SCHOLARSHIPS & EARLY BIRD REGO-National Social Inclusion & Complex Needs Conference

Just a quick reminder that SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY COB TOMORROW
for the Public Health Association of Australia's (PHAA) National Social
Inclusion and Complex Needs Conference.

PHAA is offering a number of scholarships to support attendance at this
conference. The scholarships will cover registration cost to enable
delegates representing disadvantaged communities, vulnerable population
groups and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities/organisations
to attend the conference.

Further info - along with the application form - is available on the PHAA
website at:
http://www.phaa.net.au/Complex_Needs_Conference_scholarships.php

Early bird (discounted) registrations are also available until 8 March 2013.
Standard fees apply from 9 March 2013. Further details at:
http://www.phaa.net.au/Complex_Needs_Conference.php

The Provisional Program for the conference is also now available on the
website at: http://www.phaa.net.au/documents/Complex_Needs_Program.pdf

Plenary speakers at the conference include:
The Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Social Inclusion, Mental Health,
Housing & Homelessness
Lin Hatfield Dodds, Chair, Australian Social Inclusion Board
Robert Tickner, CEO, Australian Red Cross
Dr Christine Boyce, RACGP National Faculty of Special Interests Board,
Refugee Health Network
Dr Tom Calma AO, ACT Australian of the Year 2013
Robyn Kruk AM, CEO, National Mental Health Commission

The National Social Inclusion and Complex Needs Conference will be held in
Canberra on 15-16 April 2013.

This event will be the first Australian conference to showcase successful
programs/approaches in addressing complex needs and social determinants of
health - with the broader purpose of identifying what works and how.

It has long been acknowledged that people with complex needs often fall
through the cracks in service delivery - between national and jurisdictional
service delivery, between government and non-government services, and
between services delivered by different portfolio agencies. This conference
seeks to identify and showcase successful collaborative efforts in service
delivery, with a view to informing whole-of-government approaches to policy
and program development.

The conference will be an excellent opportunity to hear the most recent
research and practitioner wisdom with a view to breaking down structural and
systemic barriers to achieving better health and social outcomes for people
with complex needs. With noted national experts from both government and
non-government sectors showcasing their work, the conference aims to shed
new light and consider current evidence about issues relevant to, and the
challenges in seeking to, achieve better outcomes for people with complex
needs in the Australian community.
Further information is available on the PHAA website at:
http://www.phaa.net.au/Complex_Needs_Conference.php

We look forward to seeing you there!