National conference
Background
Since the late 1990's, NSW and Victoria have both held Health Professional days in their State. Starting as half-day events, attendances grew as did the length of the sessions. In 2003 and 2004 MND Association Family Support st
At that time, it was agreed that the National MND Conference would be held annually on the Tuesday closest to Global Day (June 21) and that Conference papers would be called for nationally. On Tuesday 21 June 2005 the first official National MND Conference was held in Melbourne. The second National MND Conference was held in Sydney in 2006 and the third National Conference was held on 19 June 2007 in Perth.
The 5th National MND Conference 23 June 2009
Congratulations to MND NSW for hosting a very successful 5th National MND Conference on Tuesday 23 June 2009 to coincide with Global Day on 21 June. The theme of the conference was Care, Advocacy, Research, Excellence. 250 health and allied health professionals attended the conference to listen to a range of high quality presentations demonstrating the depth and breadth of Australian MND research and care innovations.
Keynote speakers included:
Leonie Duroux - carer
John Hodges - Federation Fellow and Professor of Cognitive Neurology, Prince of Wales Hospital
Matthew Kiernan - Assoc. Professor, Prince of Wales Clinical School and Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
Petrea King - Founding Director and CEO of Quest for Life Foundation
For further details please visit the MND NSW website
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