Make your mark on the big ideas to help shape health service delivery

The Australasian College of Health Service Management invites executives, managers, consultants, clinicians, planners, policy makers, academics, researchers, and those involved in health governance with an interest in positively informing health management, leadership and policy to submit an abstract for the 2026 Annual Congress.
 
Our most recent Congress which was held in Darwin, NT in October 2025 was an outstanding success with well over 500 delegates.

The overall 2026 congress theme will be Leadership, Collaboration and Innovation: Building Resilient Health Systems for the Future. Bringing together knowledge systems to drive new ways of policy and practice, innovation and collaboration.

Submissions that focus on leadership, collaboration and innovation in the following areas will be well regarded; 

• Leadership and Strategic Planning
• Workforce
• Governance, Safety and Quality
• Remote and rural health care delivery
• Digital and virtual health and AI (how we leverage technology for better health outcomes)
• Healthcare/service transformation (inc models of care, clinical service redesign)
• Climate Change and Sustainability (how we can tackle this global emergency in Health)
• Health and wellbeing (Health sector staff)

Following are some possible streams, however you are not limited to these stream topics: 

• Cyber security
• Aboriginal health
• Migrant health
• Transition from clinician to clinician/leader and manager
• Aged care, home care, disability care – integration
• Funding and Interface priorities (Primary Care, Aged Care, Disability)
• The role of academic research in health transformation
• Facility design and management

We now invite abstracts setting out potential contributions to this program outlining key areas of experience and expertise:

• Sector or industry case studies provide an opportunity for practitioners; leaders and managers; consultants, vendors and those involved in governance to present experience, learning and ideas from the delivery and application space.
  
  
• Leadership case studies are presentations about experience, ideas, application and transferrable successes focusing on the key areas of responsibility in vision setting; engaging with stakeholders and transforming health, aged care and social care organisations.
  
  
• Workshop or masterclass provides the opportunity for more in depth learning  facilitated by experienced leaders
  
  
• Academic & Scientific papers provide research and development work and projects as well as evaluation and application of research experience to the field

Please submit one or more abstracts as: Click on each of the tabs below to view more information.

Abstract enquiries only: 
Program Co-Ordinator: Dr Jennifer Kosiol FCHSM CHE, Griffith University EMAIL congress@achsm.org.au 

Congress 2026 registration and other enquiries: 
Erica Jones, ACHSM Events Manager
erica.jones@achsm.org.au or  0447 171 606

Cairns Convention Centre
Sheridan St &, Wharf St,
Cairns City QLD 4870 AUSTRALIA