Upcoming Events

The IFA and Zivot 90 welcomes the submission of abstracts for symposium, workshops, oral presentations, poster presentations, photograph presentations and video presentations for our Global Conference entitled ’Ageing Connects’.

Abstracts must be submitted in accordance to the themes and subthemes:
Older Persons and Development

• Work and the ageing labour force
• Access to knowledge, education and training
• Income security, social protection/social security and poverty prevention

Advancing Health and Well-being into Old Age:

• Health promotion and well-being throughout life
• Universal and equal access to health-care services
• Mental health needs of older persons

Ensuring Enabling and Supportive Environments:

• Housing and the living environment
• Care and support for caregivers
• Neglect, abuse and violence

Connected Technologies:

• Connecting services and providers - e-health, telehealth, telepresence and flips
• Engaging generations - tweets, blogs, social networks and the digital divide
• Enabling older people - assistive technology, devices and products

For more information, visit the website.

Call for papers NOW OPEN 

The 5th Healthy Cities: Working Together to Achieve Liveable Cities Conference will be a platform for Government and Industry sector professionals to discuss causes, effects and solutions that relate to population health, sustainability, natural resource management, transport, climate change, urban design and more.  

Conference host Geelong, is Victoria's second largest City and offers a diverse range of food, wine, cultural and recreation attractions and colonial history. A waterfront city, it is also the major gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula and Great Ocean Road. Beautifully preserved historic buildings capture the region’s colourful past at towns like Queenscliff, Port Fairy and Portland.  

There are a number of National Trust properties open to the public which offer a fascinating insight into the early colonial days.  Geelong takes full advantage of its unique north-facing bay with fabulous waterfront eateries, landscaped beach-gardens and walking paths set against the backdrop of Corio Bay. 

"This is a fantastic opportunity for professionals in the public and private sector," said Mayor Cr John Mitchell. 

"Everyone from social planners and urban designers to waste management professionals and environmental groups will benefit from attending this conference," he said. 

"The conference will feature a variety of presentations and workshops that will trigger plenty of new ideas and solutions for the future development of our region." 

"I look forward to listening to some of the speakers and seeing the innovations and strategies that come out of this national conference,” said Mayor Cr Mitchell.

Confirmed presenters include; 

Dr Agis D. Tsouros, Head, Policy and Cross-cutting Programmes and Regional Director’s Special Projects, World Health Organization, Denmark
Professor Rob Adams, Director of Design and Culture at the City of Melbourne
Peter Kenyon, Director of The Bank of Ideas WA
Cr Debbie Blumel, Sunshine Coast Regional Council Qld, Chair of Regional Development Australia Sunshine Coast and represents Queensland local governments on the National Sea Change Taskforce Executive.
David Engwicht, Director, Creative Communities International Qld
Philip D. Allsopp, RIBA, FRSA Co-founder of Transpolis Global, Arizona USA
Prof Evelyne De Leeuw - Chair in Community Health Systems and Policy Faculty of Health, Deakin University  VIC
Matt Coetzee, Business Manager, Government at Aurecon Aust 

Details on how to speak at the conference are available on the website, a book of proceedings is published after each event and peer reviewing of papers is available. 

Kind regards 

Tracey Toovey 

5th Healthy Cities: Making Cities Liveable Conference 2012
The Mercure Hotel and Conference Centre, Geelong, Victoria - 6th to the 8th of June - 2012
Secretariat Tele: (61 7) 5502 2068 Fax: 07 5527 3298
URL: http://www.healthycities.com.au
Blog and Twitter details available on the website. 

Risky Business: Facing up to dementia will consider the future we are shaping for people with dementia. The International Dementia Partnership of The Dementia Centre, HammondCare and the Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling will host this conference at Darling Harbour, Sydney Australia on 28-29 June 2012.

The conference will address Risk from everyone’s point of view; from the risks people with dementia choose to take in their lives, to the challenges of building and delivering services that provide choice and therapeutic benefits, to the legislative and policy context that both seek to protect and deny certain freedoms.

The conference will bring together delegates from across the globe, all with a passion to improve the lives of people with dementia. The conference is for everyone involved in supporting people with dementia and their carers.

This preeminent conference presents a fantastic opportunity for you to examine the benefits and challenges related to BIM implementation, how BIM effects project delivery, costs and the return-on-investment. Additionally, the Summit will focus on domestic and international BIM case studies, the legal implications associated with BIM, as well as workforce and training solutions.

For more information click here