MONDAY 4 MAY 2026

Pre-Conference Welcome Reception NEW

Hosted ad sponsored by St Lukes - Wellness Partner for Preventive Health 2026.

For more info and to book, click here.

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TUESDAY 5 MAY 2026
 

• Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts

  • Welcome to Country: Mr. Dewayne Everettsmith

  • Conference Welcome: Prof. Caroline Miller, President, PHAA

  • Opening Address: The Hon Rebecca White MP

  • Opening Statement

  • Prof. Evelyne de Leeuw

  • Dr. Alison Roberts​

  • Mr Blair Comley PSM

• Morning Tea

• Concurrent Sessions 1A-1E

  • 1A - Building sustainable systems and Investment Models 
    1B - Economic Value of Prevention 
    1C - Mental Health and Wellbeing Value of Prevention 
    1D - Food & Policy - Building Sustainable Systems 
    1E - Prevention and Cessation Programs ​

• Lunch

• Plenary 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection

  • Ms Ellen MacDonald

  • Prof. Ray Lovett

  • Dr Heena Akbar

• Afternoon Tea

• Concurrent Session 2A-2E

  • 2A - Co-Designing for Centring People, Culture and Connection 
    2B - Education and Communication for Prevention 
    2C - Tobacco, Vaping - Centring People, Culture and Connection 
    2D - Leveraging Technology for Prevention 
    2E - Diet + Alcohol - Centring People and Culture & Translating Evidence ​

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WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2026

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• Prevention Agency Chief Executives Panel NEW

  • Prof. Anna Peeters AM

  • Dr Robyn Littlewood​

  • Ms Carina Tan-Van Baren

  • Ms Marina Bowshall​

• Plenary 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health

  • A/Prof. Katherine Cullerton​

  • Prof. Gary Sacks

  • Prof. Mark Petticrew

• Morning Tea

• Concurrent Session 3A-3E

  • 3A - Tobacco + Alcohol - Commercial Determinants 
    3B - Diet - Commercial Determinants 
    3C - Screening Practice and Needs - Centring People and Culture & Translating Evidence 
    3D - Prevention programs - Translating evidence into action 
    3E - Infant and child health ​

• Lunch

• Workshops 1-5 (registrations now, click here)

  1. Better Together: A train-the-trainer model for community-led food literacy and healthy eating action
     (Hosted by: Eat Well Tasmania Inc.)

  2. Breaking Through the Noise: Research-Driven Campaigns for Preventive Health Impact and Equity
     (Hosted by: Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer; Cancer Council Victoria)

  3. From evidence to influence: practical science communication for prevention impact
     (Hosted by: The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre)

  4. Sustaining Prevention: Building Capacity and Advocacy to Navigate Commercial Determinants in Alcohol and Gambling Harm Prevention
     (Hosted by: CHETRE in partnership with ISLHD and FHCA Gambling Working Group)

  5. Scaling Trust: Translating Grassroots Engagement into Sustainable Prevention Systems
     ​(Hosted by: Australian Multicultural Health Collaborative)

• Afternoon Tea

• Concurrent Session 4A-4E

  • 4A - Commercial Determinants of Health - Nutrition and Alcohol 
    4B - Nutrition - Translating evidence and centring people 
    4C - Cancer Prevention and Screening and Early Onset Cancers
    4D - Community and place-based approaches
    4E - Alcohol & other drugs; Priority Community needs, programs and digital solutions​

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• Conference Dinner. On sale now. Log in via the Registration Portal to book. NEW

       The dinner is an optional, ticketed function and bookings are essential.

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THURSDAY 7 MAY 2026

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• Concurrent Session 5A-5E

  • 5A - Tobacco/vaping prevention and cessation
    5B - Building Sustainable Systems 
    5C - Preventive health - sun safety, workplace, climate health 
    5D - Inclusive and other approaches to health 
    5E - Conversation Starters ​

• Morning Tea

• Douglas Gordon Oration

  • Adj. A/Prof. Mark West​

• Lunch

• Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

  • Prof. Clair Sullivan​

  • Prof. Carol Maher

  • Closing Remarks: Adj. Prof. Terry Slevin, PHAA

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Please note these draft program details are subject to change.

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