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National Health & Innovation Precincts Summit
1-3 December 2026
Melbourne ConnectMelbourne

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.

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

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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.

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Two-Day Conference Program

A high-level agenda featuring keynote presentations, strategic panels, interactive roundtables, and cross-sector discussions.

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Welcome Reception

Connect with fellow delegates and industry leaders in a relaxed networking environment before the conference begins.

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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

2025 Attendee

“Another fantastic National Health & Innovation Precinct Summit for 2025. It’s the “must do” precinct event of the year, I don’t know what I’d do without it.”

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