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Program

The hybrid Australasian Epidemiological Association 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting will be hosted over two days from Thursday 19 and Friday 20 October 2023. There will be pre-conference workshops held on the Wednesday 18 October. Below is a preliminary program overview and is subject to change at any time. Topics and Keynote Speakers will be added once confirmed.  

  

All plenary sessions will be recorded and made available on demand, therefore if you miss a live session you can catch up at a time that suits you. The virtual Conference Portal will be open to registered delegates for an extended time (3 months) following the conference dates, to catch up on anything you have missed.

 

All sessions will be hosted in the PHAA Conference Portal. Sessions marked LIVE will be hosted in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT). All other sessions will be made available on demand.

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Program Overview

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER

Pre-Conference Workshops - open for registrations - Refer to Workshop 

6:00pm to 7:00pm - AEA 2023 Scientific Meeting Welcome Reception

Pullman Melbourne on the Park, Level 1

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THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER

8:30am - 10.00am   Opening Plenary Session: “Epidemiology’s role in reducing environmental and sexual health inequities”

Room: Grand Ballroom

Welcome to Country

AEA Conference Welcome

Keynote Speakers:

  • Keynote Speaker 1 - Professor Kristie Ebi (bio)

  • Keynote Speaker 2 - Professor Fay Johnston (bio) 

  • Keynote Speaker 3 - Associate Professor Rayner Kay Jin Tan (bio)

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10.00am - 10.30am    Morning Tea

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10.30am - 12.00pm   Concurrent Session 1

  • 1A - Topic: Data linkage Methods (F2F) - Ballroom 1

  • 1B - Topic: Health Equity 1 (F2F) - Ballroom 2

  • 1C - Topic: Cancer 1 (F2F) - Ballroom 3

  • 1D - Topic: Cardiovascular disease (F2F) - Delacombe Room

  • 1E - Topic: Child/Infant/perinatal/adolescent health 1 (F2F) - LaTrobe Room

 

12:00pm - 1:00pm     Lunch

 

1:00pm - 2.30pm   Concurrent Session 2

  • 2A - Topic: Chronic Disease (F2F) - Ballroom 1

  • 2B - Topic: Health Equity 2 (F2F) - Ballroom 2

  • 2C - Topic: Cancer 2 (F2F) - Ballroom 3

  • 2D - Topic: Student Session (F2F) - Delacombe Room

  • 2E - Topic: Child/Infant/perinatal/adolescent health 2 (F2F) - LaTrobe Room

  • 2F - Mixed Virtual Online Only Presentations

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2:30pm - 4:00pm  Early Career Workshop - includes afternoon tea - Ballroom 1

 

3:30pm - 4:00pm      Afternoon Tea

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4:00pm - 5:00pm - Ian Prior Oration

Speaker: Professor Marcia Langton AO (bio)​​​
Room: Grand Ballroom

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5:00pm - 6:30pm
AEA Annual General Meeting and Student Awards

Room: Grand Ballroom

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7:00pm - 10:30pm 
Conference Networking Event and Awards 
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) - Members Dining Room 

Ticketed event: purchase online through your conference registration

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FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER

9:00am - 10.30am   Plenary Session 2: “Health across the life-course: solutions for healthier populations"

Keynote Speakers:

  • Keynote Speaker 1 - Professor Susan Morton (bio)

  • Keynote Speaker 2 - Associate Professor Becky Freeman (bio)

  • Keynote Speaker 3 - Professor Kathryn Backholer (bio)

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10.30am - 11.00am    Morning Tea

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11.00am - 12.30pm   Concurrent Session 3

  • 3A - Topic: Lifestyle (F2F) - Ballroom 1

  • 3B - Topic: Infection/Injury 1 (F2F) - Ballroom 2

  • 3C - Topic: Maternal/Women's (F2F) - LaTrobe Room

  • 3D - Topic: Methods 1 (F2F) - Delacombe Room

  • 3E - Topic: Conversation Session 1 (F2F) - Ballroom 3

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12.30pm - 1.30pm    Lunch

12:30pm - 1:30pm (Bring your Lunch)  Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Special Interest Group Meeting.  Room: Delacombe

An opportunity to meet and connect with other PPE researcher and incudes presentation on “Quantifying Selection Bias in Perinatal Epidemiology” by Jennifer Dunne, Research Associate at Curtin University. Co-convenors: Professor Natasha Nassar and Dr Samantha Lain, University of Sydney

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1.30pm - 3.00pm   Concurrent Session 4

  • 4A - Topic: Environment Health (F2F) - Ballroom 1

  • 4B - Topic: Infection/Injury 2 (F2F) - LaTrobe Room

  • 4C - Topic: Mental Health (F2F) - Ballroom 3

  • 4D - Topic: Methods 2 (F2F) - Delacombe Room

  • 4E - Topic: Conversation Session 2 (F2F) - Ballroom 2

  • 4F - Digital Posters (Online Only) 

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3.00pm - 3.30pm    Afternoon Tea

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3:30pm - 4:45pm Closing Plenary Session: How well is epidemiology serving the needs of First Nations Peoples?

Room: Grand Ballroom
Moderator: Professor Joan Cunningham (bio)
Panel: Professor Sandra Eades (bio), Professor James Ward (bio), Professor Fiona Stanley AC (bio), Professor Catherine Chamberlain (bio).

 

4:45pm - 5:00pm

Dr Abbey Diaz - Conference Close

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