9th APCPH Scientific Programme


Day 1: Monday, 06 July 2026

07:30 – 08:00 HRS

REGISTRATION

08:30 – 11:00 HRS

SPARK Sessions:

SPARK Session 1: Public Health Medicine Competency: Trained but not competent? Where do we go from here?

SPARK Session 2: From Evidence to Action: Implementation Science for Public Health Impact

SPARK Session 3: Human Health Risk Assessment

SPARK Session 4: Environmental Monitoring Methods

SPARK Session 5: Beyond the numbers: Qualitative approach in public health research

11:00 – 11:30 HRS

Refreshment and Networking

Poster Session

11:30 – 13:00 HRS

Keynote Address and Opening Ceremony

13:00 – 14:00 HRS

Lunch Break and Networking

Poster Session

14:00 – 15:00 HRS

Plenary 1: Community Power and Public Health – The Person in the Centre

15:00 – 15:30 HRS

Sponsored Session

15:30 – 16:00 HRS

Refreshment and Networking

Poster Session

16:00 – 17:30 HRS

Parallel Symposium

Symposium 1 (Track: Equity): Digital Inclusion and Health Equity

Symposium 2 (Track: Technology): AI and Disease Forecasting in the Global South

Symposium 3 (Track: People): Humanising Public Health: Advancing Harm Reduction for Health and Hope

Symposium 4 (Track: Climate and Environment): Planetary Health, Climate Resilience, and Public Health


Day 2: Tuesday, 07 July 2026

07:30 – 08:00 HRS

REGISTRATION

08:00 – 09:30 HRS

Parallel Symposium

Symposium 5 (Track: Equity): Building Trust in Data Sharing and AI Use in Public Health

Symposium 6 (Track: Technology): Smart Partnerships: Government-Academia-Industry Collaborations

Symposium 7 (Track: People): Cross-Border and Global Health Security

Symposium 8 (Track: Climate and Environment): Resilient Health Systems Planning for the Future

09:30 – 10:00 HRS

Refreshment and Networking

Poster Session

10:00 – 11:30 HRS

Forum 1: Digital Public Health Transformation: Ensuring No One is Left Behind

11:30 – 13:00 HRS

Plenary 2: Finding the Future of Public Health: Public-Private-People Partnership

13:00 – 14:00 HRS

Lunch Break and Networking

14:00 – 15:30 HRS

Forum 2: Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Integrating Climate Action into Public Health

15:30 – 16:00 HRS

Refreshment and Networking

Poster Session

16:00 – 17:30 HRS

Parallel Free Paper Oral Session

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 1

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 2

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 3

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 4

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 5

Day 3: Wednesday, 08 July 2026

07:30 – 08:00 HRS

REGISTRATION

08:00 – 10:00 HRS

Parallel Free Paper Oral Session

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 6

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 7

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 8

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 9

Oral Free Paper Presentation Session 10

10:00 – 10:30 HRS

Refreshment and Networking

Poster Session

10:30 – 12:00 HRS

Parallel Symposium Session

Symposium 9 (Track: Equity): Strengthening Health Systems

Symposium 10 (Track: Technology): Innovations in Public Health Surveillance and Crisis Response

Symposium 11 (Track: People): Youth and Gender Health in a Digital World: Creating Psychologically Safe Work Environments

Symposium 12 (Track: Climate and Environment): Strengthening Climate Resilience: From Urban Planning to Health Systems and National Policy

12:30 – 14:00 HRS

Lunch Break and Networking

14:00 – 15:30 HRS

Plenary 3: Smart Health Technologies and the Challenge of Equity

15:30 – 17:00 HRS

Forum 3: Social Determinants and Cross-Sector Collaboration in Practice

17:00 – 17:30 HRS

Closing and Prize-Giving Ceremony