Australia's health 2008 conference program
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Monday 23 June 2008, Welcome Dinner, National Convention Centre, 27-31 Constitution Avenue, Canberra
Tuesday 24 June 2008, Conference, National Convention Centre, 27-31 Constitution Avenue, Canberra
Program
MONDAY 23 JUNE • WELCOME DINNER
| 7.00-10.00 PM | Welcome dinner: speaker Dr Maryanne Demasi - presenter ABC Catalyst |
TUESDAY 24 JUNE • CONFERENCE
| 8.15-8.50 AM | Registration | |
| 9.00-9.05 AM | Welcome to country: Mathild House, Ngambri-Ngunnawal Elder | |
| 9.05-9.15 AM | Welcome and day's proceedings by Dr Penny Allbon, AIHW Director | |
| 9.15-10.00 AM | Keynote address: Dr Neal Blewett, former Minister for Health | |
| 10.00-10.20 AM | Responses to Keynote address | |
| 10.20-10.40 AM | Morning Tea | |
| 10.40-11.00 AM | Launch of Australia's health 2008 publication: the Hon. Nicola Roxon - Minister for Health and Ageing |
| STREAM ONE | STREAM TWO | STREAM THREE | ||
| Biggest Burdens | Whose health - focus on inequalities | Prevention, treatment and performance |
| 11.00-11.45 AM | First Parallel Sessions | |||||
| Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia | Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples | Information needs of the future | ||||
Mr John Harding, AIHW Professor David Currow, CEO, Cancer Australia |
Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman, AIHW Assoc Professor Ted Wilkes, Curtin University |
Ms Susan Killion, AIHW Professor Nick Glasgow, Dean, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences (did not present) |
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| Chair: Ms Christine Sturrock, AIHW | Chair: Ms Helen Johnstone, AIHW | Chair: Dr Kuldeep Bhatia, AIHW | ||||
| Location: Fitzroy Room | Location: Ballroom | Location: Murray Room | ||||
| 11.45-12.30 PM | Second Parallel Sessions | |||||
| Oral health priority areas | Rural health | Australia's national cancer screening programs | ||||
Professor John Spencer, AIHW Professor Eli Schwarz, Dean Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Sydney |
Ms Sally Bullock, AIHW Mr Gordon Gregory, Executive Officer, National Rural Health Alliance |
Ms Christine Sturrock, AIHW Ms Melissa Goodwin, AIHW Dr Helen Zorbas, Director, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) |
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| Chair: Ms Judith Abercromby, AIHW | Chair: Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman, AIHW | Chair: Dr Mark Short, AIHW | ||||
| Location: Fitzroy Room | Location: Ballroom | Location: Murray Room | ||||
| 12.30-1.30 PM | Lunch | |||||
| 1.30-2.15 PM | Debate - facilitated by Dr Norman Swan(Located in Ballroom)Reform or refuge?The so-called reform of the health system is a distraction from the real aim of improving the health of Australians |
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| 2.15-3.00 PM | Third Parallel Sessions | |||||
| Mental health | Socioeconomic status | Risk and prevention | ||||
Mr Gary Hanson, AIHW Mr David Crosbie, CEO, Mental Health Council of Australia |
Ms Sarah Tennant, AIHW Mr Richard Eckersley, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU |
Mr Mark Cooper-Stanbury, AIHW Professor Mike Daube, Health Policy in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University |
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| Chair: Ms Robyn McKay, FaHCSIA | Chair: Mr David Kalisch, AIHW Board | Chair: Dr Paul Magnus, AIHW | ||||
| Location: Fitzroy Room | Location: Ballroom | Location: Murray Room | ||||
| 3.00-3.20 PM | Afternoon Tea | |||||
| 3.20-4.05 PM | Fourth Parallel Sessions | |||||
| Co-morbidities between CVD, chronic kidney disease, diabetes and obesity | Waiting for care | Expenditure and projections | ||||
Ms Lynelle Moon, AIHW Dr Tim Mathew, National Medical Director, Kidney Health Australia |
Ms Jenny Hargreaves, AIHW Dr Stephen Duckett, Executive Director, Reform and Development Division, Queensland Health |
Mr John Goss, AIHW Professor Stephen Leeder, Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of Sydney |
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| Chair: Ms Susan Killion, AIHW | Chair: Mr George Bodilsen, AIHW | Chair: Mr David Kalisch, AIHW Board | ||||
| Location: Fitzroy Room | Location: Ballroom | Location: Murray Room | ||||
| 4.05-5.05 PM | Panel session - facilitated by Dr Norman Swan (located in Ballroom)It's my health: the challenge of the future |
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PanellistsKiarna Adams Nadia Docrat Shane Lenson Claire Seiffert |
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| 5.05-5.10 PM | Closing address - Dr Penny Allbon, AIHW Director | |||||