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The 16th Australian Influenza Symposium will have sessions covering the latest developments and research on influenza, COVID-19, and RSV. Confirmed international speakers include:

Emily Martin,University of Michigan, USA

Thomas Williams, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (virtually)

Andrew Bowman,The Ohio State University, USA

Erik Karlsson, Institut Pasteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Ben Cowling, Hong Kong University, HK

The Symposium program will be available at a later date

Registration is free - although places are limited

Registration via eventbrite here

*Please note that this event will not allow for any virtual access. All sessions will be held in-person*

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE 24 October 2025

There will be a minimum of 12 short talk spots available over the course of the Symposium. All speakers must submit abstracts before the closing date, which should relate to work in the fields of influenza, COVID-19 or RSV and can cover areas such as vaccination, epidemiology, modelling, drug development, zoonosis, one health, basic science, clinical care, etc.

Please note: Abstracts selected for presentation from interstate academic venues (only) will have their flights and accommodation (if required) arranged by and covered by the Symposium. Commercial organisations can also submit abstracts but if selected will not be eligible for financial support.

Instructions for submission:

We strongly encourage you to submit an abstract if you have not done so already. The format for these short presentations will be talks lasting a maximum of 10 minutes (with no more than 6 or 7 slides) plus 3 minutes for questions. Abstracts should be submitted as a Word document on a single page. Minimum Font size 11 pt using Arial or Calibri Fonts. A single figure, table, or graph is acceptable. You must be registered to have your abstract accepted for presentation.

Download the abstract template here.

Please send your abstracts before the deadline at Enquiries@influenzacentre.org.

Download the flyer here

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The 15th Australian Influenza Symposium had multiple sessions covering the latest developments and research on influenza, COVID-19, and RSV. Confirmed international speakers included:

Yoshi Kawaoka, Uni of Wisconsin, USA & Uni of Tokyo, Japan

Seema Lakdawala, Emory Uni, USA

Cheryl Cohen, Wits Uni, South Africa

Erik Karlsson, Institut Pasteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Ben Cowling, Hong Kong Uni, HK

We were pleased to hold the 14th Australian Influenza Symposium (AIS) on 11-12 November 2021

View the final program booklet here.

This year's symposium focused primarily on COVID-19, but still covered influenza and RSV sessions. The event was attended by over 350 delegates, including representatives from the biomedical, clinical, research, public health, government, and industry sectors. The symposium also welcomed a range of national and international speakers, including:

Eddie Holmes, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases & Biosecurity, University of Sydney

Stanley Perlman, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, USA

Jenifer Juno, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Doherty Institute

Peter McIntyre, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ

Bev Menner, COVID Vaccine Lead, CSL Limited

Keith Chappell, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland

And many more.

Due to ongoing restrictions in Melbourne, this event was fully virtual. The event was hosted by ASN Events and run via their online platform.

Please contact us here if you have any queries.

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We were pleased to hold the 13th Australian Influenza Symposium (AIS) on 28-29 October 2019

View the final program booklet here.

The symposium welcomed a range of national and international speakers, including:

Ben Cowling, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China

Janet A. Englund, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, USA

Jonathan L. Temte, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Hui-Ling Yen, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China

And many more.

Please contact us here if you have any queries.

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