Friday, 19th October Australasian Biospecimen Network Association 16th Annual Conference

8:00AM - 9:00AM
Friday, 19th October
State Rooms 1 & 2
8:30AM - 9:00AM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

Opening Ceremony

Greeting to Spirit of Place

Vic Government Representative

9:00AM - 10:30AM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

09:00 - 09:30: Prof Jane Kaye: Key Note

Director of the Centre for Law, Health and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX) at the
University of Oxford. Prof. Kaye’s main areas of interest are Dynamic Consent,
biobanks, genomics, privacy, data-sharing frameworks, global governance and
translational research.

09:30 - 10:00: Prof Andrew Brooks, Rudgers University

Precision Medicine Update from US model Obama Moonshot Initiative

10:00 - 10:30: Mr Richard Vines, Rare Cancers Australia

Cancer Drug Alliance Committee

10:30AM - 11:00AM
Friday, 19th October
State Rooms 1 & 2
11:00AM - 11:50AM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

11:00 - 11:20 TBA

11:20 - 11:40: Dr Ray Tobler, 

Ancient DNA: S.A Museum Aboriginal Heritage Project

11:40 - 11:50 Questions

11:50AM - 12:55PM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

11:50 - 12:10 Dr Shirley Wee

Implementing automation and new workflows

12:10 - 12:20 Platinum Sponsor Presentation:

ThermoFisher

2:20 - 12:45 Rapid Fire Presentations

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12:45 - 12:55 Gold Sponsor 1: Biotools

Simon Cooper, Chief Operating Officer, NSW Statewide Biobank

12:55PM - 1:40PM
Friday, 19th October
State Rooms 1 & 2
1:40PM - 2:00PM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

13:40 - 14:00 Dr Drew Berry, Biomedical Animator at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)

The molecular machines that create your flesh and blood

2:00PM - 2:30PM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

14:00 - 14:20 Dr Yassine Souilmi

Online Ancient Genome Repository

14:20 - 14:30 Gold Sponsor 2: Biostrategy

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2:30PM - 3:30PM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

14:30 - 14:50 Mr Tony Ashdown

The "How To" of Philanthropic Funding

14:50 - 15:10 Debra Kay, Research Fellow, SAHMRI

Community Engagement

15:10 - 15:20 Gold Sponsor 3: Qiagen

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15:20 - 15:30 Session 3 Questions

 

3:30PM - 4:00PM
Friday, 19th October
State Rooms 1 & 2
4:00PM - 4:20PM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

16:00 - 16:10 Assoc Prof. Dan Catchpoole

Towards Shaghai 2019

16:10 - 16:20 Amanda Rush 

The value of biobanking - Preliminary health economics data from a cost-benefit analysis of a cohort of cancer biobanks in NSW

4:20PM - 4:50PM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

Our panel speakers Prof. Jane Kaye, Prof. Andrew Brooks & TBA will provide a panel discussion on...

4:50PM - 5:00PM
Friday, 19th October
State Room 3

Best poster & best oral prizes will be awarded

Lucky door prize will be announced - Winner must be present to receive prize!

Closing Remarks by ABNA President Pamela Saunders