Dear ASID Members, friends and colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 2009 Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Annual Scientific Meeting which is to be held from Wednesday the 25th to Saturday 28th of March 2009. The venue for this event will be the Cypress Lakes Resort located amongst the vineyards of the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.
As many of you will be aware, the ASID Annual Scientific meeting is a highlight of the Infectious Diseases meetings calendar. In addition to clinical infectious diseases, this meeting provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of a broad spectrum of basic science and clinical research areas attractive to delegates practising in microbiology, public health & epidemiology, infection control, international & travel medicine. Special Interest Group Meetings in Mycology, Health Infection Control and Paediatrics are once again regular features of the programme.
“International Health” will be the theme of the meeting and we are enthusiastic in providing a programme with international and local speakers on topics of tropical infections, zoonoses, viral infections and infection control, amongst others.
An exciting addition to the 2009 programme will be the inclusion of specialised half-day workshops on Tropical Medicine and Infection Control to be held on Sunday the 29th of March. These will include both local and international leaders in the field, and provides a unique opportunity to enhance your Meeting experience.
The organising committee has the great pleasure in offering a tantalising social programme which will capitalise on the viticultural and culinary wealth of the New South Wales Hunter Valley. We wish to see ASID as a vibrant, stimulating and relevant society and thus encourage you to enjoy the considerable local attractions as an attendee, presenter, or sponsor of the 2009 ASID Annual Scientific Meeting.
See you there!
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Dr Elaine Cheong - Staff Specialist, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital (Conference convenor)
Dr Tom Gottlieb - Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Concord Hospital
Dr Pam Konecny - Staff Specialist Infectious Diseases & Sexual Health Dept Immunology, Allergy & Infectious Diseases and Conjoint Senior Lecturer Medicine, UNSW, St George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW
Dr Pam Palasanthiran – Staff Specialist, Sydney Children's Hospital, NSW
Dr Matthew O’Sullivan - Postgraduate fellow in Clinical Microbiology & NHMRC PhD scholar, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital
Dr Chris Weatherall - Infectious Disease Physician & NHMRC PhD scholar, Centre for Immunology, St Vincent’s Hospital University of NSW