Global Health & Innovation Conference - Presented by Unite For Sight
Dates: 17-18 April 2010
Venue: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
“A Meeting of Minds”—CNN
The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200 participants from 55 countries. The conference challenges students, public health professionals, educators, doctors, scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and others, to develop innovative, effective solutions to achieve global goals. 200 speakers, including keynote addresses by Seth Godin, Jeffrey Sachs and Sonia Sachs. Social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Acumen Fund, Partners in Health, WaterPartners, Save The Children, HealthStore Foundation, and many others. The first deadline for abstract submission is August 15. The final abstract deadline is September 20. Registration Now Open (Early Bird Registration Rate): www.ghinnovate.org. Call For Abstracts: Submit an abstract online at ht.org/conference/

Social Ecology of Resilience - Pathways to Resilience II
Dates: 7-10 June 2010
Venue: Halifax, Canada
This international conference brings together presenters from 6 continents to explore aspects of resilience. The researchers concerned with child and adolescent development, family processes, and the social determinants of health will meet front-line service providers, child advocates, and policy makers from different professional backgrounds. The goal is to help those attending sharing knowledge about the interaction between psychological factors and the social, economic, political and cultural forces that shape children's and adolescents' pathways to resilience when they are seriously disadvantaged. For more information, please contact rrc@dal.ca, check out the Resilience Research Centre's website or click here for a full description of the conference.