“CREATIVITY, CAPABILITY, CAPITAL” AUSBIOTECH 2011 CONFERENCE ADELAIDE 16-19 OCTOBER 2011

The AusBiotech 2011 conference, with its theme “Creativity, Capability & Capital” is proudly hosted by AusBiotech, the biotechnology industry organisation representing more than 3,000 members, in the interests of developing the biotechnology sector in Australia. 

When: Sunday 16 – Wednesday 19 October 2011

Where: Adelaide Conference Centre, 111 Adelaide Road, Adelaide SA

What: High profile and experienced speakers will provide relevant, specific presentations on their practices, and outline the key issues and challenges they face.

Who: Anyone from the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, life sciences, business, investment, research or health industries will gain valuable skills and insights by attending.

The conference provides an excellent opportunity for networking and learning and will include speakers looking at Asian and other foreign investment (including large pharma) and industry changes due to digital technology. The conference will also include the Australasian Life Sciences Investment Summit on 19 Oct. Last year, 150 investors from around the world attended this showcase of the 40 most promising Australian biotechnology companies actively seeking capital or partnering opportunities.

This year’s conference theme is based on the three vital elements that are key to the biotech industry’s ability to grow and be sustainable:

Creativity is at the heart of the new ideas and innovation that begins in our research institutes and universities and continues into trials and commercialisation as companies mature and grow.

Capability is key to implementation in biotechnological innovation, where skills and know-how is the vehicle that drives new products and ideas through trials, regulatory approval and to the markets they will serve. Aside from knowledge in the life sciences, the industry thrives on business skills, the ability to do deals and to market and sell products.

Capital is the ‘life blood’ of the biotechnology industry and access to it dictates the time to market. Reducing the time it takes to get biotechnologies to those who need them means faster revenues, enabling the chain to continue.

These themes will be explored through discussions around strategies to bolster “creativity, capability and capital” in Australia’s already vibrant biotechnology industry.

Plenary Speakers:

• Dr Cathal O’Reilly, Managing Director, Centreview Partners, London:  “Australia in the global pharma and bio-pharma context.”

• Dr Joseph P Miletich, Senior Vice President Research and Development, Amgen, USA: “Biotechnology industry faces an explosion of scientific advancements and a tsunami of real world challenges.”

For the full speaker list, or to register, please visit http://www.ausbiotech2011.com.au/

Date: Wednesday 6 July
Time: Registration 6.30pm, Seminar 7pm
Venue: AMA Victoria, 293 Royal Parade Parkville
For: Doctors in Training
Final Year Medical Students
International Medical Graduates

The Careers in Medicine evenings provide doctors in training with an opportunity to learn more about their available career options. Representatives from various colleges will give presentations informing you on the essentials for a career in their specialty.

After the presentations you will get you will get the opportunity to talk in small groups or even one-on-one with the college representatives and get your specific questions answered. College representatives can tell you about opportunities for travel, research and possibly aid work.

• The training process
• The selection process
• How do I improve my chances of a successful application?
  
• Opportunities in the profession
• The pitfalls

Colleges represented are:

• The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry
• The Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners
• The Australasian College of Dermatologists
• The Australasian College of Physicians

To register, click here - sign up as a student AMA (Vic) member for free, to avoid the event registration fee.

LIMECONNECTIONIV

29 November – 1 December 2011 Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand

Medical Education for Indigenous Health: Building the Evidence Base

To support wide participation of students and community members in LIMECONNECTION IV,bursary places will be offered to Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Maori medical students and community members with a strong interest in Indigenous health. The bursary will cover the costs of registration, travel, accommodation, and meals.

KEY DATES

CALL FOR PAPERS CLOSE: 27 May 2011

BURSARY APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 17 June 2011

EARLY BIRD AND SPEAKER REGISTRATIONS CLOSE: 26 August 2011

NOMINATIONS FOR LIMElight AWARDS CLOSE: 26 August 2011

The fourth biennial LIMECONNECTION will be held in Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand from 29 November –

1 December 2011.

The Connection will address leading approaches to the inclusion of Indigenous health into medical education and will showcase the growing body of evidence that illustrates the relationship between medical education and Indigenous health.

The Connection will provide an opportunity to discuss and critique current practices and explore emerging tools and techniques to drive improvement in outcomes for Indigenous health. LIMECONNECTION seeks to support collaboration between medical schools and to build linkages with those from other health disciplines. The LIMElight Awards, which acknowledge and celebrate the many successes in the field, will be presented at LIMECONNECTION.

Keynote speakers include experts in Indigenous health and medical education from Australia, New Zealand and Hawai’i. The target audience includes Indigenous and non-Indigenous medical educators, Indigenous health specialists, medical specialists, policy makers, students and community members.

LIMECONNECTION IV is being hosted by The University of Auckland and The University of Otago and is held under the auspices of Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association and Te Ohu Rata O Aotearoa (Te ORA) Ma¯ori Medical Practitioners Association of Aotearoa.

The Connection is an outcome of the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network, a Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand project hosted by the Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit within the Melbourne School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

Visit the LIME Network website for more information and registration details: www.limenetwork.net.au

or contact E: lime-network@unimelb.edu.au T: +61 3 8344 0828

A message from Mads Dam, Danish medical student:

Dear Australian IFMSA-friends. We look forward to welcome you to the 60th anniversary of IFMSA next year to AM2011 DENMARK. Join the Facebook Group by clicking here or click here to visit the official website to follow the preparations for this amazing event!