Get behind the scenes
AusBiotech is excited to confirm the range of site tours that will be available to attendees to the AusBiotech International Conference and AusMedtech Conference 2026 taking place on Tuesday 20 October.
Herston Health Precinct: Innovation in Healthcare Tour
8:30am – 3:30pm (approx. including transfers)
Entrance Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Site tour experience
Step inside one of Australia’s leading health innovation hubs on the Herston Health Precinct site tour, showcasing a dynamic ecosystem spanning healthcare, research, education and industry. Through guided rotations, delegates will experience how co-location is accelerating collaboration and improving health outcomes.
Explore the Herston Biofabrication Institute, advancing 3D printing of medical devices and human tissue, and the Herston Imaging Research Facility, featuring cutting-edge imaging technologies for conditions including cancer and neurological disease.
Step inside The University of Queensland’s Integrated Pathology Learning Centre for a unique, hands-on perspective on human disease and health.
See innovation in action with Stryker’s connected care solutions supporting Hospital in the Home, Pathology Queensland’s state-wide leadership in advanced diagnostics and laboratory services, and QIMR Berghofer’s National Centre for Spatial Tissue and AI Research (NCSTAR), applying spatial biology and AI to transform disease understanding.
Experience world-class training at the Clinical Skills Development Service (CSDS), one of the largest healthcare simulation providers globally, equipping clinicians with real-world skills through advanced simulation.
Together, these facilities highlight the Herston Health Precinct as a globally significant centre where research, clinical care, training and industry converge to shape the future of healthcare.
End-to-End Clinical Trials in Queensland
8:30am – 5:00pm (approx. including transfers)
Entrance Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Site tour experience
Explore Queensland’s end-to-end clinical trials ecosystem on this exclusive site tour, showcasing the full journey from early-stage discovery to clinical delivery. Hear from leading clinical trial service providers and gain firsthand insight into Queensland’s integrated capabilities.
Visit key NCRIS infrastructure at The University of Queensland, including the National Biologics Facility, Australian National Fabrication Facility and National Imaging Facility, housed within the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
Discover how these nationally significant facilities enable clinical translation and trial-ready manufacturing, accelerating the development of new therapies.
Tour Resolian’s NATA-accredited, GLP-certified laboratories delivering end-to-end bioanalytical, biomarker, PK/PD, and clinical trial support services for global drug development, and Nucleus Network, a world-leading early phase clinical trials unit with facilities across Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Together, these sites highlight Queensland’s world-class infrastructure, expertise and global connectivity, accelerating therapies from bench to bedside.
Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct, including Clinical Trials Capability
8:15am – 12:45pm
Entrance Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Site tour experience
Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct (GCHKP) brings together anchor hospitals with a major university, start-up hub and labs, specialised research and clinical trial facilities and scaleup companies, all innovating and collaborating across biotech, medtech, digital health, sportstech and emerging technologies.
With residential, retail, sporting and lifestyle facilities on offer and a global talent pool, GCHKP is an evolving ecosystem in which to live, work, study and grow great biotech ventures.
This tour showcases leading drug and vaccine technologies, specialised spinal cord injury research, clinical trial capabilities, advanced medical technologies and training, emerging mRNA capabilities and digital health innovations.
Translation in Practice: Bench to Bedside
8:30am - 2:30pm (approx. including transfers)
Entrance Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Site tour experience
Discover TRI, Australia’s largest translational research institute, where breakthrough treatments, vaccines and diagnostics move from lab to life.
Explore ENTRI, Australia’s first cGMP scale-up biomanufacturing facility, and see how ThermoFisher Scientific Pharma Services’ state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for next-generation biologics from clinical trials to commercial production.