This year’s theme highlights the evolving landscape of natural products, where culture meets discovery to shape the future of health and sustainability.

Our four sub-themes explore key areas driving this transformation:

Patient-Centred Care

Collaboration for Better Health: How collaborative practice, multidisciplinary health teams, and self-care initiatives can improve patient outcomes and reshape modern healthcare.

Healthy Policy for Healthy People

Exploring how research, evidence and sector advocacy influence policy design, public health outcomes, regulation and community wellbeing.

Harnessing Traditional Knowledge on the Road to Health

Recognising and amplifying Indigenous and traditional knowledge, ethical engagement, and culturally grounded approaches to natural health innovation.

Diversification, Growth and the Future Workforce

Preparing the sector for sustainable growth through leadership development, responsible innovation, and diversification.