PROGRAM

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Keynote Speakers

Dean Jamison

Gavin Andrews

Alan Lopez

Tony Jorm

Ronald Manderscheid

Mike Slade

Dean Jamison

Dean Jamison is a Professor of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. He concurrently serves as Fellow of the Fogarty International Centre at the US National Institutes of Health. Professor Jamison was previously Head of Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank where he was lead author for the Bank's 1993 World Development Report. His research interests span economic theory, public health and education and he is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences where he chairs the Institute's Board on Global Health.

Gavin Andrews

Gavin Andrews is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. His clinical expertise is in Anxiety Disorders, his research expertise is in Epidemiology. He was central to the Australian National Mental Health Survey and the subsequent costing studies. Always interested in the problems of service delivery he is currently using survey data, costing data, clinical practice guidelines and the views of experts to construct a model of an ideal mental health service that will allow the cost and staffing implications to be explored.

Alan Lopez

Alan Lopez is Professor of Medical Statistics and Population Health at The University of Queensland and a Consultant to the World Health Organisation. Prior to joining the University he worked at the World Health Organisation in Geneva for 22 years where he was Manager of WHO's Program on Substance Abuse (1996-98), Director of the Epidemiology and Burden of Disease Unit (1999-2001) and Senior Science Advisor to the Director-General (2002). His research interests are in the analysis of mortality data, burden of disease methods and applications, particularly in developing countries and he is co-author of the seminal Global Burden of Disease Study.

Tony Jorm

Tony Jorm is a Professorial Fellow at the ORYGEN Research Centre of the University of Melbourne. His research has focused on the epidemiology of mental disorders and on public knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a member of the Research Committees of both the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund. He is listed in ISI HighlyCited.com as one of the most cited researchers in
Psychology/Psychiatry of the past 20 years.

Ronald Manderscheid

Ronald Manderscheid is Chief, Survey and Analysis Branch, for the US Center for Mental Health Services. He has served as NIMH's Chief, Statistical Research Branch, where he led the implementation of the US National Reporting System and the Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program; as Policy Advisor on US National Health Care Reform and was a member of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Work Group of the President's Task Force on Health Care Reform. He is the Principal Editor of Mental Health, United States and has been an editor of this publication since it's inception in 1983. Dr Manderscheid has authored numerous scientifi c and professional publications and in 1997 provided the international commentary on the implementation of the First Australian Mental Health Plan.

Mike Slade

Mike Slade is a UK Medical Research Council Clinician Scientist Fellow, Senior Lecturer in the Health Services Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, and a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in rehabilitation with South London and Maudsley Mental Health NHS Trust. His main research interests are outcome-focussed mental health services, user involvement in and influence on mental health services, staff-patient agreement on need, and contributing to the development of clinically useable outcome measures, including the Camberwell Assessment of Need and the Threshold Assessment Grid.

Registration Information

Each delegate must complete two separate forms, one for registration and one for accommodation.

Separate payment is required for registration and accommodation.

Your registration will be acknowledged via facsimile.

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REGISTRATION FEES
Fees are inclusive of Australian Government 10% Goods and Services Tax (GST). All prices are quoted in Australian dollars.

Early to 30 May 2005
Full Registration - $700
Student Registration - $400
Developing Countries Registration* - $400
Day Registration - $350

Late from 31 May 2005
Full Registration - $850
Student Registration - $500
Developing Countries Registration* - $500
Day Registration - $425

*The developing countries registration fee will be offered to delegates from the countries listed below (developing countries according to the World Bank).

Registration fees are based on date of receipt of payment (not based on date of receipt of registration forms).

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REGISTRATION ENTITLEMENTS
Payment of the full three day registration fee entitles you to the following:

Entry to all sessions

Lunch and refreshments during the meeting

Welcome reception on Tuesday, 5 July

Meeting dinner on Wednesday, 6 July

Meeting satchel

Copy of Program and Abstract Book

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PAYMENT OF FEES

1. Cheque/Money Order/Bank Draft
Please make payable to: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research.

International delegates please note that personal cheques can only be accepted if they are drawn from an Australian bank account. International bank drafts in Australian Dollars are acceptable.

2. Telegraphic Transfers
Telegraphic Transfers will be accepted, free of fees, to the account listed below. To ensure prompt reconciliation, please send a copy of the transfer record to the Meeting Secretariat.

S.W.I.F.T Code: ANZBAU3M
BSB Number: 013 606
Account Number: 4992-59918
Account Name: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
Bank: ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited)
Branch: Private Bank
Branch Address: 3/388 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000, Australia

3. Credit Card
All major credit cards are accepted: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa and Bankcard.

Credit card payments will appear as ICMS Pty Ltd on your credit card statement.

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REGISTRATION DESK
The registration desk will be located in the Foyer, Level 5, Hilton Brisbane Hotel and will be open every day of the meeting. We advise you to collect your documents as soon as possible after your arrival. Registration desk hours will be advised on your registration confirmation letter and on the meeting website.

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ALTERATIONS
Alterations to your registration will not be accepted over the telephone.

Alterations must be in writing via:
> E-mail (preferred): registration@icms.com.au
> Fax: +61 3 9682 0288
> Post: EPHM 2005 Meeting Secretariat 84 Queensbridge Street, Southbank, Vic 3006, Australia

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CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
Cancellations must be advised in writing to the Meeting Secretariat.

Cancellations received up to Monday, 30 May 2005 will receive a refund of registration fees, less an administrative charge of $100.00. Registration fee refunds for cancellations received after this date will be at the discretion of the Organising Committee. Eligible refunds will be issued after the conclusion of the meeting. Registrations are transferable to a colleague at any time prior to the meeting provided the Meeting Secretariat is advised in writing.

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ON-SITE REGISTRATION
If you have not registered by Friday, 24 June 2005 you will need to register on-site. Please note: on-site registrants are not guaranteed a meeting satchel.