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Conference Program

 

The draft conference program is outlined in various formats below - details will be updated as they are confirmed.

  • The Detailed Program contains details of concurrent session, presenters and abstracts.

  • A downloadable PDF program will be made available a few days before the Conference.

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Please note all times are AEDT (Melbourne time). 

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Day 1 - Monday 15 June 2026​

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​Opening Plenary - "CDC"

Room: Victory 

9.00am to 10.30am (90min)

  • Welcome to Country - TBA

  • Introductory Remarks - TBA

  • Conference Welcome- PHAA President, Prof. Caroline Miller

  • ​Opening Address - 

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  • Session Coordinators& chairs: A/Prof. Terry Slevin and Prof. Katie Flanagan

Keynote Speakers:​​​

  • Prof. Zoe Wainer, Director General of the Australian Centre for Disease Control

  • Dr. Caroline McElnary, Chief Health Officer, Department of Health Victoria

  • Dr. Lorraine Anderson, Medical Director at Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services​

Q&R with keynotes

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10:30am - 11:00am - Morning Tea & Exhibition

Room: Medallion Room

 

Concurrent Sessions  1A - 1E & Symposium #1

11.00am to 12.30pm (90min)​

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1A- Impact of RSV vaccines

Room: Skyline room​​​

1B - Vaccine delivery & practice

Room: Horizon room

1C - One health

Room: Rodgers room

1D - Outbreak preparedness & response

Room: Quill room

1E - Preventing respiratory transmission

Room: Danvers room

Symposium  1. - Expanding protection: Improving vaccine Coverage in Australia and worldwide

Room: Foundry room

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12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch 

Room: Medallion Room​​​​​

Poster display

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Concurrent Sessions  2A - 2E & Symposium #2

1.30pm to 3.00pm (90min)​​

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2A - Vaccine safety monitoring

Room: Skyline room

2B - Increasing childhood immunisation coverage

Room: Horizon room

2C - Trends in notifiable diseases

Room: Rodgers room

2D - Innovation

Room: Quill room

2E - Sexually transmitted infections

Room: Danvers room

Symposium 2. - Increasing vaccination demand and uptake: The critical role for behavioural and social science

Room: Foundry room​

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3:00pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon tea

Room: Medallion Room​​​​​

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Concurrent Sessions  3A - 3F

3.30pm to 4.45pm (75min) ​

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3A - Maternal vaccination 

Room: Skyline room

3B - COVID and RSV in older adults

Room: Horizon room

3C - Respiratory virus epidemiology & vaccination

Room: Rodgers room

3D - Equity and priority populations

Room: Quill room

3E - Vaccine efficacy & effectiveness

Room: Foundry room

3F - Vaccination policy

Room: Danvers room

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Feery Oration (Immunisation)

5.00pm to 5.45pm​​

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Orator:​​ Prof. Kristine Macartney, Director of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS)

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Welcome Reception

5.45pm to 6.45pm

Room: Medallion Room

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Day 2 - Tuesday 16 June 2026​

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​Plenary 2 - "Respiratory Health: Strengthening Surveillance Through Collective Action"

9.00am to 10.30am (90min)

Room: Victory

  • Session Coordinators & chairs: Prof. Bette Liu and Ms. Karen Bellamy

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Keynote Speakers:​​​

  • Dr Conall Watson, consultant epidemiologist in the UK Health Security Agency's immunisation and vaccine preventable disease division.

  • Dr Ushma Wadia, Doctor of Philosophy, UWA Medical School, Clinical Senior Lecturer, UWA Medical School, UWA Centre for Child Health Research.

Panel discussion: 

  • Prof. Allen Cheng, Infectious Diseases at Monash University and Program Director for Medical Specialties at Monash Health.​

  • Prof. Anne-Marie Eades, Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Curtin University.

Moderator: Nicholas Wood

Q&R with keynotes​

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10:30am - 11:00am - Morning Tea & Exhibition

Room: Medallion Room​

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Symposium #3 Australian Centre for Disease Control: Communicable Disease Surveillance Strategy - Stakeholder Workshop 

10.45am to 12.45pm (120min)

​Room: Danvers Room

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Concurrent Sessions  4A - 4E

11.00am to 12.30pm (90min)​

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4A - Influenza burden and vaccine effectiveness

Room: Skyline room

4B - Enteric diseases

Room: Horizon room

4C - TB & RHD​

Room: Rodgers room

4D - Respiratory vaccine immunogenicity studies 

Room: Quill room

4E - Enhancing Vaccine programs

Room: Foundry room

 

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12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch & Exhibition

Room: Medallion Room​​

Poster display &  Judging 

"Come and speak to the authors about their poster"

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Concurrent Sessions  5A - 5E & Symposium #4

1.30pm to 3.00pm (90min) 

 

5A - Disease trends and epidemiology 

Room: Skyline room

5B - Vaccine mandates and community perspectives 

Room: Horizon room

5C - Respiratory disease surveillance

Room: Rodgers room

5D - Public health practice and operations 

Room: Quill room

5E - Rural and remote public health​

Symposium 4 - Digital innovations in Public Health.

Room: Foundry room​​​​

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3:00pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon tea

Room: Medallion Room​

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Plenary 3 - "“Regional threats & response”"

3.30pm to 4:45pm (90min)

Room: Victory 

  • Session Coordinators & chairs: Dr. Hazel Clothier and Dr. Christian McGrath 

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Keynote Speakers:​​​

  • Dr Gina Samaan, Regional Emergency Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme and Director, Division of Health Security and Emergencies​

  • Dr Fiona Kupe, Senior Paediatrician & Provincial child health head National Capital District Health Authority (NCDPHA)

  • Dr Joshua Hayward, Senior Research Scientist, Burnet Institute​​​​

Q&R with keynotes​​​​

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Aileen Joy Plant Oration (Communicable diseases)

5.00pm to 5.45pm​

Session Chair: Prof. Bette Liu

Orator:​​ Dr Jeremy McAnulty, Executive Director of Health Protection NSW at the NSW Ministry of Health.

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Conference Dinner

7:00pm to 10:00pm

Room: Victory H

​GSK & Immunisation awards 

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We are encouraging delegates to wear their favourite football colours / outfit.

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Day 3 - Wednesday 17 June 2026​

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​Plenary 4 - "Public health under challenge five years post pandemic "

11.00am to 12.30pm (90min)

Co-chair/Moderator: Stephen Lambert

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Keynote Speakers:​​

  • Prof. Joseph Doyle, Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred and Monash University

  • Mr Abe Ropitini, Executive Director of Population Health, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) 

  • Catherine Hughes AM, Founder and Executive Director of the Immunisation Foundation of Australia (IFA)

  • Dr. Nadia Totounji, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Public Health

Q&R with keynotes

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10:30am - 11:00am - Morning tea

Room: Medallion Room​​​​​

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Concurrent Sessions  6A - 6F

3.30pm to 4.45pm 

 

6A - Surveillance and response

Room: Skyline room

6B - Communicable disease control in our region

Room: Horizon room

6C - Respiratory vaccines in children 

Room: Rodgers room

6D - Measles & varicella 

Room: Quill room

6E - Implementing immunisation 

Room: Foundry room

6F - Rapid outbreak reports​

Room: Danvers room

 

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12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch & Exhibition

Room: Medallion Room

Poster display- winners announced.

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Closing Plenary - Debate "Influencers are more impactful than experts in changing public health"

1.30pm to 3.00pm (90min)

Room: Victory

  • Session Coordinators & Moderators: Prof. Meru Sheel and Prof. Christopher Blyth

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Debaters:​​​

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  • Mr Richard Brett, President of Ogilvy Public Relations Asia Pacific, CEO of Ogilvy Public Relations ANZ.

  • A/Prof. Sanjay Senanayake, ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Infectious Diseases Specialist.

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  • Prof. Paul Kelly. 

  • Dr Monique Ryan, Independent Federal Member of Parliament for Kooyong, Australia.​

Q&R with keynotes

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Conference close

Keynote Speaker:​​​​ A/Prof. Terry Slevin 

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