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The 40th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Paediatric Neurosurgery - September 2012 - Sydney

The ISPN in Sydney is fast approaching and the nursing symposium will run on Monday 10th September 2012.

Please register early and submit abstracts by May 15th at www.ispn2012sydney.org/Abstracts Accommodation rates are incredibly good now but may not be so discounted closer to the meeting date.

The neurosurgeons say they have a few surprises in store and the scientific content will be, “ ..provocative, novel and stimulating, rivalled only by the fabulous social events”- so let’s ensure the nursing symposium is too!

To register please go online to our website at www.ispn2012sydney.org If you have any special accommodation requirements please contact our organisers at info@ispn2012sydney.org or view the Alternate Accommodation page on the ISPN Sydney website at www.ispn2012sydney.org/Alternateaccommodation

See you in Sydney!!

Lindy May
Nurse Consultant, Neurosurgery, London, UK

" I attended the International Society of Paediatric Surgeons conference last year in India, and it was an excellent event. There are very few opportunities for nurses downunder to talk about this fascinating super specialty and get some really up to date continuing education. It would be really wonderful if a large number of NZ nurses could attend this year as the conference is so close. It would be great to have some NZ nurses presenting papers".

Rebecca Conway - NCYPA Committee Member.

ISPN 2012 Sydney, Brochure (PDF, 1MB)

The Public Health Association (PHA) Annual Conference

The Public Health Association (PHA) is holding its annual conference in Wellington (Pipitea Campus, Victoria University) from 3-5 September 2012. The conference committee is now calling for abstracts.

The theme of the conference is “Equity from the start – valuing our children”. The conference will focus on children and the social determinants of their wellbeing, as well as our responsibility to provide equal opportunities for every child, regardless of their parents’ income, education or ethnicity.

Given the theme of the conference, the planning committee is eager to engage the broader network of people involved in children’s wellbeing, including public health professionals.

The conference streams are:

Looking back to look forward – for work or initiatives that identify what has already been achieved to improve child health and improve equity, and what challenges lie ahead
Values to achieve equity – for projects that investigate the approaches needed to achieve equity and which highlight the values behind these approaches
Children’s voices – for projects or activities that bring children’s voices into decision-making processes and seek active participation from children
What can we agree on? – for activities or approaches that help us to develop a consensus and move forward
Taking action – for success stories, evaluation of approaches, identifying actions where there is evidence of effectiveness.

If you have knowledge, experience or learning to share on these or another related public health topic, we warmly invite you to submit an abstract.

Presentations may include, but need not be limited to:

Short presentations – presentations of five minutes or less. Some guidelines are available at www.pha.org.nz/five-minute-presentation-tips.html
Standard presentations – ten to fifteen minute presentations with five minutes for questions at the end
Workshops – longer interactive sessions (up to one hour). In your abstract please explain how you will ensure active participation by those attending and the length of time you expect to need.

Please note we are not inviting poster presentations this year.

More than one abstract may be submitted. All abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee, which may want to contact authors for clarification before deciding whether to accept abstracts.

Submit abstracts at www.abstracts.pha.org.nz.

The period for submitting them closes at midnight Monday 16 April 2012.

Early bird registrations for the conference will open on 6 May 2012.