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Announcing Dr Andy Stapleton as keynote: AMWA 2018

Dr Andy StapletonAMWA’s 2018 conference committee is excited to announce our keynote for our 2018 conference: Dr Andy Stapleton .

Dr Andy Stapleton is a scientist, freelance writer and podcaster. He is a regular presenter on Australia’s Science Channel and has appeared on Science Says and The National Science Quiz. Andy also recently launched Pocket Conference – a startup providing access to cutting-edge science in bite-size chunks directly from the researchers who did the work.

About AMWA 2018

AMWA 2018 will be exploring integrity (in a post-truth world). Our sessions will focus on writing with integrity, current industry trends and challenges, and forging a career with integrity. We will also be hosting a panel discussion on ethical medical writing.

As well as four comprehensive sessions, our conference will offer plenty of opportunities for ongoing education as we will be hosting nine workshops this year.

Our workshop topics will include freelancing, SEO copywriting, writing for a clinical audience, navigating stakeholder relationships, defamation for medical writers, writing a book and data visualisation.

AHMEN, the Australasian Health and Medical Editors Network, will also be hosting a 3-hour event.

Our full program will be released in May. Members will be notified as soon as registrations open. Non-members can join our conference email list here.

Member Spotlight - Michael Molloy-Bland

Michael gained his PhD at Otago University and then secured a postdoctoral research position at the University of Oxford. He is currently working as Scientific Director in the Melbourne office of Oxford PharmaGenesis, working remotely from New Zealand. His role mainly involves overseeing strategy and content development for scientific publications across several client accounts.
He shares more about his journey, and some very wise insights and words of advice, on our Member Spotlight page.

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