We’re pleased to announce AMWA’s 31st Annual Conference will be held 29-30 August at the University of Technology in Ultimo, Sydney.
This year’s theme is “Overdoing it: tests, treatment & tonics”. Read about the confirmed workshops and speakers below.
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Go here to read about the researchers and writers speaking at this year’s conference.
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Thursday 28 August
6.30- 8.00pm Welcome Reception
Friday 29 August 2014
8am Registration desk opens UTS Conference Centre
8.30am -12 noon Workshop How to succeed as a freelance writer
Presenter: Ms Bianca Nogrady – freelance science journalist, broadcaster and author
8.30am-12 noon Workshop B Interpreting and communicating the risks and benefits of medical therapies
Presenter: Dr Henry Ko – NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney NSW
10.00-10.30 Morning tea
12noon -12.45pm Lunch
12.45pm Welcome and conference opening – Justin Coleman and Lisa Yates
1.00-1.45pm Keynote speaker Overdoing it
Prof Alex Barrett – Professor in Epidemiology Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
1.45- 3.00pm Session 1 Overmedicalisation
Presenters: Dr Ray Moynihan – journalist and academic researcher Dr Lynn Weekes – CEO NPS MedicineWise,
Dr Justin Coleman – GP and President AMWA
3.00-3.30pm Afternoon tea
3.30-5.00pm Session 2 Through a glass darkly- the drugs in sport issue
Presenters: Dr Jason Mazanov, Adjunct A/Prof John Orchard, Mr Gerard Faure-Brac
5.00-6.00pm AMWA Annual General Meeting
7.00pm AMWA Annual Conference Dinner
Saturday 30 August 2014
8am Registration desk opens UTS Conference Centre
8.30-12noon Workshop C Grammar and style for medical writers
Presenter: Dr Pam Peters DE – emeritus professor, Macquarie University NSW
8.30am -12 noon Workshop D Developing your blogging superpowers: taking your blog to the next level
Presenter: Dr Renee Barnes – senior lecturer in online journalism, University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD
10.00-10.30am Morning tea
12noon-12.45pm Lunch
1.00 – 2.30pm Session 3 Competing interests in medical writing
Presenters: Dr Rosemary Stanton – Dietitian Nutritionist, Prof Martin Tattersall – Professor Medicine The University of Sydney, 3rd presenter TBA
2.30pm – 3.00pm Afternoon tea
3.00-4.30pm Session 4 The Business of Writing
Presenters: Dr Hilary Cadman – Cadman Editing Services
4.45pm Conference close – Justin Coleman
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