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Special Announcement

CRX10 are pleased to have confirmed Professor Patrick McGorry and Professor Jim Bishop as keynote speakers. Professor Patrick McGorry Professor Patrick McGorry, Australian of the Year 2010, is Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health (OYH), a world-renowned youth mental health organisation. He is also Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and founding member of the National Youth Mental Health Foundation (headspace) board. OYH comprises Australia's largest youth mental health research centre and a clinical service targeting the needs of young people with emerging serious mental illness, including first-episode psychosis. Professor McGorry and OYH have put Australia at the forefront of research and innovation in the prevention and treatment of mental illness. OYH has become the model upon which many other youth mental health services around the world are based. With an emphasis on early intervention and a commitment to educating the community to the early signs of mental illness, Professor McGorry's extraordinary 27-year contribution has transformed the lives of tens of thousands of young people the world over. Professor Jim Bishop Professor James Bishop AO is Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Government and is the principal medical adviser to the Minister and the Department of Health and Ageing. He plays a key, strategic role in developing and administering major health reforms for all Australians. In particular his close association with Australia's medical fraternities and researchers will be crucial in the development of evidence based public health policy. Prior to his appointment Professor Bishop was a Professor of Cancer Medicine at the University of Sydney, Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA) in haematology. He was awarded a Doctorate of Medicine by research thesis (Platelet Transfusion Therapy) in 1990 and a Master of Medicine by research thesis (Induction Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia) in 1999. Professor Bishop was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study medical oncology at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA from 1979 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1995 he was a consultant medical oncologist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute in Melbourne. From 1995 to 2003, Professor Bishop was the Director of the Sydney Cancer Centre at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospital in Sydney and he also directed the Cancer Service for the Central Sydney Area Health Service. From 2003 to April 2009 he was the CEO of the Cancer Institute NSW and the Chief Cancer Officer for NSW. In 2008 Professor Bishop was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to medicine, particularly in the field of cancer treatment and research.

Confirmed Speakers

Keynote Speakers Professor Warwick Anderson AM, CEO NHMRC Professor Jim Bishop, AO, Chief Medical Officer, Australia, Department of Health and Ageing Professor Richard Larkins, AO, Ex-Vice Chancellor Monash University, Chair of EMBL Australia Professor Patrick McGorry, Australian of the Year 2010 and Executive Director, Orygen Youth Health Invited Speakers The committee are pleased to advise that many of the invited speakers are now confirmed. Presenters in each of the conference streams include: Paediatric and Transitional Medicine A/Prof David Thomas; Cancer - Translational Research Professor Kim Bennell; Obesity and lifestyle medicine Clinician Researchers Dr Andrew Wilson; Pitfalls and challenges of clinical research Dr Andrew Giddy; Clinical Trials New Technologies and Translational Research Dr Declan Murphy; Robotic Surgery Professor Terry O’Brien; e-health: personalised medicine Professor Loane Skene; Ethics of new technologies For a full list of speakers, please visit the conference website.

Program

The theme for CRX10 is Guaranteeing the Health of Future Generation. The conference themes are: Paediatric and Transitional Medicine New Technologies and Translational Research Clinician Researchers Please see the conference website for more information about the program.

Call for Posters

Abstracts are invited for CRX10 Poster presentations. Submissions close 20 June 2010.

Sponsorship & Exhibition

An exciting range of sponsorship opportunities has been developed to ensure that as our partners, sponsors will have options for significant exposure amongst our CRX10 delegates. To find out more contact us at sponsorship@crxconference.com or via the Sponsorship and Exhibition contact details below. If you would like to find out more about how you could become involved CRX10 download the prospectus here or please contact: Thomas Howden Account Manager, Sponsorship & Exhibition CRX10 GPO Box 3270 Sydney NSW 2001 Phone: (+61 2 9254 5000) Email: thomash@icmsaust.com.au

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