Industry Information and Education Session in Canberra 13–14 September 2017

Our 2017 Industry and Education Session was held at the National Library in Canberra on 13 and 14 September.

A full day was dedicated to science, providing insight on the opportunities and challenges for regulatory science, technology and innovation.

The second day focused on key areas of the APVMA’s current and future work.

Videos and transcripts for the presentations are available below. 

Wednesday 13 September

Welcome

Amy Fox, Deputy CEO Business Operations and Reform

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The APVMA’s regulatory framework and what the future holds

Dr Phil Reeves, Chief Scientist, APVMA

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Ecological risk assessment of Nano-enabled pesticides

Dr Rai Kookana, CSIRO Land and Water / University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Adelaide

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Innovative Crop Protection Products—Responsible Agriculture

Professor Neena Mitter, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland

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Arithmetic vs geometric means for estimating drug efficacy, efficacy confidence limits and appropriate transformation of pest data for test of significance

Dr Robert J Dobson

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Aquatic animal health issues and consideration for future regulation

Professor Barbara Nowak, Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania

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Pest management issues in cotton- changing perspectives

Adjunct Professor Peter Gregg, University of New England and former Chief Scientist of the Cotton Catchment Communities

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Communicating innovations in agriculture and animal science to the Australian public

Dr Melanie Bagg, Director of Communications and Outreach, Australian Academy of Science

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Future events

For the latest on future sessions please visit our events page.