Public hearing - West Melbourne, Tuesday 4 August 2009

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

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