Clinical Research Excellence 07 :: Melbourne Australia

Friday 17 August 2007
3.30pm - 6.00pm	Business Partnering Event BioNetwork Melbourne, NH&MRC, Invest Australia, Austrade, Pharma
6.00pm - 8.00pm	CRX07 Welcome Reception, Opening of CRX07 Exhibition (and Registration) Guest of Honour: The Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser, AC
Saturday 18 August 2007
9.00am	Welcome Prof Peter Ebeling, Chair of CRX07 Prof John McKenzie, Deputy Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
9.20am	Stem Cells – The role of the Government and a new research frontier Chair: Prof Peter Ebeling Speakers: Prof Loane Skene, Director of the Board of Undergraduate Studies and Deputy Chair of the Lockhart Enquiry on Stem Cell Research, University of Melbourne Prof Peter Rathjen, Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne
10.00am	What is Clinical Research Excellence? Chair: Prof Peter Ebeling Speakers: Government: Prof Warwick Anderson, CEO NHMRC Public Hospital: Dr Brendan Murphy, CEO Austin Health Industry: Dr. David Woolner, Medical Director, Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd International Standards: Ms Christine Pierre, Chair of the Association Board of Trustees, ACRP and CEO of RX Trials
11.00am	Morning Tea
11.30am	Clinical Research Success Stories Chair: Prof Peter Ebeling How to overcome the obstacles Speakers: Dr Fiona Wood AO, Director of the Royal Perth Hospital Burns Unit Prof Geoffrey Donnan, CCRE for Neurosciences Mrs Avis Macphee, a personal perspective Mr Russell Basser, Global Director of Clinical Development at CSL Limited Prof Robert Cowan, Director / CEO CRC Cochlear Implant & Hearing Aid Innovation and MD of Hear Works
1.00pm	Lunch
	Investigators	Careers	Research Sites	Special Symposium
2.00pm	Chair: Dr Hugh Capper Translating research to community benefit Speaker: Prof Ingrid Winship, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital	Chair: Mrs Robyn Lichter The Clinical Research Industry: The Big Picture Speaker: Ms Christine Pierre, Chair of the Association Board of Trustees, ACRP and CEO of RX Trials	Chair: Ms Cheryl Townsend Models of Clinical research site management Speakers: Ms Marita Kefford, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne Ms Anne Woollett, Clinical Trials Manager, Haematology and Oncology Trials Team at Barwon Health	CRC Conglomerate Oral, Vision & Hearing Healthy Eyes, Ears and Mouth - Australia leads the way CHAIR: Professor James Best VISION: Professor Hugh Taylor HEARING: Associate Professor Robert Cowan ORAL: Professor Eric Reynolds
2.30pm	Collaborative Research to achieve critical mass Speaker: Dr Marcus Clark, CEO, Cancer Trials Australia	Working both sides of the fence Speaker: Ms Lynda Paton, Amgen Australia	What makes a Clinical Research site attractive to industry? Speaker: Ms Cheryl Townsend, Clinical Operations Manager, Amgen
3.00pm	Australia's Clinical Research Infrastructure Speaker: Prof Graham Macdonald, Professor Emeritus of the University of NSW, formerly External Licensing Co-ordinator of Merck Sharp & Dohme		International benchmarks - typical US models for Clinical research sites Speaker: Ms Christine Pierre, Chair of the Associatioin Board of Trustees, ACRP and CEO of RX Trials
3.30pm	Afternoon Tea
	Investigators	Careers	Research Sites
4.00pm	Chair: Dr Hugh Capper Developing sustainable funding for CCREs (I) Speaker: Prof Henry Krum, Head Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Director, NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Therapeutics	Chair: Mrs Robyn Lichter Career Structure and Education pathways in Clinical research - what's available Chair: Ms Christine Pierre, Chair of the Associatioin Board of Trustees, ACRP and CEO of RX Trials Speakers: Mr Russel Neal, Director of Operations at Clinical Network Services Mr Andrew Taylor, Roche Products Ms Sonya McColl, Clinical Trials Centre, Wesley Research Institute Prof Stephen Farish, University of Melbourne Dr Brendan Grabau, Centre Manager for Biotechnology and Animal Sciences Box Hill Institute Dr Marisa Petersen, CEO ARCS	Chair: Ms Cheryl Townsend Australian Code for Responsible Conduct of Research and National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research Speaker: Prof Colin Thomson, Chair of the Australian Health and Ethics Committee, NHMRC
4.30pm	Developing sustainable funding for CCREs (II) Speaker: Prof Graham Brown, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne		Preparing for a regulatory or sponsor audit Speaker: Ms Lynn Hughes, Quality Complience Manager, GSK
5.00pm	Funding for international clinical research: models for improving practice and outcomes Speakers: Prof John Simes, Director of NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre		Budgeting and managing the costs of Clinical Research Speaker: Mr John Rowell, Project Coordinator/Clinical Research Educator of the Department of Medicine/Division of Research, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Centre
5.30pm - 6.30pm	Afternoon drinks in Exhibition and Poster Area
7.30pm	CRX07 Conference Party
Sunday 19 August 2007
8.30am	ACRP Members Breakfast
9.30am	Update on clinical research regulations and support platforms Chair: Peter Ebeling Regulatory issues - Ms Deborah Monk, Scientific & Technical Affairs, Medicines Australia Ethics streamlining - (National / State / Private) - Prof Colin Thomson, Chair of the Australian Health and Ethics Committee, NHMRC Local Perspective - Dr Suzanne Hasthorpe, Biotechnology, Public Health Branch, Department of Human Services, Victoria IT support for research - Dr Hugh Capper, Head Data Management at The George Institute
11.00am	Morning Tea
	Investigators	Careers	Research Sites
11.30am	Chair: Mr Bryan Holliday Bidding for International Congresses Speaker: Mr Bryan Holliday, ICMS Austalasia	Chair: Prof Peter Ebeling Developing your Clinical Research CV Speakers: Recruitment - Ms Catherine O'Mahoney, On Q Recruitment Academic - Prof Peter Ebeling CRO - Mr Russel Neal, Director of Operations at Clinical Network Services Pharma - Ms Cheryl Townsend - Clinical Operations Manager, Amgen	Chair: Dr Andy Giddy Establishing a Clinical Research site Speaker: Ms Sonya McColl, Clinical Trials Centre
			Clinical Research Site SOPs Speakers: Mr Bill Karanatsios, Client Service Executive, Public Healthcare Insurance Program of the VMIA Dr Andrew Giddy, Chief Executive Officer, Nucleus Network
12.30pm	The way forward for the clinical research profession in Australia Chair: Prof Warwick Anderson - Building the Quality & Capacity - Identifying areas of focus: Translational Research Phase I-III - CRX07 Review Speaker: Prof Graham Brown, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine (RMH / WH), University of Melbourne
1.00pm	CRX07 Lunchtime BBQ

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