Public hearing - Sydney, Wednesday 5 August 2009

Inquiry into Gene Patents

Public hearing - Sydney, Wednesday 5 August 2009

Dixson Room, State Library of New South Wales
Macquarie Street, Sydney

9.00 am -

11.00 am

Panel session
Cancer Council Australia (Sub 50)
Professor Ian Olver, Chief Executive Officer
Professor Bruce Mann, Specialist Breast Surgeon and Surgical Oncologist, Clinical Oncological Society of Australia
Breast Cancer Action Group (Sub 30)
Ms Janet Green, Chair
Cancer Voices NSW (Sub 47)
Ms Sally Crossing AM, Chair

11.00 am -

11.15 am

Break

11.15 am -

12.15 pm

Medicines Australia (Sub 21)
Ms Deborah Monk, Director, Innovation and Industry Policy

12.15 pm -

1.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm -

3.15 pm

Panel session
Clinical Associate Professor Judy Kirk, Director Familial Cancer Service, Westmead Hospital (Sub 9)
Dr Jennifer Leary, Laboratory Director, Familial Cancer Service, Westmead Hospital (Sub 39)
Dr Anna Ronan, Clinical Geneticist, Hunter Genetics Unit
(Sub 3)
Professor Ron Trent, Professor of Molecular Genetics, University of Sydney

3.15 pm -

3.30 pm

Break

3.30 pm -

4.15 pm -

Australian Law Reform Commission (Sub 18)
Professor David Weisbrot AM, President
Mr Jonathan Dobinson, Research Manager

4.15 pm -

5.00 pm

TBC

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