National Conference 08, UCL

Added by: Helen Preston | Starts on: Saturday 25 October 2008 at 09:00 | Ends on: Sunday 26 October 2008 at 17:30

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The Medsin National Conference: University College London 25th-26th October 2008

POWER & POLITCS IN GLOBAL HEALTH

Less than 100 tickets left, and they are selling fast!!!

go to www.medsin08.org to buy your ticket!

The conference will coincide with the most politically charged few months seen in years. With elections in the US, Russia, the Chinese Olympics, the shifting political landscape of Latin America; the flux of emerging and established powers are likely to have huge implications for global health. Equally important is the influence of national and local power dynamics on health of people in the UK.

Questions of power extend far beyond formal politics or the use of overt force into the operation of every institution and every day life. They ask how we are influenced by the people around us, who makes controlling decisions in society, the impact of social status on health, and whether democratic governments, in fact, reflect the 'will' of the people.

The conference will look at big questions about the nature and distribution of power in a global society, examining the organization and distribution of power in professions, institutions, communities, nations and the globe and how these forces impact on health. We will conclude each plenary by locating the sources and dimensions of power in the modern world and address questions of how to empower the powerless, to create forms of shared power and how we as students can influence policy.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Confirmed speakers:

    Clare Short MP (Former Minister for International Development)

    Dr Richard Horton (Editor, the Lancet)

    Prof Nancy Scheper-Hughes (University of California, Berkeley)

    Elizabeth Pisani (Author, "the Wisdom of Whores)

    Martin Wolf (Associate Editor, the Financial Times)

    Prof Maureen Mackintosh (Open University)

    Prof Richard Wilkinson (University of Nottingham)

    Prof Jonathan Wolff (UCL)

    Prof Colin Leys (Queens University, Canada)

    And many more...

With over 50 workshops to choose from, film screenings, a careers fair and a world music social we hope you can make it for the weekend.

We look forward to seeing you in October at UCL.

The Medsin National Conference Committee.

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