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Please join us for Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) 20th Anniversary Celebration showcasing our breadth of research, government and organisational members during a Research Afternoon followed by our 20th Anniversary Oration.

Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA) plays a key role linking research, service delivery and policy development in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥. We aim to promote, facilitate and enable multidisciplinary research to advance understanding of healthy development, ensuring the physical, psychological and social health of infants, children and adolescents.

Our vision: To achieve the full development potential of South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s children and adolescents.

HDA Research Afternoon: 12.45-5.00PM (12.15PM registration)

Our Research Afternoon will consist of 2 concurrent sessions including basic research and government and community focussed short presentations.

We warmly welcome our presenters from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Flinders ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Women's and Children's Health Network, SAHMRI, Robinson Research Institute, Caring Futures Institute,ÌýEarly Origins of Adult Health Research Group, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Centre for Child Protection, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, Department of Human Services, Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation, The Kids Research Institute ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Emerging Minds, and Office for Early Childhood Development.

Prizes will be awarded to the best presentations on the day in the PhD, Early Mid Career Researcher (EMCR) and Government/Organisational categories.

HDA 20th Anniversary Oration: 6.00-8.30PM (5.45PM registration)

Our 20th Anniversary Oration will be presented by the Hon. Kate EllisÌý´Ç²ÔÌýEarly Childhood in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥: Time for Doing The Doing.

Kate Ellis is the CEO of Raising Literacy ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and Chair of South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s Early Years Taskforce.  Kate will unveil some of the newest research into early childhood development attitudes in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and outline how we now have the evidence base and it is now the critical time for the actions that will transform the lives and futures of our youngest South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ns.

Registration is essential for catering purposes. The full program for the Research Afternoon + Oration can be viewed here: