Singapore Society for Microbiology

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Singapore Society for Microbiology
Biotechnology (SSMB) andDepartment of
Microbiology, NUS

• Symposium
• Prevention and Control of Bird Flu and
• Human Flu Pandemics

Date Friday, 28 January 2005 Time 8.30 am to
5.00 pm Venue Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel,
Singapore
Registration Please contact Miss Siti Masnor _at_
email micsmm_at_nus.edu.sg or 6874 7891 Fees
Non-SSMB member - 50.00 (includes 2 tea breaks
buffet lunch) SSMB Members FREE
Deadline Tuesday, 18 January 2005
SMC-CME Accreditation 4 CME Points (Accredited
Core Specialities Infectious Diseases, Internal
Medicine, Respiratory Medicine)
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8.30 9.00 am Registration9.00 10.00
am Control of H5N1 influenza that is on the wing
in Asia Plenary speaker Professor Robert
Webster Rose Marie Thomas Chair Department of
Infectious Diseases St. Judes Children
Research Hospital Director, WHO Collaborating
Center for Studies on the Ecology Influenza in
Animals and Birds Faculty, University of
Tennessee10.00 10.30 am Tea Break10.30
11.00 am Preparing for the worst Influenza
surveillance and pandemic preparedness in
Australia Speaker Associate Professor David
Smith Clinical Director, Division of
Microbiology Infectious Diseases The Western
Australian Centre for Pathology Medical
Research University of Western Australia11.00
11.30 am Question Answer Session11.30 am
2.00 pm Symposium Lunch / AGM (SSMB)2.00
2.30 pm Pandemic Planning and Influenza
Vaccines Issues Speaker Dr Lance
Jennings APACI Vice-Chairman, Clinical
Virologist Canterbury Health laboratories Univ
ersity of Otago, New Zealand2.30 3.00 pm
Prevention Control of H5N1 Avian Influenza in
Hong Kong Speaker Dr Ellis Trevor Senior
Veterinary Officer Agriculture, Fisheries
Conservation Department Government of Hong
Kong, SAR3.00 3.30 pm Question Answer
Session 3.30 4.00 pm Tea Break4.00 5.00
pm Discussion END
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