Cystic Fibrosis - The 12th Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Conference

The 12^th Australasian Cystic Fibrosis Conference - Optimism, Opportunities, Outcomes, will take place at the Crown Promenade Hotel, Melbourne.

The Lay Conference kicks off Saturday 5 August with registrations opening from 7:30am and the official opening at 9am. There is also a dinner for the Lay community in the evening of Saturday 5 August (if you would like to purchase a ticket to the dinner and did not do so with your registration, please contact the CFA office on +6 2 9889 5171), with all sessions finishing on Sunday 6 August.

The Medical Conference runs from Sunday 6 August with registrations opening from 7:30am and the official opening from 1pm. There is also a medical celebration event in the evening of Monday 7 August (if you would like to purchase a ticket to the celebration and did not do so with your registration, please contact the CFA office on +6 2 9889 5171), with all sessions finishing on Tuesday 8 August.

The conference is Australasia's largest event dedicated to cystic fibrosis (CF) and will bring together around 200 lay people and over 350 medical, allied health and nursing delegates plus CF researchers from across the region and around the world.

Over the four days lay and medical sessions will be held, illuminating the very latest CF research and innovation in treatment and care. As Chair of the 2017 ACFC Associate Professor Sarath Ranganathan, Director of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, has brought together a committee of CF specialists from a variety of backgrounds. They are planning a valuable and vibrant program that celebrates both Australasian and international breakthroughs, innovative treatments and research.

The CEO of Cystic Fibrosis Community Care Karin Knoester will chair the Lay Committee and again the opportunities for education, peer support and consumer engagement will be compelling sessions with highly valuable outcomes.

Join us in Melbourne in August 2017 for what promises to be a highly informative and stimulating event for our CF community, clinicians, allied health practitioners, nurses and researchers.

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We have brought together an assemblage of CF specialists from a variety of backgrounds to support the vibrant agenda which will celebrate both Australasian and international breakthroughs, innovative treatments and research. Get to know the ACFC speakers now>		Conference information including speaker bios, up to date schedules and much more can be accessed via the ACFC app. Simply open the following on any device: tiny.cc/eventbriefcase and enter the following event ID 3005-7123 (you will only have to do this once) to access all areas. (Don’t forget to add the page to your home screen for quick access).

Chat live with our International Speakers Cystic Fibrosis Australia plans to beam approximately five hours of content to the CF community every day of the four day Lay and Medical Conference. There will be a mix of streaming – some sessions will be streamed live, others recorded and posted later in the day, but most excitingly, in a world first – live Q&A chats with our international conference speakers. That’s right, you now have the chance to chat live with people like Preston Campbell, chat with Charles Haworth about infection control, ask Kris De Boeck about new treatments, have a chin wag with Jennifer Taylor-Cousar about new CF like disease found in orangutans plus much much more. And the best part – it’s free to join and get involved. More than a dozen international and local speakers have agreed to present live on *Consumer Connect* and then hold Q&A sessions with the CF community. And you’ll need to be prepared - questions must be submitted at least one hour before each session begins and ‘chat live’ spaces are limited! View the schedule> Sign up (for free) to Consumer Connect>