Dear all,
Many of you may be interested in this international "Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation" conference held at Yale University. Please forward this message to anyone who may be interested in attending or presenting.
Register and/or submit an abstract. Registration rate increases monthly. Abstract deadline is September 15.
Unite For Sight 6th Annual Global Health & Development Conference
April 18-19, 2009
"Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation"
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
When: April 18-19, 2009
Where: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
What: Join 2,500 conference participants for a stimulating international conference
As Featured On CNN: The Unite For Sight Conference Is What CNN Calls "A Meeting of Minds"
NOW OPEN: Registration and Abstract Submission <http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference> - Abstract deadline is September 15
200 Speakers, Including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Allan Rosenfield, Dr. Susan Blumenthal, and Dr. Harold Varmus. Plus sessions by CEOs and Directors of Save The Children, Partners in Health, HealthStore Foundation, mothers2mothers, and many others.
Register For Conference REGISTER NOW TO SECURE LOWEST RATE <http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference>\. Rate escalates each month.
Interested in submitting an abstract? Anyone may submit an abstract. Abstract submitters range from students to professionals.
Who should attend? Anyone interested in international health, public health, international development, medicine, nonprofits, eye care, philanthropy, microfinance, social entrepreneurship, bioethics, economics, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, environmental health, service-learning, medical education, and public service.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center; Senior Medical Advisor, amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research
Allan Rosenfield, MD, DeLamar Professor of Public Health, and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Dean, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon
Debrework Zewdie, Director, Global HIV/AIDS Program of the World Bank Human Development Network World Bank
(see details of more speakers at:
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference)
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Jennifer Staple
mailto:Jennifer.Staple@aya.yale.edu