Concurrent Session 1B: Advancing Implementation of the National Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Strategies
Tracks
Track 2
| Wednesday, August 12, 2026 |
| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM |
Details
The Australian Government released the Fourth National Hepatitis B Strategy 2025–2026 and the Sixth National Hepatitis C Strategy 2025–2026 in March 2026. Covering the period from now until 2030, the Strategies are an important roadmap for how Australia can meet its elimination goals for hepatitis B and hepatitis C. But a roadmap is one thing—implementing these ambitious policy documents is another.
This session will bring together leaders from across the national responses to hepatitis B and hepatitis C to reflect on the publication of the Strategies and their respective priorities for implementation. Each panellist will give a brief presentation on implementation of the Strategies, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.
The session will also include an update on the process to develop Implementation Action Plans for the National Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Strategies.
Speaker
Edward Huddy
Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
Welcome and Introduction
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMBiography
Mr Jack Wallace
Senior Research Officer
Burnet Institute
Welcome and Introduction
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMBiography
Ms Lucy Clynes
Ceo
Hepatitis Australia
An update on the implementation planning process for the National Hepatitis B and C Strategies
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMBiography
Mr Benjamin Riley
Senior Policy Analyst
Hepatitis Australia
An update on the implementation planning process for the National Hepatitis B and C Strategies
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMBiography
Edward Huddy
Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
The Australian CDC's priorities for implementing the National Strategies
4:10 PM - 4:20 PMBiography
Mr John Gobeil
Ceo
AIVL
Peer-based harm reduction and drug user organisations' priorities for implementing the National Strategies
4:20 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Ms Mish Pony
CEO
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association
Peer-based sex worker organisations' priorities for implementing the National Strategies
4:30 PM - 4:40 PMBiography
Megan Campbell
NACCHO
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled health organisations' priorities for implementing the National Strategies
4:40 PM - 4:50 PMBiography
A/Prof Thomas Tu
Group Leader
University Of Sydney And Westmead Institute For Medical Research
Priorities for implementing the National Strategies for people living with hepatitis B
4:50 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Mr Alexis Apostolellis
CEO
ASHM
Clinical workforce priorities for implementing the National Strategies
5:00 PM - 5:10 PMBiography
VH2026
Q&A
5:10 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Chairperson
Edward Huddy
Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
Jack Wallace
Senior Research Officer
Burnet Institute
