Program Overview
Program times are in AWST.
Program times are subject to change.
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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Track 2
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Track 3
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| 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Pre-Conference Meeting: Australian HCV POCT Program Workshop | ||
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Pre-Conference Meeting: Empowering and Expanding Viral Hepatitis Care Through Community Pharmacies - The Next 12 Months | ||
| 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Pre-Conference Meeting: Hepatitis C Diagnostics Workshop - What Matters to You? | ||
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Registration Open | ||
| 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM | Community Meetup | ||
| 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention | ||
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Afternoon Tea | ||
| Scholarships Meetup | |||
| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Concurrent Session 1A: On the Ground: Navigating viral hepatitis in primary care | 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 | ||
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Track 1
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Track 2
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|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Pre-Conference Meeting: Australian HCV POCT Program Workshop | |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Pre-Conference Meeting: Empowering and Expanding Viral Hepatitis Care Through Community Pharmacies - The Next 12 Months | |
| 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | ||
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Registration Open | |
| 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM | Community Meetup | |
| 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention | |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Afternoon Tea | |
| Scholarships Meetup | ||
| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Concurrent Session 1A: On the Ground: Navigating viral hepatitis in primary care | Concurrent Session 1B: Advancing Implementation of the National Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Strategies |
| 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM | Welcome Reception | |
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Track 3
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| 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM | |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | |
| 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Pre-Conference Meeting: Hepatitis C Diagnostics Workshop - What Matters to You? |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM | Community Meetup |
| 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| Scholarships Meetup | |
| 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 |
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Track 1
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|
|---|---|
| 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM | |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Pre-Conference Meeting: Empowering and Expanding Viral Hepatitis Care Through Community Pharmacies - The Next 12 Months |
| 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM | Community Meetup |
| 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| Scholarships Meetup | |
| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | Concurrent Session 1A: On the Ground: Navigating viral hepatitis in primary care |
| 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM | Welcome Reception |
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Track 2
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| 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Pre-Conference Meeting: Australian HCV POCT Program Workshop |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | |
| 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM | Community Meetup |
| 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| Scholarships Meetup | |
| 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 |
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Track 3
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| 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM | |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | |
| 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM | Pre-Conference Meeting: Hepatitis C Diagnostics Workshop - What Matters to You? |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Registration Open |
| 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM | Community Meetup |
| 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Plenary Session 1: Keeping people engaged in care, from primary care to cancer prevention |
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| Scholarships Meetup | |
| 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
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Track 3
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| 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM | Nursing Breakfast: Nurse-led Innovation – Turning Ambition into Action. |
| 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Morning Tea |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Concurrent Session 2C: Spotlight Session - Integrated care in practice |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Lunch & Poster Tours |
| 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM | Poster Tour 02: Peer, pharmacy and priority-setting pathways |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session 3C: Spotlight Session - Nurse-led outreach and decentralised access |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent Workshop 4C: No-one left behind: HCV care in Western Australia's alcohol and other drug sector |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Early Career Networking Session supported by AbbVie |
| 6:30 PM - 11:30 PM |
VH2026 Conference Social Function Bather's Beach House, Fremantle |
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Track 1
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| 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM | Nursing Breakfast: Nurse-led Innovation – Turning Ambition into Action. |
| 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Morning Tea |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Concurrent Session 2A: Care behind the wire: prisons, harm reduction and re-engagement |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Lunch & Poster Tours |
| 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM | Poster Tour 01: HBV equity, education and community outreach |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session 3A: Strategy, measurement and elimination targets |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent Session 4A: Ask us Anything – Live |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Early Career Networking Session supported by AbbVie |
| 6:30 PM - 11:30 PM |
VH2026 Conference Social Function Bather's Beach House, Fremantle |
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Track 2
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| 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM | Nursing Breakfast: Nurse-led Innovation – Turning Ambition into Action. |
| 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Morning Tea |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Concurrent Session 2B: Hepatitis B care pathways, community voices and equitable access |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Lunch & Poster Tours |
| 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM | |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session 3B: Clinical priorities from treatment to long-term liver health |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent Session 4B: The Right Test for the Right Person in the Right Setting |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Early Career Networking Session supported by AbbVie |
| 6:30 PM - 11:30 PM |
VH2026 Conference Social Function Bather's Beach House, Fremantle |
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Track 3
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| 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:15 AM - 8:15 AM | Nursing Breakfast: Nurse-led Innovation – Turning Ambition into Action. |
| 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM | Plenary Session 2: Prisons and Elimination |
| 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Plenary Session 3: Top Ranked Oral Abstracts |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Morning Tea |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Concurrent Session 2C: Spotlight Session - Integrated care in practice |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Lunch & Poster Tours |
| 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM | Poster Tour 02: Peer, pharmacy and priority-setting pathways |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Concurrent Session 3C: Spotlight Session - Nurse-led outreach and decentralised access |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Concurrent Workshop 4C: No-one left behind: HCV care in Western Australia's alcohol and other drug sector |
| 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Early Career Networking Session supported by AbbVie |
| 6:30 PM - 11:30 PM |
VH2026 Conference Social Function Bather's Beach House, Fremantle |
Friday, August 14, 2026
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Track 1
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Track 2
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| 7:15 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration Open | |
| 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | 'Morning After Mingles' - NPHN Community Corrections Sub-Network networking breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward | |
| 10:50 AM - 11:35 AM | Morning Tea & Poster Session | |
| 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM | Poster Tour 03: Liver health, fibrosis and advanced disease | Poster Tour 04: Elimination metrics, integrated screening and strategy |
| 11:35 AM - 12:40 PM | Concurrent Session 5A: Testing innovation and point-of-care pathways | Concurrent Session 5B: Late Breaker Abstract Session |
| 12:40 PM - 1:20 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:20 PM - 2:50 PM | Concurrent Session 6A: EMTCT and Hepatitis B: Global Lessons and Country Experiences | Concurrent Session 6B: People, families and community-centred care |
| 2:50 PM - 3:20 PM | Afternoon Tea | |
| 3:20 PM - 4:30 PM | Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony | |
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Track 3
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| 7:15 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | 'Morning After Mingles' - NPHN Community Corrections Sub-Network networking breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward |
| 10:50 AM - 11:35 AM | Morning Tea & Poster Session |
| 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM | Poster Listing |
| 11:35 AM - 12:40 PM | Concurrent Session 5C: Spotlight Session - Community partnership, peer leadership and harm reduction |
| 12:40 PM - 1:20 PM | Lunch |
| 1:20 PM - 2:50 PM | Concurrent Session 6C: Using Experience and Peer Leadership to Elevate Human Rights for PWID Beyond 2030 |
| 2:50 PM - 3:20 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:20 PM - 4:30 PM | Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony |
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Track 1
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|---|---|
| 7:15 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | 'Morning After Mingles' - NPHN Community Corrections Sub-Network networking breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward |
| 10:50 AM - 11:35 AM | Morning Tea & Poster Session |
| 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM | Poster Tour 03: Liver health, fibrosis and advanced disease |
| 11:35 AM - 12:40 PM | Concurrent Session 5A: Testing innovation and point-of-care pathways |
| 12:40 PM - 1:20 PM | Lunch |
| 1:20 PM - 2:50 PM | Concurrent Session 6A: EMTCT and Hepatitis B: Global Lessons and Country Experiences |
| 2:50 PM - 3:20 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:20 PM - 4:30 PM | Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony |
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Track 2
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| 7:15 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | 'Morning After Mingles' - NPHN Community Corrections Sub-Network networking breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward |
| 10:50 AM - 11:35 AM | Morning Tea & Poster Session |
| 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM | Poster Tour 04: Elimination metrics, integrated screening and strategy |
| 11:35 AM - 12:40 PM | Concurrent Session 5B: Late Breaker Abstract Session |
| 12:40 PM - 1:20 PM | Lunch |
| 1:20 PM - 2:50 PM | Concurrent Session 6B: People, families and community-centred care |
| 2:50 PM - 3:20 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:20 PM - 4:30 PM | Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony |
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Track 3
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| 7:15 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration Open |
| 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM | 'Morning After Mingles' - NPHN Community Corrections Sub-Network networking breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Plenary Session 4: Hepatitis B: Pathways Forward |
| 10:50 AM - 11:35 AM | Morning Tea & Poster Session |
| 10:55 AM - 11:25 AM | Poster Listing |
| 11:35 AM - 12:40 PM | Concurrent Session 5C: Spotlight Session - Community partnership, peer leadership and harm reduction |
| 12:40 PM - 1:20 PM | Lunch |
| 1:20 PM - 2:50 PM | Concurrent Session 6C: Using Experience and Peer Leadership to Elevate Human Rights for PWID Beyond 2030 |
| 2:50 PM - 3:20 PM | Afternoon Tea |
| 3:20 PM - 4:30 PM | Plenary Session 5: Rapporteurs & Closing Ceremony |
