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Program Overview

Friday 1 August 2025

10.00am
Registration and morning tea
10.30amWelcome and Introduction
Professor Joe Doyle, President, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
10.45amSESSION 1 - One Health Approaches to Avian Influenza and Other Viruses
Chair: A/Prof Tom Gottlieb AO, Senior Staff Specialist Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Concord Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor | University of Sydney
10.45amGlobal Overview of HPAI from the Animal Perspective
Dr Michelle Wille, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Pathogen Genomics, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza 
11.05amOne Health Approaches to Avian Influenza and Other Influenza Viruses 
Professor Ian Barr, Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
11.25amWhat is the Australian approach to One Health preparedness?
Emma Rooke, Assistant Director, One Health Unit, Interim Centre for Disease Control  
11.45amPanel discussion 
Prof Ian Barr, Dr Michelle Wille, Emma Rooke
12.15pmLunch
1.15pmSESSION 2 - RSV and More – A Focus on Prevention
Chair: A/Prof Emma Best, Paediatric Infectious Disease Consultant, University of Auckland
1.15pmRSV prevention in children - now and into the future
Dr Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist; Clinical Researcher, University of Sydney 
1.35pmRSV prevention in adults - now and into the future
Dr Katherine Gibney, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases 
1.55pmNew vaccines - what we can we expect in the future?
Professor Peter Richmond, Consultant Paediatric Immunologist, Perth Children’s Hospital, Head of the Immunology Department, Emerging Respiratory Disease Child and Adolescent Health Service in WA
1.15pmPanel Discussion
Dr Archana Koirala, Dr Katherine Gibney, Professor Peter Richmond
2.45pmAfternoon Tea
3.15pmSESSION 3 - Communicating in a Crisis – Insights from those on the Front Line
Chair: Professor Joseph Doyle, President, Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
3.15pmProfessor Paul Kelly, former Chief Medical Officer and Head of Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control 
3.35pmTrust in Crisis: Lessons from Australia’s COVID-19 Risk Communication
A/Prof Claire Hooker, Associate Professor and Risk Communication Researcher, Health and Medical Humanities / Arts and Health at University of Sydney 
3.55pmProfessor Allen Cheng, Professor/Director, Infectious Diseases, Monash Health
4.15pmPanel discussion
Professor Paul Kelly, A/Prof Claire Hooker, Professor Allen Cheng
5.00pmNetworking drinks

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases

145 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
Email: events@asid.net.au


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