Friday, 18th October ABNA - Biobanking: Shaping the Future Together

Adelaide Zoo: a personalised 1.5 hr tour of Adelaide Zoo with an emphasis on their conservation efforts

This event requires prior sign up, tickets are limited

**meet at the Stamford Grand Hotel reception for charter bus transport**

Time for sugar!

"Puzzle Pieces"

• Understanding our donors and their experiences of donating to a human milk bank  - Laura Klein
• Evaluating the psychosocial and clinical outcomes from the Australian TRACEBACK program    - Laura Forrest
• Qualitative Veterinary Research  - Susan Hazel
• “Cold, Controlled, and Compliant” What Biobanks Need from Modern Environmental Monitoring Systems - Dirk Macky

• The Australian Blood Donor Study and Biobank for Donor Health and Transfusion Safety Research  - Wayne B Dyer
• Evaluating Nucleic Acid Stability in Brain Tissue: Insights from a Pilot Study on PMI - Samara Bray

ABNA Members can access AGM Minutes and Financial Reports in the Members Area of the ABNA website (www.abna.org.au)

Get 'hangry'? Protect your fellow biobankers and grab some lunch before joining us for a workshop on Career Development for Biobankers.

This lunchtime discussion will talk about practical ways of promoting career development in biobanking. Come along and tell us what is/ isn’t working in terms of career progression, and what initiatives could make a positive difference.

Interactive panel featuring the experiences of invited guests

- Jodie Clarkson

- Kate Jennar

- Thomas Tu

 "Triangulation"

• Safety considerations and quality assurance measures necessary for operating a human milk bank - Christine Sulfaro
• Public cord blood banking in Australia - Ngaire Elwood
• Biobanking Workshop: Identifying system wide enhancements in Biobanking as National Research Infrastructure - Jim Hennessy