Dr Najwa Ejje or Deb Kerr
Contact email address: Najwa.Ejje@sanofi.com and deb.kerr@sanofi.com
RSV Dinner Meeting
Date: Monday 15 June 2026
Start time: 7:00pm
End time: 9:30pm
Venue & location: Marvel stadium, Victory Room F, Level 1
Access directions: Gate 9 at Marvel Stadium is located on the Bourke Street side (Harbour side) of the stadium, best accessed via the Bourke Street pedestrian footbridge from Southern Cross Station.
For parking, use Car Park A or B on Bourke Street and follow signs to Gate 9
Flyer Link:
Event blurb: This is a free event targeted at healthcare professionals, policymakers, and researchers. The meeting aims to bring these groups together to strengthen RSV vaccination efforts. Insights and recommendations from the discussion will be documented and presented to the current or incoming Government to help inform and shape future immunisation policies.
Target audience: Healthcare professionals, policymakers, and researchers.
Registration cost: Free
Registration link: https://immunisationcoalition.org.au/events/rsv-expert-meeting/
Host/Facilitating Organisation: Immunisation Coalition
Contact name: Feyona Gebreselassie
Contact email: events@imco.org.au
GSK Breakfast Symposium Infectious Diseases Across the Lifespan
– The Hidden Burden Beyond the Acute Episode
Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026
Start time: Register and breakfast provided from 7.15am. Symposium begins at 7.30am
End time: 8:45am
Venue & location: Marvel stadium, Victory room F, Level 1
Access directions: Gate 9 at Marvel Stadium is located on the Bourke Street side (Harbour side) of the stadium, best accessed via the Bourke Street pedestrian footbridge from Southern Cross Station.
For parking, use Car Park A or B on Bourke Street and follow signs to Gate 9.
Flyer Link: TBA
Event blurb: While adult infectious disease discussions often focus on the elderly, emerging evidence suggests that preventing infectious diseases in younger older adults (50–64 years) may result in substantial clinical, economic, and system level impacts that are under recognised in current policy settings. In particular, there is increasing recognition that infectious diseases may cause more severe and longer lasting consequences beyond the acute episode than previously appreciated, especially in individuals with underlying conditions.
Program Highlights:
The session will discuss the latest evidence on the following topics:
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Highlight the clinical severity, downstream consequences, and long-term burden of infectious diseases in adults, using illustrative examples across different pathogens.
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Strengthen recognition of the importance of intervening early in the disease pathway, before severe outcomes and downstream complications occur.
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Demonstrate the economic impact of adult infectious diseases, including healthcare resource utilisation and hospitalisation costs, with examples drawn from RSV.
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Improve understanding of the shifting epidemiology of infectious diseases, and the under recognised, growing unmet need in younger age cohorts.
Target audience: Infectious disease and public health physicians, General practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, Immunisation providers, Government representatives/Department of Health, Primary Health Care Networks
Registration cost: Free with breakfast provided (registration required)
Registration link: TBA
Host/Facilitating Organisation: GSK
Contact name: Alysia Thrasis
Contact email address: alysia.p.thrasis@gsk.com
CSL Seqirus Breakfast Symposium
Sustaining Success: How Australia’s 65+
Influenza Program Delivers Value, Trust and Resilience
Date: Tuesday 16 June 2026
Start time: 7:15am (7:30am registration/ breakfast available)
End time: 8:45am
Venue & location: Marvel Stadium, Sports Bar, Level 2
Access directions: Gate 9 at Marvel Stadium is located on the Bourke Street side (Harbour side) of the stadium, best accessed via the Bourke Street pedestrian footbridge from Southern Cross Station.
For parking, use Car Park A or B on Bourke Street and follow signs to Gate 9
Flyer Link: TBA
Event blurb: Australia’s universally funded influenza program for people aged 65 years and over is
widely regarded as a public health success. But in a rapidly changing environment, marked
by emerging vaccine technologies, economic pressures, evolving tender structures and
lingering impacts on public trust post COVID, how do we ensure that success is sustained?
This interactive breakfast symposium will bring together government policy and
procurement leaders, public health experts, clinicians and immunisation providers to
explore what has underpinned the effectiveness, resilience and efficiency of the current
65+ influenza program, and what factors must be carefully considered to support its
ongoing success.
Through a mix of short expert presentations and table discussions, participants will
examine the clinical, programmatic and system level factors that matter most for older
Australians, from simplicity and supply reliability to evidence, safety, cost effectiveness and
public confidence.
Designed to encourage open discussion and shared learning, this session aims to equip
decision makers with practical insights to support evidence informed, risk aware choices
for Australia’s most vulnerable population.
Target audience: Stakeholders involved in influenza prevention and vaccination in Australia (e.g. Healthcare Professionals, Government and Public Health Officials, and Researchers).
Registration cost: TBA
Registration link: TBA
Host/Facilitating Organisation: CSL Seqirus
Contact name: Erin Matthews
Contact email: Erin.Matthews@seqirus.com
AFPHM Gerry Murphy 2026 final
Date: Wednesday 17 June 2026
Start time: 3:00pm
End time: 4:30pm
Venue & location: Marvel Stadium, Victory room G, Level 1
Access directions: Gate 9 at Marvel Stadium is located on the Bourke Street side (Harbour side) of the stadium, best accessed via the Bourke Street pedestrian footbridge from Southern Cross Station.
For parking, use Car Park A or B on Bourke Street and follow signs to Gate 9
Flyer Link: https://event.racpevents.edu.au/gerry-murphy-prize-final-2026/gmpf26
Event blurb: The Gerry Murphy Prize is awarded annually to the best oral presentation by an Advanced Trainee of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM). This event is our final for 2026
Target audience: Target audience is AFPHM members both Trainees and Fellows
Registration cost: No cost to attend
Registration link: this is the registration link to attend in person or online: event link
Host/Facilitating Organisation: RACP
Contact name: Julie Adams
Contact email: afphm@racp.edu.au