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Conference Registration and Poster Setup

8:00AM - 10:00AM
Wednesday, 16th October
Function Floor Foyer

Workshop 1A - Pathology (Concurrent)

9:00AM - 10:30AM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3

Workshop 1B - Enviromental (Concurrent)

9:00AM - 10:30AM
Wednesday, 16th October
Mosely 1-3

Morning Tea

10:30AM - 11:00AM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 1-2

Official Opening and Welcome to Country

11:00AM - 11:25AM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Georget Reaiche-Miller

Keynote Speaker Presentation

11:25AM - 12:15PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Georget Reaiche-Miller

Lunch

12:15PM - 1:00PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 1-2

Special Interest Group (SIG) Updates

1:00PM - 1:50PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chairs: Georget Reaiche-Miller & Louise Ludlow

Session 1: Novel approaches to consent – including a panel discussion

1:50PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Louise Ludlow

Afternoon Tea

3:00PM - 4:00PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 1-2

Quality Management & Improvement SIG (Concurrent)

3:15PM - 3:55PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Mosely 1-3
Chairs: Beth Caruana & Samantha Higgins

Post Mortem Tissue Collection SIG (Concurrent)

3:15PM - 3:55PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chairs: Cassandra Griffin & Louise Ludlow

Session 2: Indigenous Engagement and Cultural Sensitivity – From Across Ditches

4:00PM - 5:20PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Anusha Hettiaratchi

Sponsor Cocktail Event and Elevator Pitch Presentations

5:30PM - 7:00PM
Wednesday, 16th October
Function Floor Foyer
Chair: Georget Reaiche-Miller

Conference Registration

8:00AM - 10:00AM
Thursday, 17th October
Function Floor Foyer

Speed Dating with a Biobanker

8:00AM - 8:30AM
Thursday, 17th October
Mosely Balcony
Chair: Cassandra Griffin

Session 3: Citizen Science and Biobanking

8:45AM - 9:55AM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Maryam Hor

Session 3: Rapid Fire Presentations

9:55AM - 10:15AM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Maryam Hor

Morning Tea and Poster Judging

10:15AM - 10:45AM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 1-2

ABNA Seminar Series – Seminar 4: Centralised vs Harmonised Biobanking “The Great Debate”

10:45AM - 11:15AM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Georget Reaiche-Miller

Session 4: Biobanking in Space

11:15AM - 12:15PM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Chris Gorman

Session 4: Rapid Fire Presentations

12:15PM - 12:35PM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Chris Gorman

Platinum Sponsor Presentation

12:35PM - 12:50PM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Chris Gorman

Lunch

12:40PM - 2:00PM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 1-2

Clinical Trials and Population Cohort SIG (Concurrent)

12:50PM - 1:30PM
Thursday, 17th October
Mosely 1-3
Chair: Jennie Hui
wayne Ng: Ilka Priebe

Biobanking for Biodiversity SIG (Concurrent)

12:50PM - 1:30PM
Thursday, 17th October
Hindmarsh 1-2
Chair: Emma Dalziell

Session 5: Emerging Innovations

2:00PM - 3:20PM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Jennie Hui

Platinum Sponsor Presentation

3:20PM - 3:35PM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 3-5

Afternoon Tea and Poster Judging

3:40PM - 4:00PM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 1-2

Session 6: Legacy Biobanks

4:00PM - 5:00PM
Thursday, 17th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Corinne Mensforth

Conference Dinner

6:30PM - 11:00PM
Thursday, 17th October
National Wine Centre of Australia

Site Visit

7:45AM - 10:30AM
Friday, 18th October
Adelaide Zoo

Morning Tea & Poster Judging

10:30AM - 11:00AM
Friday, 18th October
Ballroom 1-2

Session 7: Qualitative Biobanking

11:00AM - 12:10PM
Friday, 18th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Samantha Higgins

Session 7: Rapid Fire Presentations

12:10PM - 12:30PM
Friday, 18th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Samantha Higgins

ABNA AGM

12:30PM - 1:00PM
Friday, 18th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chairs: Georget Reaiche-Miller & Louise Ludlow

Lunch and Career Development for Biobankers Workshop

1:00PM - 2:00PM
Friday, 18th October
Ballroom 3-5

Session 8: Consumer Barriers to Biobanking

2:00PM - 3:00PM
Friday, 18th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Cassandra Griffin

2025 Reveal

3:00PM - 3:10PM
Friday, 18th October
Ballroom 3-5

Session 9: Clinical Biobanking and Funding Opportunities

3:10PM - 4:10PM
Friday, 18th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Catherine Kennedy

Presentations and Closing

4:10PM - 4:30PM
Friday, 18th October
Ballroom 3-5
Chair: Georget Reaiche-Miller