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Final Agenda

8th GHTF Conference - Ottawa, Canada

18-22 September 2000

Plenary Session - Final Agenda
Revised on 11September 2000

LOCATION: GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE CENTER, 1 COLONEL BY DRIVE, OTTAWA
Main Hall

DATE: Thursday, 21 September 2000

**Please note that times are estimates.
This agenda is also available in Word and PDF format.

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome/ Introductions Ms. Beth Pieterson, GHTF Chair
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Opening Remarks Mr. David Dodge, Deputy Minister for Health (Canada)

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

Review and Approval of the Agenda Ms. Beth Pieterson
9:10 AM - 10:00 AM Presentation of the Chair's Annual Report
Open Discussion		 Ms. Beth Pieterson
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Coffee Break 
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Presentation on Guiding Principles Document
Review and Approval by Consensus		 Dr. Elizabeth Jacobson, CDRH
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Presentation on Roles and Responsibilities Document
Review and Approval by Consensus		 Mr. Kevin Murray, MEDEC
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

 Presentation on Operating Procedures Document
Review and Approval by Consensus		 Mr. Michael Baker, EUCOMED
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch 
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM SG 1 Report Mr. Maurice Freeman, Chair of SG 1

1:20 PM - 1:40 PM SG 2 Report Dr. Larry Kessler, Chair of SG 2
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM

SG 3 Report Ms. Kim Trautman, Chair of SG 3
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM

SG 4 Report Mr. Robert Allen, Chair of SG 4

2:20 PM - 2:45 PM Americas Update Mr. Antonio Hernandez, PAHO
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Asia Harmonization Working Party Update Dr. Clarence Tan, Singapore Ministry for Health
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Presentations from the Floor
-Recent Developments in the Medical Devices Regulations in Taiwan

Dr. Oliver Yoa-Pu Hu, Taiwan Department of Health
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Implementation of the GHTF- ISO/TC 210 Memorandum of Understanding Mr. Robert Allen, Chair of ISO/ TC 210 and Chair of SG 4

3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Transition/ Succession of New Chair/ Plans for 9th GHTF Conference Ms. Beth Pieterson
Ms. Rita Maclachlan, Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)

Note: Departure for the outing to the Gatineau Park will be directly from the Government Conference Center. All guests should assemble in the lobby off Colonel By Drive so as to meet with other Conference participants before boarding buses.

 

Updated 22 July 2004

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