Call for Posters

Step 1 – Submit your Poster: The submissions portal will be open until midnight GMT on 18 June 2025.

Step 2 – Your abstract is reviewed: Once the submissions portal has closed, abstracts will be reviewed based on the programme criteria.

Step 3 – Receive your result: Poster submitters will be informed by email in July 2025 if they are offered the opportunity to display an Poster at the conference.

Step 4 – Complete your registration: If you are invited to display an Poster, in order to do that in person at the International Forum, you must register and pay the full fee for the two main event days (Thursday 20- Friday 21 November 2025). Please note, there are no one-day registration options. To attend online and showcase your Poster virtually, you will be able to register for an online place. The deadline for all poster authors to register and pay to attend the International Forum in person or online is 3 September 2025.

Step 5 – Prepare to showcase your project: Once you have registered, your Poster will be confirmed. You will then receive details around the onsite Poster activities that you can take part in. You will also receive the guidelines for creating your Poster as well as instructions on how to upload it to our platform ahead of the conference.

All Poster will be displayed as digital Posters on screens at the venue. This allows attendees to scroll through a gallery of visually stimulating quality and improvement articles and view Poster by topic, keywords and authors.

All Posters will also be made available via our online Poster platform, accessible for all attendees before, during and after the conference.

See our Poster FAQs here.

• Programmed Poster sessions (NEW): This year a selection of Poster presentations will feature as sessions that will run alongside the main programme. Further information, including how to sign up and present, will be sent to all registered poster authors in due course.
• Poster display:  as part of the main programme on Day 2 and Day 3. Top Posters will be pre-selected and invited to present as part of our Poster Presentation Sessions. Attendees will be able to book into these sessions as part of their programme attendance.
• Poster orientation meetup:  Join our poster lead to find out more about the Poster activities taking place throughout the conference. This will be an opportunity to connect with other Poster presenters within your submission topic.
• Poster finalist showcase: Every presenter participating in the programmed poster sessions will have their presentation reviewed by our judges. During the closing plenary, one winner and two highly recommended poster presentations will be announced. The winner will be invited to a future forum to present their abstract as part of a dedicated workshop. All participants will receive a special certificate.’

You can read our Poster FAQs here.

The programme theme in Canberra will be Think differently, start small, have impact.

We will bring together healthcare professionals, consumers, and stakeholders to explore practical solutions and strategies to bridge the gap between theory and practice, recognising that quality and safety is a fundamental driver for both sustainability and continuous improvement.

In the spirit of our programme theme, we want to hear about projects that drive change. Both our programme and the Poster will be structured around five content streams. As such, we would like to hear about projects and initiatives that show impactful results under these streams.

Safety

Understanding human factors, systems thinking, implementation methodologies and processes for digital and physical systems. Submissions to this stream will look at:

• Systems and challenges
• QI and safety across borders
• Approaches to Certification, Licensing, and Regulation
• Learnings from international care models and other industries

People

Encompassing consumers and citizens into our planning, prioritisation, and decision making is essential, as is providing healthcare staff with a positive environment to deliver compassionate and kind healthcare, this includes (but is not limited to):

• Empowering Individuals in their health journey
• Value-based care / Co-Design, Co-production
• Workforce, wellbeing and culture
• Private with public partnership potential
• Co-creating the power of consumer experiences

Populations

The integration and collaboration of traditional hospital delivery, primary care, social care, and education is fundamental for delivering healthcare to populations and preventing illness and harm. Serving vulnerable and underserved populations is a key aspect of this approach and will consider:

• Universal health – Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Equity in healthcare provision
• An Aging population

Change

Understanding change and improvement in complex systems, behaviour change, organisational change. Submissions will focus on:

• Utilising technology for better consumer outcomes: Digital healthcare, innovation, disruption, IoM
• Sustainable healthcare – economical and environmental
• Culture, systems and science – navigating towards inclusive care
• Promoting value-based behavioural and organisational transformation

Leading

In order to explore effective leadership in the modern era of healthcare, leaders must navigate complex challenges and promote progress across multiple dimensions, including consumer outcomes, population health, sustainability, cost, and staff well-being. Submissions to this stream will aim to discuss:

• Leadership strategies for embedding healthcare innovation
• Preparedness and resilience
• Approaches to workforce, wellbeing and culture
• Staff engagement and belonging

All Poster submissions’ results and next steps will be sent out in July 2025. 

Please note that the email address that you supply on the Submitter Details page when submitting your abstracts will be the email address used to correspond the results of your submission. If you change email addresses during this time, please let us know so we can update our system.

You can read our Poster FAQs here.