Events and Training
2025
Calendar of Events
January 2025
World Leprosy Day
26 January
https://www.who.int/news/item/21-01-2025-message-for-world-leprosy-day-2025
February 2025
Annual TB Conference – The Union North America Region
26 February – 1st March, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
https://bclung.ca/lung-health/tuberculosis/annual-tb-conference-the-union-nar/
March 2025
University of Western Sydney Master of Nursing (TB Management) Semester 1, 2025 commences 3rd March
https://hbook.westernsydney.edu.au/majors-minors/tuberculosis-management-pg-testamur-major/
https://app.smartsheet.eu/b/publish?EQBCT=951396cae5b741498d1e67eea252d018
European Respiratory Society Lung Science Conference 2025
Repairing the lung: from single cells and tissue organisation to regenerative therapy
20th – 23rd March, Estoril, Portugal
World TB Day 24 March
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-tb-day/2025
https://www.stoptb.org/resources/world-tb-day
TB Centre of Research Excellence Symposium 2025
24th & 25th March, Doherty Institute, Melbourne (hybrid option available)
https://www.tbcre.org.au/events
Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science Annual Scientific Meeting
21 – 25 March, Adelaide South Australia
April 2025
May 2025
NSW Health Tuberculosis Conference
2 May, Aerial UTS Function Centre, 235 Jones Street, Ultimo NSW
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/tuberculosis/Pages/conference-2025.aspx
World Asthma Day 6 May
https://firsnet.org/event/world-asthma-day/
International Nurses Day 12 May
https://www.icn.ch/how-we-do-it/campaigns/international-nurses-day
The Union Nurses and Allied Health Professionals Webinar
Date and webinar link TBC
14th International Conference on COPD and Lung Health
14 & 15 May, Rome, Italy
https://copd.healthconferences.org/events-list/tuberculosis
American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference
16th – 21st May, San Francisco, California USA
https://conference.thoracic.org
NHMRC TB CRE Annual Symposium
29th & 30th May, The Centenary Institute, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW
https://www.tbcre.org.au/events
World No Tobacco Day 31st May
June 2025
National TB Conference and APHL’s 14th National Conference on Laboratory Aspects of TB
2nd – 6th June, Atlanta, Georgia USA
https://www.tbcontrollers.org/events/
The Union World Conference on Tobacco Control
23 – 25 June, Dublin, Ireland
https://www.worldtobaccocontrol.org/
1st Regional Lung Health and TB Conference 2025 – Pioneering the Transformation of Lung Health Care
29th & 30th 30 June, Malaysia
July 2025
8th World Bronchiectasis Conference
14th – 17th July, Brisbane, Australia
https://www.world-bronchiectasis-conference.org/2025/#
University of Western Sydney Master of Nursing (TB Management) Semester 2, 2025 commences 21st July
https://hbook.westernsydney.edu.au/majors-minors/tuberculosis-management-pg-testamur-major/
August 2025
September 2025
European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress
27th September – 1st October, Amsterdam, Netherlands (hybrid option available)
October 2025
CHEST Congress
19th – 22nd October, Chicago USA
https://www.chestnet.org/learning-and-events/events/chest-annual-meeting
November 2025
29th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology
13th – 16th November, Manila Philippines
The Union World Conference on Lung Health
18 – 22 November 2025 Copenhagen, Denmark
December 2025
World AIDS Day
1 December
January 2026
February 2026
The Union Asia Pacific Region Conference – Transforming Lung Health and Creating a Future Free of TB through Research, Innovation, and Networking
4th – 7th February, 2026 Bangkok, Thailand