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2020 ROUNDTABLE SPEAKERS
Dr. David Meddings, World Health Organization (MD, MHSc, FRCP(C))
David currently works for the World Health Organization as a Medical Officer where he coordinates the department’s work in child injury prevention, burns, drowning and falls prevention. He is also responsible for the coordination of capacity building and policy development.
Dr. Colleen Saunders, University of Cape Town (BSc(MED)Hons, PhD)
Colleen currently works at the University of Cape Town as a Research Manager within the Division of Emergency Medicine. She has contributed to a broad range of research areas, including, injury prevention. Her contributions to drowning research include: retrospective studies on fatal drowning, childhood drowning vulnerability, the development of strategic frameworks and various other publications on injury prevention.
Ms. Lauren Nimmo, Royal Life Saving Society WA (BSc)
Lauren is the Senior Manager of Health Promotion and Research at Royal Life Saving Society WA. Lauren is responsible for the development and delivery of a wide range of health promotion interventions targeting issues such as alcohol, toddler drowning prevention and creating safe spaces for recreation. Lauren works closely with tertiary and research institutions to undertake research and evaluation programs to improve understanding of the emerging field of drowning prevention.
CONFERENCE AND EVENTS CALENDAR
Following is a listing of upcoming local, national and international conferences relevant to drowning prevention. Please note that this page is updated as per conference updates. If there is a conference you would like us to include in this list please contact us at deep@curtin.edu.au.
DATE CONFERENCE LOCATION SUMMARY
May, 13-15
2020
Perth,
Western Australia
The Preventive Health Conference is an annual conference aimed at providing a platform to engage, challenge and exchange ideas. This years theme is 'Can do prevention: effective action in a volatile world'.
May, 27-28
2020
Melbourne,
Victoria
The conference will challenge the thinking of health and safety professionals and set the agenda for the future of safety. The program will showcase some of the best national and international speakers.
Nov, 08-11
2020
Adelaide,
South Australia
The theme for Safety2020 is 'Innovation, Engagement, Action: for a safer future'. Safety 2020 aims to bring together the global injury prevention community to continue the successful world conferences highlighting the important research, work and advocacy in injury prevention and safety promotion.
May, 13
2020
Perth,
Western Australia
The Preventive Health Conference is an annual conference aimed at providing a platform to engage, challenge and exchange ideas. This years theme is 'Can do prevention: effective action in a volatile world'.