2017 NSW RURAL HEALTH & RESEARCH CONGRESS
Wednesday 27, Thursday 28 and Friday 29 September 2017
             Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre    
            

The Health Education and Training Institute (HETI), Murrumbidgee Local Health District and our Congress partners are pleased to announce the sixth NSW Rural Health and Research Congress, to be held in the vibrant rural town of Wagga Wagga on 27-29 September 2017.

This key event in the rural health calendar invites rural and remote clinicians, researchers and service providers to share their knowledge and experience around the theme;

“Our Future - World Class Rural Health”            

Our hosts and partners work closely to plan and deliver a program of exceptional diversity and quality. The Murrumbidgee Local Health District and Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network welcome delegates along with Congress partners the Agency for Clinical Innovation, Clinical Excellence Commission, Cancer Institute of NSW and the Australian Rural Health Research Collaboration.

We look forward to welcoming you for three days of inspiring keynote speakers, innovative researchers and a diverse offering of concurrent sessions and poster presentations. There will be opportunities to attend interactive forums and workshops not to mention networking with colleagues in beautiful Wagga Wagga.

We look forward to seeing you in Wagga Wagga this spring!                        

Wednesday 27 September

Day Three Congress 
Time:  9.00am - 12.30pm
Room Name: Theatre
Venue: Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre
Address: Burns Way, Wagga Wagga        

Battered Old Wreck Comics is the official cartoonist in residence for the Rural Health and Research Congress. Via Battered Old Wreck Comics, cartoonographer David Schmidt applies acute observation and wry humour to capture learnings from each day’s events. Watch for these comics throughout the Congress, and for more information see www.facebook.com/batteredoldwreckcomics/

Emily Saurman, from the Congress organising committee, will be taking photographs throughout the event. We also challenge each of you to contribute to the photographic record of this Congress by snapping pictures with your phones and posting them to twitter #RHRC2017 or text them to 0437 181 977 to be included in our daily slideshow.