Tuesday, November 11 |
| 9:00 am: |
Exhibition and Posterboard bump-in |
| from 12:00 noon |
Exhibitor set-up |
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| from 3:00pm: |
Registration open, Poster hanging |
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| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: |
Session 1: Opening Oration: John Mattick (Invited) |
| 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: |
1st Poster Session, Welcome Reception, Exhibition and TableWine™ |
| 9:00pm - |
Dunedin Restaurants
and City Bars |
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Wednesday, November 12 |
| 8:00am: |
Access and Registration |
Platinum Sponsor |
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| 9:00 am - 10:30 am: |
Session 2: Plenary Address 1 & 2
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9:00 am: |
Peter CAMPBELL (Invited) |
9:45 am: |
Heather CUNLIFFE (Invited) |
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| 10:30 am: |
Coffee and Exhibition |
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| 11:00 am - 1:00 pm: |
Session 3: High Throughput Sequencing |
11:00am: |
Sean GRIMMOND (Invited) |
11:45am: |
Alicia OSHLACK |
12:10pm: |
Nicole CLOONAN |
12:35pm: |
Jo STANTON |
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| 1:00 pm: |
Lunch and Pacific Laboratory Products/Agilent Lunchtime Workshop ~ Presenter: Dan Belluoccio (Invited) - Agilent eArray 5.3: A live-demonstration on how to design your own microarray |
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| 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: |
Session 4: Cancer Genetics I |
2:00pm: |
Manasa RAMAKRISHNA |
2:20pm: |
Logan WALKER |
2:40pm: |
Chung Hoow KOK |
3:00pm: |
Rik THOMPSON |
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| 3:30 pm: |
Afternoon Tea and Exhibition |
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| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: |
Session 5: Developmental Biology |
4:00pm: |
Erin DALY |
4:25pm: |
Dan BELLUOCCIO (Invited) |
4:50pm: |
Peter DEARDEN (Invited) |
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| 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm: |
Local dinners. Make up a party of friends and dine in Dunedin (not included in registration) |
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| 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: |
2nd Poster Session, Exhibition, and TableWine™ |
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Thursday, November 13 |
| 8:00am: |
Access |
Platinum Sponsor |
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| 9:00 am - 10:30 am: |
Session 6: Plenary Address 3 & 4
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9:00 am: |
Rob MARTIENSSEN (Invited) |
9:45 am: |
Cris PRINT (Invited) |
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| 10:30 am: |
Coffee and Exhibition |
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| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm: |
Session 7: Plant and Animal Genetics |
11:00am: |
Rob DAY |
11:20am: |
Tina SUMMERFIELD |
11:40am: |
Ashley WAARDENBERG |
12:00pm: |
John MCEWAN (Invited) |
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| 12:30 pm: |
Lunch and 2008 AMATA AGM |
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| 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm: |
Session 8: Bioinformatics |
1:30pm: |
Vivek JAYASWAL |
1:50pm: |
Mark COWLEY |
2:10pm: |
Wei SHI |
2:30pm: |
Di WU |
2:50pm: |
Anna CAMPAIN |
3:10pm: |
Hugh FRENCH |
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| 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: |
Session 9: Afternoon Tea, Exhibition and Posters II |
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| 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm: |
Session 10: Human Disease |
4:30pm: |
Dan CATCHPOOLE |
4:50pm: |
Ruby LIN |
5:10pm: |
Carolyn DE GRAAF |
5:30pm: |
Clinical presentation |
5:50pm: |
Margriet VAN KOGELENBERG |
6:10pm: |
Mik BLACK |
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| 6:30 pm: |
Coach collects from the Art Gallery, for transport to the Conference Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 11:00pm: |
Conference Dinner at the historic University Staff Club, Otago University |
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Friday, November 14 |
| 8:00am: |
Access - storage of luggage in Gallery stores |
Platinum Sponsor |
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| 8:30 am - 10:00 am: |
Session 11: Plenary Address 5 & 6
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8:30 am: |
Rebecca DOERGE (Invited) |
9:15 pm: |
Lance MILLER (Invited) |
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| 10:00 am: |
Coffee and Exhibition |
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| 10:30 am - 12:30 pm: |
Session 12: Cancer Genetics II |
10:30am: |
Sponsored Speaker |
10:50am: |
Dale GARSED |
11:10am: |
Anna TSYKIN |
11:30am: |
Ursula JEWELL |
11:50am: |
Nicci WAYTE |
12:10pm: |
Debbie LEADER |
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| 11:30 am: |
Exhibition Bump out |
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| 6:00 pm: |
Informal drinks, dinners in Dunedin (not included in registration) |
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Saturday, November 15 |
| 9:00 am - 3:00 pm: |
BioConductor/Limma Workshop
University of Otago, Dunedin - includes morning tea and light lunch.
Details on website |
| 9:00 am - 5:00 pm: |
Post-Conference
(Especially created for AMATA 2008!) Zest Food Tours of New Zealand:
OTAGO ICONIC FLAVOURS - OAMARU TOUR |
| The Committee reserves the right to change the Program and Exhibition Layout without notice |
