2026 Australian Nurses and Midwives Conference

Register to attend this essential nursing and midwifery event on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 May.

Join nurses and midwives from across Australia at the 2026 Australian Nurses and Midwives Conference, bringing together extraordinary presenters across nursing, midwifery, mental health nursing and more.

Create your individual conference program with concurrent and keynote sessions across nursing, midwifery, public health, mental health, digital health and more.

Keynote presentations include:

• Dr Jorian Kippax, Emergency and Hyperbaric Medicine Specialist on the story of the Franklin River Rescue;
• Jim Rogers, co-host of Dementia Australia’s Hold the Moment podcast on life after receiving a dementia diagnosis;
• Giridharan Sivaraman, Race Discrimination Commissioner on standing together against racism in healthcare;
• Professor Catherine Chamberlain, Chief Midwifery Officer, CATSINaM on recreating safe and sacred maternity care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents; and
• An extensive panel covering the coroner’s process.

Full program available now!

Are you an ANMF member (either in Victoria or throughout Australia)? Members save on conference registration – register now and save.

Event details
Date: Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 May (register for a single day or for both!)
Location: Grand Hyatt Melbourne, 123 Collins St, Melbourne
Format: Face-to-face event

Don't forget! Conference registration can be tax deductible. Please contact your financial advisor.

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TICKETS (Early bird savings available until 11.59pm Sunday 5 April)

ANMF Job Rep/HSR
Early bird one day $200 | two days $330
Regular one day $250 | two days $410 (post early bird costs)

ANMF member
Early bird one day $240 | two days $375
Regular one day $290 | two days $455 (post early bird costs)

Non-member
Early bird one day $400 | two days $630
Regular one day $450 | two days $710 (post early bird costs)

ANMF student member
Early bird one day $80 | two days $120
Regular one day $130 | two days $195 (post early bird costs)

Would you like to pay via invoice? Please contact the Events department via events@anmfvic.asn.au with your details and an invoice can be issued to you.

Please note registration to this event will only be finalised once your invoice has been confirmed as paid ahead of this event.

Have 5 or more colleagues interested in attending this event?
Group registration options available by contacting us via events@anmfvic.asn.au

ANMF (Vic Branch) event refund policy:
By registering for this conference, you are agreeing to the ANMF (Vic Branch) refund policy:
a) 10% administrative fee levied on all participants who cancel
b) 14 days or more notification - full refund (i.e. 90%)
c) seven days or more notification - 70% refund
d) less than seven days notification - 25% refund

If you do require a refund, please contact the ANMF (Vic Branch) Events team directly via events@anmfvic.asn.au.

We thank our sponsors for their support!
We could not run our events without the support of our conference sponsors and thank them for their involvement:

Gold sponsor - HESTA

Silver sponsor - Aware Super

Bronze sponsor - Nurses Midwives Health

FAQ

Catering
Yes, this conference is catered. Please ensure you confirm your dietary requirement/s during the registration process so we can endeavour as much as reasonably practicable to cater for the requirement.

Getting to the venue
ANMF encourages the use of public transport.

Train:
Grand Hyatt Melbourne is 0.5km away from Flinders Street Station and 2KM away from Southern Cross Station.

Tram:
This venue is accessible via multiple tram routes:

• Collins Street: Tram routes 11, 12, 48, 109
• Flinders Street: Tram routes 70 and 75
• Swanston Street: Tram routes 1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67, 72
• Bourke Street: Tram routes 86 and 96

For further train timetable information and trip planning, visit PTV’s journey planner at www.ptv.vic.gov.au.

Parking
Some parking is available at the venue. Information on parking (and transportation) can be found here.

To locate other parking locations in the vicinity of the conference venue, please visit Wilson Parking’s location map here.

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Disclaimer: ANMF (Vic Branch) will endeavour to ensure that the speakers and content for this conference proceed as advertised. However, we may have to replace a speaker unexpectedly. ANMF (Vic Branch) disclaims any liability for any errors/omissions in information provided at this conference.

Questions? Contact the ANMF (Vic Branch) Events department via events@anmfvic.asn.au