This meeting will be the 13th IUSTI World Congress incorporating the Australasian Sexual Health Conference held from Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 October 2012. The Conference will be run back-to-back with the Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference 2012 with one full day of overlap on Wednesday 17 October.
  Over three days, 700 specialists and trainees in sexual health, HIV medicine, public health, microbiology, epidemiology and behavioural science from the northern and southern hemispheres will convene at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia to discuss the latest developments in research, clinical manifestations, prevention, testing and treatment of STIs.
  Highlights for this congress include:
  Internationally renowned  keynote speakers from the USA, UK, South Africa and Singapore;
 special focus on: HPV vaccine-the future, HPV vaccine and ** cancer, adolescent STI vaccines,  ** cancer screening, partner notification, control of STIs in lower income countries, Gonorrhoea resistance, Sexual networks and STI control, MSM in Asia, controversies in Chlamydia control;
areer networking sessions;
 packed social and educational agenda including the Poster Vi**g evening and the famous Australasian Sexual Health Conference Gala dinner.
The 13th IUSTI World Congress offers excellent education and social opportunities as well as the chance to network with key industry experts and colleagues against the backdrop of iconic Melbourne. Melbourne has been voted one of the world's most liveable cities and is celebrated for friendly locals, cultural creativity, fine wine and dining and world-class meeting facilities.