Human Health Adaptation Research Network

Events

The First UK Climate Change Risk Assessment: findings and lessons learned for the health sector'

Date: Thursday, 12th Apr 12 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm

The Climate Change Act (2008), a legally binding framework to cut carbon emissions, commits the UK Government to carry out an assessment of the risks of climate change in the UK every five years. The first Climate Change Risk Assessment, assessing current and future risks in 11 sectors including public health, will be laid before Parliament in...

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Earth: Fire & Rain 2012

Date: Monday, 16th Apr 12 - 2:09pm - Wednesday, 18th Apr 12 - 2:09pm

EARTH: FIRE & RAIN 2012 Prevention, preparedness, response & recovery will be the focus of the Australian & New Zealand National Disaster and Emergency Management Conference being held in Brisbane from April 16 – April 18 next year. The conference will incorporate keynote addresses, concurrent sessions and workshops...

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The First UK Climate Change Risk Assessment: findings and lessons learned for the health sector'

Date: Thursday, 19th Apr 12 - 11:30am - 12:30pm

The Climate Change Act (2008), a legally binding framework to cut carbon emissions, commits the UK Government to carry out an assessment of the risks of climate change in the UK every five years. The first Climate Change Risk Assessment, assessing current and future risks in 11 sectors including public health, will be laid before Parliament in...

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13th National Immunisation Conference – New Frontiers

Date: Tuesday, 19th Jun 12 - 9:00am - Wednesday, 20th Jun 12 - 5:30pm

The next few years will most likely see more new vaccines. Information on the impact of our current programs is in ever greater demand while new methods, data linkage to access vaccine coverage and impact on disease are also issues to consider. All professionals engaged in immunisation are invited to submit an abstract for this important...

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NCCARF /CSIRO Post-graduate workshop - 25th June 2012

Date: Monday, 25th Jun 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm

Are you a post-graduate student who has submitted an abstract for the NCCARF/CSIRO Climate Adaptation in Action 2012 Conference? Building on the successful 2010 post-graduate workshop, NCCARF and the CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship will again work together to help post-graduate students get the most out of the Climate Adaptation in Action...

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Climate Change Adaptation: Responding to Health Issues

Date: Monday, 25th Jun 12 - 1:30pm - 4:30pm

What are we doing and what can we do about it? Adaptation for health – An expert panel discussion This is a special pre-NCCARF conference forum and precedes the Conference Registration Welcome Reception This is a special pre-NCCARF conference and will take place the day before the 2012 NCCARF conference About the panel...

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NCCARF 2012 Climate Adaptation Conference

Date: Tuesday, 26th Jun 12 - 9:00am - Thursday, 28th Jun 12 - 5:30pm

Australia’s National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) is holding its annual national conference in Melbourne from the 26-28 June, 2012. This year’s conference focuses on the information needed to ensure Australia is adapting well to climate change. Over three days NCCARF will bring together researchers,...

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The 13th International Mental Health Conference

Date: Monday, 6th Aug 12 - 9:00am - Wednesday, 8th Aug 12 - 5:00pm

The 13th International Mental Health Conference will be held from the 6th to the 8th of August 2012 at the Outrigger Inn (formerly Holiday Inn) Gold Coast, Qld. For further details see the conference website: http://www.anzmh.asn.au/conference The theme is "Positive Change; Investing in Mental Health" and the call for papers is...

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Governing City Futures

Date: Thursday, 16th Aug 12 - 9:00am - Friday, 17th Aug 12 - 5:30pm

Population’ has been an abiding preoccupation in the settlement of the Australian continent. It has never been a fixed concept, but one capable of promiscuous connotations and discursive articulations. It has featured in debates about the balance between the City and the Bush; the appropriate ‘racial’ composition of the nation...

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Population Health Congress

Date: Monday, 10th Sep 12 - 9:00am - Wednesday, 12th Sep 12 - 5:00pm

Abstracts are being sought for the  Population Health Congress to be held in Adelaide on the 10-12 September 2012. One of the subthemes of the congress is 'Global health, climate and economics: what is the impact of change?' The theme aims to address the following questions: How are changes in the global economy, climatic...

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