Dear Global Health Enthusiasts,
You are invited to attend the Global Health Connections annual
Conference on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at the Auraria campus in
downtown Denver. The theme for this year’s conference is Water &
Sanitation. Access to clean water and sanitation are not only part of
the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, but are vital to individual and
public health. Additionally, we will have a variety of other topics
and outstanding speakers at the conference. We think our conference
has something for everyone, and we hope you will be able to attend!
Confirmed speakers include:
Rob Bell, El Porvenir/Honduras
Gretchen Berggren, Harvard University
Cathy and Curt Bradner, ThirstAid
Melinda Cain, UC Boulder
Paul Casey, Colorado Haiti Project
Blair Gifford, CAMEJO Campus, Haiti, UC Denver Business School
Gretchen Heinrichs, Denver Health/UC Denver School of Medicine
Don Howard, SCOPE, Kenya
Rita Klees, Mortenson Center for Engineering in Developing Communities/
UC Boulder
Ted Ning, Starfish One by One/UC Denver School of Medicine
Andrew Romanoff, Intl Development Enterprises/IDE
Carolyn Schrader, Economic Development in Zimbabwe
Dave Talbott, Crutches4Africa
Randy Thompson, PureWater
Dan Wesner, Regis University
Erin Wright, Water for People
To register for the conference, please go to
http://ghc-waterconference.eventbrite.com/.
For information on a conference booth or sponsorship, please send an
email to
in...@globalhealthconnections.org.
This conference is hosted by Global Health Connections, Inc., a local
not-for-profit organization that provides education, outreach, and
fellowship on global health issues. Please check out our website at
www.globalhealthconnections.org.
Please help us to increase awareness of this annual conference by
spreading the word and forwarding this announcement to anyone who may
be interested.
Thank you.
Carrie Paykoc
Executive Director
Blair Gifford
Board Chair
Global Health Connections
www.globalhealthconnections.org