Program at a glance
| MONDAY DECEMBER 2nd | |
| 16.00 – 18.45 | Registration, Poster Set Up Time – all posters to be displayed |
| Session 1: | 18.45 – 20.00 Welcome and Official Opening |
| 18.45 – 18.50 | Opening Remarks, A/Prof Merilyn Hibma – Meeting Convenor |
| 18.50 – 19.00 | AVS Welcome, Prof Gilda Tachedjian, President, AVS |
| 19.00 – 20.00 | Speaker: Ana Fernandez-Sesma |
| 20.15 – 22.30 | Welcome Mixer |
| TUESDAY DECEMBER 3rd | |
| Session 2: | 08.30 – 10.00 Viral Epidemiology and Diagnostics Lead speaker: Allison Imrie |
| 10.00 – 10.30 | Morning tea |
| Session 3: | 10.30 – 12.00 Indigenous Virology Lead speaker: Damian Purcell |
| 12.00 – 13.15 | Lunch, Meet the Professors. |
| Session 4: | 13.15 – 15.15 Clinical Virology Lead speaker: Ed Gane |
| 15.15 – 16.45 | Afternoon tea |
| Session 5: | 15.15 – 16:45 Poster viewing (odd numbers attended) |
| Session 6: | 16.45 – 18.15 Viral Immunology Lead Speaker: Barbara Coulson |
| WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4th | |
| Breakfast session | 7:15 – 8.30 – Successfully transitioning from postdoc to lab head |
| Morning tea | 10.30 – 11:00 |
| Session 8: | 11.00 – 12.30, Animal and Wildlife Viruses Lead speaker: Tanja Strive |
| Lunch | 12.30 – 13.30 |
| Session 9: | 13.30 – 15.30 Viral Replication and Host Interactions Lead speaker: Alexander Khromykh |
| Afternoon tea | 15.30 – 17.00 |
| Session 10: | 15.30 – 17.00 Poster viewing (even numbers attended) |
| Session 11: | 17.00 – 18.30 Virus Host Interactions Lead speaker: Karyn Johnston |
| Session 12: | 18.30–19.30 Speaker: Benjamin tenOever |
| THURSDAY DECEMBER 5th | |
| Session 13: | 08.30 – 10.00 Systems Virology and Viromes Lead Speaker: Jeremy Barr |
| Morning Tea | 10.00 – 10.30 |
| Session 14: | 10.30 – 12.00 Virus Structures, Receptors and Assembly Lead Speaker: David Jacques |
| Lunch | 12.00 – 13.00 |
| AVS AGM | 12.30 – 14.00 |
| Session 15: | 14.00 – 15.30 Innate Immunity Lead Speaker: Kate Stacey |
| Afternoon Tea | 15.30 – 16.00 |
| Session 16: | 16.00 – 17.30 Antivirals and Vaccines Lead Speaker: Lorena Brown |
| Closing | 17.30 – 18.00 |
| Conference Dinner | 19.30 – 23.30 |