August 20, 2012
BBC Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen will be the key note speaker at the second International Conference of the World Society of Disaster Nursing (WSDN) being chaired by the University of Glamorgan?s Professor Donna Mead, in Cardiff, on 23-24 August 2012.
Professor Donna Mead, Dean of the Faculty of Heath, Sport and Science at the University of Glamorgan said: ?It seems that not a week goes by where we do not see disasters affecting communities, countries and continents. We have seen the impact of earthquakes, flooding, fires and tsunamis on a global scale. I am proud to acknowledge the significant contribution which the nursing profession is making in meeting the complex healthcare delivery difficulties in these situations.
?In bringing together our global disaster nursing community here in Wales we can discuss, learn, explore and debate our profession?s contribution and share the best practice of recent times. Disaster relief is not merely about programmes of study; it is about humanitarian endeavour which is something in which all Universities should be involved.?
The conference, sponsored by CAE Healthcare, will bring together leaders in the field of disaster nursing, attracting delegates from 25 countries. The majority of delegates will be nurses, lecturers, medics and representatives from non-government organisations.
Aiko Yamamoto, Chairperson of the World Society of Disaster Nursing said: ?WSDN is an academic society designed to share, accumulate, and exchange knowledge and skill related to disaster nursing. The society was established in 2008, and had the first conference at Kobe, in Japan, in January 2009. Now we are going to have the second conference under the strong leadership of Professor Mead.?
The conference takes place at Cardiff?s City Hall on 23-24 August. For more information visit the website: www.wsdn2012.com
Speakers at the 2012 conference will include, amongst others:
- Jeremy Bowen, the BBC?s Middle East Editor and former Middle East correspondent. A seasoned war correspondent, he has reporting on the front line at some of the most fraught conflicts from over 70 countries ranging from Somalia to the West Bank.
- Professor Anthony Redmond, OBE has been involved in international emergency humanitarian assistance for almost twenty five years, organising and leading medical support to natural disasters. He has also been involved in complex emergencies, for example he established a tented hospital on Iran/Iraq border for Kurdish refugees. Most recently he headed the UK surgical response to the earthquake in Haiti. Dr Redmond has an Honorary Degree from the University if Glamorgan.
- Peter Johnson, an established freelance radio and television journalist with more than 30 years production and presentation experience. Since the late 1970s Peter has been a daily contributor to BBC news and current affairs programmes in Wales and beyond, reporting from Europe, Asia and North America. He is best known for his 12 years in the presenter?s chair for the BBC Radio Wales breakfast news programme Good Morning Wales. Peter?s current affairs programmes have featured on the award lists in areas including racial equality, mental health and crime and justice.
- Mieko Ishii, Senior Lecturer Emergency Nursing for the Japanese Nursing Association. Her main international relief operation experience has been in the following areas: 2003 Iranian Southeast Earthquake, 2004 Sumatra Earthquake and tsunami disaster, 2005 central Java Earthquake and 2008 Chinese Sichuan great earthquake disaster.
- Cynthia Viasich, Director of Education and Leadership at Sigma Theta Tau International and Leadership in the United States of America. Cynthia was the Chief Nurse of the American Red Cross for nearly a decade during which time she also chaired the Global Advisory Group for Nursing under the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- Mariko Ohara, Professor of Disaster Nursing at the Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing in Tokyo. She will be speaking on the damage situation and activity of Japanese nurses in the recent disasters along with the problems of disaster nursing.
- Professor Paul Arbon has an academic career spanning some 19 years. He is Chair of Nursing (Population Health) and Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
- Dr Peter Carter OBE, Chief Executive and General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Dr Carter spent almost twelve years as the Chief Executive of the Central and North West London Mental Health NHS Trust, one of the largest mental health trusts in the UK with an operating budget of over ?200 million and an international reputation. He is a visiting professor at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King?s College London and Anglia Ruskin University. He is Honorary Colonel of 203 Welsh Field Hospital.
- Tom Doyle, Chief Learning Officer CAE Health Care. Tom has over 32 years experience in healthcare as a registered nurse, hospital administrator, nurse educator and corporate officer responsibility. He is a recognised world expert in the use of experiential learning and simulation. He spent 5 years as Coordinator of the Patient Simulation Program at one of the first colleges in the US to purchase the Human Patient Simulator in the 1990s. Tom is also appointed as a Visiting Fellow to the Faculty of Health, Sport and Science at the University of Glamorgan and as a Visiting Research Fellow to the Faculty of Health and Human Services at the University of Huddersfield.
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Source: http://news.glam.ac.uk/news/en/2012/aug/20/international-disaster-nursing-conference-comes-ca/
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