Injury Prevention Summit

The Injury Prevention Summit is a one-day event held biennially by Injury Matters, via the Know Injury program, with funding from the Western Australian Department of Health.

The event will be held on 11th May 2023 and will bring together injury prevention and safety promotion practitioners, policymakers and Local Governments from across Western Australia to share knowledge and build capacity to integrate injury prevention and safety promotion practices into their work.

Expect Keynote presentations from experts Denise Sullivan, Director of Chronic Disease Prevention at the Department of Health, Lucy Saunders, Director and Founder of Healthy Streets, and Professor Tanya Chikritzhs, lead of the Alcohol Policy Research team at the National Drug Research Institute.

The Injury Prevention Summit aims to facilitate collaboration within the sector by exploring the cross cutting factors contributing to injury, while providing the space to exchange knowledge, ideas, and information across WA.

The three sessions for the day include Evidence-Informed Injury Prevention, Safe Streets, and Preventing Harm from Alcohol.

In-person registration, networking, and refreshments to open from 9:00am for in-person attendees, with formalities to commence at 9:30am. Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea will be provided for in-person attendees.

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