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The 8th Annual Australasian Biospecimen Network (ABN) Meeting will be held on the 2nd December, 2010 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The ABN Meeting Dinner will be held on the evening of Wednesday 1st December, prior to the meeting.

Further details will follow shortly.

Australasian Biospecimen Network Association:

It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Australasian Biospecimen Network Incorporated was formed on 9th July 2009 under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Links to the Society's Statement of Purpose and Rules are below. If you wish to become a member of the Australasian Biospecimen Network Association please fill in the membership application form.

Certificate of Incorporation

‘Statement of Purpose of the Association THE AUSTRALASIAN BIOSPECIMEN NETWORK'

‘Rules of the Association THE AUSTRALASIAN BIOSPECIMEN NETWORK'

Membership Application Form

The purpose of the Australasian Biospecimen Network (ABN) is to provide a forum to address technical, legal / ethical, and managerial issues relevant to human biospecimen repositories within Australia and New Zealand.

The range of activities of the ABN includes:
	sharing information and developing educational materials on technical issues, regulatory issues, and human subject and confidentiality issues;
	developing consensus standards;
	assisting government organisations in developing regulations impacting repository activities;
	providing information about sources of equipment and expertise;
	assisting vendors in recognising repository needs and in developing applicable products;
	providing information about existing repositories and their holdings through our database;
	act as a source of information and experience for new biorepositories, for example in the development of SOPs.