Dialog Box

BioGrid 20th Anniversary Celebration

8:30AM - 6:00PM Tuesday 26th November 2024
Woodward Conference Centre (University of Melbourne), Law Building, 10th Floor, 106/185 Pelham Street, Carlton, Victoria
Scroll down for the full event program!

It’s BioGrid’s 20th anniversary in 2024 and to mark the milestone we’ll be holding a special event for members and collaborators on Tuesday 26 November, 2024 AEDT. 

Help us celebrate what BioGrid has achieved over 20 years, the exciting projects BioGrid is currently working with, and where BioGrid’s unique services can create new opportunities in the future for our members and collaborators. See our full list of speakers.

Event program

Acknowledging the past, celebrating the present and embracing the future.

BioGrid’s journey as a leader in Australian health informatics.

Time
Session
Speakers
8:30amRegistration, Coffee / Tea
9:00amWelcome & Acknowledgement of CountryDr Rob Grenfell, Chair, BioGrid Australia Board
9:10amBioGrid's journey as a leader in Australian health informaticsMaureen Turner, CEO, BioGrid Australia
9:20amKeynote AddressDr Louise Schaper, former CEO, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
9:40am101 uses for clinical registry dataConvenor: Prof Peter Gibbs. Dr Grace Gard (Patient education and consumer engagement); Dr Vanessa Wong (Registry based clinical trials); Dr Belinda Lee (Translational research); Dr Kate Dunn (Measuring and improving quality of care)
10:20amBioGrid Australia Annual General MeetingBioGrid Board and Members
10:40amMorning tea
11:00amThe benefits of real world evidence for the Australian pharmaceutical industryConvenor: A/Prof Ben Tran. Speakers:A/Prof Ben Tran (The benefits of real world evidence for the Australian pharmaceutical industry), Dr Arsha Anton (Registry trials and REAL-Pro), Giles Stratton (Pfizer), Eduardo Pimenta (Bayer).
11:40amCase studies featuring infrastructure and data solutions for researchConvenor: Prof Peter Gibbs
Speakers: Dr Miranda Smith (Virtual biobanking to enhance collaboration and specimen use in infectious diseases); A/Prof Phillip Antippa (ANZTHOR – Australia and New Zealand’s first thoracic surgery registry); Dr Allison Drosdowsky (The role of time to diagnosis and treatment on colorectal cancer outcomes: a linked data study), Dr Anthony Zimmermann (Moving Diabetes Outpatient Care into the 21st Century: BioGrid has been part of the journey)
12:20pmPanel Session: Bringing fragmented data to light - AI's role in enhancing research data connectivityPanel Convenor: Affiliate A/Prof Paul Cooper. Panellists: Dr Ting Dang, Dr Alex Duong, Mark Nevin, A/Prof Tam Nguyen, Prof Jeannie Paterson
1:00pmLunch
1:40pmKeynote AddressDr Amanda Caples, Victoria's Lead Scientist
2:00pmMRFF Research Data Infrastructure Grants: Leveraging the BioGrid PlatformConvenor: Prof Karin Thursky. Speakers: A/Prof Daniel Capurro (Artificial intelligence and antimicrobial stewardship), Anna Khanina (Using AI to enhance surveillance for infections in cancer – The EINSTEIN platform), A/Prof Ashley Ng (The National Cancer Cohort Platform)
2:40pmThe International Network of Antibiotic Allergy Nations (iNAAN): Implementation of digitally delivered penicillin allergy health service programsConvenor: Prof Jason Trubiano. Speakers: Dr Luke Fletcher, Elise Mitri
3:10pmAfternoon tea
3:30pmSnow Centre for Immune HealthConvenor: Prof Ken Smith. Speakers: Prof Jo Douglass
4:10pmNatural language processing with BioGridConvenor: Prof Wendy Chapman. Speakers: Prof Wendy Chapman, Dr Vlada Rozova. This session will demonstrate the complexity of medical language contained in clinical notes and describe how natural language processing is addressing those complexities on data stored in BioGrid. 
4:50pmClosing RemarksDr Rob Grenfell, Chair, BioGrid Australia Board
5:00pmRefreshments and Networking
6:00pmEvent Close 


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