Chair: Professor Ian Williamson, Dept. of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne.

Welcome, objective of symposium and overview of program -
Professor Ian Williamson, Dept. of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne

Official Opening:

The Minister of Health, the Hon. Rob Knowles MLC.

Presentations:

1. Brief Introduction to GIS

   Francisco J. Escobar - Department of Geomatics, The University of Mebourne.

2. Experiments in creating a Health based GIS: a review of some previous research

   Marcus Blake - The National Key Centre for Social Applications of GIS, The University of Adelaide.

3. The Role of GIS in Health Care Planning & Analysis

   Bridget Jackson, Rick Pope - Geographic Resource Group, Geographic Data Victoria, and,
   John Carlin, Terry Nolan - Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatics Unit (University of Melbourne and Royal Children's Hospital)

4. The North American Approach to GIS in Public Health and Health Administration

   Murray Herron, Land Data Solution.

Chair: Ms. Elizabeth Waters, Centre for Community Child Health & Ambulatory Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (University of Melbourne).

1. A Social Health Atlas of South Australia

   John Glover - South Australian Health Commission.

2. The Application of Spatial Analysis for the Purchasing of Health Services

   Daryl Lang - Department of Human Services.

3. Mapping Australia's Health Stats: The HealthWIZ Mapping Module

   George Preston - Prometheus Information

4. GIS for General Practice

   Francisco Escobar - Department of Geomatics, The University of Melbourne
   Julie Green - The Centre for Community Child Health & Ambulatory Paediatrics (Royal Children's Hospital), and,
   Chris Rudd - The National Key Centre for Social Applications of GIS, The University of Adelaide.