Inquiry into Gene Patents
Public hearing - West Melbourne, Tuesday 4 August 2009
St James Court Conference Centre
12 Batman St, West Melbourne
9.00 am - |
10.30 am |
Panel session
Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (Sub 31)
Dr Trevor Davies, Councillor
Davies Collison Cave (Sub 27)
Mr John Slattery, Consultant
FB Rice & Co (Sub 34)
Mr Ian Rourke, Partner |
10.30 am - |
10.45 am |
Break |
10.45 am - |
11.45 am |
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (Sub 49)
Dr Graeme Suthers, Chair, Genetics Advisory Committee Mr Michael Ralston, Member, Genetics Advisory Committee Dr Tamsin Waterhouse, Deputy Chief Executive Officer |
11.45 am - |
12.30 pm |
Professor Andrew Christie (Sub 38) |
12.30 am - |
1.30 pm |
Lunch |
1.30 pm - |
2.15 pm |
TBC |
2.15 pm - |
3.00 pm |
Australian Marfan Foundation (Sub 52)
Mrs Jennifer West, Secretary
Dr Belinda Coyte (Sub 55) (via teleconference) |
3.00 pm - |
3.15 pm |
Break |
3.15 pm - |
4.00 pm |
Victorian Government (Sub 61)
Ms Kylie Mayo, Manager, Clinical Networks & Service Development, Department of Human Services Dr Paul Fennessy, Manager, Clinical Genetics and New Technology, Department of Human Services |
4.00 pm - |
5.00 pm |
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Sub 28)
Dr Gillian Mitchell, Director, Familial Cancer Centre Professor Stephen Fox, Director of Pathology Professor David Bowtell, Director of Research |
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia