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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
IASSID 2nd Asia Pacific Conference
Singapore - June 24 to 27, 2009
Furama Riverfront Hotel
Theme: “Creating Possibilities for an Inclusive Society”.
For further information go to: www.iassid.org
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NATIONAL CONFERENCES
NDS 2009 Workforce & OHS Conference
Building workforce capacity: satisfaction, safety & skills
2009 NDS National Workforce and OHS Conference
4–5 May 2009, Hobart
Nothing is more pivotal to the quality of disability services than the quality of the workforce. It is concerning, therefore, that workforce issues now pose some of the most significant challenges for service providers. Disability workers are required in sufficient numbers, and need to be satisfied, safe and well skilled—recruitment, retention and training practices must be well targeted and successful. Current tight labour market conditions are posing one set of challenges for providers; others arise from the need to deliver new service models—often in the uncontrolled environments of the home and community—under complex legislation, regulation and funding arrangements.
The 2009 NDS National Workforce and OHS Conference will seek to equip service providers with knowledge and strategies to assist them to respond to the needs and lifestyle preferences of people with disability within today’s labour market conditions and regulatory frameworks. It will offer presentations and discussions appealing to a broad cross section of staff from disability service providers—particularly CEOs, senior managers, and HR and OHS staff—but is designed to be also of interest to people from the general community services sector, government departments and academic institutions.
For further information go to: www.nds.org.au
For expressions of interest into exhibition and sponsorship opportunities, please contact sarah.maguire@nds.org.au or phone 02 6283 3200.
2009 AFDO Conference
Thursday 28th and Friday 29th May 2009
Jasper Hotel, Melbourne
The conference committee is now in the process of developing a program for the conference. We'd like your feedback by no later than 9:00am Monday 15th May on what you see as the three most critical areas of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Let us know if you have further details regarding why you think a particular article is important, or which aspect of it should be discussed. To respond, please reply by email info@afdo.org.au
More information about the conference will be made available to you directly and to the public via www.afdo.org.au when we have it.
Towards A National Disability Studies Agenda
Disability Studies Conference, UNSW Sydney
The Disability Studies and Research Centre (DSRC) invite offers of papers for presentation at a Disability Studies Conference to be held at the University of New South Wales, from 26-27th June 2009.
Established in 2008, the DSRC is a national inter-disciplinary research centre which promotes the critical social perspective of disability in education and research to maximise Australia's capacity to ensure an equitable, participatory and accessible society for people with disability. Its forerunner was the Disability Studies and Research Institute (DSaRI). Recent research by DSRC and DSaRI includes disability and human rights, international development, accessible information, financing of disability services, specialist service design and delivery, housing and supported accommodation, bioethics, employment and income-support. The centre is aligned with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Law at UNSW.
The overarching aim of the conference will be to bring together, for the first time, people from the disability studies academia, students and members of the disability community to discuss in the context of the new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities developments towards a national disability studies agenda. The possibilities, realities and practical challenges of this will be discussed by two keynote speakers and taken up in contributed papers.
http://www.hotelnetwork.com.au/conferences/conferences/disability_studies
Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2009 (APAC 09)
Connecting Today: Inspiring Tomorrow
20 -22 August 2009, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney 2009
APAC 09 is co-hosted by Autism Spectrum Australia and the Australian Advisory Board on Autism Spectrum
APAC 09 will bring together people with an autism spectrum disorder, families and carers, educators, researchers, service providers and practitioners from across Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
Anyone with an interest in autism spectrum disorders may participate in APAC 09. The Conference Organising Committee particularly invites papers and participation from:
· academics and researchers
· people with an autism spectrum disorder
· families, carers and advocates
· autism spectrum support organisations
· clinicians, therapists and case managers
· teachers and educators
· accommodation, support and community participation services
· employment services
· recreation and leisure services
· policy makers
The Call for Papers will broadly cover the following four streams:
Stream 1: Epidemiology, Causes and Diagnosis
Stream 2: Life Span
Stream 3: Family life, family functioning and family resilience
Stream 4: Autism across Australia and the Asia Pacific Region
For more information on the Call for Papers or to submit a paper, please visit www.apac09.org and go to the Program tab.
NDS 2009 National Employment Forum and the Workability International Conference - Call for Papers
6 - 9 September 2009 - Hilton Hotel, Sydney
CALL FOR PAPERS - CLOSES 31 MARCH 2009
National Disability Services and Workability International have joined to host a 3-day conference to equip delegates with knowledge and strategies to help ensure that the employment of people with disability is not adversely affected by the economic challenges ahead.
This conference is calling for the submission of abstracts of papers that will assist organisations which support people with disability to be employed.
For more information about abstract submissions, please click here http://www.nds.org.au/conferences/EF2009/CallForPapers.pdf .
Call for Papers Enquiries: Philippa Angley National Policy Adviser Ph 03 8341 4302 philippa.angley@nds.org.au
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