Thursday 5 March 2026 3:00pm - 6:00pm Various Times
Supervisors Workshop – RCPA Fellows Only (For more information click here) RCPA Committee meetings (invite only) Friday 6 March 2026
8.00am- 9.30am
Meet the Chief Examiner
9.30am-10.00am
Arrival tea/coffee among the industry exhibition & e-posters | Gallery
10.00-1200pm
Welcome to Country and Faculty of Science Oration: Opening Plenary Keynote: Many Paths - The Future of Digital Health and Pathology Prof Enrico Coiera Shared Focus: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Creating a Culture of Safety and Responsibility Beyond the Hype Clinical Associate Professor Sandra Johnson and Mark Nevin
12.00pm-1.00pm
Stronger Together: Implementing AI in Pathology? A thought-provoking panel discussion on the role of AI in pathology. Given the most effective outcomes are achieved when clinicians, scientists and regulators work together, crossing traditional boundaries to share knowledge and insights, how can these lessons be applied to AI? Lunch among the industry exhibition & e-posters | Gallery
12.00pm-1.00pm
Pathology Education Outreach Open Forum
1.00pm-3.00pm
Concurrent Discipline Streams
3.00pm-3.30pm
Afternoon tea among the industry exhibition & e-posters | Gallery
3.30pm-5.00pm
Concurrent Discipline Streams
5.00pm – 6.00pm
6.00pm- 7.30pm
Eva Raik Memorial Oration: Pathology Workforce Sharing emerging insights from the RCPA’s national project examining pathology workforce pressures and service-demand trends across Australia. Welcome cocktail party among the exhibition & e-posters I Gallery
7:30pm – 10:00pm
Trainee Welcome Drinks Saturday 7 March 2026
9.00-10.30am
Dual Concurrent Plenary: Consumer access to pathology results – are limits and protections required? What harm can there be? Dr Anthea Greenway, Eliza Courtney and Dr Anne O’Donnell-Luria
Program subject to change without notice