We are honoured to be co-convening the 2025 joint meeting of the COSA ASM and IPOS Congress to be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from Tuesday 11 to Friday 14 November 2025.

The theme for our joint meeting is

Optimising care, optimising outcomes
Partnering to improve outcomes for all

COSA and IPOS joined forces for a joint meeting in 2012 in Brisbane. That meeting was an enormous success, and we hope to build on that success for an even better conference in 2025.

Through this exciting partnership we are planning an innovative integrated program, and one that also remains true to the needs of COSA and IPOS members and delegates. There will be joint plenaries and concurrent sessions, as well as COSA designed sessions, IPOS sessions populated from the abstracts, and COSA Best of the Best.

OPTIMISING CARE, OPTIMISING OUTCOMES
Partnering to improve outcomes for all

The program will not just focus on psycho-oncology – in the true spirit of this partnership the program will be multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary.

We are confident the ASM will be a success, but that relies on each and every one of us to ensure that. Please join us in Adelaide this November. We look forward to seeing you there.

Lisa Beatty and Wendy Lam

2025 COSA-IPOS Co-convenors

Flinders University, South Australia
COSA Convenor

The University of Hong Kong
IPOS President

KEY DATES

ABSTRACT ACCEPTANCE BY PRESENTER
Friday, 15 August 2025
EARLYBIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Friday, 29 August 2025

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS CLOSE
Friday, 6 June 2025
ABSTRACT DECISION NOTIFICATION
Monday, 28 July 2025

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Tuesday, 11 November 2025
COSA IPOS 2025 COMMENCES
Wednesday, 12 November 2025

"Excellent conference. I really enjoyed the theme and found it fascinating and relevant."

2024 COSA ASM DELEGATE
"This years conference was fantastic, diverse and different presenters, not the same old faces presenting the same things. Impressed with the amount of QOL and psycho-oncology."

2024 COSA ASM DELEGATE
"I think this was the best ASM I have been to. The mix and content of sessions and integration of different disciplines was great. Some really challenging and interesting areas covered with such clarity and sensitivity. A truly multidisciplinary and person-centred meeting. I’ve learned lots to take away and apply in my work. Thank you to everyone involved."

2024 COSA ASM DELEGATE
"This was my first COSA and I can see why everyone raves about it! Can't wait to come back next year."

2024 COSA ASM DELEGATE
"It was my first time to attend an overseas conference. The atmosphere and experience of participating were refreshing and valuable for me."

2024 IPOS CONGRESS DELEGATE
"As a young professional, I really enjoyed the opportunity to learn from others and see the trends in psychosocial oncology around the world."

2024 IPOS CONGRESS DELEGATE
"IPOS 2024 offered me invaluable opportunities for connecting with peers and meeting industry leaders, allowing me to engage with professionals from similar fields. By attending sessions led by experts, I gained insights that can potentially open doors for future opportunities."

2024 IPOS CONGRESS DELEGATE
"I really enjoyed meeting other professionals invested in expanding the field of psycho oncology. I made new professional friends that I am certain once home, we will continue to remain connected and become creative about new research prospective to support patients in our field. I also really appreciated that there was so much diversity in the parallel sessions - giving me an opportunity to comfortably and flexibly pick and choose which sessions I wanted to attend."

2024 IPOS CONGRESS DELEGATE