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BioBreakfast: How to make a vaccine – why is Victoria so important?

March 19, 2020 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am AEDT

Change of Format – Live Streaming Only
Considering developments in the COVID-19 situation in Melbourne and beyond, we have had to make the decision, in discussion with our stakeholders, to run this event with closed doors.  All registered attendees & those wishing to still register with a ‘virtual ticket’, will have access to a live-stream link for the presentation and panel discussion, and the ability to ask questions via interactive presentation software (Menti).  The live-stream link will be sent via email the evening prior to the event.

Less than two months after initial reports of a new “coronavirus” in China, COVID-19 is now a global health emergency. To date, the virus (officially named SARS-CoV-2) has infected over 110,000 worldwide and has claimed near 4000 lives.

Victoria has been essential in early work profiling the SARS-CoV-2 (the virus responsible for COVID-19), with the virus grown and studied at the Peter Doherty Institute in Parkville. Further work to profile the virus and develop models to test potential vaccines is currently underway at CSIRO’s high containment facility in Geelong. While over at CSIRO’s state-of-the-art biologics production facility in Melbourne, scientists have begun small-scale testing of a vaccine candidate designed at the University of Queensland.

However, unlike other continents, Australia does not have a formal centre for disease control. This means responses to health emergencies require input from Government, health authorities, hospitals, research institutes, universities and the greater biomedical sector. Is this response enough? What support should these sectors be looking for from the Federal and State Governments? How should Australia be responding to this biological threat?

Join us on Thursday 19th March 2020 to hear from our expert speaker and panel in discussing not only how Victoria is critical in progress towards a vaccine for COVID-19, but also where the biomedical sector sits in response to public health emergencies.

If you have already registered for the BioBreakfast, we ask you to follow Victorian Government health advice and to please not attend if you are unwell.

This event is sponsored by

BioMelbourne Network are hosting a series of quarterly events in 2020, sponsored by the Victorian State Government (DJPR)

Event Details:
Date:      Thursday 19th March
Time:      7:20am – Registration,  7:30am – Networking Breakfast, 8:00am to 9:00am – Presentation and Panel Discussion
Venue:    The Supper Room, Melbourne Town Hall, 90-130 Swanston Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Cancellation Policy: A full refund is given up to 7 days prior to the event. Within 7 days of the event, no refunds will be issued.

Speaker:
Dr Rob Grenfell
, Director of CSIRO’s Health and Biosecurity Business Unit

Panelists:
Dr Andrea Douglas, Senior Vice President, Organisation Transformation, CSL Limited
Dr Felicia Pradera, Medical Countermeasures – Program Leader, DMTC
Professor Damian Purcell, Group Leader, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
Dr Rob Grenfell, Director of CSIRO’s Health and Biosecurity Business Unit

Facilitator:
Dr Andrew Walby, Director of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital (Melb) Ltd

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Date:
March 19, 2020
Time:
7:30 am - 9:00 am
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BioMelbourne Network
Phone:
+61 3 9667 8181
Email:
info@biomelbourne.org

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