About the Conference
“Building a Sustainable Social Investment Strategy for Health and Medical Research”
Australian National Maritime Museum . Sydney . 29-30 August 2011
About the conference
“Building a Sustainable Social Investment Strategy for Health and Medical Research” will take place at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, New South Wales on the 29-30 August 2011. The conference, to be conducted over two days, will include a gala dinner with a high-profile guest speaker. To view the draft program, please click here.
The conference will bring together local and international experts, and will explore general themes focused on philanthropy for health and medical research. It will offer opportunities to enhance communication, build networks and align expectations between donors, intermediaries, grant makers, government, corporations, community, researchers and research administrators.
Approximately 200 registrants from our target audience will attend the two-day conference.
Target audience
Research Australia invites those who are in some way involved with giving to health and medical research or those with an interest to attend the inaugural 2011 conference. The audience will primarily consist of:
- Philanthropists and donors
- Trust and foundations
- Health and medical research grant recipients
- Legal and financial advisors
- Philanthropic intermediaries
- Industry and corporate foundations
- State and Federal Government
- Universities and medical research institutes
- Research administrators
- Fund managers
Sponsors
This Conference is made possible through generous support from our primary sponsors:
Session Sponsor
The Building Philanthropic Support for Australian Health & Medical Research Initiative undertaken by Research Australia is supported by funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.