Title: IH SECTION PROGRAM PLANNING
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Section/SPIG: International Health
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Here’s your opportunity to get involved! The IH Section Program Planning Committee is pleased to report that the APHA 133rd Annual Meeting and Exposition, to be held Nov. 5-9, 2005 in New Orleans promises to be an evident success! Boasting quality abstracts for presentation and active participation by many of you, the IH Section Program is shaping up to be a terrific knowledge-sharing opportunity for meeting attendees. However, organizing an engaging, state-of-the-art program is not the work of a few. We could use your help, and offer the following opportunities for you to get involved.
First, the IH Section received an amazing response to the call for abstracts. With the conference theme "Evidence-based Policy and Practice," abstract submitters were given a broad canvas from which to draw relevant technical expertise and experiences. Indeed, we received more than 360 abstracts with topics spanning the full depth and breadth of international health topics of interest. And each abstract receives three peer reviews. If you would like a sneak peak at what the program will feature, here’s your opportunity to serve next year as a peer reviewer.
Second, like last year, the IH Section will host 40 oral panel sessions, seven poster sessions, and a student oral panel session. In sum, the IH Section will showcase approximately 250 presentations by health care practitioners, academics and students from around the world. The IH Program Planning Committee works to ensure that the program highlights presentations relevant to the meeting theme as well as captures a range of hot topics of interest to IH Section membership. If you would like to help organize a stellar program, here’s your opportunity to serve on the Program Planning Committee.
Third, given that we will host 40 oral panel sessions, we are recruiting for session moderators. Our presentation speakers welcome moderators in each session to provide speaker introductions and guide the speakers and attendees through the process. If you would like to host a session on a topic and share the spotlight with your peers, here’s your opportunity to serve as a moderator.
Look for more details separately about the well-received International Health Film Festival as well as the featured speaker for the IH Section Annual Luncheon.
To find out how to get involved or for more information, please contact IH Section Program Planner Betsy Bassan at <bbassan@chemonics.com>. Your help is much appreciated.
See you in New Orleans!