Preventive Health Conference 2026 - Agenda

Draft Program Agenda

Please note this Program Agenda is in draft form and subject to change.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	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
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Tue
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	2A - Co-Designing for Centering People, Culture and Connection	2B - Education and Communication for Prevention	2C - Tobacco, Vaping - Centering People, Culture and Connection	2D - Leveraging Technology for Prevention	2E - Diet + Alcohol - Centering People and Culture & Translating Evidence

	Track 1	Track 2
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	1A - Building sustainable systems and Investment Models	1B - Economic Value of Prevention
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Tue
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	2A - Co-Designing for Centering People, Culture and Connection	2B - Education and Communication for Prevention

	Track 3	Track 4
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	1C - Mental Health and Wellbeing Value of Prevention	1D - Food & Policy - Building Sustainable Systems
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Tue
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	2C - Tobacco, Vaping - Centering People, Culture and Connection	2D - Leveraging Technology for Prevention

	Track 5
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	1E - Prevention and Cessation Programs
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Tue
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	2E - Diet + Alcohol - Centering People and Culture & Translating Evidence

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	1A - Building sustainable systems and Investment Models
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Tue
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	2A - Co-Designing for Centering People, Culture and Connection

	Track 2
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	1B - Economic Value of Prevention
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Tue
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	2B - Education and Communication for Prevention

	Track 3
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	1C - Mental Health and Wellbeing Value of Prevention
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Tue
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	2C - Tobacco, Vaping - Centering People, Culture and Connection

	Track 4
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	1D - Food & Policy - Building Sustainable Systems
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Tue
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	2D - Leveraging Technology for Prevention

	Track 5
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Opening Plenary - Acting for the long game: Prevention that lasts
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 1 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	1E - Prevention and Cessation Programs
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Tue
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Plenary Session 2 - Centring Prevention in People, Culture and Connection
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Tue
Concurrent Session 2 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	2E - Diet + Alcohol - Centering People and Culture & Translating Evidence

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Plenary Session 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 3 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	3A - Tobacco + Alcohol - Commercial Determinants	3B - Diet - Commercial Determinants	3C - Screening Practice and Needs - Centering People and Culture & Translating Evidence	3D - Prevention programs - Translating evidence into action	3E - Infant and child health
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Wed
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 4 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	4A - Commercial Determinants of Health - Nutrition and Alcohol	4B - Nutrition - Translating evidence and centering 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
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Break

	Track 1	Track 2
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Plenary Session 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 3 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	3A - Tobacco + Alcohol - Commercial Determinants	3B - Diet - Commercial Determinants
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Wed
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 4 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	4A - Commercial Determinants of Health - Nutrition and Alcohol	4B - Nutrition - Translating evidence and centering people
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Break

	Track 3	Track 4
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Plenary Session 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 3 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	3C - Screening Practice and Needs - Centering People and Culture & Translating Evidence	3D - Prevention programs - Translating evidence into action
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Wed
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 4 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	4C - Cancer Prevention and Screening and Early Onset Cancers	4D - Community and place-based approaches
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Break

	Track 5
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Plenary Session 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 3 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	3E - Infant and child health
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Wed
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 4 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	4E - Alcohol & other drugs; Priority Community needs, programs and digital solutions
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Break

	Track 1
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Plenary Session 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 3 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	3A - Tobacco + Alcohol - Commercial Determinants
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Wed
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 4 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	4A - Commercial Determinants of Health - Nutrition and Alcohol
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Break

	Track 2
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Plenary Session 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 3 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	3B - Diet - Commercial Determinants
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Wed
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 4 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	4B - Nutrition - Translating evidence and centering people
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Break

	Track 3
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Plenary Session 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 3 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	3C - Screening Practice and Needs - Centering People and Culture & Translating Evidence
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Wed
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 4 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	4C - Cancer Prevention and Screening and Early Onset Cancers
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Break

	Track 4
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Plenary Session 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 3 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	3D - Prevention programs - Translating evidence into action
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Wed
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 4 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	4D - Community and place-based approaches
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Break

	Track 5
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Plenary Session 3 - Navigating the Commercial Determinants of Health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 3 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	3E - Infant and child health
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Wed
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon tea & Exhibition - Wed
Concurrent Session 4 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	4E - Alcohol & other drugs; Priority Community needs, programs and digital solutions
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Break

Thursday, May 7, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2	Track 3	Track 4	Track 5
Concurrent Session 5 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	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
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Thu
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Douglas Gordon Oration
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Thu
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

	Track 1	Track 2
Concurrent Session 5 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	5A - Tobacco/vaping prevention and cessation	5B - Building Sustainable Systems
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Thu
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Douglas Gordon Oration
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Thu
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

	Track 3	Track 4
Concurrent Session 5 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	5C - Preventive health - sun safety, workplace, climate health	5D - Inclusive and other approaches to health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Thu
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Douglas Gordon Oration
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Thu
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

	Track 5
Concurrent Session 5 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	5E - Conversation Starters
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Thu
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Douglas Gordon Oration
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Thu
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

	Track 1
Concurrent Session 5 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	5A - Tobacco/vaping prevention and cessation
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Thu
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Douglas Gordon Oration
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Thu
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

	Track 2
Concurrent Session 5 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	5B - Building Sustainable Systems
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Thu
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Douglas Gordon Oration
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Thu
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

	Track 3
Concurrent Session 5 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	5C - Preventive health - sun safety, workplace, climate health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Thu
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Douglas Gordon Oration
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Thu
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

	Track 4
Concurrent Session 5 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	5D - Inclusive and other approaches to health
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Thu
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Douglas Gordon Oration
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Thu
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

	Track 5
Concurrent Session 5 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM	5E - Conversation Starters
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Morning Tea & Exhibition - Thu
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Douglas Gordon Oration
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Lunch & Exhibition - Thu
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Closing Plenary - Leveraging Technology for Personalised and Sustainable Prevention

You need to enable JavaScript to access this site.

Follow these instructions on how to enable JavaScript.

Internet Explorer

Select Tools from the top menu
Choose Internet Options
Click on the Security tab
Click on Custom Level
Scroll down until you see the section labelled Scripting
Under Active Scripting, select Enable and click OK

Google Chrome

Select the menu icon on the browser toolbar
Select Settings
Click the Show advanced settings... link then Content Settings in the Privacy section
Select Allow all sites to run JavaScript (recommended) and click Done

Safari (Mac)

Select Safari from the top menu
Choose Preferences
Choose Security
Select the checkbox next to Enable JavaScript