BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML WPForms//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Feeds v3.9.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:9th Annual Immunisation Forum 2025 X-WR-CALDESC:Immunisation Coalition X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 DTSTART:20250405T160000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 DTSTART:20250405T160000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:9th Annual Immunisation Forum 2025 DESCRIPTION:The Annual Immunisation Forum is a one day event that gives healthcare professionals a greater understanding of immunisation and vac cine preventable diseases.\n\n\n\n\nWatch Recordings\n\n\n\nIC Events\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate: \;June 13\, 2025\, \;Time: \;8: 30am to 4:20pm (AEST)\n\n\n\nAbout\n\n\n\nThe 9th Annual Immunisation Fo rum (AIF) hybrid event will take a place at the Adelaide Convention Cent re in Adelaide on June 13\, 2025\, immediately following the PHAA’s Co mmunicable Diseases &\; Immunisation Conference (CDIC).\n\n\n\nThe me eting is ideal for GPs\, practice nurses\, specialists\, pharmacists and other immunisation specialists. The program covers the following topics : a look into aged care\, new vaccines for the elderly\, adjuvanted vacc ines\, vaccinations in primary care and pharmacy\, managing vaccine hesi tancy\, targeting at-risk populations and addressing the vaccine gap of first nations peoples.\n\n\n\nDetails\n\n\n\nAdelaide Convention Centre\ , Riverbank Rooms 6\, 7 &\; 8North TerraceAdelaide SA 5000\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\nAccreditation ID: 1256235The 9th Annual Immunisation Forum 2025 is RACGP accredited for 6 CPD hours for online attendees.\n\n\n\n\nEvaluati on Form\n\n\n\nAIF 2025 Program\n\n\n\nConference Newsletter\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nIMPROVING STRATEGIES TO COMBAT INFECTIOUS DISEASES\n\n\n\nSession 1 - Respiratory Syncytial Virus\n\n\n\n\n8:30 amWelcome and introduction Prof Robert Booy▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/6VQS3t9PGOo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRob ert Booy is honorary Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Un iversity of Sydney. From 2005 to 2019 he held Senior roles at NCIRS. He is a medical graduate of the University of Queensland (1984)\, trained i n paediatrics at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane and has hel d a range of positions in the UK. Professor Booy’s research interests extend from understanding the genetic basis of susceptibility to\, and s everity of\, infectious diseases\, especially influenza\, RSV and invasi ve disease caused by encapsulated organisms\; the clinical\, public heal th and social burden of these diseases\; and means by which to prevent o r control serious infections through vaccines\, drugs and non-pharmaceut ical measures. Over the past 20 years\, Professor Booy has been increasi ngly recognised as an expert in the respiratory virus field\, supervisin g many studies addressing the burden and prevention of influenza disease in children and adults in the UK\, Australia and among Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. In addition he has led intervention studies with new va ccines\, new vaccine delivery methods and alternate methods for preventi ng disease and transmission such as antivirals and personal protective e quipment. Professor Robert Booy is a Director at the Immunisation Coalit ion.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8:40 amRSV Maternal and infant programs - lessons and challengesDr Archana Koirala▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/b0hY1stxm1g\n\n\n\n\ nClick here to download PPT slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Archana Koirala is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at the National Centre for I mmunisation Research and Surveillance\, The Children Hospital at Westmea d and Nepean Hospital. She is a Clinical Researcher at the University of Sydney. Her research interests are in vaccination\, health equity and r esearch translation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:05 amProtecting older adults aga inst RSV: programs to maximise vaccination ratesProf Michael Murray▼\n \nhttps://youtu.be/2wNLWHOVUF4\n\n\n\n\nClick here to download PPT slide s\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the Divisional Medical Director of Continued Care an d Director of Geriatric Medicine at Austin Health\, Associate Professor Michael Murray AM brings extensive experience in the health\, education and the aged care industry. \;\n\n\n\nWith nearly 30 years involveme nt in geriatric care\, Michael’s career highlights include extensive w ork in continence\, public health and public policy\, as well as working in education and service development. \; Michael holds several Univ ersity\, board and committee positions with a variety of health and educ ational institutions Michael was the National Chairperson of the Contine nce Foundation of Australia for several years\, prior to which he was th e Victorian State President. Michael is the current president of the Nat ional Ageing Research Institute. Michael sits on several aged care facil ity boards and he was the Geriatrician Lead to the Victorian Aged Care R esponse Centre (VACRC) for Covid-19.” Michael was the first interim Ch ief Clinical Advisor to the first Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissio ner and is a current member of the National Advisory committee Aged Care (NACAC) and the Aged Care Group to AHPPC.\n\n\n\n\n9:30 amPanel discuss ionModerator: Prof Robert Booy▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/_xqPSyzFA5s\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Booy is honorary Professor of Paediatrics and Child He alth at the University of Sydney. From 2005 to 2019 he held Senior roles at NCIRS. He is a medical graduate of the University of Queensland (198 4)\, trained in paediatrics at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisba ne and has held a range of positions in the UK. Professor Booy’s resea rch interests extend from understanding the genetic basis of susceptibil ity to\, and severity of\, infectious diseases\, especially influenza\, RSV and invasive disease caused by encapsulated organisms\; the clinical \, public health and social burden of these diseases\; and means by whic h to prevent or control serious infections through vaccines\, drugs and non-pharmaceutical measures. Over the past 20 years\, Professor Booy has been increasingly recognised as an expert in the respiratory virus fiel d\, supervising many studies addressing the burden and prevention of inf luenza disease in children and adults in the UK\, Australia and among Mu slim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. In addition he has led intervention studi es with new vaccines\, new vaccine delivery methods and alternate method s for preventing disease and transmission such as antivirals and persona l protective equipment. Professor Robert Booy is a Director at the Immun isation Coalition.\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 2 - Addressing vaccination challen ges – part 1\n\n\n\n\n10:15 amRespiratory infection in residential age d care: drivers of low vaccination rates and potential solutions for cha ngeDr Rod Pearce AM▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/MGF1XjkEiHk\n\n\n\n\nClick he re to download PPT slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Rodney Pearce AM is a countr y and city GP and Medical Officer of Health for the Eastern Health Autho rity (HA)\, Adelaide. Dr Pearce became a Member of the Order of Australi a (AM) on Australia Day 2012. He received the award for his long-standin g service to medicine as a General Practitioner\, through contributions to national medical organisations and to education. \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n10:40 amRespiratory infection i risk groups: drivers of undervaccina tion and potential solutions for changeCatherine Keil▼\n\nhttps://yout u.be/j3ndnEUrCG0\n\n\n\n\nClick here to download PPT slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\nMN(NP) RN BSc(Hons) Dip TM(RCPSG) CTH(ISTM) FACTM\n\n\n\nCatherine Ke il is an Australian/British Nurse Practitioner specialising in travel he alth and immunisations. She completed a BSc Honours degree in Geography in 1995 from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne\, UK\, with an intere st in Medical Geography. She went on to complete a Nursing Diploma in 19 98 from Kingston University/St George’s Medical School\, London\, UK\, which involved an exchange program to Uganda.\n\n\n\nAfter travelling a nd working in Africa\, South East Asia and Central America\, she became a practice nurse based in London. She specialised in travel health\, whi ch led her to work for Emirates Airline in Dubai for ten years\, where s he was instrumental in setting up a travel health clinic for the crew an d families. In 2006\, she completed the Diploma in Travel Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons\, Glasgow\, UK\, and in 201 4 completed the ISTM Certificate in Travel Health. After moving to Austr alia\, she completed a Masters in Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) from Flin ders University\, Adelaide\, in 2017 and now works as an Endorsed Nurse Practitioner in Travel Health and Immunisations. She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine (FFTM)\, Australasian College of Tropical Med icine\, immediate past chair of the International Society of Travel Medi cine (ISTM) Nursing Professional Group Steering Council and previous cha ir of the Travel Health Nurses of Australia and New Zealand group.\n\n\n \n\n11:05 amPertussis and pneumococcal epidemiology and vaccination rate s. How has the landscape changed and where do we need to focus?Dr Rama K andasamy▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/esq9Ol0l7Z4\n\n\n\n\nClick here to downl oad PPT slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Kandasamy is a paediatrician and immuni sation specialist at the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network\, a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney\, and holds an NHMRC Emerging Lead er Fellowship grant. He has a particular interest in severe acute respir atory illness in children and prevention of them through vaccination. He is active in leading vaccine trials and studies of respiratory illness epidemiology among children. As part of his NHMRC Investigator grant he is exploring the host-pathogen genetic factors which are associated with infectious respiratory disease in children.\n\n\n\n\n11:30 amPanel disc ussionModerator: Dr Leanne Jones ▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/6BGok-zsdv8\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Jones is a General Practitioner at the Windmill Hill Me dical Centre\, Launceston and a Director of the Immunisation Coalition&n bsp\; (IC).\n\n\n\nAs a GP with more than 35 years’ experience\, Dr Jo nes has an in-depth knowledge of the health issues facing Tasmanians. Dr Jones was a Board Member of the General Practice North where she served for two years as its Chair\, and was a Board member of General Practice Tasmania for eight years. She has a special interest in immunisation an d sits on various immunisation advisory and reference groups. She was al so the Media Advisor and GP Advisor on Immunisation\, and was \; the Tasmanian Medicare Local spokesperson on Immunisation.\n\n\n\nDr Jones graduated with a BMedSc and MBBS from the University of Tasmania.\n\n\n\ nShe is involved with education of General Practitioners with Primary He alth Tasmania and  \; undergraduate medical students at the Universi ty of Tasmania.\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 3 - Addressing vaccination challenges – part 2\n\n\n\n\n12:45 pmVaccination hesitancy and misinformation/di sinformation effects on vaccination ratesProf Michael Kidd▼\n\nhttps:/ /youtu.be/Tbcqv5xxyUc\n\n\n\n\nClick here to download PPT slides\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nProfessor Kidd is a highly respected medical leader known for hi s significant contributions to public health and primary health care\, i n Australia and internationally.\n\n\n\nHe has extensive experience as a general practitioner\, primary care researcher\, educator and academic and has served as president of the \;Royal Australian College of Gen eral Practitioners \;(RACGP) and the \;World Organization of Fam ily Doctors.\n\n\n\nMost recently\, Professor Kidd has been the Professo r of Global Primary Care and Future Health Systems at the \;Universi ty of Oxford\, and Director of the International Centre for Future Healt h Systems at the \;University of New South Wales.\n\n\n\nProfessor K idd served as Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Principal Medical Advisor with the Department of Health and Aged Care during the COVID-19 pandemi c making a significant contribution to the national primary care respons e.\n\n\n\n\n1:10 pmProven and promising strategies to improve vaccine up take across the lifespanDr Jessica Kaufman▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/GeFo3M uU_F0\n\n\n\n\nClick here to download PPT slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Jessi ca Kaufman is a Senior Research Fellow in the Vaccine Uptake Group at th e Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne. She leads the Vaccine Social Science Team\, whi ch conducts research about the social and behavioral factors that affect vaccine decision-making and uptake. Some of her current projects includ e exploring pregnant women’s vaccine views and experiences\, evaluatin g the impacts of vaccine mandates in Australia\, developing intervention s to reduce vaccine misinformation\, and training community leaders to b e vaccine advocates in the Asia Pacific region. Jessica is an NHMRC Emer ging Leader Fellow and an E. H. Flack Foundation Fellow.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n1:35 pmClinic and pharmacy strategies to vaccinate more AustraliansGeo rgina Lewis and Bec Rogers▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/3cX7lDfgVAs\n\n\n\n\nC lick here to download PPT slides (Georgina Lewis)\n\n\n\nClick here to d ownload PPT slides (Bec Rogers)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeorgina Lewis \;\n\n \n\nGeorgina Lewis is a Registered Nurse with a background in paediatric nursing at the Royal Children’s Hospital\, Melbourne. She has a Postg raduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Nursing\, Paediatrics and has been an accredited Nurse immuniser since 2005. Georgina has been working with SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Co mmunity) since 2007 and currently holds the position of Clinical Manager . She also works as a casual Nurse immuniser with the local council. Her special interests include vaccine safety\, surveillance\, education and immunisation research. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBec Rogers\n\n\n\nBec Roge rs \;is a registered pharmacist with over 20 years of experience acr oss a broad range of roles within community pharmacy. She currently serv es as Chief Pharmacist at National Pharmacies\, where she leads a team o f more than 200 pharmacists\, driving a culture of innovation and excell ence in patient care.\n\n\n\nPassionate about the evolving role of commu nity pharmacy\, Bec is a dedicated advocate for preventative health. She champions the vital role pharmacists play in early intervention and imp roving health outcomes for patients.\n\n\n\nA respected and trusted voic e in the pharmacy sector\, Bec brings extensive expertise in integrating pharmacy-led services—such as immunisation—into mainstream preventa tive healthcare in Australia\, reflecting her unwavering commitment to t he profession and the communities it serves.\n\n\n\n\n2:00 pmPanel discu ssionModerator: Prof John Litt▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/qBl2xLz3iqA\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor John Litt is a retired academic GP and pu blic health physician in the Discipline of General Practice at Flinders University and was the Deputy Chairman of the National Quality Committee of the RACGP (from 2000-2018).\n\n\n\nHis major clinical and research i nterests are in prevention and its implementation. John has over 130 ref ereed publications (journal articles\, book and book chapters). He condu cted the first Australian National Influenza and Pneumococcal Survey in older adults in 1998 and the first Australian Zoster Attitudes and Belie fs Survey in older persons and GPs in 2009. \; More recently he has helped to develop an online COVID Risk Calculator (CoRiCal)\, which assi sts the patient decision-making process for COVID vaccination.\n\n\n\nJo hn has been a member of several national committees\, consortia\, and Sc ientific Advisory Committees including NHMRC\, ATAGI\, Cancer Australia and NCIRS. He was one of the inaugural directors of the ISG and is curre ntly a member of the Immunisation Coalition’s Scientific Advisory Comm ittee.\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 4 - New disease challenges\n\n\n\n\n2:40 pmRes ponses to regional and rural outbreaks\; TBProf Robert Booy▼\n\nhttps: //youtu.be/1z1fiSO0B1o\n\n\n\n\nClick here to download PPT slides\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\nRobert Booy is honorary Professor of Paediatrics and Child Heal th at the University of Sydney. From 2005 to 2019 he held Senior roles a t NCIRS. He is a medical graduate of the University of Queensland (1984) \, trained in paediatrics at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane and has held a range of positions in the UK. Professor Booy’s researc h interests extend from understanding the genetic basis of susceptibilit y to\, and severity of\, infectious diseases\, especially influenza\, RS V and invasive disease caused by encapsulated organisms\; the clinical\, public health and social burden of these diseases\; and means by which to prevent or control serious infections through vaccines\, drugs and no n-pharmaceutical measures. Over the past 20 years\, Professor Booy has b een increasingly recognised as an expert in the respiratory virus field\ , supervising many studies addressing the burden and prevention of influ enza disease in children and adults in the UK\, Australia and among Musl im pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. In addition he has led intervention studies with new vaccines\, new vaccine delivery methods and alternate methods for preventing disease and transmission such as antivirals and personal protective equipment. Professor Robert Booy is a Director at the Immunis ation Coalition.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:05 pm New and existing threats - mea sles and meningococcal disease: where should we focus our efforts?Dr And rew Baird▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/FTvmFZqOAuY\n\n\n\n\nClick here to down load PPT slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrew is a General Practitioner in St Ki lda\, Melbourne\, and a Medical Advisor with a medical defence organisat ion. \; He has a background in rural general practice and medical ed ucation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:30 pmGlobal vaccine preventable disease tren ds and emerging vaccines: what Australian providers need to knowDr Sarah McGuinness▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/YohhQsWPehQ\n\n\n\n\nClick here to do wnload PPT slides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah McGuinness is an infectious disea ses clinician and researcher based at Alfred Health and Monash Universit y in Melbourne. Her research focuses on improving ways to prevent infect ious diseases in at-risk populations. She has a special interest in trav el and tropical medicine and leads the hospital-based travel clinic at t he Alfred Hospital. \;\n\n\n\nShe is a co-author of the Manual of Tr avel Medicine (4th edition) and co-facilitates an annual Travel Medicine Masterclass for Australasian travel health providers. She is an editori al board member of the Journal of Travel Medicine and an active member o f the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and International Societ y of Travel Medicine\, serving on various committees and frequently pres enting on travel medicine topics.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:55 pmPanel discussi onModerator: Dr Hazel Clothier▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/RvzJrSABfqU\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\nHazel is Lead Epidemiologist\, Child Health Informatics and S urveillance Manager\, Vaccine Signal Detection &\; Investigation at S AEFVIC\, Victoria’s Vaccine Safety Service. Her doctoral work on optim ising spontaneous vaccine safety surveillance has had immediate relevanc e and continued impact since the global Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 crisis br ought calls for development and release of vaccines at “pandemic speed ”\, further highlighting the need for robust and timely vaccine safety surveillance.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary and Closing Comments\n\n\n\n\n 4:10 pmClosing commentsDr Rod Pearce AM▼\n\nhttps://youtu.be/TCVuNAtHb y4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Rodney Pearce AM is a country and city GP and Med ical Officer of Health for the Eastern Health Authority (HA)\, Adelaide. Dr Pearce became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on Australia D ay 2012. He received the award for his long-standing service to medicine as a General Practitioner\, through contributions to national medical o rganisations and to education. \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe would like t o thank the following companies for supporting this event: URL;VALUE=URI:https://immunisationcoalition.org.au/events/9th-annual-imm unisation-forum-2025/ UID:urn:uuid:296c30ee-421c-4b8d-9e77-96feb32738c4 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260911T110459Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250613T083000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250613T162000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR