ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ academics add depth to 2020 Summit

Friday, 28 March 2008

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has welcomed today's announcement of the to the , which include some of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s top academics in health and the arts.

"The delegates to the 2020 Summit will play a key role in helping to shape the future of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ across a broad range of areas, and we are delighted that a number of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide academics with national and international reputations have been chosen to attend the Summit," says the , Professor James McWha.

"Their selection as delegates to the Summit is a reflection of their level of expertise, and I have every confidence that they will make a unique contribution to the Summit proceedings."

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 2020 Summit delegates and their Summit areas include:

    A long-term national health strategy

    Professor Christian Gericke - Professor of Public Health Policy, , ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide
    Professor John Spencer - Professor of Social and Preventive Dentistry and Co-Director, , ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide
    Professor Gary Wittert - Professor of Medicine and Head, , ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide

    Options for the future of Indigenous ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥

    Dr Veronica Arbon - Senior Research Fellow, Yaitya Purruna Indigenous Health Unit, , ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide

    Towards a creative ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥

    Professor John Coetzee - Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, , ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide
    Professor Nicholas Jose - Professor of , Discipline of English, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide

Today's announcement of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 2020 Summit delegates follows the earlier announcement this week of the delegates to the Youth Summit in Canberra.

Those delegates include ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide student Mohammad Al-Khafaji, who is studying for a .

 

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