PROGRAM & ABSTRACT BOOK

The program outline will be updated as speakers are confirmed. To view the draft program, please click on the bottom below.



 

Monday 20 June 2022

8:30am - 10:30am - Opening Plenary Session: Lessons learnt from COVID-19

Welcome to Country

Opening Address

• Professor Paul Kelly

Conference Welcome

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Keynote Speakers:

• Dr Jerome Kim

• Professor Allen Cheng

• Professor Julie Leask

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

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11:00am - 12:30pm -  Symposiums - click for more information about each symposium

• Enhancing communication and engagement with multicultural communities

Hosted by: A/Prof Holly Seale

• What has the pandemic taught us in relation to the need for vaccine policy reform?

Hosted by: Medicines Australia, Sanofi, GSK, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, MSD, J&J, Seqirus & Biointelect

• Utility of genomics for COVID-19 and future applications to public health (Part 1)

Hosted by: Communicable Diseases Genomics Network

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

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1:30pm - 3:00pm - Concurrent Session 1 - Long Oral Presentations​

• 1A – COVID-19 – community attitudes/education

• 1B – COVID-19 - transmission & control

• 1C - STI

• 1D - Vaccine Dev & Effectiveness

• 1E – Virtual - COVID-19, influenza and other respiratory infections

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3:00pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon Tea and Exhibition

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3:30pm - 5:00pm - Concurrent Session 2 - Rapid Fire Presentations

• 2A - Vaccine safety

• 2B – COVID-19 social/clinical

• 2C - Antimicrobial/genomics

• 2D - Vaccine delivery/programs

• 2E – COVID-19 (VIRTUAL)

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5:00pm - 5:45pm - Feery Oration (Immunisation)

Orator: Professor Sarah Gilbert

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5:45pm - 6:45pm - Welcome Reception

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Tuesday 21 June 2022

8:30am - 10:30am - Plenary Session 2 - Innovative approaches to COVID-19

Keynote Speakers:

• Professor Florian Krammer

• Professor Jodie McVernon

• Dr Joep de Ligt

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

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11:00am - 12:30pm -  Plenary Session 3 - Vaccines - horizon scanning and current practice

Keynote Speakers:

• Professor Christopher Blyth

• Professor Miles Davenport

• Professor Michael Good

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

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12:45pm - 1:15pm - CSIRO Report Launch, Mr Greg Williams, Associate Director, CSIRO Futures

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1:30pm - 3:00pm - Concurrent Session 3 - Long Oral Presentations​

• 3A - Influenza Vaccine Dev & Effectiveness

• 3B – COVID-19 – health strategy

• 3C - Genomics for disease surveillance

• 3D – COVID-19 – vaccine programs

• 3E – Virtual - Mixed

3:00pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
 

3:30pm - 5:00pm - Concurrent Session 4 - Long Oral Presentations

• 4A – COVID-19 – epidemiology & surveillance

• 4B - Vaccine safety

• 4C - VPD’s

• 4D - Health & Government policy

• 4E - VPD burden & outbreak (VIRTUAL RAPID FIRE)

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5:00pm - 5:45pm - Aileen Joy Plant Oration (Communicable Diseases)

Orator: Professor Kåre Mølbak

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7:00pm - 10:00pm - Conference Dinner & GSK Awards Presentation

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Wednesday 22 June 2022

8:30am - 10:30am - Plenary Session 4 - Things that should be on the National agenda

Keynote Speakers:

• Professor Fiona Russell

• Professor Karin Leder

• Associate Professor Amy Jennison

• Ms Katrina Clark

• Professor Bart Currie

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

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11:00am - 12:30pm -  Symposiums - click for more information about each symposium

• Lessons from the field for a pandemic vaccine rollout: implementation, communication, and policy learnings from Australia

Hosted by: A/Prof Katie Attwell and A/Prof Margie Danchin on behalf of COSS

• Intra/after-action reviews of the pandemic - local and international progress

Hosted by: Craig Dalton

• Utility of genomics for COVID-19 and future applications to public health (Part 2)

Hosted by: Communicable Diseases Genomics Network

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

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1:30pm - 3:00pm - Concurrent Session 5 - Long Oral Presentations​

• 5A - Viral/Respiratory

• 5B – COVID-19 impacts on diseases & surveillance

• 5C - Vaccines – public engagement & education

• 5D - Bacteria & AMR issues

• 5E – Virtual - Mixed

3:00pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
 

3:30pm - 5:00pm - Concurrent Session 6

• 6A - Vaccine safety

• 6B – COVID-19 social

• 6C - Vaccine delivery/programs

• 6D - Outbreak response & investigation

• 6E - Immunisation service delivery (VIRTUAL)

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5:00pm - 6:00pm - Closing Plenary - Successful Community Engagement for Communicable Disease Control

Keynote Speakers:

• Ms Donata Sackey

• Associate Professor Joshua Francis