Dates and Times
02 November 2026
12:00 - 17:00
Event for
Location
Address: University of Canberra
Organiser
Healthy Environments and Lives Research Network
Enquiry
Adrienne Walls-Nichols
Event about:
HEAL 2026 Sixth International Conference
HEAL 2026 Sixth International Conference
Time to listen, learn & act for lasting impact on healthy environments and lives.
HEAL 2026 is a four-day hybrid international conference exploring the urgent health, climate, and environmental challenges facing Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, and the world.
4-5 November 2026
Free registration: healnetwork.vfairs.com
Accepting abstracts: Until 15 August
For more information: healnetwork.au/heal-2026-conference
Additional Information
Regional Hub Sessions, 2 November 2026:
The HEAL Network’s eight Regional Hubs will bring together Aboriginal Elders and knowledge-holders, community members, researchers, policymakers, service providers, and people with lived experience to explore local environmental and climate health priorities. Through place-based dialogue and community-led engagement, these sessions will showcase how regional collaboration and participatory approaches are driving locally relevant solutions and informing policy and practice across Australia.
Global South, 3 November 2026: Bringing together leading voices from Australia and internationally to spotlight community-led responses to environmental change.
National Plenary Sessions and Thematic Breakout Sessions, 4 and 5 November 2026: Showcasing innovative research to support Australia’s National Health and Climate Strategy, national and regional decarbonisation and adaptation plans in Australia and the Asia-Pacific, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with a strong commitment to elevating First Nations and grassroots leadership.
Hybrid format: Delivered in-person at eight regional hubs across Australia and online nationally, and internationally from 2 to 5 November 2026.
HEAL 2026 Conference is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.