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Event date and time

Wednesday 11 - Thursday 12 Oct 2023

Location

Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP)
5 Portarlington Road, East Geelong VIC

Australian Government | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

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Dates and Times

Event date: Oct 2023

11 October - 12 October 2023

Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP)

5 Portarlington Road, East Geelong VIC

Contact

Kim Halpin

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Registration closes 6 October 2023.

Agenda

Wednesday 11th October

LSD

9.15

Welcome

9.30

LSD overview and regional update: Tim Bowden (ACDP)

10.00

LSD surveillance: Guy Weerasinghe (Department of Agriculture - TBC)

10.30

TBC

11.00

Morning Tea

Japanese encephalitis

11.30

The pig industry’s response to the JE outbreak in 2022: TBC

12.00

Diagnostic approaches and challenges from the 2022 outbreak: David Williams (ACDP)

12.30

The pathology of JE seen in the 2022 outbreak: Willy Suen (ACDP)

13.00

Surveillance tools for JE: Stacey Lynch (ACDP)

13.30

Lunch

Modelling

14.30

Long distance wind dispersion of infected mosquitoes as the pathway of introduction of JE into northern Australia: Peter Durr (ACDP)

15.00

Temperature directed prevention of canine heartworm: Peter Atkinson (University of Adelaide)

15.30

Afternoon tea

Avian Influenza

16.00

Global AI Update: Frank Wong (ACDP)

16.30

Leveraging surveillance of LPAI to prepare for HPAI: Michelle Wille (University of Melbourne)

17.00

Close

18.30

Networking Event

Thursday 12th October

EAD Preparedness

9.30

EAD Preparedness in the region: Phoebe Redford (ACDP)

10.15

Regional FMD Update: Jef Hammond

10.30

TBC

11.00

Morning Tea

One Health

11.30

Regional Rabies Update: Andrea Britton (Department of Agriculture)

12.00

Q Fever Update: Tabita Tan (Charles Sturt University)

12.30

Human and zoonotic dog soil-transmitted helminth infections in Australian Indigenous communities: Cam Raw (University of Melbourne)

13.00

Lunch and finish