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ARA 2025 IJRD Supplement Issue

ARA 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting
Gold Coast Convention + Exhibition Centre | Queensland
16-19 May 2026

We look forward to welcoming you to the Gold Coast for the ARA ASM to be held at the Gold Coast Convention + Exhibition Centre from 16-19 May 2026. Our ASM is always a great way to come together to celebrate our collegiality and friendships and enjoy the high calibre of speakers on the program.

Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Georg Schett, Dr Jane Salmon, A/Prof Rebecca Sadun, Professor Mwdimi Ndosi and Professor Peter Ebeling. We will also feature a range of Australasian experts speaking on a wide array of topics linking with the meeting.

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We look forward to seeing you in the Gold Coast this May.

Laurel Young, Lisa Cummins and Linda Bradbury
Co-Convenors, ARA 2026

Important Dates

November 2025 – Call for Abstracts and Registration opens

Sunday 8th February 2026 – Cut-off date for abstract submissions | NOW CLOSED

Sunday 8th March 2026 – Cut-off date for grand round submissions

Mid-March/Early April 2026 – Confirmation of acceptance of abstracts and grand rounds

31st March 2026 – Early Bird Registration Cut-off Date

Let’s Get Social on BlueSky!

While the ARA won’t be actively posting from our BlueSky account (@austrheumatology.bsky.social) during the ASM, we encourage attendees who are sharing updates, photos, or reflections to tag us.

ASM Highlights

Saturday 16th May

0830-1430 Pre-Conference Workshops - Advanced Trainee Preceptorship, Joint Effort Workshop and APRG Satellite
1430 Registration for all delegates of the main ASM 1500 ARA 2026 ASM commences
1645 Platinum Sponsor UCB - "Beyond the Joint: Whole Patient Care in Immune Mediated Inflammatory Disease"
1800 Opening Reception with Industry Exhibition
1930 ECG Social Event, Hideaway Kitchen and Bar, Broadbeach - $40 pp

Sunday 17th May

0730 Silver Sponsor Breakfasts - Please come along to hear the updates from the following:

Arrotex: Dual biological therapy – the case for using dual biologic therapy in patients with active disease – pros and cons

or

Boehringer Ingelheim: Should we Screen RA Pateints for ILD? A Debate at ARA 2026

1015:1100 Poster Tours - Crystals/OA & CTD/Basic Science

1250-1450 Gold Sponsor Lunch - Please come along to hear the updates from Johnson + Johnson with “Predicting PsA and Preserving Function”

Other Social Events - Register to attend prior to Friday 1st May

Chronic Pain Study Group (CPSG) Satellite Dinner Meeting, The Club House at The Beach Hotel, Broadbeach - $130 pp
Paediatric Dinner, Cora Restaurant and Bar, Broadbeach - $105 pp
RHPSIG Dinner , Hideaway Kitchen and Bar, Broadbeach - $88 pp
WIRA Dinner, Cora Restaurant and Bar, Broadbeach - $105 pp

Monday 18th May

0730 Silver Sponsor Breakfasts - Please come along to hear the updates from the following:

Novartis: PMR: Updates in Clinical Management

or

Astra Zeneca: From Damage Prevention to Steroid Sparing: Optimising SLE

Management 1015:1100 Poster Tours - Paediatric, RA + Therapeutics & SpA/OSP/CAR-T/GCA

1000-1100 Innovations for Improvement (held during Morning Tea)

A session for all to share innovative clinical ideas with a focus on real-world implementation. From small changes that made a big difference, new pathways, tools, or new models of care that work, this session is about practical innovation from the frontline. All welcome to join this new initiative.

1250-1450 Gold Sponsor Lunch - Please come along to hear the updates from AbbVie with Where to next? The art and science of navigating ‘switch’

ARA Annual Dinner- Register to attend prior to Friday 1st May

From 6.30 pm in Hall 4, GCCEC - $150 pp.

To add any event or social function, please email the ASM Secretariat at reg@themeetingpeople.com.au