The HUPO Annual Congress is a unique international event that provides a platform for translational and clinical proteomic scientists to learn about advancements in clinical proteomics, share their works and discuss future collaborations. Proteomic is defined as large-scale studies of proteins in cells and tissues. The HUPO congress offers multiple pre- and post-congress workshops and commercialization courses as well as ECR mentoring events that are filled with up-to-date training opportunities on emerging proteomic data analysis, data interpretation, and translation.

ASI2022 was a fantastic meeting of immunologist in Australian and New Zealand and was my first big
conference or meeting in my PhD. It was attended by over 1000 delegates, audience was
immunologist researchers with some clinicians. As well as many incredibly impressive invited
speakers. I got to connect with old colleagues, meet exciting people in the field and ask interesting
questions.

The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) Annual Scientific Meeting brought together some 600 clinicians, researchers, and communities in the cancer space to discuss the latest research and programs of work that endeavour to make a difference in the lives of people affected by cancer.

I was exceedingly grateful to have this opportunity to attend the American Society of Dermatopathology 59th annual meeting. This is a leading large conference in this field, attracting a diverse range of well-known USA speakers covering a breadth of topics related to dermatopathology (including nail disorders, artificial intelligence, skin lymphomas, molecular advances, melanoma-related pathology, and legal aspects to care).

The International Clinical Trial Methodology Conference is a focussed arena for dissemination of trials methodology research. Over 800 delegates from more than 22 countries attended the 2022 conference. As a trial methodologist, this conference is of singular importance for networking and learning.

The EMBO telomere conference is one of two major international telomere meetings that are held in alternative years. This meeting attracts all the major research groups in the telomere field and showcases the top telomere and associated research developments. Specifically, it covers the topics of telomere structure/function, telomere protection/replication and telomere maintenance mechanisms, telomere transcription and telomere biology disorders (genetic and in cancer).

Thanks to funding from Sydney Cancer Partners, I attended the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare in September at Glasgow Caledonian University. It was great to both be able to attend alongside my colleagues from the Sydney Health Literacy Lab (Prof Kirsten McCaffery, Dr Tessa Copp, Dr Julie Ayre & Olivia Mac) and also meet many health communication researchers, clinicians and teachers I otherwise would not have been able to meet. I am very grateful for the funding from Sydney Cancer Partners!

The 11th ANZUP ASM brought together 400 multi-disciplinary delegates working in genitourinary (GU) cancer, including doctors, nurses, allied health, researchers and consumers. The ASM presents the latest updates in research, diagnosis, treatment and management of GU cancers and is the key Australian conference for discussion and dissemination of ANZUP-led clinical trials and other GU-focused trials.

The annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is the largest and most prestigious annual global conference in the field of medical physics, with around 4,000 international attendees over 5 days. However, since moving into my current research group 3 years ago, the AAPM annual conference has been held online, like the majority of conferences during the COVID era. While I have been very grateful to attend, be able to present my research and listen to others, virtual attendance is just unable to offer the full experience.