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Date: Thursday 1st May 2025
Location: Swansea.com Stadium (Liberty Stadium)
The Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme is pleased to announce the 2025 Welsh Immunisation Conference (WIC) will take place in Swansea on 1st May.
Coming soon
Closing Date: TBC
We will inform colleagues shortly after the closing date to confirm their place on the day.
Posters are an important part of the Welsh Immunisation Conference helping to share local initiatives and good practice. We will be accepting abstracts which highlight any aspect of immunisation to improve vaccine uptake in Wales.
Successful posters will be displayed digitally. Delegates will have the opportunity to view the posters throughout the day, meet the authors and vote for their favourite posters.
Please complete the abstract template and email your submission using “WIC poster abstract” in the email title to phw.vaccines@wales.nhs.uk by Friday 28th February 2025.
The submitting author will be notified of the outcome by Friday 7th March 2025.
Successful authors must submit their final poster by Friday 11th April 2025.
The Vaccination Saves Lives (VSL) Awards 2025 are here!
The VSL Awards are a fantastic opportunity to recognise, reward and celebrate some of the hard work and dedication that has gone into immunisation programme(s) in Wales.
New for 2025: the Student Award category!
This exciting addition to the awards recognises pre-registration students (e.g., student nurses, midwives) and recognises the next generation of immunisation leaders!
These national awards are open to teams and individuals who work on any aspect of immunisation in Wales.
Award categories:
Champion Award – Recognises an outstanding individual.
Team Award - Celebrates a group of two or more working on the same project.
Equality and Inclusion Award - Open to individuals or groups promoting equality.
Lifetime Achievement Award - Celebrates a long-term individual contribution.
Student Award (NEW for 2025) - Recognises a pre-registration student.
Why nominate?
All nominees will be acknowledged at the Welsh Immunisation Conference on 1 May 2025. Winners will receive their award during the conference at the Swansea.com Stadium (Liberty Stadium).
Nominations close on 7th March 2025.
How to nominate
To view the award criteria and submit a nomination, please complete the correct form using the links below:
Champion award: https://forms.office.com/e/mgZhxvUJD5
Team award: https://forms.office.com/e/4p6iLMBnnu
Equality and Inclusion award: https://forms.office.com/e/R5fvvDFqf3
Lifetime achievement award: https://forms.office.com/e/qzUGw5tF33
Student award (NEW for 2025): https://forms.office.com/e/2GhGqE562Y
Please ensure you save your receipt after completing the Microsoft Form.
Closing Date: 7 March 2025
See last year’s winners here: Welsh Immunisation Conference 2024 (sharepoint.com)
Questions? Contact phw.vaccines@wales.nhs.uk
Transport links:
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Parking:
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For additional details, including conference agenda, speaker lineup, venue details and sponsorship, stay tuned for updates to this page.
For all conference enquiries please contact phw.vaccines@wales.nhs.uk