BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Australia/Sydney X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7@medicolegal.org.au DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20180803T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20180803T213000 DTSTAMP:20180524T161957Z URL:https://medicolegal.org.au/events/agm-and-annual-dinner/ SUMMARY:AGM and Annual Dinner DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nGuest of Honour: Mr Gavin Fox-Smith\n‘Toast to Medicine’ Mr Hugh Dillon\;\n‘Toast to Law’ Dr Penny Browne\nFriday 3rd August 2018\, 6.30 pm AGM\, 6.45pm Pre - Dinner Drinks \, 7.30 pm Dinner The Establishment Ballroom\, 252 George St\, Sydn ey\n\nDownload the event flyer\n\nMr Gavin Fox-Smith\, Managing Director\, Johnson &\; Johnson Medical Devices\, Australia &\; New Zealand.\n\ nWith more than 30 years’ experience in the Medical Devices industry\, i ncluding 20 years at Johnson &\; Johnson\, Gavin has an extensive backg round as a senior commercial and executive manager in the Asia Pacific reg ion. Currently Chair of the Medical Devices industry body – the Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA) – Gavin is helping to shape i ndustry dialogue with Government and ensure stable and beneficial policy s ettings for the industry\, customers and patients into the future.\n\nGavi n has a strong record of leading organisational growth\, change and transf ormation\; and is well known for his track record of developing and export ing outstanding leaders\, and ensuring a truly diverse and inclusive workf orce.\n\nGavin’s philosophy of collaboration and service extends to comm unity. He is a passionate advocate for efforts that improve health\, liter acy and education\, particularly for Indigenous communities.\n\nGavin is a Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce\, a member of the Male Champ ions of Change (MCC) in STEM and an ambassador for Bowel Cancer Australia and Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC). He also leads the Mac quarie Business Park Coalition bringing together local businesses – incl uding Johnson &\; Johnson – to support projects aimed at improving yo uth literacy\, school retention and readiness for work.[/vc_column_text][/ vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hugh Dillon is an Ad junct Professor at the UNSW Law School.\n\nHe retired as a Deputy State Co roner and magistrate at the end of 2016. He was appointed a magistrate in 1996 and Deputy State Coroner in 2008 and conducted a number of high profi le inquests and fire inquiries. Before his appointment as a magistrate\, h e practised law with the New South Wales Council of Social Service\, the N ew South Wales Ombudsman’s Office and the Commonwealth DPP. He was a mem ber of the National Judicial College of Australia’s Programmes Advisory Committee 2007-2017. He was a 2014 Churchill Fellow – his project being to develop ideas for raising coronial performance standards. He is co-auth or of Waller’s Coronial Law and Practice in New South Wales (4th ed\, 20 10)\, The Australasian Coroner’s Manual (2015) and editor of Advocacy an d Judging: Selected Papers of Murray Gleeson (2017).[/vc_column_text][/vc_ column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dr Penny Browne (MBBS\, MRCGP\, FRACGP\, MHL). Dr Penny Browne was appointed to the Chief Medical Officer role at Avant in January 2015. The role is an advisor to the CEO and Senior Management Team on all clinical matters as well as leading the team that advocates for Avant members\, to drive change in the medico lega l environment.\n\nShe spends three days a week in this role at Avant and t wo days as a Senior Staff Specialist in General Practice at Hornsby Hospit al in NSW. Through her career Penny has worked extensively in the area of General Practice education with GP registrars\, junior doctors and medical students.\n\nPenny first developed her medico-legal interest through her membership of the Medical Experts Committee at Avant in 2000. Since then s he has completed a Masters in Health Law at Sydney University and worked p art time as a Senior Medical Advisor supporting doctors with complaints an d claims from 2008.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] CATEGORIES:AGM & Annual Dinner LOCATION:The Establishment Ballroom\, The Establishment Ballroom\, 252 Geor ge Street\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia GEO:-33.864071;151.207621 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Establishment Ballroom\ , 252 George Street\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X -TITLE=The Establishment Ballroom:geo:-33.864071,151.207621 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney X-LIC-LOCATION:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20180401T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR