9TH INTERNATIONAL HIA CONFERENCE
 

9-10 October 2008 Liverpool Marriott City Centre Hotel

 

   

 

THIS CONFERENCE will provide an international forum to debate and discuss a wide range of perspectives in Health Impact Assessment and to explore the role of HIA across a range of sectors. It will:  

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Provide practical opportunities to increase knowledge and understanding of HIA    
       
Showcase HIA work being undertaken in the UK and Ireland and internationally    
     
Consider and demonstrate the evidence for the effectiveness of HIA  
     
Provide opportunities to network with international delegates and speakers  
     
     
 

The pre-conference training workshops will be held on 8 October at Blackburne House Conference Centre in Liverpool.

Liverpool is European Capital of Culture throughout 2008 and a range of exciting activities will be occurring in the city during your stay.

 
     
     
     
  KEYNOTE SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:  
     
  Decharut Sukkumnoed
Health Systems Research Institute, Thailand
 
     
  Liz Harris
University of New South Wales, Australia
 
     
  Margaret Whitehead
University of Liverpool, UK
 
     
     
     
  CONFERENCE THEMES WILL INCLUDE:  
  HIA and sustainable well-being  
       
  Well-being impact assessment  
       
  Spirituality in HIA  
       
  Strategic environmental assessment  
       
  Healthy urban planning  
       
  Quantification in HIA  
       
  HIA methodology  
       
  Capacity building and quality assurance  
       
  Looking forward to the future  
       
     
     
  WHO SHOULD ATTEND?  
  Practitioners and trainees in public health and health promotion  
       
  Primary Care Trust and Strategic Health Authority staff working with the health impacts of policies and projects  
       
  Town planners  
       
  Environmental health planners and policy makers  
       
  Staff working in health development and well-being in the following sectors:  
   
  • Local government and central government
  • The voluntary and community sectors
  • Higher education
  • The international HIA community
 
       
       
       
  CONFERENCE ORGANISATION  
  The conference organisers are IMPACT at the University of Liverpool  
     
     
     
  SPONSORS  
  Department of Health  
     
  Department of Health and Children, Government of Ireland  
     
  Health Scotland  
     
  Welsh Assembly Government  
     
  Liverpool City Council  
     
  Liverpool Primary Care Trust  
     
  University of Liverpool  
     

 

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