Dontas Family Travelling Fellowships

The Greek/Australian International Legal & Medical Conference invites applications for

TWO TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIPS

Professor Anastasios Dontas
Fellowship for Medicine

Professor John Harber Phillips
Fellowship for Law

to attend the 12th Greek/Australian International
Legal & Medical Conference
to be held on the island of Samos, Greece
31st May - 6th June 2009

Applicants should be graduates in Law or Medicine, under 40 years of age and currently enrolled in post-graduate study within either Faculty. The successful applicants will be required to present a learned paper of some 30 minutes duration at the Conference. Papers that address the Conference theme and/or Greek Australian relationships are encouraged. The Conference has no objection to subsequent publication of any part of the paper in a thesis by the applicant.

The Fellowships, one to a graduate in Law, one to a graduate in Medicine are in the form of a grant which will include a return Economy Class airfare from Australia to Greece (Crete), Conference registration and the cost of accommodation at the Conference venue for the duration of the Conference. The Fellowships offer participation in a high level educational opportunity with social and professional interaction with Australian and International leaders in both law and medicine.

Selection of the successful applicants will be made by a distinguished legal and medical panel, on the basis of Curriculum Vitae and a 1500 word abstract of the paper.

Applications, by submission of the application form, Curriculum Vitae and an abstract, will close on 31st July 2008. The successful applicants will be required to submit the full text of the completed paper by 30th March, 2009.

For further details and application forms please contact:

Jenny Crofts, Conference Secretariat
41 Davison St, RICHMOND, VICTORIA, 3121
Phone: (03) 9429 2140
Fax: (03) 9421 1682
E-mail: jennycrofts@ozemail.com.au

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Professor Anastasios Dontas and his family have been strong supporters of the Conference since its inception. Now retired, he was one of Greece's most eminent physicians. As an academic and clinical practitioner in both Greece and the USA with over fifty years of experience, he has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the medical profession. He founded the Director of the Centre for Studies of Age Related Change in Athens and has been actively involved with the Conference since its inception and is the official Conference Patron in Greece.

The Medical fellowship named in his honour is in recognition of his contribution to the professional development and understanding between professional groups and his commitment to cultural understanding between nations.

Professor The Hon. John Harber Phillips AC, former Chief Justice for Victoria and Provost of the Sir Zelman Cowan Centre at Victoria University was chairman of the Conference's Professional Programme for close to 20 years. On his retirement from this role he was appointed patron of the organization in recognition of his service to the Conference and also his contribution to both the Law and Greek Australian relations. From 2008 the Legal fellowship bears his name as one of the Dontas Family Travelling Fellowships.

The inaugural fellowships were awarded in 2001.

Winners to date are:

The fellowships will provide the opportunity for two young practitioners to attend the 12th Greek/Australian International Legal & Medical Conference on the island of Samos in June 2009 and present a paper of high relevance to the gathered professional forum.