[Alma Mata] CONFERENCE AND GLOBAL HEALTH CAREERS FAIR NOV 2007

[Tim Killeen]

--** GLOBAL HEALTH CONFERENCE 2007 - COMMERCIALISATION AND HEALTH **--
~~** AND **~~
~~** INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CAREERS FAIR **~~
~~** 24th & 25th November 2007 **~~
~~** UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK **~~

Dear Alma Mata Member,

Tickets are now available online for the third Alma Mata conference and
international health careers fair!  This year, the topic is Commercialisation
and Health.  Please visit the new, snazzy, dedicated conference website -
http://www.almamata.net/conference for more details.

Everyone is looking forward to building on the huge success of our previous
conferences in Leeds and Edinburgh.  We are currently assembling an exciting
and varied programme; the following speakers are already confirmed:

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--**Professor Maureen Mackintosh**-- - Open University International Development
Centre, UK
http://idc.open.ac.uk/people/biographies/maureen_mackintosh.html
http://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BC203/(httpPeople)/E2F60C9194F1BBC780256B5D00397461?OpenDocument

--**Mr David Price**-- - Centre for International Public Health Policy,
Edinburgh, UK
http://www.publicpolicynetwork.ed.ac.uk/health/dprice.html
http://society.guardian.co.uk/privatefinance/comment/0,,1270079,00.html

--**Dr Anna Holzscheiter**-- - Center for Transnational Relations and Security
Policy, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
http://www.atasp.de/de/team/mitarbeiter.php?id=12

--**Dr Julian Tudor Hart**-- - Swansea, UK.  Author of The Political Economy of
Health Care.
http://www.juliantudorhart.org/
http://www.sochealth.co.uk/feasible/sha_feasible.html

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--**ALSO - GLOBAL HEALTH CAREERS FAIR**--

--:The conference will finish with an international health careers fair on
Sunday 27th November - included in the conference ticket price:--

A host of organisations offering careers advice and opportunities will be
present on Sunday 25th for this major careers fair aimed at health
professionals and allied disciplines. This represents an excellent opportunity
for everyone with an interest in global health to receive advice and
information from NGOs, postgraduate training institutions and experts in
various fields. The afternoon will also include plenty of time for networking
and the exchange of ideas between delegates.

PRICES - there are great **discounts** for Alma Mata members and for students:
http://www.almamata.net/conference/prices.html
Tickets can be booked securely and immediately using Paypal.

http://www.almamata.net/conference

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ALMA MATA GLOBAL HEALTH NETWORK
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Alma Mata was formed in 2005 with the aim of providing information on training,
careers, education and research in global health.  This is achieved in three
main ways; the internet, publications and conferences.  The website is the main
resource and is managed and freely contributed to by our active membership.
Please visit http://www.almamata.net.
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