Rotary Meeting 26 October 2022

Our speaker for the following week is

Dr Kjesten Wiig

Director of Strategic Partnerships at Malaghan Institute

Executive Director of Vaccine Alliance NZ

Dr Wiig will be speaking on the "Challenges of securing funding and the potential of the RNA vaccine platform"

Kjesten is Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research and Executive Director of the Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand. She is also on the Government's Strategic Vaccine Taskforce.

Kjesten has a background in drug discovery in the United States. She was Director of Neuropharmacology at Sention Inc, and Director of Pre-Clinical Research at Galena Corp. Kjesten also held a senior position at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment as Director of Innovative Partnerships.

Hope to see you all there.

Notes for the coming weeks meeting:

• RSVP no later than Monday 24 October 5pm (best do it now). 
• Please make sure you register to assist the Wellington Club staff.
• If you have any dietary requirments please note them in the comments section of the registration
• Include your email address and mobile phone number in the response
• If you wish to bring guests/spouse/partner, please add them when you register
• Remember to click "Save" at the bottom of the page
• If you do not recieve a confirmation immediately after you have registered, you have not completed the process.

• 27 Oct - Bacon Butties at Wellington Station - registration sent - Hayley Burns and Linda Wellington

• 4 Nov - Flashback Friday - Fork and Brewer - registration sent - Lou Bray-Burns

• 7 Dec - Xmas Dinner - registration sent - Philippa Bascand

If you have any problems with registration for any event, please contact me - lbrayburns@gmail.com

Kind regards

Louise