[MPWG] conference announcement / call for presenters

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CALL FOR PRESENTERS: HWB CONFERENCE JUNE 2006 

Herbalists Without Borders will be hosting our first  conference June 16-18, 
2006, at the Penn State Conference Center at University  Park in Central 
Pennsylvania. The conference, titled "Spirit of Healing:  Traditional Medicine, 
Fair Trade, and Health For All," co-sponsored by Penn  State's 
_Interinstitutional  Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge,_ 
(http://www.culturalcommons.org/directorydetail.cfm?ID=4768)  will explore the role of herbal  medicine in primary 
health care and poverty alleviation. How can traditional  medicine serve the 
primary health care needs of the majority of people who have  little or no 
access to conventional medicine? How can medicinal plants bring in  more income 
for poor communities? What type of regulatory and policy approaches  help or 
hinder the provision of health care and a higher standard of living for  the poor?

Conference tracks include:
--Making Trade Fair in the  Botanicals Industry
--Intellectual Property Rights, Access, and  Benefits-Sharing
--Organic Certification
--Agricultural Extension and  Genetic Resources
--HIV/AIDS
--Diseases of Industrialization: Diabetes  Mellitis, Heart Disease, and Cancer
--Malaria and Other Tropical  Diseases
--Poverty and Access to Health Care in the United States

We  are accepting proposals for presentations through December 15, 2005. 
Proposals  which include traditional people as presenters and health care 
providers working  on the ground in clinical and agricultural extension environments 
will be given  preference. We encourage presenters from countries outside the 
US to  submit their proposals as early as possible, as the process for 
acquiring visas  can be long and challenging for some travellers. Proposals should  
include a description of the presenter(s) and his or her qualifications in 300  
words or less.  Please also include name, title, address and phone  number, 
plus email and fax number if applicable.  An abstract of  the presentation in 
300 words or less should include comment about which track  or tracks the 
presentation addresses. Workshop sessions are 1 hour 20 minutes,  we advise allowing 
time for Q & A. For more details or to ask any questions  you may have, 
please contact Jennifer, jc at  herbalistswithoutborders.org


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