Opening Plenary 1 - Setting the Scene: Australia
| Thursday, August 10, 2017 |
| 8:45 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Tully Room I - III |
Speaker
Gudju Gudju
Gimuy Walubara Yidinji Elder
Welcome to the Country
8:45 AM - 8:55 AMBiography
A/Prof Gail Matthews
Program Head, Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program, Department Head of Infectious Disease Physician
The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
Committee Welcome
8:55 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Professor Greg Dore
Professor And Program Head, Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program
Kirby Institute
Keynote 1 - Hepatitis C: The Treatment Landscape in 2017
9:00 AM - 9:30 AMBiography
Professor Dore is Head, Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW, Sydney Australia, and Infectious Diseases Physician, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He has been involved in viral hepatitis and HIV epidemiological and clinical research, clinical care and public health policy for 20 years.
Professor Benjamin Cowie
Director
WHO CC for Viral Hepatitis
Keynote 2 - Hepatitis B: Australian Progress and Challenges
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Ben is the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, Doherty Institute, and is an Infectious Diseases Physician & Epidemiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Professor Carla Treloar
Professor
UNSW Sydney
Chair
Yvonne Drazic
Admin Officer
James Cook University and Cairns Hepatitis Action Team (CHAT)
Gail Matthews
Program Head, Therapeutic and Vaccine Research Program, Department Head of Infectious Disease Physician
The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
