Networking Events

Pre-Conference Symposium Hyatt Hotel Canberra
Therapeutic Guidelines: Exploring the latest changes

Therapeutic Guidelines is undertaking its biggest update yet of the Antibiotic guidelines, with the first topics to be published in early 2025. Join members of Therapeutic Guidelines' expert groups at a preconference symposium to go behind the scenes of the guidelines' development. A selection of significant changes will be explored, as well as the evidence and decision-making that underpins them.

Date: Wednesday 2 April 2025
Time: 12:30pm - 5:00pm
Location:  Hyatt Hotel Canberra – Federation Ballroom
Cost: Conference Delegate $180


Welcome Reception Hyatt Hotel Canberra

Join us for the ASID Annual Scientific Meeting Welcome Reception taking place the meeting venue on Thursday 3 April. This evening is the perfect opportunity to reconnect, network and kick off the conference in a relaxed and informal setting. Light refreshments and beverages will be provided. Ticket is included in your conference registration.

Date: Thursday 3 April 2025
Time: TBC
Location:  Hyatt Hotel Canberra – Federation Ballroom
Cost: Included in Registration


Advanced Trainee Breakfast Hyatt Hotel Canberra

Supporting the future – one of the most popular sessions of the conference each year, the trainee breakfast gives trainees the opportunity to present their work and be mentored in their workplace. At the 2025 ASM, attendees of the trainee breakfast will hear clinical infectious disease updates supported by the most recent scientific evidence, all while enjoying breakfast with colleagues.

Date: Friday 4 April 2025
Time: 7:00am – 8:50am
Location:  Hyatt Hotel Canberra 
Cost: Included in Registration




Conference Dinner Old Parliament House

We welcome you to the ASID Conference Dinner taking place on the 4th of April at Full Members’ Dining Room, Old Parliament House.

Join us for a memorable conference dinner at Old Parliament House (OPH), the home of the federal Parliament from 1927 to 1988. Designed by John Smith Murdoch, the first Commonwealth government architect, OPH is an iconic landmark in Australia's democratic journey and has witnessed many significant events in the country's parliamentary and political history.
Our dinner will be held in the Full Member’s Dining Room, which offers a complete, unobstructed view of the Australian Parliament House. With its high ceilings, original timber lamps, and the Queen Victoria Terrace available for use in conjunction with the room, this space provides a stunning historic backdrop for our event.

Date: Friday 4 April 2025
Time: 6:30pm – 10:00pm
Location: Full Members’ Dining Room, Old Parliament House, 18 King George Terrace, Parkes, ACT 2600, Australia
Your ticket includes: 3 course dinner. 2 hour beverage package, cash bar for the last hour
Cost: Conference Delegate $140
How to get there: Approx. 15 min walk (about 1 km)

We acknowledge that the conference is being held the traditional lands of the Ngunnawal people. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuing connection to land, water, and community and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. ASHM acknowledges Sovereignty in this country has never been ceded. It always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.