Program: Thursday 13 August

Posted: 9 June 2015. Last update: 4 November 2015

HiD 2015

This is the program for Health in Difference 2015, but is subject to change. Please check this page for updates.

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Day 1: Thursday 13 August

All events take place at the National Convention Centre, on the first floor.

Registration and welcome events will take place in the Ballroom Foyer.
Plenary sessions and the dinner take place in the Ballroom.
Breakout sessions take place in the Gallery Rooms: the Fitzroy, Murray, Swan and Torrens rooms.
Poster presentations and some other activities take place in the Gallery Foyer

Venue floorplan and other details.

1pm – 2.30pm	Opening Plenary
12pm – 1pm	Registration and arrival, tea and coffee Ballroom Foyer, first floor
	Ballroom, first floor Chair: Susan Ditter
	Welcome to Country
	Indigenous welcome to conference
	Welcome to conference by Senator Dean Smith
	Keynote presentation by Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission “Strengthening health and wellbeing: The role of human rights”
2.30pm – 3pm	Afternoon tea
3pm – 5pm	Plenary 1: Keynote speakers introducing conference streams
	Ballroom, first floor Chair: Susan Ditter
	Gipsy Hosking and Manja Visschedijk “Re-storied and Restored: Queer family conundrums across the generations”
	Sekneh Beckett “Azima ila hayati: An invitation to come into my life. A narrative exploration of how Muslim-Australian youth negotiate their cultures, religions, genders, sexes, and sexualities within families and communities”
	Bob Brown “Retaining energy and optimism in the margins”
	Brian Herd “Sex, Care & the Law – Managing the Ménage à Trois”
5pm – 7pm	Welcome reception
	Speech by ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr MLA. Canberra Gay and Lesbian Qwire.