Centre of Research Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children Launch Monday 27th April 2015 14:30 WELCOME TO COUNTRY from Bilawara Lee 14:35 OFFICIAL LAUNCH of the CRE by the ADMINISTRATOR of the NT, His Honour John Hardy 14:45 OVERVIEW of the CRE by A/Professor Kelvin Kong 15:00 Administrator departs

DRAFT PROGRAM for CRE_ICHEAR F2F Monday 27th April 2015 PREVENTION (project #s in original application) 15:00 1&2 HEALTH PROMOTION Deborah Lehmann and the KalOM team Elizabeth McDonald 15:20 3 PREVIX - Vaccine RCT Amanda Leach TREATMENT - SURGERY 15:30 5 SURE-I-HEAR – OME RCT Stephen O’Leary 15:40 6 DORNASE ALFA RCT Ruth Thonton 15:50 7 TISSUE ENGINEERING RCT Harvey Coates 16:00 20’ BREAK

DRAFT PROGRAM for CRE_ICHEAR F2F Monday 27th April 2015 TREATMENT - antibiotics 16:20 8 WATCH – AOM RCT Jennifer Reath and the WATCH team 16:30 10 IHEARBETA – CSOM RCT Peter Morris DATA ANALYSES – combined data 16:40 2,4,11 META-DATA - Preparation of a 20 year data collection Jemima Beissbarth, Allen Cheng John McKenzie Kathy Currie PATHOGENESIS 17:00 12 Overview Heidi Smith-Vaughan 17:15 CLOSE – transfer to Hotel To 18:45 Advisory Board, LG, WATCH trial meeting Short 5-8 minute summary of proposed CRE-extension project. Including: a summary of evidence results or progress to date plans for CRE supported research. What works What are the gaps What can be reasonably achieved in next 5 years. The aim will be to stimulate discussion for the following day, to confirm or set new priorities. Please keep in mind our goals for Capacity Building, Research Transfer and leverage for ongoing funding.

DRAFT PROGRAM for CRE_ICHEAR F2F Tuesday 28th April 2015  COFFEE & BREAKFAST WELCOME 9:00 to 9:45 CAPACITY BUILDING and INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP Chair: Heather D’Antoine Presenters: Glenn Pearson, Sandi Nelson, Kelvin Kong NT, WA and NSW presentations summary of the Training and Capacity Building available to CRE   9:45 to 10:30 PATHOGENESIS – understanding OM – the vicious circle hypothesis Chair : Peter Richmond Presenters: Robyn Marsh, Ruth Thornton, Heidi Smith-Vaughan What we know What we need to know MORNING COFFEE 10:30 to 11:00

DRAFT PROGRAM for CRE_ICHEAR F2F Tuesday 28th April 2015 11:00 to 11:45 PREVENTION – PATHWAYS to OM - Health promotion and Vaccines Chair: Kim Mulholland Presenters: Deborah Lehmann and the KalOM team, Peter Richmond What we know What we need to know   11:45 to 12:30  CLINICAL – DIAGNOSIS – EQUIPMENT and TRAINING Chair: Peter Morris Presenters: Jennifer Reath and Hasantha Gunasekera, Harvey Coates 12:30 to 13:15 TREATMENT - antibiotics, surgery and interventions for speech, language and auditory processing disorders Chair: Hasantha Gunasekera Presenters: Amanda Leach, Harvey Coates, Samantha Harkus LUNCH 13:15 to 14:00

DRAFT PROGRAM for CRE_ICHEAR F2F Tuesday 28th April 2015 ISSUES THAT ARISE – CHAIRS to lead Breakout sessions 14:00 to 14:30                 CAPACITY BUILDING PATHOGENESIS PREVENTION 14:30 to 15:00 CLINICAL TREATMENT QUALITATIVE METADATA   15:00 to 16:00                 REPORT BACK TO WHOLE GROUP 15:30 to 16:00 – break and visit HealthLab and BEN in courtyard 16:00 to 17:30                 Issues parked from previous sessions 18:30 Sunset and DINNER at Darwin Sailing Club

DRAFT PROGRAM for CRE_ICHEAR F2F Wednesday 29th April 2015   COFFEE & BREAKFAST WELCOME 9:00 to 11:00 ADVISORY BOARD – Perspectives and big picture Prof Alan Cripps EXPERT SUMMARIES – PANEL Prof Paul Torzillo, Prof Harvey Coates, Prof Kim Mulholland, Prof Michael Alpers INDIGENOUS REFERENCE GROUP A/Prof Kelvin Kong, Ms Heather D’Antoine, Mr Glenn Pearson LEADERSHIP GROUP - PROCESSES FOR APPLICATION and APPROVAL OMOZ on ~06/09/2016 A/Prof Kelvin Kong and Dr Hasantha Gunasekera MORNING COFFEE &/or AIRPORT DEPARTURE @ 11:00