Welcome Reception
Sunday 28 May 2006
Auditorium/Ballroom Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
Inclusive in all full registration types. Additional tickets $50.00 per person.

The energetic Brazillian percussion band, The Sambanistas, will welcome you to the 2006 Congress with a performance and lead you into the trade and art exhibitions for an informal get together with the organising committee, invited speakers and college dignitaries.

College Ceremony and College Address
The Honourable Keith Wilson will deliver the 2006 College Address.
Monday, 29 May 2006

Keith Wilson is a former Teacher, Anglican Priest and State Member of Parliament. He was a Minister from 1983 to 1992, holding various portfolios including Housing, Community Services, Aboriginal Affairs, Youth and Seniors. He was Minister for Health for five (5) years. More recently his involvements have included: Memberships of the Advisory Council For Disability Services, The Mental Health Taskforce and Management committees of the Mental Illness Fellowship of WA and Carers WA. He is patron of the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of WA.

Keith is also currently the President of the WA Association for Mental Health, and Chair of the National mental Health Council of Australia.

He served as a Member of the National Governing Board of St John of God Health Care for ten (10) years.

Keith is a parent carer (with his wife, Angela) of an adult son with Schizophrenia.

College Orchestra
That most enjoyable of Congress traditions, the College Orchestra, will be continued in Perth, playing at the College Ceremony. A local chamber orchestra will act as the nucleus. Any delegates who would like to participate should contact Keith Bender at Keith.Bender@health.wa.gov.au

Congress Dinner
Wednesday 31 May 2006
Auditorium/Ballroom, Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
Optional Function. Tickets $110.00 per person

Gala Dinner includes presentation of the Pfizer Awards and the first announcement of the winners of the art prizes. After navigating the academic program over the first days of the Congress be transported into “Carnivale” where things might not always be what they seem, where there is opportunity to venture behind our daytime masks, or to bring with us a new one.

Please feel free to dress to excess or wear a costume in keeping with the theme.  Here are some webliks to some local costume hire establishements. 

www.apparition.biz
www.doylescostumes.com
www.memorylaneclothing.com

Section Dinners and Breakfast Meetings

Addiction Psychiatry Section Dinner
Date: Tuesday 30 May 2006
Time: 2000hrs
Venue: Bouchon Bistro, 363 Cambridge St, Wembley Ph 9387 3898

Three course meal $60.00.
Soft drinks, beer, wine will be extra
No entertainment.
15-20 mins from the convention centre
No transport has been arranged.
No minimum number.

Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Dinner
Venue: Friends
Time: 2000
Cost: $75.00 per person includes drinks on arrival, 3 course dinner

Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Section Dinner
Venue: Panache, Subiaco
Time: 1900
Cost: $60.00 per person

Forensic Psychiatry Section Dinner
The Forensic Psychiatry Section dinner is kindly sponsored by Astra Zeneca
Places are limited, so please contact Dr Adam Brett, adam.brett@health.wa.gov.au for further information or download the booking form

Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age Dinner Section Dinner
Venue: 'Social on Station', 29 Station St, Subiaco
Time: 2000
Cost: $55 per person set menu, plus drinks

Psychotherapy Section Dinner
Venue: E Cucina, Central Park, 777 Hay St, Perth
Time: 1930
Cost: TBA

Rural SIG Breakfast Meeting
Public Sector Psychiatrists Network Breakfast Meeting