The Australian Vascular Biology Society was formally conceived during the Australian Atherosclerosis Society meeting in Queensland, July 1992. Following further work on a constitution around and during the VIIth International Symposium on the Biology of Vascular Cells, San Diego, CA November 1992 the Society officially came into existence with the acceptance of a set of rules in Melbourne, Victoria on Saturday December 12, 1992 at a meeting held during the 2nd Baker Medical Research Institute Symposium ('Current Concepts in Vascular Biology'). The Society was legally incorporated on 26th January (Australia Day !), 1993.

The inaugural Committee of the Society was chaired by Dr Julie Campbell with Dr Peter Little (Secretary), Dr Carolyn Geczy (Treasurer) and Prof. Mathew Vadas and Prof. Colin Chesterman.

The major focus of the Society is an annual scientific meeting. In accord with the wishes of members the Society, meetings are to have two special characteristics. Firstly, the meetings should be held in venues which allow for all of the members to stay together for the meeting; appropriate venues will usually be outside major cities. Secondly, the Society will generally meet on its own with very careful consideration being given to holding joint meetings on special occasions when obvious advantages may exist.

The Society has held 15 very successful annual scientific meetings, including an International Vascular Biology Meeting in Cairns, Queensland in 1998. In 2008, the 16th will be held as part of the International Vascular Biology Meeting in Sydney.

Past Annual Scientific Meetings

1st Annual Scientific Meeting
August 19-21, 1993, Sunshine Coast, QLD.
International speakers: Dr J. Gordon (UK), Dr J. Wilcox (Atlanta)

2nd Annual Scientific Meeting
November 17-20, 1994, Hahndorf, SA
Featured Lecture: Professor R. Graham, Sydney
International speakers: Dr J. Pouyssegur (Nice), Dr W. Rissau (Bad Nauheim), Dr D. Ingber (Boston)

3rd Annual Scientific Meeting
October 5-7, 1995, Terrigal, N. S. W.
Featured Lecture: Professor Paul Nestel, Melbourne
International speakers:
Dr R. Lawn (Stanford), Dr A. Chait (Seattle), Dr P. Carmeliet (Leuven)

4th Annual Scientific Meeting
October 17-20, 1996, Marysville, Victoria
Featured Lectures: Professor Fred Mendelsohn, Melbourne
Professor Robert Sutherland, Sydney
International speakers: Dr D. Cheresh (La Jolla), Dr M. Reidy (Seattle), Dr A. Turner (Leeds)

5th Annual Scientific Meeting
September 11-13, 1997, Leura, NSW
Featured Lecture: Professor Eugenie Lumbers, Sydney
International speakers:Dr J. Harlan (Seattle), Dr D. Loskutoff (La Jolla), Dr J. Keaney, (Boston)

6th Annual Scientific Meeting & 10th International Vascular Biology Meeting
August 23-27, 1998
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, QLD
Keynote Speaker: Prof Peter Doherty (Memphis)

7th Annual Scientific Meeting
September 16-19, 1999, Paradise Wirrina Cove Resort, SA
Featured Lecture: Hugh Niall, Melbourne
International speakers:Nick Gale (Regeneron), Tom Sato (Dallas), Thomas Harder (Basel)

8th Annual Scientific Meeting
October 6-8, 2000, Marysville, Victoria
Featured Lecture: Professor Gary Jennings

9th Annual Scientific Meeting
August 30-September 2, 2001, Noosaville, QLD
International speakers:Ryozo Nagai (Tokyo), Catherine Shanahan (Cambridge)

10th Annual Scientific Meeting
August 29-September 1, 2002, Hunter Valley Gardens, Pokolbin, NSW
Plenary Lecture: Christina Mitchell Melbourne
AVBS Distinguished Lecture: Julie Campbell
International speaker: Christian Haudenschild (Bethesda)

11th Annual Scientific Meeting
September 4-7, 2003, Ballarat, Victoria
(Joint Meeting with Australian Atherosclerosis Society)
Plenary Lecture: Moira Clay, Melbourne
International Speakers: Phil Hawkins (Cambridge), Richard Cohen (Boston)

12th Annual Scientific Meeting
September 9-12, 2004, Barossa Valley, SA
(Joint Meeting with Australian Atherosclerosis Society)
International speakers: Peter Weissberg (Cambridge), Martin Schwartz (Virginia), Alan Sniderman (Canada)

13th Annual Scientific Meeting
August 6-7, 2005, Sydney Convention Centre, NSW
International speakers: Bradford Berk (Rochester), Wolfram Ruf (La Jolla)

14th Annual Scientific Meeting
September 7-10, 2006, SeaWorld Nara Resort, Gold Coast, QLD
International speakers: Noel Caplice (Ireland), Geoffrey de Visscher (Belgium)

15th Annual Scientific Meeting
September 6-9, 2007, Hepburn Springs, Victoria
(Joint Meeting with ANZ Microcirculation Society)
International speaker: Dan Bullard (Birminhgam, Alabama)

 


Webmaster: Michael Hickey