A special corporate members dinner was held prior to our 6th Biennial Conference on 24 November 2009.  This was a new initiative to thank our corporate groups for their continued support and provide them with an opportunity to network with each other and to the meet keynote speakers from the conference.  The dinner was held at the Point Restaurant and Bar in Brisbane and was attended by the international keynote speakers James Morone, Gert Westert and Andrew Bazemore and by representatives of Queensland Health and the New Zealand Ministry of Health. 

There was a friendly atmosphere at the event and corporate members reported that it was useful to have an opportunity to meet their counterparts from other universities and centres, keynote speakers and government representatives away from the pressure of the full conference.  The keynote speakers thought that this was a unique event, a great way to start the conference and useful introduction to HSR in Australia and New Zealand.  All agreed that similar events should be organised in the future.

Below Jane Hall, Chair of the Conference Organising Committee directs proceedings.