Latest News / July 2017

Latest News
July 2017

	As the program for the SPHERE 2017 International Symposium is being finalised, we are delighted to announce that there is: Something for everyone... SPHERE 2017 will discuss and debate the four topics: 1) Innovation in Healthcare 2) Policy: Drivers and Impact 3) Health and the Built Environment 4) Public and Private Healthcare In the 'Policy: Drivers and Impact' section of the Program, we will discuss how policy affects the daily activities of our carers and the deliverers of healthcare. There are great opportunities to develop smarter policies that harness innovation, respond to and take on board the feedback of front line staff and their experiences in the delivery of care - helping patients to recover quickly and return to productive lives.
Professor Paul Lincoln OBE UK Health Forum Dr Helen Bevan English National Health Service The Hon Prof Robert Hill AC Chancellor of the University of Adelaide Mr Martin Bowles PSM Secretary of the Department of Health	We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers in this session will include Professor Paul Lincoln OBE, Chief Executive Officer of the UK Health Forum. Paul has led the UK Health Forum since 2001 and has worked in public health at local, national and international levels in the public and third sector for over 36 years. Professor Lincoln is a member of numerous Government and scientific expert public health advisory groups. He is the chair of one on the NICE's standing Advisory Committees on Public Health. He was a Director at the Health Education Authority and has worked in public health in the NHS and been an educational adviser, teacher and researcher. Paul was awarded an OBE in the 2008 New Year honours list for services to healthcare and is an honorary member of the Royal College of Physicians and the Association of Directors of Public Health and a Professorial Fellow to the Royal Society of Public Health. He is also a visiting professor at Chester University. Also joining this session as a Keynote Speaker (via WebEx) will be Dr Helen Bevan. During her 25 years as a change leader in the English National Health Service, Helen has been at the forefront of multiple nationwide NHS improvement initiatives. She has supported healthcare leaders in many other countries in their change efforts. Helen leads the Horizons team, which is a source of ideas and knowledge to enable the spread of improvements at scale. The team uses a variety of different tools and approaches including social movement thinking, community organising, improvement science, accelerated design, digital connectivity and digital curation. She leads “The School for Change Agents”, a virtual school that builds skills, confidence and connections for change. More than 10,000 people from 44 countries have been through the school. Helen and the Horizons team use social media and digital broadcasting to demonstrate that a small team (14 people) can make a big difference through the power of connectivity. Her Twitter handle is @helenbevan. The Hon Prof Robert Hill AC, Chancellor of the University of Adelaide and a former Australian politician will also present a Keynote address during this session. Former chairman of the Australian Carbon Trust, Robert was previously Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister for the Environment. Subsequently, he was appointed Minister for the Environment and Heritage and Minister for Defence. He then served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Australia. In 2009, following his return to Australia, he was appointed as Adjunct Professor in Sustainability at the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Here he was involved in the development of the $2 million Dow Sustainability Program bringing together academic and policy experts from Australia and the US to develop a range of sustainability solutions concerning energy, water, food and biodiversity. In 2010, he became Chancellor of the University of Adelaide, a position he still holds today. The final keynote speaker in this session will be Mr Martin Bowles PSM, who has been the Secretary of the Department of Health since October 2014. Previously Mr Bowles was the Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Deputy Secretary in the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and Deputy Secretary in the Department of Defence. In 2012 Mr Bowles was awarded a Public Service Medal for delivering highly successful energy efficiency policies and remediation programmes for the Home Insulation and Green Loans programmes. Prior to joining the Commonwealth Mr Bowles held senior executive positions in the education and health portfolios in the Queensland and New South Wales public sector. ______
	Registration Register now to take advantage of the Symposium Early Bird rates. Registration includes the Welcome Event on Tuesday 21st November, and two full days of the Symposium on 22nd and 23rd November. Business/Government/University Early Bird $550 incl GST (register before 31 August 2017) Standard $770 incl GST (register after 1 September 2017) NGOs/Community/Students Early Bird $275 incl GST (register before 31 August 2017) Standard $330 incl GST (register after 1 September 2017) Register Now!
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	Interested in Receiving Further Information? If you have been forwarded this email and would like to receive future information about the SPHERE 2017 International Symposium, please click here to register your details and we shall send you further information as it becomes available. ______ We look forward to meeting you at the Symposium. The SPHERE 2017 Steering Committee

For registration and general event enquiries:
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Sarah Dixon
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T: 02 9419 4889
M: 0401 716 657

For program, sponsor, speaker or media enquiries:
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Karyn Joyner
E: k.joyner@unsw.edu.au
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