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<H3 class=post-title>CALL FOR PRESENTERS: HWB CONFERENCE JUNE 2006 </H3>
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<DIV class=post-body>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 <A title=http://www.culturalcommons.org/directorydetail.cfm?ID=4768
href="http://www.culturalcommons.org/directorydetail.cfm?ID=4768">Interinstitutional
Consortium for Indigenous Knowledge,</A> 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?<BR><BR>Conference tracks include:<BR>--Making Trade Fair in the
Botanicals Industry<BR>--Intellectual Property Rights, Access, and
Benefits-Sharing</DIV>
<DIV class=post-body>--Organic Certification<BR>--Agricultural Extension and
Genetic Resources</DIV>
<DIV class=post-body>--HIV/AIDS<BR>--Diseases of Industrialization: Diabetes
Mellitis, Heart Disease, and Cancer<BR>--Malaria and Other Tropical
Diseases<BR>--Poverty and Access to Health Care in the United States<BR><BR>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. <STRONG>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. </STRONG>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
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