PROGRAM OUTLINE
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Tuesday 19 November 2019
Pre-Conference Workshops
Workshops will be added as they are confirmed.
9:00am – 12:30pm - Pre-Conference Workshop - Strengthening Field Epidemiology in Australia
9:00am - 12:30pm - Enhancing Research Impact
9:30am – 3:45am - Pre-Conference Workshop - Emerging Methods in Situational Assessment for Decision Support
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Pre-Conference Workshop - Whole Genome Sequencing for Public Health
10:30am – 11:00am - Pre-Conference Workshop Morning Tea
12:30pm – 1:15pm - Pre-Conference Workshop Working Lunch
3:00pm – 3:30pm - Pre-Conference Workshop Afternoon Tea
5:30pm - 6:30pm - Welcome Reception
Wednesday 20 November 2019
9:00am - 11:00am - Opening Plenary Session - Mobilising new forms of evidence for controlling communicable diseases
Welcome to Country
Conference Welcome
Opening Address
Keynote Speakers:
11:00am - 11:30am - Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:30am - 1:00pm - Concurrent Session 1
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1A - Genomics and foodborne diseases
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1B - Influenza and other respiratory viruses
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1C - Meningococcal disease
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1D - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
1:00pm - 2:00pm - Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Presentations
2:00pm - 3:30pm - Concurrent Session 2
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2A - Antimicrobial resistance
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2B - Re-emerging VPDs
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2C - Outbreak investigations
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2D – Table Top Presentations
3:30pm - 4:00pm - Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
4:00pm - 5:00pm - Aileen Plant Oration
Orators: Professor Jonathan Carapetis and Ms Pat Turner AM
7:00pm - 10:00pm - Conference Dinner
Dinner Keynote Speaker: Professor David Isaacs
Thursday 21 November 2019
9:00am - 10:30am - Plenary Session 2 - Partnerships in communicable disease control
Keynote Speakers:
10:30am - 11:00am - Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:00am - 12:30pm - Concurrent Session 3
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3A - Vaccine preventable diseases
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3B - Staph, strep and STIs
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3C - Respiratory and enteric infections
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3D - Emerging, re-emerging and resistant infections
12:30pm - 1:30pm - Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Presentations
1:30pm - 3:00pm - Concurrent Session 4
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4A - Public health genomics
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4B - Vaccine preventable diseases
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4C - One Health
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4D - Surveillance and information systems
3:00pm - 3:30pm - Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3:30pm - 4:30pm - Closing Plenary Session - Taking Action & celebrating successes in communicable disease control
Keynote Speakers:
Conference close
4:30pm - End of Conference