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Inaugural International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress 2010 |
Congress Themes
Healthy Communities Healthy Parks Healthy Participation Healthy People Cross Cutting Themes Indigenous people Climate change All age groups Social diversity CALD (Culturally & Linguistically Diverse) Contexts Volunteering Research & Application |
With the increasing recognition of the value of nature to human health and wellbeing worldwide, Parks Victoria will host the first International Healthy Parks Healthy People Congress in 2010. This will be a unique opportunity to bring together 1000 delegates from relevant sectors (i.e. planning, community development, physical and mental health, tourism, climate change, education, recreation, ecology and park management) to explore how we can take better advantage of the way nature significantly contributes to our wellbeing and broader societal benefits.
The Congress will be staged at the new Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (Australia), 11-16 April 2010. For further details go to: www.healthyparkshealthypeoplecongress.org The aim of the Congress is to raise awareness of recent Healthy Parks Healthy People research, highlight case studies and facilitate discussion for, future collaboration on this issue across sectors at both local and global levels. This multidisciplinary event will be memorable in all aspects with inspirational speakers, innovative techniques to involve delegates, creative workshops and discussion sessions and enjoyable networking opportunities. With the focus on ‘nature,’ some sessions will be held in Melbourne’s beautiful outdoors.
Key Speakers and Thinkers
Steve Coleman - Executive Director of Parks and People (Washington DC, USA) and Trustee of City Parks Alliance (USA). William Bird – Senior Health Advisor to Natural England, UK. Kathleen Frith – Assistant Director Centre for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School. Aaron Bernstein – Co-Author of ‘Sustaining Life: how human health depends on biodiversity.’ Tim Flannery - Author of ‘The Weather Makers: How man is Changing the Climate’ and ‘What it means for life on Earth’. Australian of the year in 2007. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka - Founder and CEO of Conservation Through Public Health in Uganda. Qualified Vet and recipient of the African Wildlife Foundation Charlotte Fellowship Conservation Award in 2000. Janet Holmes à Court AC – Australian Business Woman, Australian Living Treasure and chairperson of the Australian Children's Television Foundation. Gil Penalosa - Executive Director of Walk and Bike for Life, Canada, Senior Associate with US Project for Public Spaces, former Commissioner Parks, Sport & Recreation, Bogota, Columbia. Howard Frumkin - Director of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rob Moodie - Chair of Global Health at the Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne. Les Carlisle - Group Conservation Manager, Conservation Corporation Africa, South Africa. * The Congress will be conducted in English |