Program

6.00PM

REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS

6.30PM

WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
SENIOR DIRECTOR ENGAGEMENT, HEALTH, JANICE THOMAS
STUDENT AMBASSADOR, NICOLAS SOPUTRO

6.40PM

PROFESSOR SHARON LEWIN
Significance of antimicrobial resistance and broad perspectives on the issue

6.55PM

PROFESSOR JODIE MCVERNON
Public health and epidemiological perspective on antimicrobial resistance

7.10PM

PROFESSOR BEN HOWDEN
Tracking resistant pathogens using genomics

7.25PM

PROFESSOR KARIN THURSKY
Antimicrobial stewardship – meeting the challenges now and into the future

7.45PM

PROFESSOR CHERYL JONES
Hospital and health service administration challenges in antimicrobial resistance

8.00PM

Q&A
FACILITATED BY PROFESSOR CHRISTINE KILPATRICK

8.20PM

MEDICAL STUDENT RELIEF BURSARY APPEAL 2017
STUDENT AMBASSADOR, TENILLE ROLLNIK

8.25PM

THANK YOU AND CLOSE
STUDENT AMBASSADOR PRESIDENT, TAL KOREN