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HIV & AIDS Opening Plenary 1

Monday, November 6, 2017
8:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Royal Theatre

Speaker

Wally Bell

Welcome to Country

8:30 AM - 8:35 AM

Biography

Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens and Senator Victoria

Government Welcome

8:40 AM - 8:45 AM

Biography

Dr Richard Di Natale, is the Leader of the Australian Greens and Senator for Victoria
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Scott McGill
ASHM

Welcome

8:45 AM - 8:50 AM

Biography

Scott McGill, Acting CEO of ASHM
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Dr Bridget Haire
Research Fellow
Kirby Institute

Community Welcome

8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

Biography

Dr Bridget Haire, President of AFAO
Mr Cipri Martinez
President
National Association Of People With HIV Australia

Community Welcome

8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

Biography

Cipri Martinez, President of NAPWHA
Mr Nic Holas
Co-founder
The Institute of Many

Living with HIV online

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Speaker Presentation

Audio Recording

Biography

Nic Holas is an activist, writer, and co-founder of The Institute of Many (TIM), an advocacy platform and grassroots movement for People Living with HIV. TIM has been identified as a major player in the nation's modern-day HIV response, delivering grassroots activism, digital campaigns, resources, events, and digital community spaces since 2012.
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A/Prof Adam Bourne
Associate Professor
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society

Reconciling risk, pleasure and pills: multicultural perspectives on combination prevention

9:15 AM - 9:40 AM

Speaker Presentation

Audio Recording

Biography

Adam Bourne is newly appointed Associate Professor of Public Health at the Australian Research Centre of Sex, Health & Society at La Trobe University. He specialises in drug use, harm reduction and sexual risk behaviour among LGBT populations.
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Prof Georg Behrens
Lecturer
Hannover Medical School

Co-morbidities in HIV patients: Hit hard and early?

9:40 AM - 10:05 AM

Speaker Presentation

Audio Recording

Biography

Prof. Georg MN Behrens is an Internist, HIV-Specialist and Professor for T Cell Immunology in the Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
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Dr. Genoveffa Franchini
Senior Investigator
NIH National Cancer Institute

Correlates of risk of protective HIV vaccine candidates

10:05 AM - 10:30 AM

Abstract

Biography

Dr. Genoveffa Franchini is a hematologist and retrovirologist who has pioneered research on oncogenes and human retroviruses (HTLVs and HIVs). Her work has furthered the understanding of HTLV-1 pathogenesis and gene regulations, and has led to the first partially efficacious HIV vaccine in humans.
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Associate Professor Edwina Wright
Associate Professor
Alfred Health, Monash University

In Memoriam Adjunct Associate Professor Levinia Crooks, AM

10:30 AM - 10:40 AM

Speaker Presentation

Audio Recording

Biography

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