Program
All conference sessions will be held at the Sofitel Hotel, 25 Collins Street Melbourne in the Arthur Streeton Auditorium. All presenters are asked to allow time for questions from the floor.
* This program is subject to change at any time without notice.
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009 | ||
| 7:00pm | Cocktail Reception – The Terrace Room Sofitel | |
| 7:30pm | Welcome address | A/Prof Marion Saville – Executive Director Victorian Cytology Service. Prof Peter McIntyre - Director National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance |
| THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009 | ||
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Registrations – Tea & Coffee | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Welcome to Country – Conference Opening | A/Prof Marion Saville, Prof Peter McIntyre |
| Session 1 – Plenary Speakers (Session Chair Dr Shelley Deeks) | ||
| 8:30 – 9:30 | Current questions in HPV vaccination policy | A/Prof Simon Dobson |
| 9:30 – 10.30 | Overview of the role of HPV testing in screening to prevent cervical cancer | Dr Chris Meijer |
| Session 2 – Preventing Cervical Cancer In Indigenous Women (Session Chair TBA) | ||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | TBA | TBA |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | TBA | TBA |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | TBA | TBA |
| 12:30 – 1:00 | TBA | TBA |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Lunch – The Terrace Room | |
| Session 3 – Plenary Speakers (Session Chair Prof Peter McIntyre) | ||
| 2:00 – 2:30 | Roll out of the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program in Australia |
Ms Jenny Bourne |
| 2:30 – 3:30 | HPV Vaccination Science | Prof Ian Frazer |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Afternoon Tea – The Terrace Room | |
| Session 4 – Plenary Speakers Cont/.. | ||
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Proposed new models of cervical screening Close |
Prof Eduardo Franco |
| 7:00pm | Conference Dinner – Zinc @ Federation Square | |
| FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2009 | ||
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Coffee and Tea | |
| Session 1 – Monitoring The Programs (Session Chair Dr Rosemary Lester) | ||
| 8:30 – 9:00 | National Cervical Screening Program | Dr Alison Budd |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Role of the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program Register in surveillance | A/Prof Dorota Gertig |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Vaccine Safety | TBA |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Morning Tea – The Terrace Room | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Genotype specific HPV Prevalence | Dr Julia Brotherton |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Knowledge Attitudes and Beliefs regarding HPV vaccination and screening | Prof Marion Pitts |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Panel Discussion/Questions | Session 1 speakers and Simon Dobson |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch – The Terrace Room | |
| Session 2 – Planning For The Future (Session Chair A/Prof Marion Saville) | ||
| 1:00 – 1:30 | The role of image read LBC | Dr Annabelle Farnsworth |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | TBA | TBA |
| 2:00 – 2:30 | Role of modeling in supporting policy | Dr Karen Canfell |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | Renewal of the National Cervical Screening Programme | Ms Andriana Koukari |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Panel discussion/questions | Session 2 speakers, Eduardo Franco and Chris Meijer |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Conference Close | |
| 4:00 | Afternoon Tea | |
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