Conferences 2012

Go to Events to find out about Lowitja Institute conferences. Go to Conferences 2011 for previous conferences.  

Congress Peoples Forum
24-25 January 2012, Canberra
http://nationalcongress.com.au/congress-peoples-forum-3/

The Early Years Conference 2012 The Development of Children’s Mental Health: How Do We Become Who We Are?
2–4 February 2012, Vancouver, Canada
Abstracts close 31 May 2011
http://interprofessional.ubc.ca/Early_Years.htm

‘Connecting the Dots’ A Conference Shaping the Future of Infrastructure in Remote Indigenous Communities
6–7 February 2012, Alice Springs
www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/conference_series/connecting_the_dots.aspx

2nd Annual Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leadership Conference
15-16 February 2012, Sydney
http://crc-rep.com/events/2nd-annual-aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-leadership-conference

3rd Australasian Ethics Network Conference, ‘Exploring ethics matters in human research’
16–17 February 2012, Brisbane
http://aenconference.com/

International Health Care Reform Conference:‘International innovation, policy setting and research’
6–7 March 2012, Brisbane
Abstracts close 28 October 2011
http://ihcrc.yrd.com.au/

Universities Australia Higher Education Conference 2012
7–9 March 2012, Canberra
www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/conference

Indigenous Forces @ Work Conference 2012
21–23 March 2012, Alice Springs
www.hotelnetwork.com.au/conferences/conferences/ifaw2012/indigenousforcesatwork/

QUMAX & S100 Joint Forum 2012
26–27 March 2012, Melbourne
http://www.qumax2012.com.au/

2012 Health Professionals Teaching and Learning Conference: ‘True Colours – Performance and Professionalism in Health Education’
30-31 March 2012, Alice Springs
Abstracts close: 12 December 2011
http://ntgpe.org/index.php/teaching-and-learning-conference

The 8th International Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare Conference
15–18 April 2012, Dublin, Ireland
https://www.openconf.org/obhc2012/openconf.php

Geneva Health Forum 2012 ‘Towards Global Access to Health – A critical shift to chronic conditions: Learning from the frontliners’
18-20 April 2012, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstracts close: 30 October 2011
www.ghf12.org/ 

2012 International Data Linkage Conference (IDLC)
2–4 May 2012, Perth
www.datalinkage2012.com.au

The Lowitja Institute 2012 National Conference on Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care: 'CQI for everyday and everybody'
14-15 May 2012, Alice Springs
Poster Abstracts close: 10 February
Registrations close: 2 March
www.lowitja.org.au/cqi-conference-2012

Collaborate, Innovate: CRC Association Conference
15-17 May 2012, Adelaide
www.crca.asn.au/conference/index.html

The Aboriginal health conference 2012 – everyone’s responsibility
24-25 May 2012, Melbourne
Abstracts close: 12 December 2011
www.health.vic.gov.au/aboriginalhealth/conference.htm

2nd National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Conference: Beyond 2012: Leading the Way to Action
6-8 June 2012, Freemantle, WA
Abstracts closing date: 14 October 2011
Grant applications close 9 March
http://nidacconference.com.au/

International Gathering on Cultural Safety: Social and Health Equity for Indigenous Peoples
11–14 June 2012, Vancouver, Canada
CANCELLED - see Announcement

International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012
27–30 June 2012, Auckland, New Zealand
www.indigenousdevelopment2012.ac.nz

The Third People’s Health Assembly PHA3
6–11 July 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
http://www.phmovement.org/en/pha3

PHC Research Conference: Inform, influence, implement: Research improving policy and practice
18-20 July 2012, Canberra
Abstracts close: 2 March
Delegate funding opportunity closes: 4 May
Early bird registration closes 25 May
www.phcris.org.au/conference/2012

13th National Immunisation Conference
19–21 June 2012, Darwin
Abstracts close on 7 February
www.phaa.net.au/13thImmunisationConference.php

11th Annual International Conference on Health Economics, Management & Policy
25–28 June 2012, Athens, Greece
Abstracts closing date: 5 December 2011
www.atiner.gr/health.htm

International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012
27-30 June 2012, Auckland, New Zealand
Abstracts close: 1 December 2011
www.indigenousdevelopment2012.ac.nz/

The 13th International Mental Health Conference
6–8 August 2012, Gold Coast, Queensland
Abstracts due: 13 April
www.anzmh.asn.au/conference

Australasian Evaluation Society 2012 International Conference: Evaluation in a Changing World
27-31 August 2012, Adelaide
www.aes.asn.au/conferences/

16th International Congress of Dietetics: LEAP: Leadership, Evidence and Advancing Practice
5-8 September 2012, Sydney
Abstracts due 30 June 2011
www.icd2012.com

Population Health Congress: Population Health in a Changing World
10-12 September 2012, Adelaide
Scholarships available
www.conferenceco.com.au/pophealth/

14th Annual National ARMS Conference, 'Ride the Wave of Collaboration: Industry, Institutions, Individuals'
19-21 September 2012, Gold Coast, Queensland
www.arms2012.org.au

Chronic Diseases Network Conference 2012 ‘Promoting Healthy Childhood – Preventing Chronic Conditions'
20–21 September 2012, Darwin
Abstracts close: 4 May
www.cdnconference.com.au

International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development Conference
24–28 September 2012, Brisbane
more information soon

The Seventh World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders (Incorporating Our Mob, Our Minds, Our Spirit Conference)
17–19 October 2012, Perth
Call for papers closes 31 March
www.perth2012.org

21st Congress of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health 2012 (IADH 2012)
17–20 October 2012, Sydney
www.iadh2012.com/index.html

4th Conference on Recent Advances in the Prevention and Management of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
24-26 October 2012, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Abstracts due 23 March
http://www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/Obesity/

Congress Lowitja 2012
14-15 November 2012, Melbourne
www.lowitja.org.au

1st National Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference ‘Australia's Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Call to Action’
20–21 November 2012, Melbourne
http://www.phaa.net.au/NSRHConference.php

NOTE:
These conferences are of relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. We will endeavour to keep this list up to date.  If you want your not-for-profit conferences to be listed here, please contact us at admin@lowitja.org.au. Conferences are also listed in the Lowitja Institute e-bulletin.

Created 31 Mar 2011, updated 17 Feb 2012