HIV&AIDS Conference Theme & Objectives

"Towards health justice: medicine, science, and the politics of ending the HIV epidemic"


To provide the foremost annual educational & networking forum for those working or interested in HIV&AIDS sectors primarily in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia and Pacific regions (i.e. Australasia), to present and stay informed on current research, clinical management, prevention, best practice healthcare, health promotion and policy, including opportunities for professional development and activities which meet relevant accreditations.  


To develop a program that appeals to the multidisciplinary and diverse audience working or interested in the HIV&AIDS sectors and reflects the changing environment for the care, management, and prevention of HIV&AIDS.  


To facilitate dialogue, collaboration and networking among researchers, community representatives, jurisdictional policy decision makers, and the health workforce from various geographic, demographic, and professional sector partners across Australasia and Internationally. This also includes connecting leading global experts with the Australasian delegates e.g. through invited keynote speakers

To encourage and support the attendance and participation of: 

a) new and early career clinicians, researchers, scientists, allied health workers, and community members   
b) abstract presenters by prioritising abstract spotlight sessions, poster tours and awards  
c) attendees through a range of active strategies for engagement including grants, scholarships, and awards  


To support and engage community and lived experience delegates to ensure that the conference (across the delivery, design, and content phases) is accessible, relevant, and adapted (for example abstract criteria or networking opportunities and targeted sessions) for their needs and promote meaningful dialogue across multiple disciplines.  



To disseminate knowledge and applied learning during and after the conference for a wider audience and access to enduring materials. 



To recognise and build sector leadership through awards, invited presentations, conference organising committees, abstract reviewing, chairing sessions and abstract presentations. 


To source scholarship support from sector partners and organisations to provide opportunity for participants to attend who are not able to source alternative funding or are facing financial hardship.  


To implement ASHM’s Reconciliation Action Plan and strengthen the engagement, relevance and address the inequities among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, New Zealand Māori, Pacific people and other First Nation peoples.  
 

Key Deadlines:

Abstract Open: January 2025

Abstract Deadline: 4 May 2025

Early Bird Registration: 30 June 2025

Accommodation Deadline: 2 August 2025

Standard Registration: 31 August 2025

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We acknowledge that the conference is being held the traditional lands of the Kaurna people. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuing connection to land, water, and community and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. ASHM acknowledges Sovereignty in this country has never been ceded. It always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.