Provisional Program for Asia Pacific Healthy Cities  Forum

Incorporating AFHC Steering Committee Meeting

Day 1 

Wednesday 26th September 2007

Start Time

Program

3.00 pm

Registration 

5.00 pm

7:00pm

Official Civic Reception,

Hosted by Hon Mayor Cr Ron Clarke MBE

Level 78 Q1

Address by Vice Chancellor and President Professor Ian O'Connor, Griffith University

Viewing of the Gold Coast by night

Asia Pacific Healthy Cities Forum 

Day 2

Thursday 27th September 2007

Start Time

Topics

Speaker 

Title / Country

7.00 am

Active and Healthy Session 

Gold Coast City Council

Tai Chi on the beach at Surfers Paradise

8.00 am

Late Registrations

Foyer Level 2 

Q1

8.45 am

Official Welcome by Mayor Cr Ron Clarke MBE, Gold Coast City Council, Australia

9:00am

Welcome by the Hon John Mickel Minister for State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations, Queensland

9:15am

Response by representative World Health Organisation, Dr Hisashi Ogawa, Regional Advisor Western Pacific Regional Office Manila, Philippines

9:30am

Official response by representative Alliance for Healthy Cities - Director Fu Caiqin, Suzhou Municipal Public Health Bureau 

9:45am

History and Overview of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, Dr Keiko Nakamura, Executive Secretary for Alliance for Healthy Cities, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan

10:10am

Response by Pro Vice Chancellor Prof Max Standage Griffith University Queensland

10.30am - 10:55am 

Morning Tea in Foyer Level 2, Q1

10:30am - 4:00pm

AFHC Steering Committee Meeting

GCCC Chambers, Bundall

11:00am

Healthy Cities Forum Level 2, Q1

"Healthy Settings for Sustainable Futures"

11:00am

The Rise of Healthy Settings for Sustainable Futures

Professor Cordia Chu

Griffith University Queensland

11.20am

Twenty Years of Healthy Cities

Mr Frank Wallner 

Manager Healthy Cities Illawarra New South Wales  

11:35am

Gold Coast Healthy Sustainable Communities (To be confirmed)

Councillor Jan Grew

Gold Coast City Council Queensland

11:40am

Healthy Cities Movement in South Korea

Dr Ok Ryun Moon

South Korea

12:05pm - 12:25pm

Followed by a Panel Q&A Session

12.30pm - 1:15pm

Lunch on the Terrace, Level 2, Q1

1:15pm

"Models of good practice for local governments using a Healthy Cities Approach"

1:15pm

European Healthy Cities Network and its Evaluation

Professor Evelyne De Leeuw  

Deakin University Victoria 

1.30pm

Partnerships In Hong Kong with non-government agencies

 Esther Mok

Executive Manager (Healthy City)            

Haven of Hope Christian Service Sai Kung District Hong Kong

1:45pm

Models of Good Practice in Australia: 10,000 Steps Program

Professor Kerry Mummery

Central Queensland University Australia

Followed by a Panel Q&A Session

2:10pm

Interactive Demonstration 

Active and Healthy GC

Gold Coast City Council

2.15pm - 2:35pm

Afternoon Tea in Foyer Level 2, Q1

2:40pm

"Creating a healthy city at a local and regional level"

2:45pm

Achievements of Local and Regional Government (Regional Council of Mayors)

Executive Director Jon Black

Council of Mayors South East Queensland

3:00pm

Community Public Health Planning: the foundation of a Healthy City - Dr Peter Davey, Centre for Env and Population Health, Griffith University 

Dr Peter Davey

Centre for Environment and Population Health, Griffith University Queensland

3:15pm

Toolbox - Tools for managing environment and health programs 

Mr David Bellman

Gold Coast City Council Australia

3.35pm

Healthy Cities Approach - a case study from Noarlunga after 20 years

Mr Richard Hicks

Chairperson Healthy Cities Noarlunga South Australia (SA Community Health Research Unit)

Followed by a Panel Q&A Session

4.15pm

Asia Pacific Healthy Cities Forum Closes

Acknowledgements of international delegates - Alliance for Healthy Cities Chapters

Introduced by Dr Pat Mowbray

Healthy Cities, Illawarra

Asia Pacific Healthy Cities Forum 

Day 3

Friday 28th September 2007

Start Time

Topics

Speaker 

Title / Country

7.00 am

Lifeguard Display - Surf Lifeguard Rescue display on the beach at Surfers Paradise

Lifeguards

Gold Coast City Council

8.30am

8:35am

Review of Steering Committee Meeting of the Alliance for Healthy Cities

Dr Keiko Nakamura

Secretariat for Alliance for Healthy Cities, Japan

8.55am

Acknowledgement of Australian Chapter of the Alliance for Healthy Cities

Inagural Chair of Australian Chapter Ann Bunnell

Director Sustainable Solutions

9.00am

"Linking the Social Determinants of Health and Environmental and Economic Factors"

9:00am

Healthy Cities and the Social Determinants of Health 

Professor Fran Baum

Flinders University Australia

9:25am

Environmental Climate Change and Impacts on Communities 

Karlson 'Charlie' Hargroves

Griffith University Queensland

10:00am - 10:30am

Followed by a Panel Q&A Session

10.30am - 10.45 am

Morning Tea in Foyer, Level 2, Q1

10.45am

Australia's First Healthy City - Combining Industry Development and Community Projects in Australia

Councillor Tony Mooney

Mayor Of Townsville Australia

11:05am

'Making Green business the future vision for healthy cities'

Dr John Cole

Executive Director EPA Sustainable Industries Division

11:20am

Waterfutures Project

Mr Peter Ham

Pimpama Coomera Waterfutures Alliance

11:40pm

Waste 20/20 Vision Innovative waste industry partnerships

Mr Jim Mcleod

Senior Environmental Health Officer GCCC

Presentation Movie-clip of 3rd General Assembly in Ichikawa Japan in 2008

12:15pm - 12:45pm

Followed by a Panel Q&A Session

1.00 pm

Lunch on the Terrace, Level 2, Q1

Recognition of Sponsors and Closing Presentations

Meeting of the Australian Chapter

Invitation to meet in Ichikawa, Japan for the 3rd General Assembly or for Australian Chapter delegates to meet here in Gold Coast City in November 2008

Technical Tours 2.00pm-4.30pm

Australian Chapter Interactive Meeting 

2:00 - 4:30pm

Site Visit 1- Eco Village Innovation House 3 & Bird Show Currumbin

2:00 - 4:30pm

Site Visit 2- Mitchell Eco Industrial Park & Brewery Tour Yatala

2:00 - 4:30pm

Site Visit 3- Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre & Tai Chi on the Beach Runaway Bay