VH26 - Online Program

Program Overview

Program times are in AWST.

Program times are subject to change.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Registration Open
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea & Poster Session
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM	Poster Tour 01: HBV equity, education and community outreach	Poster Tour 02: Peer, pharmacy and priority-setting pathways	Poster Presentations
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Session 1A	Concurrent Session 1B: Advancing Implementation of the National Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Strategies	Concurrent Workshop 1C: Changing laws, Changing status, Changing lives. Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Western Australia, what does it matter to Hepatitis?
5:15 PM - 7:15 PM	Welcome Reception

	Track 1	Track 2
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Registration Open
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea & Poster Session
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM	Poster Tour 01: HBV equity, education and community outreach	Poster Tour 02: Peer, pharmacy and priority-setting pathways
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Session 1A	Concurrent Session 1B: Advancing Implementation of the National Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Strategies
5:15 PM - 7:15 PM	Welcome Reception

	Track 3
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Registration Open
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea & Poster Session
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM	Poster Presentations
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Workshop 1C: Changing laws, Changing status, Changing lives. Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Western Australia, what does it matter to Hepatitis?
5:15 PM - 7:15 PM	Welcome Reception

	Track 1
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Registration Open
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea & Poster Session
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM	Poster Tour 01: HBV equity, education and community outreach
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Session 1A
5:15 PM - 7:15 PM	Welcome Reception

	Track 2
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Registration Open
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea & Poster Session
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM	Poster Tour 02: Peer, pharmacy and priority-setting pathways
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Session 1B: Advancing Implementation of the National Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Strategies
5:15 PM - 7:15 PM	Welcome Reception

	Track 3
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Registration Open
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea & Poster Session
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM	Poster Presentations
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Workshop 1C: Changing laws, Changing status, Changing lives. Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Western Australia, what does it matter to Hepatitis?
5:15 PM - 7:15 PM	Welcome Reception

Thursday, August 13, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration Open
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Nurse's Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Concurrent Session 2A: Care behind the wire: prisons, harm reduction and re-engagement	Concurrent Session 2B: Hepatitis B care pathways, community voices and equitable access	Concurrent Session 2C: Spotlight Session - Integrated care in practice
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Lunch
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Concurrent Session 3A: Strategy, measurement and elimination targets	Concurrent Session 3B: Clinical priorities from treatment to long-term liver health	Concurrent Session 3C: Spotlight Session - Nurse-led outreach and decentralised access
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Session 4A	Concurrent Session 4B: The Right Test for the Right Person in the Right Setting	Concurrent Workshop 4C: No-one left behind: HCV care in Western Australia's alcohol and other drug sector
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Drinks hosted by ASHM Membership
6:00 PM - 11:30 PM	VH2026 Conference Dinner

	Track 1	Track 2
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration Open
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Nurse's Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Concurrent Session 2A: Care behind the wire: prisons, harm reduction and re-engagement	Concurrent Session 2B: Hepatitis B care pathways, community voices and equitable access
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Lunch
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Concurrent Session 3A: Strategy, measurement and elimination targets	Concurrent Session 3B: Clinical priorities from treatment to long-term liver health
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Session 4A	Concurrent Session 4B: The Right Test for the Right Person in the Right Setting
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Drinks hosted by ASHM Membership
6:00 PM - 11:30 PM	VH2026 Conference Dinner

	Track 3
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration Open
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Nurse's Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Concurrent Session 2C: Spotlight Session - Integrated care in practice
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Lunch
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Concurrent Session 3C: Spotlight Session - Nurse-led outreach and decentralised access
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Workshop 4C: No-one left behind: HCV care in Western Australia's alcohol and other drug sector
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Drinks hosted by ASHM Membership
6:00 PM - 11:30 PM	VH2026 Conference Dinner

	Track 1
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration Open
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Nurse's Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Concurrent Session 2A: Care behind the wire: prisons, harm reduction and re-engagement
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Lunch
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Concurrent Session 3A: Strategy, measurement and elimination targets
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Session 4A
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Drinks hosted by ASHM Membership
6:00 PM - 11:30 PM	VH2026 Conference Dinner

	Track 2
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration Open
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Nurse's Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Concurrent Session 2B: Hepatitis B care pathways, community voices and equitable access
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Lunch
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Concurrent Session 3B: Clinical priorities from treatment to long-term liver health
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Session 4B: The Right Test for the Right Person in the Right Setting
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Drinks hosted by ASHM Membership
6:00 PM - 11:30 PM	VH2026 Conference Dinner

	Track 3
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration Open
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM	Nurse's Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM	Concurrent Session 2C: Spotlight Session - Integrated care in practice
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM	Lunch
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Concurrent Session 3C: Spotlight Session - Nurse-led outreach and decentralised access
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 5:15 PM	Concurrent Workshop 4C: No-one left behind: HCV care in Western Australia's alcohol and other drug sector
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking Drinks hosted by ASHM Membership
6:00 PM - 11:30 PM	VH2026 Conference Dinner

Friday, August 14, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Session
Poster Tour 2 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM	Poster Tour 03: Liver health, fibrosis and advanced disease		Poster Tour 04: Elimination metrics, integrated screening and strategy
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Concurrent Session 5A: Testing innovation and point-of-care pathways	Concurrent Session 5B: Late Breaker Abstract Session	Concurrent Session 5C: Spotlight Session - Community partnership, peer leadership and harm reduction
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Session 6A	Concurrent Session 6B: People, families and community-centred care	Concurrent Workshop 6C: Using Experience and Peer Leadership to Elevate Human Rights for PWID Beyond 2030
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony

	Track 1	Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Session
Poster Tour 2 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM	Poster Tour 03: Liver health, fibrosis and advanced disease
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Concurrent Session 5A: Testing innovation and point-of-care pathways	Concurrent Session 5B: Late Breaker Abstract Session
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Session 6A	Concurrent Session 6B: People, families and community-centred care
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony

	Track 3
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Session
Poster Tour 2 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM	Poster Tour 04: Elimination metrics, integrated screening and strategy
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Concurrent Session 5C: Spotlight Session - Community partnership, peer leadership and harm reduction
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Workshop 6C: Using Experience and Peer Leadership to Elevate Human Rights for PWID Beyond 2030
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony

	Track 1
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Session
Poster Tour 2 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM	Poster Tour 03: Liver health, fibrosis and advanced disease
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Concurrent Session 5A: Testing innovation and point-of-care pathways
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Session 6A
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony

	Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Session
Poster Tour 2 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Concurrent Session 5B: Late Breaker Abstract Session
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Session 6B: People, families and community-centred care
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony

	Track 3
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration Open
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Morning Tea & Poster Session
Poster Tour 2 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM	Poster Tour 04: Elimination metrics, integrated screening and strategy
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Concurrent Session 5C: Spotlight Session - Community partnership, peer leadership and harm reduction
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Workshop 6C: Using Experience and Peer Leadership to Elevate Human Rights for PWID Beyond 2030
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Tea
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony

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