Global Health Council Annual Conference May 27-30; 'Our Future on Common Ground: Health and the Environment' 5/28/2003
From: Lynnette Johnson Williams of the Global Health Council, 202-439-5681 (cell phone at conference) e-mail: ljohnsonwilliams@globalhealth.org web: http://www.globalhealth.org News Advisory: Schedule -- Thursday, May 29 Global Health Council Annual Conference "Our Future on Common Ground: Health and the Environment" WHAT: World health leaders and nearly 2,000 conference participants from more than 60 nations gather for the 30th Global Health Council annual international conference, May 27-30, 2003, at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW, Washington, DC 20008. Participants in the four-day conference (healthcare providers, community organizers, program managers, policy makers, researchers, and advocates from around the world) will address the key issues affecting the physical, social and economic environmental factors that pose health risks throughout the world. For more information on the schedule of events at the conference, visit the Council's website at http://www.globalhealth.org/view(underscore)top.php3?id=213. 8:30 am to 10:00 a.m. Regency Ballroom PLENARY SESSION: "Preservation of the People: Population and Urbanization" It is estimated that by the year 2030, sixty percent of all people on earth will live in cities. As urbanization grows, the needs of cities and the people living in them grow as well; current conditions indicate that much more must be done to meet them. Access to health services, in particular is a growing problem among the urban poor, who often exist on the margins of developing world cities in sprawling, unsafe settlements. How can infrastructures be strengthened for improved health and quality of life; and how can the inherent vitality, diversity and creativity of urban settings be best developed to create sustainable cities for their inhabitants? Presidential Address: -- His Excellency Marc Ravalomanana, President of Madagascar (Honorary Co-chair) Moderator: -- Carolyn Stephens, PhD, Co-Director, Centre for Global Change and Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Speakers: -- Samir Chaudhuri, MD, Director, Children in Need Institute, Kolkata, India -- Mark Montgomery, PhD, Economist, Population Council 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Regency Ballroom Panel Session: "X-Fire: Spotlight on Seeds: Biotechnology and the Developing World," Advances in the field of biotechnology over the past several years have resulted in the development of pesticide-resistant, vitamin-enriched, and other varieties of genetically modified seeds. In this session, presenters explore the many divergent issues that have emerged regarding the application of this technology in the developing world. Moderator: Daniel Charles, National Public Radio Speakers: Anatole Krattiger, PhD, Strategic World Initiative for Technology Transfer, Cornell University; Jean Halloran, Consumer Policy Institute, Consumers Union; C.S. Prakash, PhD, Center for Plant Biotechnology Research, Tuskegee University; and Hope Shand, ETC Group 6:10 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Media Availability with Awardees, Ambassador Ballroom 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Regency Ballroom Global Health Council Annual Awards Banquet -- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Award ($1 million honorarium to recognize an organization that has made a major and lasting contribution to the field of global health) -- The Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights -- The Best Practices in Global Health Award -- Excellence in Media Award -- Global Health Photography Award PANELS: The conference will offer more than 40 panel sessions in the following interest areas: Physical Environment and Health: Industrialization and Development; Infectious Disease; Reproductive and Maternal Health; Health Systems Policy and Research; Physical Environment and Health: Underdevelopment; HIV/AIDS; Social Environment and Health: Economics and Governance; and Child/Adolescent Health. (Visit http://www.globalhealth.org/view(underscore)top.php3?id=213 for individual panel and plenary descriptions as well as times and locations.) --- The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. The Council serves and represents thousands of public health professionals from 103 countries on six continents. | |