Part conference, part festival – all art.

Calls for participation are now open and close 28 February 2012.

Be involved! Submit an expression of interest to present a session, a workshop, a video work or participate in a curated panel.

Following the success of Junction 2010 in Launceston, the conference will be a survey of the nation’s latest regional arts practice and thinking, informing us of where we are now and indicating signposts to the future. You will swap stories, exchange ideas, be refreshed and re-energised alongside the opportunity to experience some of the nation’s best work from regional artists, organisations and communities.

For further details visit http://artsalexandrina.org.au/.

Students who undertake access/enabling education are richly diverse in terms of age and social, cultural, ethnic and educational backgrounds. While their aspirations are frequently challenged by considerable socio-economic obstacles, government policies around widening participation, aimed at mitigating educational disadvantage, are increasingly prominent. This first International Australasian conference, to be held in Adelaide and hosted by the University of South Australia, invites delegates from around the world to exchange ideas, perspectives and experiences, whether as researchers, practitioners, policy makers, or students.

Invited speakers

• Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AC
• Stephen Gorard, Chair in Education Research, University of Birmingham, UK
• Alistair McCulloch, Professor in Research Education, University of South Australia, Adelaide
• Thomas G. Mortenson , Senior Scholar, The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, USA
• Mary Tupan-Wenno, President of the European Access Network, The Netherlands

For more information visit the conference website at http://www.plevin.com.au/ncee2011/.

The conference theme is: “Better knowledge, better outcomes”.

The conference is designed to be a vital event for everyone in the Parkinson’s family: people with Parkinson’s; their carers; neurologists, general practitioners, allied health professionals; researchers; pharmaceutical manufacturers and anyone else with an interest in this challenging disease.

The Conference will address issues such as:

• Causes and Impacts
• Advances in Surgical Treatments
• Advances in Drug Treatments
• Young Onset – Special Issues
• Exercise Treatments for Parkinson’s
• Depression and Anxiety in Parkinson’s Disease
• People with Parkinson’s in Aged Care
• Balance and Falls
• Nutrition and Parkinson’s Disease
• Caring for the Carer’s
• My Life with Parkinson’s
• Parkinson’s Nurse Specialist Service
• Speech Therapy

Submission of abstracts is now open. Closing date for submission of abstracts is Friday 9th December 2011.

For a guide on abstract submission click here.

For full details on the conference see www.parkinsonsconference.com.au.

Novita Children’s Services provides community based rehabilitation services for children and young adults in South Australia. This bi-annual conference will offer insights into paediatric Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) services across Australia, and provide information and strategies regarding education and behavior management. Latest ABI specific research and recommendations for service evaluation and outcome measurement for the paediatric ABI population will be presented by experts in these fields from across Australia.

Participants can register to attend for one or two days. An opportunity for further networking will be provided by an evening dinner with guest speaker Michele Colmer on 16 November.

Registrations must be received by November 4th 2011.

Download the Conference Brochure and Registration Form.

The Conference Committee is now calling for submission of abstracts for papers to be presented at the conference.

The closing date for submissions is Friday 18th November 2011.

Full Conference Details.

Date: 2nd & 3rd November 2011

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground

This conference provides a forum for Disability Support Workers from around Australia and New Zealand to come together, share experiences, listen, discuss and participate in presentations and workshops about the latest in practice, research, and issues in the disability sector.

The program will explore the following topics:

• Health
• Working with families
• Restrictive Practices-Office of the Senior Practitioner
• Person Centred Active Support and Practice Leadership
• Inclusion and Representation
• Sexuality and Relationships
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Speakers

Keynote speakers include:

Professor Pat Mirenda. Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology & Special Education, University of British Columbia, Canada.

Professor Jim Mansell. Emeritus Professor of Learning Disability in the Tizard Centre, University of Kent, UK and Professor of Disability Studies, School of Social Work & Social Policy at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

Professor Eric Emerson. Co-Director: Improving Health & Lives: Learning Disabilities Observatory, Professor of Disability & Health Research Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University and Visiting Professor Faculty of Health Sciences University of Sydney.

Dr Wendy Lawson. Psychologist and author

John Della Bosca. Campaign Director, Every Australian Counts

Call for Abstracts

ASID are seeking papers and presentations that translate research into practice. This could be the work of researchers, practitioners in partnerships with researchers, projects undertaken by practitioners as part of the team or program development, or reflections on practice implementation that has been informed by research or training.

Submissions close July 25 2011.

Further information

Conference section on ASID website.

All enquires regarding the conference to ASID:

Tel: (03) 9925 7899

Fax: +61 (03) 9925 7303

Email: dswconference@rmit.edu.au

Conference date: 6-9 September 2011.

TheMHS is an annual, international, mental health conference. This year Adelaide is proud to be hosting this one week conference at the Convention Centre. Adelaide Health Services and the Mental Health Coalition (MHCSA) are working together to select a range of visual artworks. This call to artists invites you to submit an application to be selected for this showcase of the cream of South Australia’s creativity and inspiration from emerging and established artists who have lived experience of mental illness.

• To be viewed by 1500 + national conference delegates and others
• Works will be offered for sale with a 20% commission
• No entry fees, and free entry for artists to the opening and networking opportunity

Entries are called for to stand for Pre-Selection by a panel. If pre-selected, your work will then need to be delivered to an agreed venue for viewing by a moderation panel. Approximately 30 pieces will be selected for TheMHS Conference in September.

The theme is “Resilience in the Midst of Change”, your work should respond to the theme in some way.

Photos of up to 4 works can be submitted for selection (2D mediums only). The majority of selected works will be up to 1 metre x 1 metre in size, however larger, quality works will certainly be considered.

Registration closes Friday 1 July 2011

Click here for the registration form.

Enquiries to the Big Circle at the MHCSA

1/408 King William St, Adelaide 5000

T: 8212 8873 F: 8212 8874 E: bigcircle@mhcsa.org.au.

Moonee Valley Racing Club, Members Gate 1
McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne VIC

Communities in Control is the biggest annual gathering of community sector workers, volunteers and supporters – each year bringing together a stellar list of speakers and 1300 delegates to listen, debate, network, exchange tips and strategies, and recharge.

Since its inception in 2003 the conference (which is now described by many as a ‘movement’) has provided a platform and outlet for the very premise of Communities in Control – that for communities to survive and thrive, they must be in charge of their own destinies; that they must be given practical support to set their own priorities, design their own approaches, and create their own solutions; and that to do this will ultimately create safer, healthier communities.

Cost: $298 (inc GST).

Significant discounts are also available for group bookings (10 or more).

For more information call 03 9320 6800 or visit www.ourcommunity.com.au/cic2011.

9th – 11th November, 2011

Stamford Grand Hotel
Glenelg, SA

More info: www.assid.org.au