Social Program
Congress Photo Gallery
The following events are included in the full registration fee for delegates and students. These events are not included for day only registrations.
Monday 14 February 2011
Welcome Reception
Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Within Congress Exhibition, Level 1 Foyer at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Dress: Smart Casual
An invitation is extended to all delegates to attend the Welcome Reception to be held within the Congress Exhibition. Renew old friendships and make new acquaintances as we welcome you to Melbourne, Australia.
Additional tickets: $60.00 per person
Movie Screening: Kuru The Science & The Sorcery
+ Q&A session with Michael Alpers and Ben Alpers to follow the screening.
Time: Following the Welcome Reception - 7:15pm to 8:30pm
Duration: 53 mins
Filmmakers Rob Bygott and Ben Alpers spent two months with the Fore population in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Their film project was supported by the locals who shared their culture and the tragedy of the Kuru epidemic with the documentary-makers. The film also spends time with leading Kuru researchers in London, New York and San Francisco.
This fascinating film is a medical detective story, which looks at the story of Kuru (also known as ‘laughing sickness’) a degenerative neurological disorder found predominately in PNG’s Fore people. Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery follows Australian scientist and the world’s leading authority on the disease, Michael Alpers as he retraces his groundbreaking 1962 pioneering research trip deep into the jungles of PNG. The documentary takes its audience into a mysterious world of sorcery, cannibalism and tribal conflict. Stranger than fiction, research into Kuru revealed a chain of discoveries, which turned scientific understandings upside down and resulted in two Nobel prizes.
This film is an anthropological study not to be overlooked.
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Evening Session & Cocktail Reception Announcement
Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm - Cocktail Reception, 7:00pm – 9:30pm - Keynote Addresses. Dessert served at the conclusion of the evening
Location: Level 1 Foyer, Melbourne Convention Centre
An invitation extended to all delegates to a new evening event, featuring keynote addresses by leading experts. This event is included in full registration fees for delegates and students. This event is not included for day only registration.
Additional tickets: $85.00 per person
One Health Plenary Thoughts
Chairs: Martyn Jeggo & John Mackenzie
Jimmy Smith - What are the economic drivers for One Health?
Albert Osterhaus - What's important about the Animal Human Interface?
Ian Lipkin - The importance of Pathogen Discovery in the One Health Agenda
Disclaimer
The services specified in the social program are available at the time of writing. However, in the event that any service(s) become unavailable or minimum numbers are not met arinex reserves the right to alter or cancel the event.