The AIPN are pleased to announce you now have more time to prepare and submit an abstract for the premier injury prevention conference for Australia and the Asia Pacific, the 12th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference.
Abstracts are now being accepted until Wednesday 13 May 2015 for this years event, so use the extra time and prepare that abstract!
Click here to submit your abstract online.
The Australasian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN), and The George Institute for Global Health Australia have developed an engaging and exciting program of invited speakers and symposia, and look forward to welcoming you to Sydney for what promises to be a professionally rewarding and socially enjoyable meeting.
Abstracts are invited for oral, poster and symposium presentations. For abstract submission instructions and guidelines, and to submit your abstract visit the conference website by clicking below, and complete the online submission form.
Abstracts are being invited on the following themes:
– Injury in vulnerable populations
– Translating research into practice
– Road and transport safety
– Falls prevention and rehabilitation
– Burns prevention and treatment
– Ageing/elder safety
– Injury in a global perspective
– Child health and safety
– Water safety (including drowning)
– Rural and remote injury prevention
– Sports injury prevention and rehabilitation
– Workplace injury and safety
– Indigenous health and injury prevention
– Youth and substance related injury
– Intentional injury and violence prevention
– Alcohol and drug related injury
– Rehabilitation and trauma care
– Other injury prevention and safety promotion related presentations
CONFERENCE THEME, KEYNOTE SPEAKERS & PROGRAM
With a theme of “Impact and Innovation: Preventing Injury in a Changing World”, the Conference will be a multi-disciplinary event featuring representatives from all facets of injury prevention including research, teaching, practice and policy.
The Conference Organising Committee is delighted to announce a number of high profile keynote speakers will present at the conference including:
Professor Mohit Bhandari, Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Based Orthopaedics at McMaster University, Canada
Professor Lucie Laflamme, Professor of Injury Epidemiology and Prevention at the Karolinska Institutet (KI), Sweden
Professor Caroline Finch, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and the Director of the Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP )
Professor Belinda Gabbe, Head of the Pre-hospital, Emergency and Trauma Research Unit in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash University
Justin Scarr, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Life Saving Society – Australia, Convenor, Australian Water Safety Council
Melissa Sweet, Freelance Journalist and Health Writer, Croakey
Jeremy Henderson, Media and Communications Manager, Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education
Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
A draft conference program is also available outlining session times, plenary speakers and social program details.
The Organising Committee are also pleased to announce a dedicated student program will be included on the conference program. To find out more, including details on student bursaries and reduced registration fees, click here.
We look forward to showcasing your expertise on our final conference program.
Professor Rebecca Ivers
Director, Injury Division
The George Institute for Global Health Australia
Associate Professor Kerrianne Watt
President, Australasian Injury Prevention Network
James Cook University
