Conferences
2008 Desert Knowledge Symposium and Business Showcase
3-6 November 2008 - Alice Springs Convention Centre, Alice Springs, Australia
The 2008 Desert Knowledge Symposium and Business Showcase will focus on six key themes:
- Making remote governance work
- Networking business and knowledge
- Learning for desert futures
- Capturing industry opportunities for desert people
- Seizing the desert environment opportunity
- Exporting desert knowledge.
Be part of this rare opportunity to hear about how business innovators, researchers and educators from Australia and overseas are working in partnership with communities, industry and governments to develop a body of desert knowledge that will help sustain desert communities around the world.
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Bipartite 2008 - Partnering for Success: Employers, Universities and Our Graduate Talent
9-12 November 2008 - Novotel Hotel, Brighton-le-Sands, Sydney, Australia
Themes:
- Innovative partnerships
- Graduate recruitment - Beyond the traditional
- Developing future capabilities
The conference provides an opportunity to network with career services from around Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and to explore innovative ways for universities and employers to build partnerships.
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ABCD (Asset Based Community Development) Asia Pacific Conference: A Critical Tool for Social Inclusion
3-5 December 2008 - The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Theme: Supporting others and ourselves to discover and mobilise community strengths
The ABCD conference is an opportunity to come together to focus on ways in which we can utilise the existing assets of communities and individuals to ensure our society is inclusive of all people, regardless of age, culture, economic status, location and physical abilities.
Delegates will have the opportunity to share their stories, learn from each other and to develop strategies of how to work with communities in strength-based ways.
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World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education 2008
7-11 December 2008 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Theme: Indigenous education in the 21st Century - Respecting tradition, shaping the future
The World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education (WIPC:E) is a triennial conference of international significance that attracts peoples from around the globe to celebrate and share diverse cultures, traditions and knowledge with a focus on world indigenous education. The purpose of WIPC:E is to provide a forum to come together, share and learn and promote best practice in indigenous education policies, programs and practice.
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2009 AIEA (Association of International Education Administrators) Annual Conference
22-25 February 2009 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Theme: International education: Engaging communities
International education consists of a plethora of diverse and cross-cutting communities and as the international landscape changes each of these communities is faced with different issues and challenges. Moreover, in the past decade, the complexity, interconnectivity, and scope of these communities have increased dramatically; a trend that most agree will continue and even accelerate. As international education administrators, we must be able to understand and respond to these challenges.
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The 3rd Global Meeting of Associations of Universities (GMAIII)
20-22 April 2009 - Mexico, South America
Theme: Association, networks, alliances, etc: Making sense of the emerging global higher education landscape
All international, regional, national associations, networks or consortia of higher education institutions are invited to attend this meeting. This third meeting (following Alexandria, Egypt in 2005 and Paris, France in 2007) is being organised by IAU in partnership with the Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior (ANUIES) and will be held in Mexico just prior to the HACU/CONAHEC/IOHE Joint International Conference on ‘Inter-American Higher Education Collaboration: Working together to Shape the Future of our Communities’, making participation all the more valuable for leaders of associations and various networks.
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16th World Conference on Cooperative Education and Work Integrated Learning: An International Dialogue in Vancouver
23-26 June 2009 - Vancouver, Canada
WACE’s 16th World Conference is an event which unites over 500 international delegates, including academics from the world’s most prestigious WIL institutions, global corporate leaders, and government officials to discuss cooperative education and work integrated learning and its impact on our world.
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2nd International Conference for Service-Learning in Teacher Education
25-27 June 2009 - Galway, Ireland
The International Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education is excited to announce the Second International Conference for Service-Learning in Teacher Education.
The International Center on Service-Learning in Teacher Education will bring together teacher educators from around the world to revisit the Brussels conference outcomes, to clarify service-learning language, share professional work, and explore possibilities for future collaboration on issues of research, policy, and practice. The conference will also feature research, citizenship education, student and faculty exchange, and technological connections through the special interest groups.
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HERDSA 2009 International Teaching and Learning Conference
6-9 July 2009 - Mal Nairn Auditorium, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
Theme: The student experience
The conference will be hosted by Charles Darwin University and is the 32nd annual conference in the Society's prestigious series, attracting people from Australasia and around the world.
The Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) is a scholarly society for people committed to the improvement of teaching and learning in higher and tertiary education.
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AUCEA National Conference 2009
8-10 July 2009 - Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
The AUCEA National Conference promotes partnerships between universities, private enterprise, government and communities.
The role universities play in creating a sustainable future through engaging with their communities is substantial. You are invited to play a part.
The cutting edge program will advance university-community engagement into the 21st Century, offering the opportunity for academics, private sector project managers, government and council officers, and community engagement practitioners to share expertise and experience. The conference will also provide vital opportunities and knowledge for organisations wanting to engage with Australian universities.
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Charles Darwin Symposium Series - Shaping our Science, Society & Future
22-24 September 2009 - Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, Australia
The Charles Darwin symposia are designed to encourage lively and informed debate on issues of importance to all Territorians. Through the symposia, the University seeks to engage with the wider community, inviting members of the public to participate in the debates, airing diverse points of view, and seeking to reach understandings on the issues under scrutiny.
The year 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of his work The Origin of Species. This Symposium will provide an opportunity to appreciate, debate, and even challenge Darwin’s findings, and will bring together an exciting range of speakers from around the globe.
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Ninth International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement
9-12 October, 2009 - University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) is an international, non-profit organization devoted to promoting research and discussion about service-learning and community engagement.
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