Call for Abstracts

Tuesday 13th October 2015
9am-5pm
Conference & Exhibition
Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort
5pm-6pm
Welcome Function
Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort
Wednesday 14th October 2015
9am-12pm Conference & Exhibition
Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort
12-4pm Lunch, cultural activities and site visit
Yarrawarra Cultural Centre & Recyled Water
Treatment Plant
7pm-midnight Conference Dinner
Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort
Thursday 15 October 2015
9am-5pm
Conference & Exhibition
Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort
5pm-6pm
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
delegates post conference workshop
Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort
6pm-8pm
BBQ Dinner
Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort
Friday 16th October 2015
Transfers to airport for flight departures
The conference committee reserves the right to make alterations to the
program as circumstances may require.
SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITION
A number of sponsorship opportunities are available.
Packages have various benefits and have been designed
to meet all budgets. A limited number of exhibition
spaces are also available at the conference. Sponsoring
or exhibiting at the conference is a cost effective means
to promote your products and services to a large
number of environmental health practitioners, many of
whom work in remote locations.
• Community Housing Providers
• Aboriginal Health Workers
• Community Council Members
• CDEP Workers and Supervisors
• Essential Service Providers
• Primary Health Care Workers
• Town Clerks and Local Government CEOs
• Health Promotions Officers
• Environmental Health Officers/Workers/
Practitioners
• Directors and Managers of Environmental
Health Services
CONTACT
For more information about submitting an abstract,
sponsorship and exhibition or to participate as a
delegate please contact the conference secretariat at:
Conference Management Solutions
PO Box 776
Heathcote, Victoria 3523
Phone: +61 3 9018 9332
Fax: +61 3 5433 3636
Email: adam@natsieh.com.au
Visit the Conference website at:
www.natsieh.com.au
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www.twitter.com/natsieh_conf
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The conference invites people and agencies
involved in the delivery and/or development of
environmental health services or environmental
health initiatives with Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities in Australia. Key people include
but are not limited to:
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE, NSW 2015
Monday 12th October 2015
Flight arrivals, airport to hotel transfers
6pm-7pm
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
delegates pre conference workshop
Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort
National
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
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Program at a glance
INVITATION TO ATTEND
CONFERENCE DATES & VENUE
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
On behalf of the enHealth Working Group on Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health and
NSW Health, I warmly welcome your attendance at
the 10th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Environmental Health Conference on 12-15 October
2015 at the Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort,
Coffs Harbour, NSW.
DATES
Do you know of an individual, team or community that is
involved in a program focussed on improving Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander environmental health. If so,
why not share it with colleagues around Australia?
The aim of this national conference is to:
• increase the understanding and awareness of
environmental health issues in Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander communities;
• provide a forum for discussion on Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health issues;
• provide a national voice for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Environmental Health
The conference provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander environmental health practitioners a unique
opportunity to meet in one place, to network and share
information and learn of new initiatives. The conference
theme Building Foundations for a Healthy Community
will be addressed through a number of presentations
delivered predominantly by Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Environmental Health practitioners.
Jeff Standen
Chair enHealth Working Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Environmental Health (WGATSIEH)
12 October 2015
13-15 October 2015
15 October 2015
Evening Pre Conference Workshop
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander delegates
National Conference & Exhibition
Post Conference Workshop
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander delegates
enHealth is seeking abstracts for oral presentations
and storyboard/poster presentations to explore the
conference theme Building Foundations for a Healthy
Community.
VENUE
Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay Resort, Cnr Pacific
Hwy and Bay Drive, Coffs Harbour, NSW
If you would like to present a paper at the conference, subthemes and abstract submission guidelines are available
at the conference website www.natsieh.com.au
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Submissions close 30th April 2015.
Conference Registration Fee $330
On-line registration will be available on the conference website.
ACCOMMODATION
The preferred choice for accommodation is the
conference hotel, Novotel Coffs Harbour Pacific Bay
Resort. However, a range of accommodation options
will be made available on the conference website.
ABOUT ENHEALTH
enHealth is responsible for providing agreed
environmental health policy advice, implementation
of the National Environmental Health Strategy 20122015, consultation with key stakeholders, and the
development and coordination of research, information
and practical resources on environmental health matters
at a national level. The development of national advice
by enHealth is based on significant collaboration and
consultation with Federal, state and territory agencies,
and organisations that deal with environmental health
matters.
The enHealth membership includes representatives
from: Commonwealth, State and Territory health
departments; New Zealand Ministry of Health; and
National Health and Medical Research Council.
CONFERENCE ARTWORK
Conference artwork titled ‘Under Da Sea’ appears
courtesy of the artist Kelly Williams. The painting depicts
water spirits from traditional creation stories of when
the shore line came into being.