Key dates

Call for abstracts opens
13 February 2019

Sponsorship & Exhibition opportunities – pre-sale to 2018 supporters opens
15 February 2019

Sponsorship & Exhibition opportunities opens
22 February 2019

Call for abstracts closes
1 May 2019

Program launch and early bird registration opens
5 June 2019

Early bird registration closes
28 August 2019

Late registration
from 9 October 2019

Pre-conference workshops
Monday 28 & Tuesday 29 October 2019

Post-conference tours
Friday 1 November 2019

Enquiries

Association Professionals

Conference Managers

PO Box 7345
Beaumaris VIC 3193
conference@absanz.org.au
P: +61 3 9586 6033

Thank you for attending

Thank you for attending the 9th Annual ABSANZ Biosafety and Biocontainment Conference. We hope you found the Conference to be a valuable and enjoyable experience.

The Conference attracted over 260 participants from Australia, New Zealand and beyond, and provided a fantastic range of educational and networking opportunities for delegates, speakers and exhibitors.

We again acknowledge and extend our sincere thanks to our sponsors and exhibitors for their generous support, as well as the presenters who shared their knowledge and experience so freely.

Congratulations to our Award winners.

Best Oral Presentation – Biosafety: Richard Spence, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand for the paper entitled " New Zealand’s National Biocontainment Laboratory – an update on construction, commissioning and operational transition.” 

Biosafety Pty Ltd Best Oral Presentation – Biocontainment: Stephen Coulter, Coulter Advisory, Australia for the paper entitled “How facility design impacts health and wellbeing?”

Best Poster Presentation: Neil Slater, CSIRO - AAHL, Australia for the paper entitled " Steam steriliser temperature penetration times on heavy mass waste loads.” 

Once again thank you for attending the Conference - we do hope you have already saved the dates of Monday 23 – Friday 27 November 2020 and are starting to think about your attendance at our 10th Annual ABSANZ Conference in Adelaide - keep an eye out for more news in coming months.

Conference Committee

Ann Cornish, Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia

Mike Aitkenhead, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand

Itaru Anraku, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia

Katherine Hall, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand

Martin Ji, University of Melbourne, Australia

Greer Meehan, Australian Animal Health Laboratory - CSIRO, Australia

Richard Sale, Sale Laboratory Architecture Consultancy, Australia

Richard Tukia, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand