Sponsorship

We invite interested organisations to be a part of the Heart Foundation Conference 2011. The Conference will provide sponsors with an outstanding opportunity to be associated with our well recognised and enormously credible brand, and to reach a large and diverse audience including cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons, general practitioners, nurses and allied health professionals, researchers, students, public health practitioners and policy makers.

A comprehensive trade exhibition will be held in conjunction with the Conference which will cover a wide range of devices, medicines and services related to the field. For further information on sponsorship and exhibition opportunities please contact the Conference Office.

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Confirmed Sponsors

The Heart Foundation 2011 Conference would like to thank the following sponsors for their support

Department of Health Victoria

Principal Partner

The Department of Health is committed to achieving the best health and wellbeing for all Victorians. This is accomplished through planning, policy development, funding and regulation of health service providers and activities which promote and protect Victorians' health including:

• health care services provided through the public hospital system, community health services, ambulance services, dental services and public mental health, drug and alcohol services
• residential and community care for older people, support and assistance to enable people to function independently in their own homes, positive ageing programs, healthy and active living and seniors card
• health promotion and protection through emergency management, public health and related preventative services, education and regulation. The Health Department covers the responsibilities of the Ministers for Health, the Minister for Ageing and the Minister for Mental Health and has approximately 1,600 staff across four divisions and eight regions.

AstraZeneca

Platinum Sponsor

As one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies, AstraZeneca is engaged in the research, development, manufacture, and supply of medicines that make a difference for patients in important areas of healthcare.

AstraZeneca excels in providing healthcare solutions designed to fight diseases in seven major therapeutic areas including cardiovascular, neuroscience, gastrointestinal, infection, oncology, anaesthesia (including pain management) and respiratory products.

Locally, AstraZeneca has spent over $250 million over the last decade on R&D, and is currently involved in over 50 clinical trials at over 200 sites across Australia.

AstraZeneca's Sydney manufacturing facility is a key part of the global manufacturing network, employing more than 500 people and providing niche products to 37 international markets.

Globally, the Company spends more than $16 million every working day on R&D, with more than 13,000 researchers dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative new medicines that meet the needs of patients worldwide.

AstraZeneca believes that it has a global responsibility to its customers and the communities they live in.

Through financial support and representation, AstraZeneca recognises the work and commitment of patient care and advocacy groups. These important partnerships are central to our commitment to improve the quality of people's lives.

AstraZeneca Australia also has a proud history of supporting the local community. Since 2005, AstraZeneca's support has assisted Redkite in providing children and their families battling with childhood cancer, with fundamental services, both financial and emotional.

Every day, more than 1.5 million Australians benefit from AstraZeneca medicines.

Abbott Products

Gold Sponsor

Abbott is a global, broad-based health care company devoted to the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals and medical products, including nutritionals, devices and diagnostics. The company employs approximately 83,000 people and markets its products in more than 130 countries.

Department of Health and Ageing

Gold Sponsor

The vision of the Department of Health and Ageing is Better health and active ageing for all Australians. The department is responsible for achieving the Government's priorities for population health, aged care and population ageing as well as medical services, primary care, rural health,
hearing services and Indigenous health. The department administers programs to meet the Government's objectives in health system capacity and quality, mental health, health workforce, acute care, and biosecurity and emergency response. The department supports the Australian community's access to affordable private health services and is responsible for policy on Medicare
and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

Worksafe

Keynote Speaker Sponsor

Broadly, the responsibilities of WorkSafe are to:

help avoid workplace injuries occurring enforce Victoria's occupational health and safety laws provide reasonably priced workplace injury insurance for employers help injured workers back into the workforce manage the workers' compensation scheme by ensuring the prompt delivery of
appropriate services and adopting prudent financial practices.

Vic Health

Program Sponsor

The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, best known as VicHealth, works in partnership with organisations, communities and individuals to make health a central part of our daily lives.
The focus of our work is on promoting good health and preventing ill-health.

Commonwealth Bank

VIP Event Sponsor

Whatever you're looking for in a bank, it's safe to say there is at least one thing people can agree on: quality customer service is important.

Our staff have made a personal commitment to uphold this in our Determined to Please and Possibly Astonish Service Promise campaign, so much so that they deliver these promises in our online advertising.

Our people’s determination and dedication to deliver superior customer service, and their ongoing support of community initiatives, is all part of how we are determined to place the customer in the centre of everything we do.

That’s why we made this set of promises to you that reinforce our unwavering commitment to customer service. Come in and experience our service difference and challenge us to live up to each and every one of these. We’re also making it easier for you to do your banking when it suits you with mobile banking. We want you to tell us what we're doing well, and equally, what we can be improving.

While we are the most awarded bank in Australia, ultimately, it is our customers that we want to impress every single time in every single interaction we have.

We don't just aim to meet your expectations but to exceed them. We empower our people to deliver you service that both surprises and delights. Quite simply, we are determined to be Australia's favourite bank.

Boston Scientific

Bronze Sponsor

Our strategy is to lead global markets for less-invasive medical devices by developing and marketing innovative products, services and therapies that address unmet patient needs, provide superior clinical outcomes and demonstrate proven economic value.

The following five elements of our Strategic Plan will unleash the full power of our Company. Prepare people and place them in strategic positions to inspire others and deliver results. Optimize the Company for greater efficiency and effectiveness by restructuring our business model. Win global market share by developing and acquiring high-impact growth products. Expand our global sales and marketing focus with critical new capabilities and people so we can better execute our sales activities. Realign our business portfolio to improve leverage and accelerate profitable growth.

The Egg Nutrition Council

Breakfast Sponsor

The Egg Nutrition Council (ENC) is an independent group of health and nutrition experts who provide unbiased and accurate information to the Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) on the nutritional and health qualities of eggs.

This site has been designed as a resource for health care professionals throughout Australia, to provide practical and accurate information to their patients about:

The nutritional makeup of eggs

• The role of eggs in healthy diets throughout different life stages, and
• The effect eggs have on certain disease states.
• The Heart Foundation recently joined an increasing number of health advisory bodies around the world in revising its recommendation around the consumption of eggs.

City of Melbourne

Conference Support

Melbourne: intimate, harmonious, sophisticated

(1) Welcome to Melbourne, capital of the state of Victoria and Australia's premier destination for culture, shopping, dining, sports, events, festivals and the arts. And, increasingly, a city recognised for its leadership in sustainability.

(2) Melbourne is home to 140 different cultures including Indigenous Australians, post World War II European migrants and more recently, people from China, Korea, India, northeast Africa and Malaysia.

Melbourne has a significant population of international students, adding to the vitality of our streets and reflecting the importance of knowledge and education to our city.

(3) There is much to love about Melbourne.

The city inspires a deep passion in those who live here. Melburnians love the city's energy, restaurants, boutiques and laneway living. They love the city's inspirational (and sometimes controversial) public art, the quiet space of its parks, its waterfront precinct and the year-round calendar of events.

For more information on the City of Melbourne, please visit www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/whatson