AMA National Conference 25 May – 27 May 2012
AMA NATIONAL CONFERENCE 25 MAY – 27 MAY 2012
GRAND HYATT HOTEL, MELBOURNE
The AMA National Conference 2012 – celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Federal AMA – will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne, from 25-27 May.
Conference highlights include:
Friday 25 May
10.00am Welcome to Country
Official Opening and Address
Professor David Haslam
President, British Medical Association
10.30am Policy Session: Leading for Difference
Women in Medicine: Dr Christine Bennett, Dean of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Sydney; Former Chair, National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission
Leading Medical Workforce Development: The Hon Jim McGinty, Chair, Health Workforce Australia
11.30am National Health Policy Overview
Address by the Minister for Health, The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP
Address by Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon Peter Dutton MP
2.00pm Policy Session: Global Health on our Doorstep
Dr Nick Coatsworth, President, Médecins Sans Frontières, Australia
Associate Professor Christine Phillips, Social Foundations of Medicine, ANU
Benedict David, Principal Sector Specialist, Health, AusAid
4.00pm President’s Statement
AMA Roll of Fellows – New Fellows Inducted
7.30pm Leadership Development Dinner
Keynote Speaker: Simon McKeon, 2011 Australian of the Year
Saturday 26 May
9.00am Policy Session: Health and the Environment
Professor Tim Flannery, Chief Climate Commissioner
Professor Rob Adams, Director City Design, City of Melbourne
11.00am Awards ceremony
AMA/ACOSH National Tobacco Control Scoreboard Award – for best efforts by governments in tobacco control
AMA/ACOSH Dirty Ashtray Award – for worst efforts by governments in tobacco control
Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) Award – best original research published in the MJA
2.00pm Policy Session: Indigenous Health
The AMA and Indigenous Health: Progress to date and the challenges that remain – AMA President Dr Steve Hambleton
Presentation of the AMA Indigenous People’s Medical Scholarship
2.30pm Policy Session: Mental Health: Where to from here?
Dr Brian Morton, Chair, AMA Council of General Practice
Dr Bill Pring, Private Mental Health Alliance
Sunday 27 May
9.00am Keynote Address
Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham PC KBE, Former Health Minister in the United Kingdom, and Chair of Surgery at St Mary’s Hospital in London
9.45am Policy sessions
e-Health
Dr Chris Mitchell, Change and Adoption Lead, NEHTA
Second speaker (TBC)
MBBS vs MD
Professor Geoff McColl, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services, University of Melbourne
Dr Rob Marshall, Immediate Past President, AMSA
Media wishing to attend the Conference are invited to register by contacting Kirsty Waterford on 02 6270 5464 or 0427 209 753.
3 May 2012
CONTACT: John Flannery 02 6270 5477 / 0419 494 761
Kirsty Waterford 02 6270 5464 / 0427 209 753