Early Bird expires 11th September 2026
Australia’s Premier Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem Event
Join Australia’s largest gathering of health precinct leaders to accelerate medical innovation, strengthen research commercialization, and build world-class healthcare innovation ecosystems. This essential summit connects a vast mix of decision-makers who develop, fund, and activate successful health innovation precincts across government, universities, hospitals, and industry.
2026 MELBOURNE EDITION
We are delighted that the 2026 Summit will return to Melbourne, building on the momentum of 2025 to celebrate ongoing successes and uncover new opportunities for collaboration and impact. There is so much more to showcase and learn from Victoria’s precinct ecosystem.
As we return this unique landmark event to Melbourne, we are thrilled to deepen the narrative of innovation and collaboration between Melbourne’s precincts and their key stakeholders. We look forward to further illuminating the strategic evolution of Melbourne’s precinct ecosystem as we welcome back previous leading precinct partners as well as new partners.
INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE:
2026 speakers
KEY THEMES AND TOPICS FOR THE 2026 AGENDA
- Leadership & governance in innovation precincts – different models + what works and what doesn’t
- Sustainable funding models, public-private partnerships and investment attraction
- Precinct constellation, networks & collaboration - precinct connectivity: providing line of sight across precincts to avoid duplication and enable specialization
- AI and digital infrastructure in precincts & healthcare
- AI as infrastructure: computing capability requirements for precincts
- Data centres and their role in innovation districts
- Workforce attraction, retention & development - growing local talent pipelines and training pathways + Future workforce skills and education-to-employment pathways
- Digital innovations, virtual and connected care
- Research translation, commercialization + startup ecosystem & support
- Funding beyond traditional VCs: high net worth networks and philanthropic capital
- Industry partnerships & procurement - how hospitals procure innovation & the opportunities precincts present
- Regional & rural health & innovation precincts - creating regional ecosystems that improve health outcomes, attract investment, and retain talent
- Measuring return on investment and precinct success metrics
- Adaptive precincts - how precincts respond to rapid change and emerging technologies
- Community engagement & place-making - meaningful community participation and Indigenous co-design in precinct development
- Mixed-use development, campus design, and creating vibrant human-centered precincts
Why Attend?
Connect with the Leaders Shaping Healthcare Innovation
Meet senior decision-makers from government, hospitals, universities, medical research institutes, venture capital, biotech, medtech, and healthcare development.
Build strategic relationships through curated networking, roundtables, precinct tours, and collaborative discussions designed to spark partnerships and investment opportunities.
Discover Proven Precinct Strategies
Learn how Australia’s leading innovation precincts are attracting investment, accelerating commercialization, activating collaboration, and building globally competitive healthcare ecosystems.
Gain practical insights into governance, stakeholder alignment, infrastructure planning, funding pathways, and long-term precinct growth strategies.
Explore the Future of Health Innovation
Hear real-world case studies from healthcare innovators, researchers, policy leaders, investors, and precinct operators shaping the future of medical innovation across Australia and beyond.
Discover emerging opportunities in biotech, medtech, digital health, translational research, clinical innovation, and healthcare infrastructure.
2026 Summit Features
Precinct Discovery Day
Experience walking tours of Melbourne’s leading health and innovation precincts and explore how world-class ecosystems are designed, activated, and scaled.
Two-Day Conference Program
A high-level agenda featuring keynote presentations, strategic panels, interactive roundtables, and cross-sector discussions.
Welcome Reception
Connect with fellow delegates and industry leaders in a relaxed networking environment before the conference begins.
Networking Dinner & Drinks
Build valuable relationships with leaders across healthcare, research, government, investment, and industry.
Who Attends?
The Summit brings together the stakeholders driving Australia’s health innovation future:
• Government leaders and policymakers
• Universities and medical research institutes
• Hospital executives and healthcare providers
• Pharmaceutical, biotech, and medtech companies
• Venture capital and healthcare investors
• Healthcare architects, planners, and developers
• Research commercialization leaders
• Healthcare startups, incubators, and accelerators
This unique mix creates Australia’s most valuable networking opportunity for anyone involved in healthcare innovation precinct development and activation.


Why This Summit Matters
Australia’s health innovation precincts are becoming critical engines for medical discovery, economic growth, healthcare transformation, and global competitiveness.
This Summit provides a national platform to:
• Strengthen collaboration across sectors
• Share best practice and lessons learned
• Explore investment and commercialization opportunities
• Navigate governance and stakeholder complexity
• Accelerate precinct development and activation
• Support long-term national innovation growth
2025 Event Highlights
Thank you to all those that attended and supported the 2025 National Health & Innovation Precincts Summit. Catch up on all the action here:

Audience Breakdown
THE LARGEST GATHERING OF PRECINCT LEADERS IN AUSTRALIA
Video interviews
Check out our video interviews from our past event!













