Alliance for Healthy Cities: 2nd Meeting of the Australian Chapter

 

19th – 21st October 2009

 

McLaren’s on the Lake, McLaren Vale, South Australia

 

‘Communities in Partnership for a sustainable and healthy future’

 

The meeting and conference attracted approximately 40 delegates and speakers and was judged very successful by those attending. Presentations from the conference are available by clicking on the links in the program below. Further outcomes from the conference, photos and the formal evaluation will be uploaded as they become available.

  

Thanks to all our speakers, delegates and the organising committee!   Please read the message from the Regional Director for the Western Pacific WHO. (view here)

 

Program

 

Mon 19th Oct Mayor’s Reception: McLaren Vale Visitors Centre

 

6.00

Registration

6.00

Music by ‘Rowan’

6.30

Welcome to delegates: Gwyn Jolley and Juli Ferguson, Healthy Cities Onkaparinga

7.00

Welcome to City of Onkaparinga: Mayor Lorraine Rosenberg

7.15

Music and refreshments

8.00

Close

 

  

Tues 20th Oct Conference Day 1: McLarens on the Lake

  

9.00

Registration

 

9.15

Welcome to country

Aunty Leonie Brodie 

9.35

Conference opening

Hon Gay Thompson, MP for  Reynell

9.45

Welcome to delegates

 

Gwyn Jolley and Juli Ferguson,  Healthy Cities Onkaparinga

10.00

‘Communities Addressing Disadvantage: The Corio Norlane Experience’

Chair: Gwyn Jolley

Dr. Mark Kennedy, Mr Jim Higgins, Ms Christine Ferguson, Ms Liz Winning, Corio-Norlane Community Advisory Board

 

10.45

Break

 

11.15

‘City of Onkaparinga Community Plan’ Chair: Christina Wilson

Mr Jeff Tate, City of Onkaparinga

 

11.45

‘Healthy Cities and the Social Determinants of Health Equity’

Chair: Christina Wilson

Prof. Fran Baum, Flinders University

12.30

Lunch

 

1.30

Site visits depart

 

5.00

Site visits return

 

6.30

Conference dinner

Music by ‘Rum & Raspberry’

 

 

  

Wed 21st Oct Conference Day 2: McLarens on the Lake

  

9.00

Registration

 

9.15

‘Community participation – what does it really mean?’

Panel discussion

Chair: Juli Ferguson

Assoc. Prof. Frank Tesoriero, Flinders University

Ms. Felicity Lewis, Mayor of Marion;

Ms Clare Shuttleworth, Southern Adelaide Health Service

10.45

Break

 

11.15

‘Community participation in Healthy Cities – how can we do it better?’

 

Small group workshop

12.45

Lunch

 

1.30

‘Youth Showcase’

Tatachilla Lutheran College students

2.15

‘Water and Health’ student art awards

Presented by Christina Wilson and SA Water

2.30

Break

 

3.00

Report from business meeting and work plan for 2009-10

Gwyn Jolley

 

4.00

Evaluation and Close

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