World Health and Development Conference
Avenue Campus on Saturday 6th March.
Doors open at 9:30am for a 10:00am start from a Keynote Speaker - Rob Yates - policy advisor to DFID - the government development fund.
There will be exciting seminars from experts across many fields including health, politics, conflict and development.
Lunch will be provided and is included in the price of the ticket.
The event will finish with an exciting debate on:
"What Is The Greatest Challenge In The Way To A Healthier World?" with the panelists being Benny Dembitzer, Firoze Manji and Aubrey Meyer.
Tickets are bargain price of £5
Available to buy online at:
http://groupspaces.com/southamptonhub/item/52744
or from a student representative:
Abi Lieberman (Year 4 BM5 Medic): arrl105@soton.ac.uk
Nathan Hayes (Year 3 Politics and Economics): nh1w07@soton.ac.uk
Chris Arrowsmith (Year 3 BM4 Medic): cja1v07@soton.ac.uk
Amelia Cutts (Year 3 BM5 Medic): ac28v07@soton.ac.uk
Speakers will include:
Benny Dembitzer- Author of The Attack on World Poverty; European Director of Ethical Events; Former International Development Consultant; Former Director of The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and member of the IPPNW team who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984/5.
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/cuid/cuid/?q=node/81
http://www.candeadvisory.com/people/Benny
Aubrey Meyer- Director and Founder of the Global Commons Institute, consultant to the IPCC and author of the "Contraction and Convergence Framework", which countries are using to tackle Climate Change Nominated for a Nobel Prize in 2008.
http://www.gci.org.uk/AubreyMeyer/CV_Aubrey_Meyer_1.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Meyer
Ollie Ross- Director of Sohmed, and Consultant Anaesthesist at Southampton General Hospital.
http://www.suht.soton.ac.uk/sohmed/
Frank Boulton- Medact board member and representative on "the Bioweapons Prevention Project"
http://www.medact.org/index.php
Firoze Manji- Founder and Executive Director of Fahamu and Editor of Pambazuka News. He has formerly worked as Programme Director for the International Secretariat of Amnesty International, CEO for Aga Khan Foundation UK, and regional representative for health for IDRC's office for Eastern and Southern Africa.
http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/speaker_detail/659/
Nick Maskery - a local A&E consultant who recently travelled to Haiti and will be talking about his experiences there in disaster relief after the devastating earthquake.
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