^{Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Location: Discovery Conference Room, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 307 Westlake Ave. E, Seattle, WA 98109}

What is the best part of any scientific conference you have attended? The seminars? Nope. The poster sessions? No way! The plenary speech? You have to be kidding? The vendors? Not much swag in this economy.

The best part of any conference is sitting around the table at a restaurant or pub discussing the latest work with your peers. Drinks, food and conversation. More research began its journey on a cocktail napkin than any other source.

Seattle has more researchers, with more money, working on issues that impact global health than almost any other city in the U.S. Why not get them together to meet each other and discuss their work, in a setting as convivial as a pub table?

That is the goal of Global Health Dialogues, sponsored by the Washington Global Health Alliance. The Dialogues will use a novel format to help foster conversations. No PowerPoint. No lecturer. No podium. Just peers discussing a relevant topic. But only after a suitable period for making connections, eating some food, and downing some drinks.

We hope this format will provide opportunities to speak for all those who want to, while creating a place for those who just want to listen.
The first of these Dialogues will take place December 8, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Discovery Room at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute. Much of this first Dialogue will be informational.

Some of us will discuss what we envision for the Dialogues. You can tell us what you would like see and hear. We can talk about shared goals, future topics, and the best place in Seattle to sit down and discuss science.

So if you are a researcher in Seattle, exploring global health, or just interested in global health issues, join us December 8.

Space is limited. We will have plenty of cocktail napkins for your ideas.

Please visit this website to RSVP.