ANZCCART Conference 2008

29 June–1 July 2008, Auckland

Blue sky to deep water: the reality and the promise

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Draft programme

Sunday afternoon—29 June

2.00 pm            Welcome

John Martin, NAEAC Chair 

Session 1: Sharing experiences (dilemmas and compliance) 

The following speakers will set the scene presenting thorny issues their AECs have dealt with:

2.15 pm            Dr Chris Prideaux, CSIRO

Doing animal experimentation in a national organisation with regional responsibilities under state legislation

2.30 pm            Dr John Phelps, CSL

Animal welfare needs in a biotherapies environment

2.45 pm            Dr Grant Shackell, AgResearch Invermay

Assessing a research project with reference to the big picture  

3.00 pm            Dr Kathryn Bayne, Senior Director and Director of Pacific Rim Activities AAALAC International

International benchmark accreditation

3.30 pm            Discussion groups

5.00–6.30 pm    Wine and cheese

Monday—30 June 

Session 2: Transgenics and Modelling

Chair: Don Love 

9.00 am            Professor Andrew Pullan, University of Auckland

Modelling human muscles

9.30 am            Dr Michael Lardelli, University of Adelaide

Using zebrafish in human disease research: some advantages, disadvantages and ethical considerations 

10.00 am                       Jessie Jacobsen, University of Auckland

The benefits of using sheep to model human brain disease 

10:30 am           Morning tea

Session 3: Great idea but not necessarily what I expected

Chair: John Schofield 

11:00am–12:30pm

Sometimes the techniques worked; sometimes they didn’t

Delegates (up to 6) 10 min + 5 mins for questions

12:30 pm           Lunch

Session 4: Challenging ethics

Chair: David Mellor 

1.30 pm            Jim Battye, Palmerston North

A brief but practical summary of ethics 

2.00 pm            Cam Reid Oration: Dr Mark Fisher, Kotare Bioethics

Should we be giving attention to justifying animals in science? 

Discussion

3:00 pm            Afternoon tea

Session 5: Death as an event, death as a challenge

Chair: Kevin Stafford 

3.30 pm            Dr Erich von Dietz, Murdoch University

Euthanasing animals—the human experience 

4.00 pm            Dr Dianne Gardner, Massey University

Managing grief and distress 

4.30 pm            Dr John Schofield, University of Otago

Recruiting Rats to the Research Resort: the importance of well trained resort personnel 

7:00–11:00 pm   Conference Dinner

Tuesday

Session 6: Wildlife and conservation

Chair: Geoff Dandie 

9.00 am                        Claire Travers, National Kiwi Trust, Rainbow Springs, Rotorua

The artificial incubation of wild laid kiwi eggs—a conservation tool

9.30 am            Dr Mark Hauber, University of Auckland

Animal behaviour research for conservation: observation, manipulation, and experimentation in studying wild organisms 

10.00 am           Dr Penny Fisher, Landcare Research

Animal Welfare in Vertebrate Pest Control 

10:30am            Morning tea

Session 7: Fish welfare

Chair: Chris Prideaux

11:00am            Dr Carolyn Ashton, Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Murdoch University

The Troubles with Fish and Fish Biologists! 

11.30 am           Dr Colin Johnson, Investigation and Diagnostic Centre, MAF Biosecurity NZ

The fish: Dumb bunny or smart ass? 

12 noon Dr Don Stevens, University of Guelph, Canada

What we know, don’t know, and need to know about analgesics and fish

12.45 pm           Conference closing remarks followed by lunch