Programme & Social Events

Download full programme here.

Download summary programme here.

Download the ORAL presentation abstracts here

Download the POSTER presentation abstracts here

PROGRAMME

The conference programme commences on Tuesday 18 November with a welcome social & registration from 5:00 pm. Presentations begin at 9 am Wednesday 19 November and the conference will close at 3:45 pm on Friday 21 November following the AGM and NZMS Oration. During the conference, there will be a mix of plenary and concurrent sessions over a wide range of topics from both international and NZ speakers, as well as 2 minute poster talks and an evening poster session.

The conference programme will be made available here in due course. In the meantime please refer to the themes and additional information provided on the home page, or contact us directly for more information.

PROCEEDINGS

In the interests of being clean and green (hey, we are the Garden City after all!), this year we will not be printing the full conference proceedings. Instead, you will be notified prior to the conference when this information is available for download. You can then print off items of interest to bring with you to the conference. At registration you will also receive a CD containing a copy of the full proceedings for your future reference at no extra charge.

SOCIAL EVENTS

  • TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER
    5:00 - 7:00pm: Welcome Social and Registration - Lecture Block C at University of Canterbury.
  • WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER
    5.30pm - 7.30pm: Poster session and "Happy Hour" social.
  • THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER
    5:00 - 6:00 pm: SIG meetings
    5:00 - 6:00 pm: New Zealand Affiliate for Food Protection (NZAFP) members AGM and networking function where you will also meet informally with IAFP-sponsored speaker Lee-Ann Jaykus who will be giving a brief promotional speech about the IAFP's activities. Click here for more information on the NZAFP and IAFP.
    6:00 - 7:30 pm: A chance to visit Rutherford's Den in the Central City prior to the conference dinner. Only 50 tickets are available so don't miss out on this opportunity! Click here for more information.
    7:30 pm - late: Conference Dinner at The Great Hall in the Christchurch CBD. This will be a fun night for all and transport is provided. Space is limited so extra tickets cannot be guaranteed. (Extra tickets are $135 pp) See the venue here.

 

How to get there

The conference venue is inthe Central Lecture Block which is best reached off Clyde Rd, turning down Arts Road.

For a map go to http://www.canterbury.ac
.nz/theuni/maps/

Full programme now available!

Conference themes include:

  • Agriculture
  • Biocontrol
  • Extremophiles & Geomicrobiology
  • Food Microbiology
  • Industrial & Commercial Microbiology
  • Medical Microbiology & Infectious Disease
  • Microbial Genetics
  • Microbiology Education
  • Molecular Biology
  • Water & Environmental Microbiology
  • Virology

Important Dates

Abstract submission is now closed but late submissions will be considered if programming space available
Friday 10 October:
All Oral and Poster presenters notified of acceptance.
Friday 24 October:
Early bird registration CLOSES (Late registration - up to the day)