Conference Information - Wednesday 25th to Friday 27th of March 2009

You are invited to attend the Healthy Cities Conference on the Gold Coast, which will be a platform for Government and Industry sector professionals to consider health, sustainability, natural resource management, climate change and the implications for public policy.

Participants will also examine issues that effect Federal, State and Local Government agencies.  The future will present some exciting challenges , what do we need to meet these challenges and how will it effect the way we live and work?
 

Making Cities Liveable

The Conference will feature keynote presentations along with four concurrent streams,  each designed to address the below themes:

• Managing population and economic growth - what is sustainable?

• Climate Change Adaptation

• Managing Communicable Disease Outbreaks - Health Security

• Population Health Management - immunisation, bio security, food safety and epidemic control

• Waste Reuse Technologies, what the future looks like

• Managing Natural Resources

• City Design - designing changes to urban life to encourage Physical Activity, Healthy Cities

• Disaster Management - public welfare -  recovery and rebuild

• Managing Legislation and Policy

Who Should Attend

Keynote Speakers Include:

Prof Ian Lowe

Australian Conservation Foundation

Mr Philip Follent

Queensland Government Architect

Dr John Coulter

President - Sustainable Population Australia (SPA)

Dr Peter Davey

Deputy Director - Centre for Environment and Population Health Griffith University

Professor Evelyne de Leeuw

Chair of Health and Social Development, and Associate Dean (Development and
Partnerships) for the Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences at Deakin University

A/Professor Elizabeth Eckermann

Chair in History, Heritage & Society, Deakin University and consultant to the WHO.

Ms Lillias Bovell
National President - Waste Management Association of Australia.

Mr Jason Johnston

Freehills Partner