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Australasia 2012 Programme

Day 1 Programme

08.00 Registration and coffee

08.45 Introduction from Prof Alan Dilani, founder of IADH


08.50 Opening remarks from the chair,
Prof Ian Forbes, Forbes Associates International, Australia



Session 1: Australian Health Reform: Challenges and Opportunities

09.00 Health Capital Investment in New South Wales
Jillian Skinner, Health Minister, New South Wales

09.30 The Challenges of Global Health
Lord Nigel Crisp, House of Lords, UK

10.00 Opportunities for the Private Sector in Health Infrastructure Delivery
Robert Rust, Health Infrastructure NSW, Australia

10.30 Questions and Answers

10.45 Coffee and exhibition

Session 2: Leadership in Salutogenic Design for Health

11.30 Healthy Design: Setting the Course
Dr Ray Pentecost, president, International Academy for Design & Health, USA

12.00 Innovation in Hospital Design: The University Hospital St Olav, Norway
Inge Fottland, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

12.30 Panel Discussion

12.45 Questions and Answers

13.00 Lunch and exhibition


Opening remarks from the Chair,
Dr Liz Pazlawsky, Australia


Session 3: Health and Wellbeing in Emerging Economies

14.00 The Introduction of National Health Insurance in South Africa
Dr Massoud Shaker, senior advisor to Health Minister, South Africa

14.30 Designing Health Assets to Improve Population Health
Dr Oliver Harrison, director of public health, Abu Dhabi

15.00 Africa Design Competition Award Winner: Protea Health - Health Promoting Lifestyle Centre
Tye Farrow, Canada, and Innocent Okpanum, South Africa

15.20 Panel Discussion

15.40 Coffee break

Session 4: Global Innovations in Procurement

16.00 Lessons Learned from PPP in UK Hospital Design
Chris Liddle, HLM Architects, UK

16.30 Value for Money and Sustainability in PPP
Katie Wood, Arup, Australia

17.00 Case Study

17.30 Panel Discussion

18.00 Day Summary and Event Close

19.30 Gala Dinner and Guest Speaker


Day Two Programme

Session 5:  Designing Healthy and Sustainable Communities


Chair, Kate Copeland, President, Australasian College of Health Service Management, Australia




09.00  View from the City: Improving Health Outcomes for People and the Planet
Prof Antony Capon, National Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Australia

09.30  Architecture and Urban Planning: Designing Healthy Communities
Prof Richard Jackson, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

10.00  The Neural Basis for the salutogenic method of healthcare design 
Jan Alexandre Golembiewski, The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney, Australia

10.30   Panel Discussion 

11.00   Coffee and exhibition

Session 6: Innovation in Public Health and Health Promotion

11.30  The Perception of Health within the Modern Global Society
Prof Alan Dilani, International Academy for Design & Health, Sweden

12.00  Improving Health Promotion Policy & Practice through Research
Louise Sylvan, Australian National Preventive Health Agency, Australia

12.30  Panel Discussion

13.00 Lunch and Exhibition


Chair: Gunther de Graeve, De Stravis Group, Australia




Session 7 Design and Architecture for Health and Wellbeing


14:00 The Impact of Architecture on Health and Wellbeing
James Grose, principal, BVN, Australia

14.30 The Binh Chanh Pediatric Hospital in Vietnam
Stephane Vermeulen, VK Architects, Belgium

15.00 SAHMRI (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute) - a new horizon in translational
Mark Kelly, Woods Bagot, Australia

15.30 Panel Discussion

15.45 Coffee and Exhibition



Chair, Prof Antony Capon, Australia



Session 8: Panel Discussion - Developing an Action Plan for Improving Health Outcomes by Design

16.15 Embedding Salutogenic Leadership, Clinical Engagement & Design Research in the Australasian Health System

15.00 Event Close and Summary
Dr Ray Pentecost, president, International Academy for Design & Health, USA

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