ASCIA Basten Oration
The ASCIA Annual Basten Oration was initiated in 2006 by the ASCIA 2006 chair and ASCIA President (2005-2006) Dr Karl Baumgart, who also presented Professor Antony Basten AO with his portrait (painted by Dr Gillian Dunlop) at the ASCIA 2006 Gala Dinner.
The Basten Oration has been held at each ASCIA Annual Conference since then, in recognition of Professor Basten's pioneering work in immunology for more than 40 years, which continues today. There was no Basten Oration in 2020 due to the ASCIA 2020 Conference being postponed.
As well as Professor Basten's immense contribution to the discipline of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, he was also the founding President of ASCIA and Chairman of the highly successful XVII International Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (now known as the World Allergy Congress) held in Sydney in the year 2000.
Basten Orations 2006-2021
2021 - Virtual
Dr Katie Allen MP
A Journey from Benchside to Bedside, and Population to Politics - Why would you do it?
2019 - Perth, Western Australia
Clinical Associate Professor Richard Loh
ASCIA, A&AA, and the National Allergy Strategy: Blood, Sweat and Tears: Celebrating Success
2018 - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Dr Raymond Mullins
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in Australia – A Narrative Review
2017 - Auckland, New Zealand
Dr Penny Fitzharris
The Changing Faces of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
2016 - Gold Coast, Queensland
Dr Graham Solley
Early Advances in IgE Antibody and Eosinophil Function
2015 - Adelaide, South Australia
Professor Robert Heddle
Insect Venom Allergy: Important Lessons from Local Oddities
2014 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Professor James McCluskey
T Cell Recognition of Vitamin Metabolites
2013 - Perth, Western Australia
Professor Susan Prescott
Allergy and the NCD Pandemic - The Canary in the Coal Mine
2012 - Wellington, New Zealand
Professor Innes Asher ONZM
A Global Perspective on Allergy - Are there Targets for Prevention?
2011 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Professor Paul Gatenby AM
Nature and Nurture - The Pathogenesis of Systemic Vasculitis
2010 - Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Professor John Upham
Changing the Trajectory of Allergic Respiratory Disease
2009 - Adelaide, South Australia
Professor Heddy Zola
Monoclonal Antibodies and Flow Cytometry - Techniques made for each other, and for Clinical Immunology
2008 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Professor Robyn O’Hehir
Treating Allergy - Any Progress? Twenty Years of Translational Research in Allergy
2007 - Fremantle, Western Australia
Professor Patrick Holt
Heterogeneity in Response Phenotypes in Atopy - Insight from Studies
Content updated March 2022
