Past Conferences
Below is a list of previous ASBHM conferences and events, with some details.
2022: Virtual
2 – 4 February, 2022
Keynote speakers: Professor Wendy Wood (University of Southern California), Professor Cecile Thøgersen-Ntoumani (University of Southern Denmark), Professor Tim Spector (Kings College London)
2021: Virtual
3rd – 5th February, 2021
Keynote speakers: Professor Rachel Huxley (Deakin University), Professor Jane Scott (Curtin University) and Professor Peter Yu (Australian National University)
For more information, please click here for the program.
2020: Sydney
Participatory Medicine for Behavioural Health and Wellbeing
5th – 7th February, 2020
Keynote speakers: Professor Louise Sharpe (The University of Sydney, Australia) and Professor Frank Penedo (The University of Miami, USA)
For more information, please click here for the program.
2019: Christchurch
Behavioural Medicine: Making an Impact
15th – 17th February, 2019
Keynote speakers: Professor Jeffery Braithwaite (Australian Institute of Health Innovation and Macquarie University, Australia), Professor Beth Grunfeld (Birkbeck College, UK), Professor Christine Stephens (Massey University, New Zealand)
For more information, please click here for the program.
2018: ICBM Chile
ASBHM members attended the International Congress of Behavioral Medicine (ICBM) in Santiago, Chile.
14th – 17th November, 2018
For more information, please click here for the program.
2017: Gold Coast
Joint ASBHM-CHP conference on the Gold Coast
Health and Health Behaviour Change: From Research to Practice and Back
13th – 15th July, 2017
Keynote speakers: Professor Karina Davidson (Columbia University, USA), Professor Suzanne Chambers (Griffith University, Australia), Professor John Toumbourou (Deakin University, Australia)
2016: Melbourne
ASBHM were the proud hosts of the 14th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine.
Behavioral Medicine: Making an Impact in the Modern World
7th – 10th December, 2016
For more information, please click here for the program.
2015: Perth
Addressing barriers to health outcomes for people and populations
11th – 13th February, 2015
Keynote speakers: Professor Susan Michie (University College London, UK), Professor Yin Paradies (Deakin University, Australia), Professor Karen Witten (Massey University, New Zealand)
2014: Auckland
Health behaviours: connecting individuals and communities
12th – 14th February, 2014
Keynote speakers: Professor Aleksandra Luszczynska (University of Colorado, USA; University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland), Professor Kerry Chamberlain (Massey University, New Zealand), Professor Jo Salmon (Deakin University, Australia)
2013: Newcastle
Behaviour and Health: Challenges for the future
6th – 8th February, 2013
Keynote speakers: Professor Paul Estabrooks (Virginia Tech, USA), Professor Linda Cameron (University of California, USA; University of Auckland, New Zealand), Professor Billie Giles-Corti (University of Melbourne, Australia), Laureate Professor Rober Sanson-Fisher (University of Newcastle, Australia)
2012: Melbourne
Closing the gaps: Strengthening partnerships for understanding and improving health behaviour
8th – 10th February, 2012
Keynote speakers: Professor Jodi Prochaska (University of California, San Francisco), Professor Sandra Eades (Baker, IDI), Professor Rob McGee (University of Otago)
2011: Christchurch
Healthy People, Healthy Communities
9th – 11th February
Keynote speakers: Professor Charles Abraham (University of Sussex, UK), Professor Chris Cunningham (Massey University, New Zealand), Professor Phyllis Butow (University of Sydney, Australia)
2010: Brisbane
2009: Auckland
2008: Sydney