Australia's health: vital signs, vital statistics program

National Library of Australia, Canberra,
22-23 June 2004

Speaker's presentations will be made available below as and when permission is received. Please check this page over the coming weeks as it will be updated on a daily basis. [Last updated: 20 August 2004]

Day One: Tuesday 22 June, 8.30am - 4.45pm

8.30am	Registration, tea/coffee on arrival.
9.15am	Welcome by Dr Richard Madden, Director of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
9.20am	Address by Dr Sandra Hacker, Chair of AIHW Board.
9.30am	Opening of conference and launch of Australia's Health 2004 by the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Tony Abbott, MP.
10.00am	Morning Tea
10.30am	Plenary Session: International Speaker - Dr Edward J Sondik, PhD, Director of the National Centre for Health Statistics, USA, speaking on his vision for health statistics.
11.30am	Plenary Session: Dr Richard Madden, Director of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, will examine the content of the Institute's flagship publication Australia's Health 2004.
12.15pm	Lunch
1.15pm	Parallel Sessions: Session 1
	Health expenditure: viewed through the microscope Lindy Ingham, AIHW. Professor Jane Hall, Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology. Chaired by John Goss, AIHW.
	Indigenous health: is the imbalance improving? Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman, AIHW. Edward Wilkes, Associate Professor, Curtin University and Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. Chaired by Kuldeep Bhatia, AIHW.
	Obesity and lifestyle: weighing up the risks Bonnie Field, AIHW. Dr Anthony Rogers, Director, Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Auckland; and Dr Karen Cashel, University of Canberra. Chaired by Judith Abercromby, AIHW.
2.45pm	Afternoon tea
3.15pm	Parallel Sessions: Session 2
	Hospitals: changing roles? Jenny Hargreaves, AIHW. Charles Maskell-Knight, Principal Advisor, Medical Indemnity Branch, Australian Department of Health and Ageing; Maxine Drake, Health Consumers' Council of Western Australia; Prue Power, Executive Director, Australian Healthcare Association; and Jim Pearse, Director, Health Policy Analysis Pty Ltd. Chaired by Ken Tallis, AIHW.
	Maternal and infant health: from little acorns... Associate Professor Sally Tracy, AIHW. Professor David Ellwood, Associate Dean, Canberra Clinical School, University of Sydney. Chaired by Kerry Carrington, AIHW.
	Asthma: are we breathing easier? Dr Guy Marks, AIHW. Dr Anne-Louise Ponsonby, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU. Chaired by Kuldeep Bhatia, AIHW.
4.45pm	Session ends
7pm	Conference Dinner at National Press Club, Barton, Canberra. Dinner Speaker - Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM, will talk on health and nutrition, and the national obesity epidemic.

Day Two: Wednesday 23 June, 8.30am - 4.45pm

8.30am	Registration, tea/coffee on arrival.
9.00am	Plenary Session: Panel discussion on Health statistics and policy: What works and where are the gaps? Professor Kerin O'Dea, Director, Menzies School of Health Research, NT; Professor Tony McMichael, Director, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU; and Professor Gavin Andrews MD, Policy and Epidemiology Group (Mental Health), UNSW at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. The discussion will be Chaired by Dr Robert Wooding, the Department of Health and Ageing.
10.45am	Morning tea
11.15am	Parallel Sessions: Session 3
	Labour force: who is looking after your health? Glenice Taylor, AIHW. Paul Gavel, Executive Officer, AMWAC, NSW Health Department. Chaired by Tony Hynes, AIHW.
	Health of older Australians: living older and healthier? Dr Ching Choi, and Ros Madden, AIHW. Professor Tony Jorm, Centre of Mental Health Research, Australian National University. Chaired by Diane Gibson, AIHW.
	Cancer statistics: winning the battle? John Harding, AIHW. Freddy Sitas, NSW Cancer Council. Chaired by Paul Magnus, AIHW.
12.45pm	Lunch
1.30pm	Parallel Sessions: Session 4
	Dental labour force and oral health: brushing up on where we're at Professor Gary Slade, AIHW; and Professor John Spencer, ARCPOH. Chaired by John Harding, AIHW.
	National population and state/territory health surveys Mark Cooper-Stanbury, AIHW. Ms Sally Goodspeed, Director, Public Health, Australian Bureau of Statistics. Chaired by Robert Van de Hoek, AIHW.
	Cardiovascular disease and diabetes: concerns and considerations Lynelle Moon, AIHW. Professor Paul Zimmet, International Diabetes Institute; and Annette Dobson, Professor of Biostatistics, Queensland University. Chaired by Paul Magnus, AIHW.
3.00pm	Afternoon tea
3.20pm	Parallel Sessions: Session 5
	Diseases and dollars: what's being spent; whether and how disease expenditure estimates can guide resource allocation? John Goss, AIHW. Robert Carter, Associate Professor, School of Population Health, Melbourne University. Chaired by Richard Madden, AIHW.
	Children's health: strong foundations for the future? Dr Kerry Carrington, AIHW. Dr Sharon Goldfeld, Paediatrician Research Fellow, Centre for Community Child and Health, and Chair of the Chapter of Community Child Health. Chaired by Diane Gibson, AIHW.
	Mental disorders: what about the stats? Ken Tallis, AIHW. Professor Beverley Raphael, Centre for Mental Health, NSW Health Dept. Chaired by Glenice Taylor, AIHW.
4.45pm	Conference closes