BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Medact - ECPv6.6.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Medact X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.medact.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Medact REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20140330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20141026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20150329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20151025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150620T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150620T173000 DTSTAMP:20260418T224115 CREATED:20150530T120633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151910Z UID:12874-1434807000-1434821400@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Medact - How to build a movement? (Post-AGM Event) DESCRIPTION:Building strong movements is more important than ever … can you lend Medact your ideas and enthusiasm to help us better understand how we can be more effective\, and how we grow? \n   Come together with Medact supporters\, staff and trustees on the afternoon of Saturday 20th June to lend your ideas and creativity in a series of workshops looking at how Medact can be more effective\, and how we can best support and nurture our grassroots movement. This is a great chance to learn how you can get involved in our work over the coming months\, and let us know what you think we should be doing. Saturday 20th June at Friends House (London) – 1.30pm to 5pm (followed by drinks) – \nProgramme\nWelcome (1.30pm)\n A short welcome and introduction from Medact’s staff team.   \nCampaigns Update  (1.45pm)\n Hear from Medact staff and project coordinators about recent developments in Medact’s campaigns and projects – including fossil fuel divestment\, preventing torture\, fracking and renewing trident. This will be an open session in which questions and discussion will be encouraged. It will be followed by a chance to ask questions to the Medact team – come and quiz us on what we’ve done well and what we could do better! \nUpdate Agenda \nWelcome – Sridhar Venkatapuram \nCommunications & Media – Victor Ponsford \nPreventing Torture – Frank Arnold \nNuclear Disarmament – Frank Boulton \nFossil Fuel Divestment – Zoe Steley \nPeace – Christopher Venables \nFracking – David McCoy \nFood\, farming and climate – David McCoy \n Focussed Discussion Groups  (3.00-4.00pm)\n Gathering a thousand health professionals for peace: making our November conference a ‘Big Thing’! In November of this year\, Medact is leading a coalition of organisations – including  The Lancet\, Saferworld\, Oxford Research Group\, Health Poverty Action\, Kings College London\, Quakers in Britain\, Campaign Against Arms Trade and others – to hold a major two-day peace conference at Friends House in London. We’d like to make this event a ‘Big Thing’! But\, with only a small amount of staff-time\, we need the energy and enthusiasm of our members and supporters to help make this happen. We’ll be briefly introducing the conference\, and then asking you for ideas on how we can make Health Through Peace an event to remember! This will be a good chance to get involved in organising a major conference. Growing Medact from the bottom-up: How do we grow and nurture active membership amongst a busy and over-stretched workforce? Medact has a number of active local groups\, but we’d like to support more of our members to become active in their communities – taking our campaigns and resources to new audiences\, and providing a local platform for the enthusiasm and energy of health professionals. We have 1000 members – and new people joining every week! – but we have little capacity in the office to be able to support and nurture the membership. We’d like to listen to your ideas of how we could better support you in developing local groups\, and rethinking what Medact’s members can do in their local communities. Making a small organisation strong: How do we maximise Medact’s full potential to influence and make change happen? We know that doctors and health professionals in general are well respected and trusted. We know that public health evidence –based on sound epidemiology and rigorous policy analysis – is powerful. And we know that most health professionals want to see a fairer\, better and safer world. But largely speaking\, the health community remains a weak player in politics. It failed to prevent the dismantling of the NHS. It has failed to reverse the widening of health inequalities. And it has not reduced the threats of catastrophic human harm from nuclear war and climate change. So how can we do better as a health community\, and how can Medact help as an organisation? We want to hear your ideas and suggestions.   \nComing Back Together (4-4.30pm)\n After we’ve broken into the smaller groups\, we’ll briefly come back together and give each group an opportunity to report back.   \nSocial (5pm onwards!)\n We’ll be going for a drink afterwards in a room above a local pub – snacks may be provided! This is a good chance for more informal discussions with other Medact members and supporters\, as well as trustees and staff. – Annual General Meeting The afternoon conference will be preceded by Medact’s Annual General Meeting. If you are a Medact member and wish to attend the AGM\, please contact Chris Venables – chrisvenables@medact.org. There will be a light-lunch (snacks and sandwiches) provided for those attending the AGM. www.medact.org/agm2015 \nReserve a space using the ticket form below\n JTNDZGl2JTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJ3aWR0aCUzQTEwMCUyNSUzQiUyMHRleHQtYWxpZ24lM0FsZWZ0JTNCJTIyJTIwJTNFJTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyJTJGJTJGZXZlbnRicml0ZS5jby51ayUyRnRpY2tldHMtZXh0ZXJuYWwlM0ZlaWQlM0QxNzA3ODg1OTMyOCUyNnJlZiUzRGV0Y2t0JTIyJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyMjE0JTIyJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjIxMDAlMjUlMjIlMjB2c3BhY2UlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTIwaHNwYWNlJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMG1hcmdpbmhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjUlMjIlMjBtYXJnaW53aWR0aCUzRCUyMjUlMjIlMjBzY3JvbGxpbmclM0QlMjJhdXRvJTIyJTIwYWxsb3d0cmFuc3BhcmVuY3klM0QlMjJ0cnVlJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNFJTNDZGl2JTIwc3R5bGUlM0QlMjJmb250LWZhbWlseSUzQUhlbHZldGljYSUyQyUyMEFyaWFsJTNCJTIwZm9udC1zaXplJTNBMTBweCUzQiUyMHBhZGRpbmclM0E1cHglMjAwJTIwNXB4JTNCJTIwbWFyZ2luJTNBMnB4JTNCJTIwd2lkdGglM0ExMDAlMjUlM0IlMjB0ZXh0LWFsaWduJTNBbGVmdCUzQiUyMiUyMCUzRSUzQ2ElMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMnBvd2VyZWQtYnktZWIlMjIlMjBzdHlsZSUzRCUyMmNvbG9yJTNBJTIwJTIzZGRkZGRkJTNCJTIwdGV4dC1kZWNvcmF0aW9uJTNBJTIwbm9uZSUzQiUyMiUyMHRhcmdldCUzRCUyMl9ibGFuayUyMiUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjJodHRwJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmV2ZW50YnJpdGUuY28udWslMkZyJTJGZXRja3QlMjIlM0VQb3dlcmVkJTIwYnklMjBFdmVudGJyaXRlJTNDJTJGYSUzRSUzQyUyRmRpdiUzRSUzQyUyRmRpdiUzRQ== URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-how-to-build-a-movement-post-agm-event/ CATEGORIES:Workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20150225T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20150225T193000 DTSTAMP:20260418T224115 CREATED:20170130T123939Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T151848Z UID:12872-1424887200-1424892600@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Global Health Justice Lecture - The pharmaceutical industry\, TTIP and health DESCRIPTION: 5th Lecture: The pharmaceutical industry\, TTIP and health\n   Date: Weds 25th Feburary Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Location: The Bainbridge Room on the second floor of the Robin Brook Centre – Queen Mary University at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital followed by The Rising Sun pub at 7:30pm (more details below).   In this fifth lecture Deborah Cohen\, Investigations editor at the BMJ and Dairmaid McDonald\, Advocacy Manager at STOPAIDS and Dr Courtney Davis from KCL will be discussing the impact of pharmaceutical companies\, trade agreements and international markets on health in the UK and overseas.   Chaired by Dr David McCoy (QMUL & Medact)   Directions: Enter St Bartholomew’s Hospital through the main entrance to reach the courtyard and turn right. When you reach the building\, do not walk straight ahead into the building\, but turn left into the small alley. The entrance to the Robin Brook Centre is via the steps in the alley. We usually head to The Rising Sun pub for drinks and discussion afterwards at 7:30 so please do come along if you want to meet the team and find out more about Medact and our work.   https://globalhealthjustice.wordpress.com/ – Dr Deborah Cohen (BMJ)  Deborah Cohen is currently investigations editor at BMJ. She graduated from Manchester University having studied medicine with French. Prior to graduating she took an intercalated degree in journalism at Westminster University and worked on a newspaper in Ghana covering health issues. After qualifying\, Deborah became editor of the Student BMJ and started to report for the BMJ from places such as the West Bank and Kenya. She subsequently became editor of an academic section of the BMJ before becoming the first features editor. After collaborations with Channel 4 News and the Cochrane Collaboration\, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Panorama\, the BMJ decided to have a dedicated investigative journalism post. Deborah has since worked with the Centre of Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University\, Newsnight and Dispatches covering a range of issues from drug and device regulation to buried data and conflicts of interest. Diarmaid McDonald\, Advocacy Manager (STOPAIDS) Joined STOPAIDS in January 2010 where he currently leads the campaigning and advocacy work on the financing of the AIDS response and access to medicines. Diarmaid also helps to coordinate the activities of our members and plays a supporting role in the work of our partners at the Student Stop AIDS Campaign. You can read more about STOPAIDS reasons for taking part in the anti TTIP day of action by clicking here. Dr Courtney Davis (KCL)  Courtney is a medical and political sociologist with broad research interests in the intersections of science and technology policy\, business regulation and public health. For over ten years she has undertaken empirically-based\, policy relevant international comparative research investigating the socio-political\, economic\, cultural and scientific factors underlying trends in regulation and the implications of current techno-scientific standards for public\, patient and worker health in relation to two distinct fields of inquiry: pharmaceuticals and occupational health and safety.   Global Health Justice (GHJ) is a new public lecture and discussion series organised by the London-based charity Medact and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) focusing on the socio-political determinants of health. GHJ aims to bring a strong social science and humanities perspective to global health and provide a space for students\, campaigners and academics to discuss\, debate and exchange ideas that will challenge and push forward both research and policy.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 URL:https://www.medact.org/event/global-health-justice-lecture-pharmaceutical-industry-ttip-health/ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140924T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140924T193000 DTSTAMP:20260418T224115 CREATED:20170130T123910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170210T131628Z UID:12855-1411581600-1411587000@www.medact.org SUMMARY:Global Health Justice Lecture - Inequality and Health (A New Public Lecture and Discussion Series) DESCRIPTION:Global Health Justice (GHJ) is a new public lecture and discussion series organised by the London-based charity Medact and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) focusing on the socio-political determinants of health.\nGHJ aims to bring a strong social science and humanities perspective to global health and provide a space for students\, campaigners and academics to discuss\, debate and exchange ideas that will challenge and push forward both research and policy.\n1st Lecture: Inequality and Health.\nSpeakers\nDr Aaron Reeves from the Department of Sociology at Oxford\nMatilda Allen from the UCL Institute of Health Equity\n   \nTwitter @aaronreeves\nTwitter @themarmotreview\n 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 URL:https://www.medact.org/event/global-health-justice-inequality-health-new-public-lecture-discussion-series/ CATEGORIES:Talks & Lectures END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR