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Conference Description


Mandate

Public Health 2.0 examined the use and implications of participatory technologies in public health. The conference created a forum for students, community members and organizations, academics, and public health professionals to share their knowledge and concerns about the role of participatory technologies in public health and the practical skills required to effectively use these technologies.


Objectives

  1. To explore how technologies are being or could be used to address public health issues in a participatory manner
  2. To showcase innovative or participatory uses of technology in public health 
  3. To foster dialogue about the actual or potential implications of the use of technology in public health 
  4. To provide a forum to network and exchange ideas about innovative, participatory public health technologies between diverse communities 
  5. To learn hands-on skills for implementing different participatory technologies in public health
  6. To explore the shifting mindset in public health, from expert-driven to user-driven

Themes

  • Engage: Using technology to promote the participation of stakeholders and create user-driven public health 
  • Explore: Using research to understand public health issues and to develop and evaluate responses in innovative or participatory ways 
  • Empower: Using technology to work with stigmatized issues or strengthen marginalized populations
  • Exchange: Using technology to transfer knowledge between communities and the formal public health sector
  • Enable: Using technology to create a supportive environment for health and the work of public health at the community, organizational or societal level

Conference Schedule

(please note, the conference took place on September 23rd, 2011)

8:30 am to 9:00 amRegistration and Breakfast
9:00 am to 10:15 amKeynote address by Dr. Alejandro Jadad (you can watch the address again here) 
10:15 am to 10:30 am Break 1
10:30 am to 11:45 amMorning workshops:
11:45am to 1:45 pmLunch 
     12:15 pm to 12:45 pm    Round Table 1*   
     1:00 pm to 1:30 pm    Round Table 2*
1:45 pm to 2:30 pm Video presentation: The Seven Interventions of Filmmaker-in-Residence by Katerina Cizek
2:30 pm to 2:45 pm Break 2
2:45 pm to 4:00 pmAfternoon workshops:
 4:00 pm to 4:15 pmBreak 3 
 4:15 pm to 5:00 pmClosing address by Rumi Chunara 


Public Health 2.0 Wordle