Register
Registration will open in March 2018. Register by 1st August 2018 and save $100 on full early-bird registration packages. Full registrations includes the welcome reception and dinner.
Sponsors & Exhibitors
The conference is the premier event for the bioethics and health law sector in the Australasian region. Supporting the meeting will provide your organisation with a number of key benefits.
Presentations
This conference is a gathering of leading experts in the bioethics and health law. The program will highlight emerging research. and trends in the field.
Invitation to Attend
On behalf of the organising committee it is our pleasure to invite you to the Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law (AABHL) conference at Rydges Townsville from the 23rd to the 25th September 2018 with satellite workshops to be held on the 23rd and 24th September.
The world as we know it is rapidly evolving – truths that were once held close need reexamining as our knowledge expands. The physical and social borders which were once distinct are becoming blurred. Technologies are advancing at a pace that leaves little time for legal or ethical consideration. The 2018 AABHL conference provides an opportunity to reflect on our ever changing world, to consider the ‘Collapsing Borders, the Contested Certainties and the Changing Paradigms’.
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Lynn Woodward, 2018 Conference Convenor
Partner Sponsor
Townsville Hospital and Health Service
Gold Sponsor
Kirby Oration Sponsor
Who Should Attend
This conference is targeted to academics and practitioners from the following professions and disciplines:
- All aspects of healthcare
- Policy development
- Medico-legal
- Education
- Ethics/Philosophy
- Research
Venue
Rydges Southbank Townsville
23 Palmer St, South Townsville
Sitting in the heart of Townsville on Palmer Street, Rydges Southbank Townsville offers business and leisure travellers alike a premium location in the Central Business District close to shopping, dining and entertainment. Our boutique Townsville accommodation is the gate to Magnetic Island and the Great Barrier Reef and offers unparalleled views of Townsville City, Castle Hill and Ross River Marina.
Rydges Southbank Townsville accommodation is just a short walk from key attractions including Reef HQ, Maritime Museum of Townsville and the Museum of Tropical Queensland. Walk across the Victoria Bridge and experience the newly rejuvenated Flinders Street shopping precinct. For those looking for a night out on the town, the night club strip at Flinders Street East is the hip place to be.
Images courtesy of Townsville Enterprise & Megan-MacKinnon,
Plenary Speakers & Committee Members
Plenary Speakers
We are pleased to announce the following plenary speakers have been confirmed for the Conference. Click here for biographies of the speakers and their topics.
- Dr Christopher Mayes
Research Fellow in the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University and Research-Affiliate in Sydney Health Ethics at the University of Sydney - Professor Emma Kowal
Professor of Anthropology in the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University and former Deputy Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics at the Australian National University - Professor Michael Selgelid
Director of the Monash Bioethics Centre; Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Bioethics at Monash; and Chair of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Bioethics
Conference Organising Committee
Chair
- Lynn Woodward
Committee Members
- Andrew Crowden
- Brydet Barker-Hudson
- Melanie Gentgall
- Susan Ireland
- Yoga Kandasamy
- Sue Jenkins-Marsh
- Gordon McGurk
- Sunday Pam
- Malcolm Parker
- Sara Potts
- Richard Roylance
- Malcolm Smith
- Mandy Shircore
- Nikola Stepanov
Conference Managers
For all enquiries please contact the team at Conference Design:
mail@conferencedesign.com.au
+61 3 6231 2999