Harvard Humanitarian Initiative International Conference on Crisis Mapping ICCM 2010: Haiti and Beyond
Just 3 months to go until the 2010 International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM 2010)!
Shortly after the earthquake in Haiti, Secretary Clinton pointed out that the technology community had set up interactive maps to help identify needs and target resources. Crisis Mapping has also received extensive media coverage this year, ranging from CNN and NPR to the Washington Post and New York Times. ICCM 2010 will bring together the who's who in the crisis mapping and humanitarian tech space, policymakers, disaster response experts, scholars and donors to learn from Haiti and prepare for the next emergency.
This year's Conference will take place on October 1st, while the Annual Meeting of CrisisMappers will happen on October 2-3. Both events are being held in Boston and the agendas for both are available here: http://www.crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-haiti-and-beyond
Like last year's ICCM 2009, the public Conference will feature an exciting set of Ignite Talks, a Tech/Analysis Fair and a special Keynote. The Tech/Analysis Fair will provide a space to demo and discuss the very latest humanitarian technologies in the field. The Annual Meeting (by invitation only) will include Roundtables, Self-Organized-Sessions and other dedicated sessions.
Need another reason to participate in the Conference? Check out all the great things that last year's participants had to say! We now have over 700 members in our network, so please join us if you're new.
Be sure to register for the conference early to secure your space at ICCM 2010. We'll soon be sending out information on how to apply to give an Ignite Talk and where to sign up for a space to demo your projects at the Tech/Analysis Fair. So please stay tuned, spread the word and don't forget to register!
We look forward to seeing you all in Boston!
Jen and Patrick
ICCM Co-Organizers:
Jen [dot] Ziemke [at] Gmail [dot] com
Patrick [at] irevolution [dot] net
http:www.crisismappers.net/
http://www.crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-haiti-and-beyond
Meeting the Basic Survival Needs of the World’s Least Healthy People: Toward a Framework Convention on Global Health
Second Annual Lecture in Health and Law, Co-sponsored by the Resource Group on Health and Law and McGill Global Health Programs
Location: Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (room 100), 3644 Peel Street
Date and Time: Thursday, March 25th, 2010 – 16:30-18:00
For the Second Annual Lecture in Health and Law, the RGHL and GHP are delighted to host Professor Lawrence Gostin, Linda D. and Timothy O’Neill Chair of Global Health Law at Georgetown University. Dr. Gostin served as Associate Dean for Research at Georgetown Law until 2008. he is also Professor of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities - a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is Visiting Professor of Public Health (Faculty of Medical Sciences) and Research Fellow (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies) at Oxford University. He is the Health Law and Ethics Editor, Contributing Writer, and Columnist for the Journal of the American Medical Association. In 2007, the Director General of the World Health Organization appointed Prof. Gostin to the International Health Regulations (IHR) Roster of Experts and the Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health.
Abstract:
The international health landscape is increasingly crowded and complex. Global health efforts overlap, results are fragmented, and activities do not align with country priorities and capacities. Moreover, global health funding and interventions are skewed toward emotional, high-visibility events (e.g., the Asian tsunami), diseases that capture the public’s imagination (e.g., HIV/AIDS), and diseases with the potential for rapid global transmission (e.g., SARS and pandemic influenza). Instead, what is truly needed is to meet basic survival needs for the world’s most disadvantaged people and to focus on creating and sustaining effective health systems. In this lecture, Professor Gostin will make an innovative proposal for a Framework Convention on Global Health currently under discussion at the WHO and World Bank.
Global Health Research Summer School, May 31 to June 4, 2010 At the Université du Québec à Montréal
Global Health Research Summer School [.pdf]
École d'été de recherche en santé mondiale [.pdf]
Canadian Society for International Health:
http://www.csih.org/
World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)
http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/
Journées annuelles de santé publique (JASP)
http://www.inspq.qc.ca/jasp/
Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research
http://www.cahspr.ca/conference/index.html
Interdisciplinary Resources on Global Health:
"http://wikisites.mcgill.ca/GlobalHealthGuide
McGill Office of International Research:
http://www.mcgill.ca/international/
The International Development Research Centre of Canada
http://www.idrc.ca
Department of Family Medicine Undergraduate special programs
http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/undmededuca/
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
http://www.msf.ca/en/index.html
Oxfam Canada
http://www.oxfam.ca/
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int
The WHO offers latest statistics on developing countries, disease outbreaks and health topic reviews.
International Committee of the Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org/eng
McGill International Health Initiatives
http://www.treatthepeople.com/mihi/index.php?about
McGill Global Health Programs
http://www.mcgill.ca/globalhealth/
Find out what international collaborations and projects McGill University is involved in.
Funding Opportunities
Quebec-France Student Exchange
http://www.consulfrance-quebec.org/spip.php
Funding opportunities for Quebec students planning to study in France.
Osler Medical Association Foundation
http://mihi.treatthepeople.com/index.php?mihiomaf
Offers funding for travel expenses for medical students from McGill University doing an elective in a developing country.
The Explorers Club
http://www.explorers.org/
The Explorers Club allocates small grants to students to fund their travel expenses while abroad. Their main interest is to promote continued interest in science and discovery.
Fédération Médicale des Étudiants du Québec
http://www.fmeq.ca/contenu/activites_affairesPedagogiques_prixEtBourses.cfm
Bourse offerte à deux étudiants ayant démontré leur excellence dans un projet humanitaire.
Grant Application
http://www.mcgill.ca/rgo/grantsmanshipmtg/
Series of videotaped presentations offered by the McGill University Grants Office which provides viewers
with information and strategies regarding grant requests and submissions.
College of Family Physicians of Canada
http://www.cfpc.ca/English/cfpc/programs/awards%20program/awardshome%20pdf/default.asp?s=1
Awards and bursaries for students involved in promotion of primary care.
International Society of Travel Medicine
http://www.istm.org/
This site offers a list of global health conferences in the world as well as latest updates from WHO and CDC.
Association of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Canada
http://www.aidssida.cpha.ca/english/new_e/index.htm
February 27 to March 2, 2008 (Vancouver, B.C.)
International Conference on Global Health
http://www.globalhealth.org/conference/
May 27-31 2008 (Washington, D.C.)
Colloque en Santé Mondiale
http://www.santepop.qc.ca
Conference on research and global health education in Quebec. 2008 date to be confirmed.