
HOMEPAGE + PROGRAM KEYNOTE SPEAKERS REGISTRATION ACCOMMODATION VENUE PARKING CONTACT	KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Keynote Addresses will be delivered by: Professor Sir Michael G. Marmot MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRCP, FFPHM, FMedSci, FBA Director: International Institute for Society and Health MRC Research Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Michael Marmot has led a research group on health inequalities for the past 30 years. He is Principal Investigator of the Whitehall Studies of British civil servants, investigating explanations for the striking inverse social gradient in morbidity and mortality. He leads the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and is engaged in several international research efforts on the social determinants of health. He chairs the Department of Health Scientific Reference Group on tackling health inequalities. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution for six years and is an honorary fellow of the British Academy. In 2000 he was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen for services to Epidemiology and understanding health inequalities. Internationally acclaimed, Professor Marmot is a Vice President of the Academia Europaea, a Foreign Associate Member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and was Chair of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health set up by the World Health Organization in 2005. He is currently conducting a review of health inequalities at the request of the British Government. Christine Davies CBE Chief Executive Christine is the Chief Executive of the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes (C4EO) in Children and Young People’s Services which was launched in July 2008. The C4EO’s principal aim is to identify, coordinate and disseminate ‘what works’, in order to significantly improve the outcomes of children, young people and their families – realising the full potential of Every Child Matters (ECM). The Centre works with all Local Authorities and Children’s Services in England, including education and schools, social services, health, police and the voluntary sector. Christine was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s 2005 Birthday Honours for ‘an outstanding contribution to for ‘an outstanding contribution to education’. The conference program will also feature prominent Australian keynote speakers. It will be highly interactive and offer participants an opportunity to exchange ideas, discuss topics and learn from each other to build a more socially inclusive Australia. Invited Address David Droga David is the creator of the Million campaign, which has featured on Australian television through shows such as The Gruen Transfer. The campaign, launched in New York City in 2008, is designed to improve school attendance and achievement among disadvantaged children and is based around the prolific use of mobile phones by youth. It began with a pilot program of 2800 students who were each given a mobile phone. The phones were used to help students internalise connections between education and success because teachers scored students in key areas such as attendance, behaviour and class performance. Based on those scores, students earned points which could then be converted into free talk time, text messaging, music downloads and shopping discounts. The program was initially met with some resistance. New York City banned mobile phones in schools in 2006. Some parents were concerned that children were being offered a phone as a kind of foot-in-the-door branding. The ‘Million’ pilot, however, achieved a high degree of engagement among students and their families during its first months of operation. More than 85% of eligible students opted to participate, and the impact of the program can be observed in preliminary data from student and parent surveys administered in late May 2008: sixty-five percent of parents said that their children are doing better in school since the start of the Million program; more than 75% of Million students said that the program has impacted their schools in at least one of the following ways: Students are working harder; Students are “more competitive in a good way”; and Students and teachers interact with each other more. The ‘Million’ campaign brings together innovation, efficacy and social inclusion through a social enterprise model funded by private business that uses positive incentives to encourage improved engagement in schooling by disadvantaged children.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

REGISTRATION

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Keynote Addresses will be delivered by:

Professor Sir Michael G. Marmot

MBBS, MPH, PhD, FRCP, FFPHM, FMedSci, FBA

Director: International Institute for Society and Health MRC Research Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Michael Marmot has led a research group on health inequalities for the past 30 years. He is Principal Investigator of the Whitehall Studies of British civil servants, investigating explanations for the striking inverse social gradient in morbidity and mortality.

He leads the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) and is engaged in several international research efforts on the social determinants of health. He chairs the Department of Health Scientific Reference Group on tackling health inequalities. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution for six years and is an honorary fellow of the British Academy. In 2000 he was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen for services to Epidemiology and understanding health inequalities.

Internationally acclaimed, Professor Marmot is a Vice President of the Academia Europaea, a Foreign Associate Member of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), and was Chair of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health set up by the World Health Organization in 2005. He is currently conducting a review of health inequalities at the request of the British Government.

Christine Davies CBE

Chief Executive

Christine is the Chief Executive of the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes (C4EO) in Children and Young People’s Services which was launched in July 2008. The C4EO’s principal aim is to identify, coordinate and disseminate ‘what works’, in order to significantly improve the outcomes of children, young people and their families – realising the full potential of Every Child Matters (ECM). The Centre works with all Local Authorities and Children’s Services in England, including education and schools, social services, health, police and the voluntary sector.

Christine was awarded the CBE in the Queen’s 2005 Birthday Honours for ‘an outstanding contribution to for ‘an outstanding contribution to education’.
The conference program will also feature prominent Australian keynote speakers. It will be highly interactive and offer participants an opportunity to exchange ideas, discuss topics and learn from each other to build a more socially inclusive Australia.

Invited Address

David Droga

David is the creator of the Million campaign, which has featured on Australian television through shows such as The Gruen Transfer. The campaign, launched in New York City in 2008, is designed to improve school attendance and achievement among disadvantaged children and is based around the prolific use of mobile phones by youth. It began with a pilot program of 2800 students who were each given a mobile phone. The phones were used to help students internalise connections between education and success because teachers scored students in key areas such as attendance, behaviour and class performance. Based on those scores, students earned points which could then be converted into free talk time, text messaging, music downloads and shopping discounts.

The program was initially met with some resistance. New York City banned mobile phones in schools in 2006. Some parents were concerned that children were being offered a phone as a kind of foot-in-the-door branding.

The ‘Million’ pilot, however, achieved a high degree of engagement among students and their families during its first months of operation. More than 85% of eligible students opted to participate, and the impact of the program can be observed in preliminary data from student and parent surveys administered in late May 2008:

sixty-five percent of parents said that their children are doing better in school since the start of the Million program;
more than 75% of Million students said that the program has impacted their schools in at least one of the following ways:
- Students are working harder;
- Students are “more competitive in a good way”; and
- Students and teachers interact with each other more.

The ‘Million’ campaign brings together innovation, efficacy and social inclusion through a social enterprise model funded by private business that uses positive incentives to encourage improved engagement in schooling by disadvantaged children.