The Program
The 5th Annual Western Australian BioInnovation Symposium program includes an exciting mix of industry partner, investor, and innovator speakers from across the life sciences sector. Industry partners and investors will be able to meet some of WA's best innovators and likewise, innovators will be able to connect with industry partners and investors from Australia and abroad. The conference is a great opportunity to network with industry partners, investors, and innovators alike. The program is a work in progress - SO WATCH THIS SPACE! Things may move around.
Sponsors
22
FEB
AM
Day 1 Morning
Ag and Broader Life Sciences
8:00 - 8:30 AM
Registration and Welcome Coffee
Ag Innovation
9:05 - 9:15 AM
Food, glorious food!
Edith Cowan University
Liezhou Zhong
9:25 - 9:35 AM
Fungicides and nanopores: on demand sequencing for agrochemical resistance detection
Centre for Crop Disease Management (Curtin University)
Katherine Zulak
Ag and Marine Innovation
9:35 - 9:45 AM
INDUSTRY SPEAKER - Innovation and funding opportunities in the Australian grains industry
GrainInnovate
Fernando Felquer
9:45 - 9:55 AM
Continuous Insights into Pig Health and Wellbeing at Scale
Xsights
Michael Garrett and Olivia Brabant
9:55 - 10:05 AM
Exploring Algal Applications: Insights from Western Australia
Algae Harvest
Navid Moheimani
10:05 - 10:15 AM
CSIRO-Murdoch-Industry Bioplastics Innovation Hub
Bio Plastics
David Henry
10:15 - 11:00 AM
MORNING TEA
Special Session
11:20 - 11:30 AM
Surfing the gene-editing wave for better crops – key considerations for production and export’
Murdoch University
Mike Jones
Ag Innovation
11:40 - 11:50 AM
INDUSTRY SPEAKER - Investing for a sustainable and resilient food system
Tenacious Ventures
Matthew Pryor
12:20 - 12:30 PM
SPACE TO RUN OVER
12:30 - 01:30 PM
LUNCH
22
FEB
PM
Day 1
Afternoon
Medicine and Health
Therapeutics
1:40 - 1:50 PM
Developing a nasal therapy to prevent childhood ear infections
SpritzOM
Lea-Ann Kirkham
1:50 - 2:00 PM
A First-in-class agent targeting arterial blockage for enhanced blood circulation
Atherid: Novel Lipid Lowering Technology
Juliana Hamzah
2:20 - 2:30 PM
Setonix Pharmaceuticals: precision immuno-oncology
Setonix
Joost Lesterhuis
2:30 - 2:40 PM
PearlBone™ - Converting the Western Australian mother-of-pearl into natural bone material for human implants
Marine Biomed
Rui Ruan
2:40 - 2:50 PM
Targeting protein stabilisers in disease
Curtin University
Pieter Eichhorn
2:50 - 3:00 PM
INDUSTRY SPEAKER - An independent group committed to therapeutic progress to serve patient needs
Servier
Maryann Rakopoulos
3:00 - 3:10 PM
Developing innovative RNA-based therapeutics for liver cancer
MiReven
Peter Leedman
3:10 - 3:20 PM
​Developing Novel Therapies for Respiratory Viral Infections; leading with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Virex Pharma
Rolee Kumar
3:30 - 4:15 PM
AFTERNOON TEA
Devices and Diagnostics
4:25 - 4:35 PM
Same-day antimicrobial susceptibility tests to optimise treatment for bloodstream infections
Cytophenix
Kieran Mulroney
4:45 - 4:55 PM
OcuLinx™ A portable hand-held device for non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure via the eye
Lions Eye Institute
Rob Gallagher
4:55 - 5:05 PM
SPACE TO RUN OVER
5:05 - 7:00 PM
DAY 1 CLOSE AND NETWORKING EVENT
23
FEB
AM
Day 2
Morning
Medicine and Health
Opening
Devices and Diagnostics
8:40 - 8:50 AM
INDUSTRY SPEAKER - Proto Axiom: Biotech Incubator and Investor
ProtoAxiom
Hugh McGonagle
9:10 - 9:20 AM
Automated assessment of abdominal aortic calcification
Edith Cowan University
Joshua Lewis
9:50 - 10:00 AM
Precision RNA medicines to treat inherited rare and acquired diseases
Progenis
Rakesh Naduvile Veedu
10:20 - 10:30 AM
SPACE TO RUN OVER
10:30 - 11:15 AM
MORNING TEA
Digital Health
11:15 - 11:25 AM
INDUSTRY SPEAKER - Cytiva – Collaborating to grow the Biotech ecosystem
Cytiva
Jon Ince
11:55 - 12:05 PM
Globesity and Metabolism: A 2024 Innovation Update
Metabolic Health Solutions
John Wright
23
FEB
PM
Day 2 Afternoon
Medicine and Health
Enabling Technologies and Others