Emerging Respiratory Diseases Symposium

ASID is hosting the inaugural meeting on emerging respiratory diseases on 1 & 2 August 2025 at Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney.

The theme for the conference is Respiratory Resilience: One Health Approaches to Tackling Emerging Infectious Threats. The program will focus on a variety of topics across human and animal health and bring together all special interest areas in infectious disease management.

The program has been announced and is available on the conference website.

Key Speakers include:

• Professor Paul Kelly, former Chief Medical Officer and Head of Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control

• Professor Allen Cheng, Professor/Director, Infectious Diseases, Monash Health

• Professor Ian Barr, Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza

• Dr Michelle Wille, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Pathogen Genomics, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza 

• Professor Catherine Bennett, Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Epidemiology

• Emma Rooke, Assistant Director, One Health Unit, Interim Centre for Disease Control  

• Dr Katherine Gibney, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases 

• Professor Peter Richmond, Consultant Paediatric Immunologist, Perth Children’s Hospital, Head of the Immunology Department, Emerging Respiratory Disease Child and Adolescent Health Service in WA

For details on all speakers and their biographies visit the speaker page of the website.

Early Bird registration closes on 4 July 2025 so don’t miss the opportunity to attend this excellent two day program. Registration rates start at $295 for an Associate Member.

For any questions email the secretariat at events@asid.net.au.