Conference Programme

Keynote Speakers

• Robert Bland
• Paul Bywaters
• Jim Campbell, Michael Duffy, Rea Maglajlic Holicek
  and Merav Moshe Grodofsky
• Sophia F. Dziegielewski
• Jill Manthorpe
• Lindsey Napier
• June Simmons

Timeline:

Registration opens: 1st October 2009
Call for Papers: 19th May 2009
Deadline for Abstract Submission: Papers can no longer be submitted
Deadline for Early Bird Registration: 31st January 2010
Deadline for Standard Rate Registration: 31st March 2010

Conference Theme:

Changing Health: Acting and Reacting, Challenges for Social Work Theory and Practice

Monday 28th June: Opening of Conference
14.00 - 16.00 Pre Conference Workshops and Registration
16.00 - 17.00 Opening Ceremony and Keynote address
Keynote Speaker: Ms Sylda Langford, Director, National Children’s Office
Keynote working title: The contribution of social work to changing health care
17.00 - 18.00 Plenary Session 1
Professor Paul Bywaters, Dr Lindsey Napier with members of the Social Worker and Health Inequalities Network
The New International Federation of Social Workers' Policy Statement on Health - worldwide challenges for practice and for policy-making
18.00 - 19.00 Welcome Reception

Tuesday 29th June: Changing Health – Implications for Practice
08.15 – 09.00 Early morning workshops
09.00 – 09.30 Welcome
09.30 – 10.30 Plenary Session 2
Keynote Speaker: Ms June Simmons, Partners in Care Foundation
Keynote working title: Professional/client partnerships
10.30 – 11.15 Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.30 Official Opening of Conference by Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch, lunchtime meetings, Poster Exhibition
13.30 – 14.30 Plenary Session 3
Keynote Speaker: Professor Robert Bland, University of Queensland
Keynote working title: Practice standards for social work in health care
14.30 – 15.00 Coffee Break
15.00 – 16.30 Parallel Sessions
16.30 – 18.00 Parallel Sessions

Wednesday 30th June
09.00 – 17.00 Satellite Symposia and Field Visits

Thursday 1st July: Changing Health – Innovations towards Better Care
08.15 – 09.00 Early morning workshops
09.15 – 10.15 Plenary Session 4
Keynote Speaker: Professor Jill Manthorpe, University of London
Keynote working title: Older adults, mental health and mental capacity
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.45 Parallel Sessions
12.45 – 14.00 Lunch, lunchtime meetings, Poster Exhibition
14.00 – 15.00 Plenary Session 5
Keynote Speakers: Dr Jim Campbell and Dr Michael Duffy, Queen's University Belfast, Dr Rea Maglajlic Holicek, Swansea University, Wales and Merav Moshe Grodofsky, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Keynote working title: Social Work in Conflict and Civil Unrest
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break
15.30 – 17.00 Parallel Sessions

Friday 2nd July: Towards Future Health & Close of Conference
08.30 – 09.15 Early morning workshops
09.30 – 10.30 Plenary Session 6
Keynote Speaker: Professor Sophia F. Dziegielewski, University of Cincinnati
Keynote working title: Future challenges for social work in health care
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30 Awards and Closing Ceremony

Subsidiary Themes for each of the parallel sessions

• service settings
• client groups
• health through the lifecycle
• promoting positive health
• involving service users in policy and practice
• education/training issues in health and mental health