Speaking

Jon is available for speaking engagements (and does not charge speaking fees for genuine non-profit organisations). Please see contact details at the bottom of this page.

Upcoming Speaking events:

May 9, 2011 “Differences in perceptions and attitudes on complementary medicine between Australian and US primary care physicians” 6th International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research, Chengdu, China

May 8, 2011 “Exploring the Grass Roots Interface between Rural General Practice and Complementary Medicine (CM): a Qualitative Study of New South Wales General Practitioners” 6th International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research, Chengdu, China

February 7, 2011 “The rise of complementary medicine in rural healthcare, implications for rural primary care” School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

January 28, 2011 “Rural Naturopathic Medicine” Bastyr University, Seattle, WA, USA

January 26, 2011 “Rural Naturopathic Medicine” National College of Naturopathic Medicine, Portland, OR, USA

January 19, 2011 “Complementary Medicine in Rural Healthcare” Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR), Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada.

Recent speaking events:

January 1, 2011 “Woodforum: Your Voice in the Health Wilderness” Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford, Qld, Australia .

December 31, 2010 “Healthy Markets” Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford, Qld, Australia.

December 30, 2010 “The Low Down on Clinical Naturopathy” Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford, Qld, Australia (with Dr Jerome Sarris).

December 28, 2010 “Woodforum: The Politics of Medicine” Woodford Folk Festival, Woodford, Qld, Australia

November 15, 2010 “Naturopathy” UQ Wellness Seminar, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

November 10, 2010 “Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Rural Australia: An Unknown Entity”. School of Population Health Research Conference, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.

August 11, 2010. “The Rise and Rise of Complementary Medicine: Health Policy Implications and Challenges” Emerging Health Policy Research Conference, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

July 23, 2010. “The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme: What Would Inclusion Mean for Naturopathy and Wester Herbal Medicine” 7th International Conference on Herbal Medicine, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia.

July 8, 2010. “The importance of developing a public health research agenda for complementary medicine: implications for clinical research”  Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

June 5, 2010 “Promoting a public health and health services research agenda for complementary medicine” School of Health Sciences, University of York, York UK.

May 19, 2010 “The Quality of Naturopathic Education in Australia: Killed by Government Kindness?” 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research, Tromsø, Norway.

May 19, 2010. “Exploring the Interface between Complementary Medicine (CM) and Conventional Primary Practice in Rural Australia” 5th International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research, Tromsø, Norway

April 21, 2010.  “Health Policy and Health Reform in Australia” School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle USA.

Examples of other previous talks:

“Research opportunities in public health for complementary medicine graduates” Endeavour College of Natural Health, Brisbane, Australia (Jul 13 2009)

“Regulatory Issues in Naturopathy in Australia” British Naturopathic Association, London, UK (Jan 21 2009)

“Naturopathic medicine in Australia” Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Toronto, Canada (Nov 3 2008)

“Barbarians at the Gate: Accreditation, registration and regulation as ways of protecting the traditions and foundations of natural health care, and of improving the health care delivered by complementary medicine.” Natural Healthcare Alliance Roundtable, Sydney, Australia (Aug 31 2008)

“Naturopathic Options for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome” Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia Seminar Series, Brisbane, Australia (Aug 12 2007)

“Naturopathy and Endometriosis” Endometriosis Association of Queensland Conference, Wesley Hospital, Brisbane, Australia (Mar 9-12 2007)

Bookings:

To book Jon for a speaking engagement, call 0416 216 917 or email jon@jonwardle.com

Written request can be made to:

Jon Wardle
PO Box 87
Fortitude Valley Qld 4006
Australia