2017 ANNUAL CONVENTION 6&7 December Hotel Realm 18 National Circuit, Barton, ACT AAMRI MEMBERS EVENT CONTACTS Peter Thomas, 0411 600 992, [email protected] Kathryn Naumenko, 0402 117 529, [email protected] Cath Latham, 0413 865 459, [email protected] 2 CONVENTION PROGRAM WED 6 DEC 9.00am REGISTRATION OPENS 9.30am-12.30pm MRI BUSINESS MANAGERS’ MEETING Pages 7-14 National Ballroom 2, Hotel Realm Canberra 12.30pm-1.30pm LUNCH National Ballroom 1, Hotel Realm Canberra 1.30pm-5.00pm AAMRI STRATEGY MEETING Pages 15-22 National Ballroom 2, Hotel Realm Canberra 5.30pm-6.30pm MRI BOARD MEMBER PRE-DINNER DRINKS High Courtyard South, Hotel Realm Canberra 6.30pm COURTESY BUSES FROM HOTEL REALM TO PARLIAMENT HOUSE Depart from the rear of Hotel Realm, in Burbury Close 7.00pm 2017 AAMRI ANNUAL DINNER Great Hall, Parliament House Guest speaker: The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health, Minister for Sport 10.15PM Courtesy bus from Parliament House to Hotel Realm Canberra THURS 7 DEC 7.30am-8.30am AAMRI PRESIDENT’S BREAKFAST National Ballroom 2, Hotel Realm Canberra Guest speaker: The Hon Bill Shorten MP, Leader of the Opposition 8.45am-11.00am AAMRI AGM (REGISTRATION FROM 8.30AM) Pages 23-27 National Ballroom 2, Hotel Realm Canberra 3 PARTICIPANTS Mr Peter Allen Board Chair Wesley Medical Research Ms Gina Anderson Board Member The George Institute for Global Health Mr Richard Balderstone Board Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute Dr Johanna Barclay Research Development Manager Mater Medical Research Institute Mr Mark Bizeray CFO Children's Cancer Institute Mr David Blair COO Menzies School of Health Research Ms Hilary Bolton Executive General Manager, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute Operations Mr Ian Briggs Chief Technology Officer Baker Institute, Burnet Institute, CERA Mr Matthew Browne CFO & Company Secretary Melanoma Institute Australia Ms Lee Bruce Director Corporate Services Translational Research Institute Ms Anna Burke Board Director Institute for Breathing and Sleep Ms Lee Byrne Projects and Communications Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Specialist Research Prof Jonathan Carapetis Director Telethon Kids Institute Prof John Carroll Director/Dean Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Mr Joseph Carrozzi Partner PwC Prof Helen Christensen Chief Scientist and Director Black Dog Institute A/Prof Stella Clark Board Member Bionics Institute Ms Nicole Cockayne Director Discovery and Innovation Black Dog Institute Mr Matt Cousins Manager John Curtin School of Medical Research Prof Brendan Crabb AC CEO Burnet Institute Mr Michael Creevey Acting CEO - endpointIQ QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Mr Malcolm Crompton AM Chair PRAXIS Australia Prof Tony Cunningham AO President AAMRI Prof Peter Currie Director Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute Mr John Dakin COO Westmead Institute for Medical Research Ms Joanne Darmanin Associate Director - IT Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health Mr Russell D'Costa Operations Manager Centre for Cancer Biology Dr Henry De Aizpurua Deputy Director The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Dr Nicole den Elzen Executive General Manager, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute Research Management & Strategy Mr Andrew Dermott Finance Manager Neuroscience Research Australia Prof Geoffrey Donnan AO Director The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Mr Brendon Douglas Director of Research Menzies School of Health Research A/Prof Briony Dow Director National Ageing Research Institute Dr James Dromey COO Murdoch Children's Research Institute Dr. Bob Edgar Board Chair Hudson Institute of Medical Research Mrs Joanne Elliot COO Woolcock Institute of Medical Research Mr Gerald Ewing CEO Regis Mutual Management Dr Alan Finkel AO Australian Chief Scientist Office of the Chief Scientist Prof Simon Foote Director John Curtin School of Medical Research Mr Peter Forbes Chair Lions Eye Institute Mrs Carolyn Forster OAM Board Vice President Children's Medical Research Institute Prof Ian Frazer AC President Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Prof Frank Gannon Director and CEO QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Mrs Melanie Gentgall CEO PRAXIS Australia 4 Dr Parisa Glass Director of Operations The George Institute for Global Health Mr Marcus Goddard Business Manager Robinson Research Institute Mr Peter Gover COO Bionics Institute Prof Michelle Haber AM Executive Director Children's Cancer Institute Mr Darryl Harkness CEO Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research Prof Elizabeth Hartland Director and CEO Hudson Institute of Medical Research Dr Andy Hastings Manager, VicAAMRI AAMRI Prof Doug Hilton AO Director Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Dr Stephen Hollings CEO Heart Research Institute Mr Larry Iffla Chair Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Ms Janina Jancu COO Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute Dr Anne Johnston Head, Research Strategy St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Dr Kate Johnston COO Neuroscience Research Australia Mr Peter Joseph Chair Black Dog Institute Prof Thomas Kay Director St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Prof Anne Kelso AO Chief Executive Officer National Health and Medical Research Council Dr Maree Knight Deputy Director Operations Mater Medical Research Institute Prof Sharad Kumar Co-Director Centre for Cancer Biology Dr Cath Latham Policy & Project Officer AAMRI Mrs Lien Le Deputy Director RDS/Nectar/ANDS Prof Peter Leedman Director Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research Mrs Kate LeMay Senior Research Data Specialist Australian National Data Service Mr David Lloyd Deputy Director/COO Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute Mr Kyle Loades Chair Hunter Medical Research Institute Prof Angel Lopez AO Co-Director Centre for Cancer Biology Miss Samantha Ludolf Deputy Director, Strategy & Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Operations Research Mrs Jacinta Mackey Chief Operating & Financial Officer Centre for Eye Research Australia Prof David Mackey Managing Director Lions Eye Institute Ms Sue MacLeman CEO & Managing Director MTPConnect Prof Frank Martin AM Chair Children’s Medical Research Institute Dr Alfredo Martinez-Coll General Manager, Stakeholder MTPConnect Engagement Mr Rory McQuillan COO Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute Mr Rob Merriel CFO Hudson Institute of Medical Research Mr Andrew Mir CFO Brien Holden Vision Institute Mr Ralph Mitchell COO Children's Medical Research Institute Prof Maxine Morand Chair, Board of Directors Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Mr Ian Mundy Member Services Director Unimutual Ms Kathryn Naumenko Events & Administration Assistant AAMRI Prof Kathryn North AM Director Murdoch Children's Research Institute Ms Debra O'Connor Deputy Director National Ageing Research Institute A/Prof Peter O'Loughlin Acting Head Hanson Institute Dr Nick Pearce COO Centenary Institute Prof Vlado Perkovic Executive Director The George Institute for Global Health Prof Karlheinz Peter Deputy Director Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute Prof Mark Radford CEO Queensland Eye Institute 5 PARTICIPANTS Prof Roger Reddel Director Children's Medical Research Institute Mr Tim Regan COO The George Institute for Global Health Mr Jon Rhoades IT Manager St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Prof Sarah Robertson Director Robinson Research Institute Ms Kelly Rodger VIP AAMRI Mr Tobias Schoep Senior Research Development Telethon Kids Institute Officer Prof Peter Schofield Executive Director & CEO Neuroscience Research Australia Mr Peter Scott Deputy Chair Gresham Ms Brenda Shanahan Board Chair St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Mr Mark Sheridan Chair Queensland Eye Institute Prof Carolyn Sue Director Kolling Institute Mrs Julie Taranto Research Operations ANZAC Research Institute Manager/RAO Mr Mark Tennent COO Burnet Institute Mr Chris Thomas Chair Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Dr Peter Thomas Director of Policy and Operations AAMRI Dr Anne Thorburn Head of Operations, St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Administration Prof Joseph A. Trapani Executive Director Cancer Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Research Ms Kim Tsai COO / CFO Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute Prof Mathew Vadas AO Director Centenary Institute Prof Alison Venn Director Menzies Institute for Medical Research Mr Paul Watt Director of Research Services and Telethon Kids Institute Innovation Mr Rod Wealands COO Hudson Institute of Medical Research Dr Peter Wejbora Head of Research Development & Children's Cancer Institute Partnerships Prof Steve Wesselingh Executive Director South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Mr Chris Whitelock COO Lions Eye Institute Prof Stephen Wood Associate Director, Research Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health Mr Nicholas Wood Director of Corporate Services Telethon Kids Institute 6 MRI BUSINESS MANAGERS’ MEETING WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER, 9.00AM – 12.30PM National Ballroom 2, Hotel Realm Canberra Chair: Dr Cath Latham, Policy & Project Officer, AAMRI 9.00am REGISTRATION OPENS 9.30am WELCOME Session Chair: Dr Cath Latham, AAMRI 9.35am-10.25am OPPORTUNITIES FOR MRIS: NATIONAL FACILITIES FOR RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT 9.35am MRIs and Data Sharing Ms Kate LeMay, Senior Research Data Specialist, Australian National Data Service (ANDS) 9.50am Opportunities for MRIs at RDS and Nectar Dr Lien Le, Deputy Director, Research Data Services (RDS) 10.05am Connecting Colorectal cancer data and making it FAIR Professor Steve Wesselingh, Executive Director, South Australian