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conference [n.]
1. a formal meeting for discussion or debate. 2. an association in commerce for regulation or exchange of information. 3, a league of sports teams or clubs.
Compact Oxford English Dictionary
Somewhere, on any given day, there will be a conference or event with some educational purpose. This could be at local, regional, state, national or international level. It could be about curriculum, administration or professional development. In addition to the actual conference or event, it is probable that follow-up documentation will be produced. This may lead to increased understanding of a particular area or to systemic change.
The conferences and events listed below do not attempt to include all those which will occur. It will include those which the webmasters are aware of and feel are worthy of inclusion. Wherever possible, all Australian conferences/events will be included.
Individual conference or event information will be added as far ahead of the actual date as possible. Annotations for individual items will be fairly brief.
Inclusions in the first section will be listed under months of the year, then in date order, with each annotation finishing with the relevant dates/venue.
Once it has been held, each conference will move to the second section, where it will be listed alphabetically. The listing will be maintained for several months to allow access to papers and other documentation.
The webmasters would appreciate help in this area. If you are aware of a suitable inclusion not already listed on this page, please take the time to notify us. Every suggestion will be seriously considered and if deemed suitable will be added. With your assistance, this page will be more useful.
Conferences & Events
July 2010
- Indigenous Education, Transitions & Employment
‘Building pathways, strengthening aspiration & increasing community support’.
Date : 28-29 July 2010, Sydney - Play & Literacy
‘A training program specifically designed for people who work with children, birth through age 8, to improve the literacy environment of and promote literacy learning for children in early childhood settings’
Date : 29-30 July 2010, Sydney - Gifted 2010
‘The theme of our conference is “Thinking Smart : Effective Partnerships for Talent Development”, which signals our belief that we all need to work collaboratively to ensure that gifted students are provided with the best possible education’.
Date : 29 July-1 August 2010, Sydney
August 2010
- Fifth International Conference
on Catholic Educational Leadership 2010
‘Dealing with educational leadership in the fourth largest education system in Australia’.
Date : 2-4 August 2010, Sydney - Strategies to Engage Children’s Vocabulary Development
‘Explore the research that supports student engagement and direct vocabulary instruction’.
Date : 2-4 August 2010, Sydney - Garma Festival
‘Key Forum : Indigenous Education and Training’.
Date : 6-10 August 2010, Gulkula, North East Arnhem Land, NT - Skilling Australia Summit 2010
‘Ensuring Australia has the skilled workforce it needs to remain a buoyant & successful economy : finding the right people and growing your knowledge base’
Date : 10-11 August 2010, Melbourne - National Interactive Teaching and Learning Conference - 2010
‘The digital technology landscape for teaching and learning has changed over the last few years. So too will the thrust of this national conference change in 2010’.
Date : 12-14 August 2010, Gold Coast - Teaching Mathematics ? Make it count
‘What research tells us about effective mathematics teaching and learning’. ACER
Date : 15-17 August 2010, Melbourne
September 2010
- ALIA Access 2010
‘Come and hear from ALIA Public Libraries Library Stars - the best librarians, programmes and initiatives from public libraries across the country’.
Date : 1-3 September 2010, Brisbane - 5th International Middle Years of Schooling Conference
‘The focus of the conference will be on examining the world in which adolescents now live and the factors that influence and engage them’.
Date : 6 September 2010, Adelaide - GPET Convention 2010
‘The 2010 GPET Convention will have an overriding theme of Clinical and Cultural Competence : Everybody’s Business’.
Date : 8-9 September 2010, Alice Springs - VETnetwork National Conference 2010
‘Designed for all those involved in vocational education and training in schools’.
Date : 15-17 September 2010, Adelaide - Seventh National Catholic Education Convention
‘The theme of the 2011 Convention will be Inspiration and Identity : Catholic Education in Australian Society’.
Date : 21-23 September 2011, Adelaide - National Learning and Teaching Forum
‘Embedding learning and teaching excellence at institutional, individual, program and unit levels’.
Date : 29-30 September 2010, Melbourne - 2010 ACEL Conference
‘Inspiring Educational Leaders’
Date : 29 September - 1 October 2010, Sydney - Early Childhood Australia Conference
‘Garla Bauondi : Fuelling the fire. Early Childhood Australia’s Biennial Conference is an eagerly awaited event for people who work with young children, and for all those who are interested in young children’s wellbeing’.
Date : 29 September - 2 October 2010, Adelaide
October 2010
- Australian International Education Conference
‘AIEC 2010 will look to the future, to a horizon of 2020, while reflecting on the lessons learned over the past year. One of the key Conference aims is to explore new approaches to tackling the wide range of issues that we are likely to face over the next ten years’.
Date : 12-15 February 2010, Sydney - Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
‘The Theory of Multiple Intelligences will provide you with a frame for understanding your students, understanding your own teaching style, and developing lessons that invite all learners. You will learn the theory through a variety of simulations and case studies of real students, while building your toolbox of effective classroom strategies that reach all students’.
Date : 25-27 October 2010, Melbourne
November 2010
- ePortfolios Australia Conference 2010
Widening participation : engaging the learner. ‘This major national event will highlight the ways e-portfolios are serving as a catalyst to support and engage adult learning from the vocational education and training sector, higher education sector and adult and community education sector’.
Date : 3-4 November 2010, Melbourne - 50th National Conference of Adult Learning Australia
‘The theme of the Conference be Looking Back-Moving Forward. We will be celebrating the association’s achievements from the past, with a focus on present practice across the adult learning sector will and a view to the role and challenges in the future for the adult learning and community education sectors’.
Date : 11-13 November 2010, Adelaide - International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education 2010 Conference
‘Cooperative Learning : Pedagogy, Policy and Practice’.
Date : 25-27 November 2010, Brisbane - STEM in Education …
‘Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [STEM] in Education. An opportunity for educators and researchers from schools, universities, businesses, industries and other private and public agencies to share and discuss their innovative practices and research initiatives that may advance STEM education’.
Date : 26-27 November 2010, Brisbane
Past Conferences
- 13th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference 2010
‘The conference provides the opportunity to disseminate research and practice for enhancing the first year in higher education’.
Date : 27-30 June 2010, Adelaide - 2010 Early Childhood Education Conference
Date : 4-5 June 2010, Melbourne - 2010 Global Language Convention
‘Many Cultures, One Community : Language, Knowing and Power.’
Date : 8-11 April 2010, Melbourne - 21st Century Learning Spaces Networking Event
‘To find out what 21st century learning spaces will mean for educators, make sure you don’t miss Education.au’s next networking event’.
Date : 22 April 2010, Melbourne - 3rd International Nurse Education Conference
NETNEP 2010. ‘The programme will focus on sharing research and best practice within the global nurse education community and will encourage networking and collaboration for future research.’
Date : 11-14 April 2010, Sydney - 2009 Behaviour Schools Conference
- 2009 National Indigenous Education Conference
- 2010 National Curriculum Symposium
Access all keynote speeches and presentations here. Audio and video presentations as well as PDF downloads of transcripts. - ACEC2010 : Digital Diversity Conference
‘The theme ACEC2010 : Digital Diversity addresses the interactive and creative approaches to ICT in education, and offers learners the pathways to adaptability by addressing the diversity of styles of learning and thinking.’
Date : 6-9 April 2010, Melbourne - Asian Studies Association of Australia 18th Biennial Conference 2010
‘Crises and Opportunities : Past, Present and Future’.
Date : 5-8 July 2010, Adelaide - Australian Research in Early Childhood Education Conference
- Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability
‘Disability Support Worker Conference.’ - Beginning Teachers Conferences [SA]
‘An exciting opportunity for teachers in their first three years to engage in valuable professional development and to network with other new teachers from around the state’.
Date : 8 April & 27 September 2010, Adelaide - Catholic Secondary Principals Australia Conference
‘Salt of the earth and light for the world : Sustaining life and mission in our Catholic schools.’
Date : 6-8 April 2010, Melbourne - CDAA National Career Conference
‘Focuses on how career practitioners could be making a difference to the world they live in as well as the world future generations will experience’.
Date : 7-9 April 2010, Adelaide - Community Owned Children’s Services ACCS National Conference
‘An exciting opportunity for debate, learning and networking for everyone associated with community owned not for profit children’s services’.
Date : 14-15 May 2010, Wollongong NSW - Conference 2010 : Focusing on a Positive Future
Service Skills Australia. ‘Bring together employers, workers, industry bodies and training organisations to discuss ways to work together to increase the productivity and participation of the workforce in the service industries.’
Date : 1-2 March 2010 - ConnectED 2nd International Conference on Design Education
‘Designers and educators in engineering, architecture and design are invited to participate’.
Date : 28 June-1 July 2010, Sydney - Designing for Difference
Education Facility Planners.
Date : 26-28 May 2010, Perth - Early Childhood Intervention Australia Conference 2010
‘Our conference theme is : “Every day in every way : Creating learning opportunities for every child”’.
Date : 20-22 May 2010, Canberra - Hands-on Careers Expo
‘Tools, products and advice for workshop, shed and factory.’
Date : 26-28 February 2010 - HERDSA 2010
‘Reshaping Higher Education.’
Date : 6-9 July 2010, Melbourne - Inclusive Learning Technologies® Conference 2010
‘Focuses specifically on “inclusive learning technologies” - technologies designed to advance independent achievement for people with disabilities and/or students with learning difficulties.’
Date : 25-28 May 2010, Surfers Paradise - Inspiring Secondary Learners
‘Honoring Differences and Creating Community Through Differentiating Instructional Practices’.
Date : 10-12 June 2010, Melbourne - International TESOL Conference
‘The focus of this conference is the need for TESOL practitioners to rethink and reconfigure the way we view and practice our profession in light of rapid global change and new challenges’.
Date : 7-10 July 2010, Surfers Paradise - ISTAS 2010
‘Theme : Social Implications of Emerging Technologies’.
Date : 7-9 June 2010, University of Wollongong NSW - Learning Forum London - ePortfolio 2010 and Key Competencies 2010
Covers eportfolios, key competencies, health care track and skills for life.
Date : 5-7 April 2010, London - Moodlemoot AU 2010
‘This conference is dedicated to educators, researchers, developers and administrators of the very popular open-source Moodle Learning Management System’.
Date : 11-14 July 2010, Melbourne - National Career Conference
‘Focuses on how career practitioners could be making a difference to the world they live in as well as the world future generations will experience.’
Date : 7-9 April 2010, Adelaide - Pastoral Care Conference
‘Pastoral Care : the heart of Australia - Challenges and Solutions’.
Date : 29 March - 1 April 2010, Alice Springs - Shared Vision : An Australian Curriculum P-12
‘Queensland Studies Association 2010 conference for principals, teachers and educators.’
Date : 28-30 April 2010, Brisbane - Somerset International Conference for Librarians and Teachers
‘Presentations and workshops addressing contemporary issues related to reading, writing, researching and librarianship.’
Date : 15-16 March 2010 - Tertiary & Higher Education Conference 2010
‘This two day conference will cover the key areas outlined in the Government’s funding system with an additional 2nd day [bookable separately] devoted to University marketing strategies.’
Date : 16-17 March 2010 - Towards a Brighter Future
‘The conference will deliver a stimulating, informative and topical program involving national and international speakers in the field of neuromuscular conditions to present the latest information for researchers, students, health professionals, educators, parents and those impacted upon by these diseases.’
Date : 26-27 February 2010, Sydney - Women’s Education Worldwide 2010 Conference