AMSA Global Health Conference 2008

Date : 4 - 6 July 2008

Venue : Economics & Commerce Building, The University of Melbourne

This conference brings together medical students and junior doctors from around Australia and New Zealand to address global issues broadly impacting upon health determinants and outcomes in developing communities (both within Australia and abroad). For the very first time in 2008 we are also seeking to sponsor student representatives to attend from throughout the Asia-Pacific region. This is thus a student conference with a large international focus,

Current speakers include:

o Julian Burnside QC

o Prof Joe Camalleri

o Sir Gustav Nossal

o Tim Costello

Organisations that are currently involved include:

o universities in Melbourne

o Nossal Institute for Global Health Research

o Burnet Institute

o Red Cross

o World Vision

o Caritas Internationalis

o NTGPE

Lee Lin Chin is featured on the promotional DVD, which has received widespread acclaim and is available to download (4 minutes long) at:
http://www.expioproductions.com/GHCPromo-Download-WINv2.wmv

You may download the conference brochure, AMSA GHC 2008 Academic Prospectus.pdf,

or visit GHC2008 Website: www.amsa.org.au/ghc2008,

or contact our partnerships coordinator Caitlin Keighley, Jasmine Zhu (partnerships.ghc2008@amsa.org.au).