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A/Prof Diug with The Hon Julia Gillard and Michael Moore AM |
The conference had an excellent line-up of speakers including keynote speaker former Prime Minister The Honourable Julia Gillard who spoke about her role at Beyond Blue and the importance of prevention in mental health particularly with its links to education. Other speakers included former politician Michael Moore AM, ABC National Medical Reporter Sophie Scott, cardiologist Prof Andrew Wilson, health policy expert Prof Mike Daube, Jane Martin from Cancer Council Victoria, Dr Lisa Studdert, Deputy Secretary (Acting) Department of Health, former AMA president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal AC and Ms Jerril Rechter, CEO of Vic Health.
Assoc. Prof Basia Diug was part of the welcoming committee for The Hon Julia Gillard and chaired a dynamic discussion on systems thinking to a full house. The conference also trended on twitter with the hashtag #prevention2018
The full program can be found here.
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Adina Lang with fellow delegate |
Next year’s conference will be in Melbourne and Dragan and Basia look forward to continuing to work with PHAA.