Biosecurity Challenges for Australia and its’ Region 2008

Slide Presentations

Below is the list of presentations given at the Biosecurity Challenges symposium 2008. Where slides are available they are linked to the presenter’s name(s).

Keynote Address
Biosecurity: Upgrading the Web of Prevention: A View from the UK
Professor Malcolm Dando
University of Bradford

Laboratories Session
Establishing an Emerging Infections and Biohazard Response Unit
Greg James, Lyn Gilbert
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Sydney West Area Health Service and University of Sydney

The Application of a Mobile Forensic Laboratory for Real Time Response to CBRNE Incidents in Australia
Paul Roffey, Keith Norman and David Royds
Australian Federal Police

Third Generation Surveillance Systems: Genomics Assisted Identification and Monitoring Of Biothreats
Vitali Sintchenko(1,2), Jonathan Iredell(1), Lyn Gilbert(1)
1 Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Sydney West Area Health Service and Western Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
2 Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales

Rapid Molecular Fingerprinting of Influenza Viruses
Graeme Barnett
Chief Executive Officer, BioChip Innovations Pty Ltd

Keynote Address
Global Surveillance and Response to Outbreaks of Infectious Disease: the Role of the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network as the Response Arm of the New International Health Regulations

Professor John MacKenzie

Science and Technology Session
Converging Technologies in Biosecurity
Stephen Prowse(1) and Greg Tegart(2)
1 CEO, Australian Biosecurity CRC for Emerging Infectious Disease, University of Queensland and
2 Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne

Nanotechnology and Australia's Biosecurity Policy
Tom Faunce
National Centre for Biosecurity, ANU

Enhancing Cross-Disciplinary Problem-Based Biosecurity Research
Gabriele Bammer
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health and National Centre for Biosecurity, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Australian National University, and Hauser Centre for Non-profit Organizations, Harvard University

Law and Ethics Session
Regulation of Security-Sensitive Biological Agents in Australia
Letitia Toms and Gary Lum
Office of Public Health, Department of Health and Ageing

Regulating the Biosecurity Risks Posed by Veterinary Laboratories
Karinne Ludlow
Centre for Regulatory Studies, Faculty of Law, Monash University, Victoria

Codes of Conduct in a Web of Prevention: Questions and Choices
Brian Rappert
Department of Sociology and Philosophy, University of Exeter, and Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney

Ethics of the Dual-Use Dilemma
Rob Floyd
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

Keynote Address
The Social and Spiritual Dimensions of Biosecurity: The Collective Survival of Mankind
Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert

International Health Session
A Model for Networked Laboratory Quality Assurance among Regional Countries: the Animal Health Laboratories
Peter Daniels
Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria

Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Health Surveillance
Lorna Weir and Dr. Eric Mykhalovskiy
York University, Canada

Global Public Health Security: the Pathway to National Biosecurity
Mahomed Patel
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU

Pandemic Influenza Session
Assessing HPAI Health Risks to Humans along the Market Chain in the Philippines
C. A. Benigno, J-A. L. M. L. Toribio, and R. Webb
Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney

Governance: Managed Access Provisions for Sharing Influenza Viruses and Related Benefit Sharing and Capacity Building Arrangements
Anna George
School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Murdoch University, Western Australia

The Waiting Time for Importation of Pandemic Strain Influenza
Peter Caley, Niels G. Becker and David J. Philp
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU

Population Health Intelligence: the Role of Syndromic Surveillance
David Muscatello, Wei Zheng, Tim Churches
Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health

Disease Outbreaks and Society Session
Epidemics and Pandemics in Australia – Signposts, Lessons and Challenges
Peter Curson
Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney

Risk Communication for a Possible Pandemic: Lessons from SARS and Other Outbreaks
Claire Hooker
Centre for Values, Ethics and Law in Medicine, University of Sydney

‘Y2K’ or ‘Watch This Space’: Journalists on Pandemic and Avian Influenza
Julie Leask and Catherine King
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney