Media Alert
For Immediate Release
What: The Australasian Sexual Health Conference 2009
When: Monday, September 7 – Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Where: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Cnr Merivale and Glenelg Streets, South Bank, 4101
The Australasian Sexual Conference 2009 is one of the foremost conferences of its
kind in the world.
The conference will bring together some 500 delegates from Australasia, The South
Pacific and South East Asia to discuss a range of issues making news in Sexual
Health including HPV immunology, Chlamydia. Sex Work, Sexual Assault, Sexual
Dysfunction, and Female Sexuality.
Key Speakers include:
Dr Simon Barton, Clinical Director of the HIV and Genitourinary Medicine
Directorate, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital since 1990.
Dr Claudia Estcourt , Reader in Sexual Health & HIV at Barts and the
London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Honorary Consultant at Barts
and the London NHS Trust.
Professor Ian Frazer, Director of the Diamantina Institute of Cancer
Immunology and Metabolic Medicine, a research institute of the University of
Queensland at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane.
Dr Sjoerd van der Burg, Associate professor at the department of clinical
oncology of the Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Dr Graham Neilsen, Technical Advisor, Sexual and Reproductive Health in the
Asia Pacific Regional Office of the international NGO Family Health
International.
Further information: Michael Kessler, Media Relations, Australasian Sexual Health
Conference 2009
Mobile: +34 655 792 699 (until August 17); +61 (0) 404 366 409 (August 19 –
September 17)
Email: mkessler@ya.com
About the Organisers:
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is a diverse and energetic
organisation responsible for training, educating and representing over 9,000 physicians
The Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine is a division of RACP which
supports groups of practitioners working in the area of Sexual Health.
The Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) is the peak organisation of health
professionals in Australia and New Zealand who work in those areas of health
concerned with HIV. ASHM draws on its experience and expertise to contribute in the
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