The ASCIA Annual Conference includes an Allergy Update meeting that is specific to dietitians, in addition to the food allergy sessions in the main program on Wednesday: 

• The ASCIA 2024 Conference Allergy Update Day for Dietitians was held on Friday 6th September at the Adelaide Convention Centre, South Australia
• The ASCIA 2025 Conference Allergy Update for Dietitians will be held on Thursday 4th September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland and registration will open at https://ascia2025.com/ in May 2025.
• The ASCIA 2026 Conference Allergy Update for Dietitians will be held on Thursday 3rd September at the Christchurch Convention Centre, New Zealand and registration will open in May 2026.

ASCIA is currently planning to host the next two ASCIA Food Allergy and Adverse Food Reactions courses in conjunction with ASCIA Annual Conferences as follows:

• Friday 5th to Saturday 6th September at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland.
• Friday 4th to Saturday 5th September at the Christchurch Convention Centre, New Zealand.

This course has trained over 200 dietitians since the course commneced in 2018.  The course has been held in Adelaide (May 2024), Sydney (November 2023), Melbourne* (March 2023), Perth** (September 2019), Brisbane* (March 2019) and Canberra* (September 2018).  

This course has an interactive in-person program that is focused on medical nutrition therapy in food allergy and intolerance

More information is available at https://www.allergy.org.au/members/dietitians

Due to the interactive nature of this course, it is only held liive and in-person only (not recorded).

This news item was reissued on 16 September 2024 by Jill Smith, CEO of ASCIA, the peak professional body for clinical immunology and allergy in Australia and New Zealand.