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University academics add depth to 2020 Summit

Friday, 28 March 2008

The University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ has welcomed today's announcement of the to the , which include some of the University's top academics in health and the arts.

"The delegates to the 2020 Summit will play a key role in helping to shape the future of Australia across a broad range of areas, and we are delighted that a number of University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ academics with national and international reputations have been chosen to attend the Summit," says the , Professor James McWha.

"Their selection as delegates to the Summit is a reflection of their level of expertise, and I have every confidence that they will make a unique contribution to the Summit proceedings."

The Australia 2020 Summit delegates and their Summit areas include:

A long-term national health strategy

Professor Christian Gericke - Professor of Public Health Policy, , University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ
Professor John Spencer - Professor of Social and Preventive Dentistry and Co-Director, , University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ
Professor Gary Wittert - Professor of Medicine and Head, , University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ

Options for the future of Indigenous Australia

Dr Veronica Arbon - Senior Research Fellow, Yaitya Purruna Indigenous Health Unit, , University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ

Towards a creative Australia

Professor John Coetzee - Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, , University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ
Professor Nicholas Jose - Professor of , Discipline of English, University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ

Today's announcement of the Australia 2020 Summit delegates follows the earlier announcement this week of the delegates to the Youth Summit in Canberra.

Those delegates include University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ student Mohammad Al-Khafaji, who is studying for a .

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