Deadline for presentations extended- Making Links 2007
Lena Nahlous, ICE Director, a Keynote presenter at last year’s Making Links
Making Links 2007 :: Emerging Technology: New Opportunities for the Community Sector
October 30th and 31st, 2007 at the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, Sydney
Call For Papers due JULY 30, Deadline extended
The 4th annual Making Links conference is one of Australia’s leading forums for workers in the not-for-profit and community sectors to showcase their work with communities and to explore current and emerging new media and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This two-day conference has regularly attracted delegates and presenters from many fields including health, environment, education, business, government, philanthropy and human services to discuss their experiences with ICT, multimedia and web technology. This year we are adding a peer reviewed academic stream to the conference and look forward to also welcoming practitioners, researchers, academics and students from a wide range of disciplines.
Survey Results
We conducted a recent survey to find out what delegates would like to see at the conference. To see these results, click HERE
Conference Topics
The Conference Theme is “Emerging Technology – New Opportunities for the Community Sector”.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Community networking, community development, community capacity building
- Technology for social action, transformation and community activism, including online campaigning
- Social capital
- Open source software for non-profit and community organisations
- Online deliberation, community consultation and engagement
- Web-based training, education, e-learning and professional development
- New Media, community arts and community cultural development
- Client / constituent relationship management
- Fundraising
- Technology infrastructure, implementation and maintenance
- Strategies of using ICT to give marginalised communities a voice
- Practical workshops in IT, web development and/or multimedia
Submitting Conference Presentations
We seek proposals for oral paper presentations, workshops and interactive multimedia displays. A computer lab and video lounge will be available for multimedia and film presentations. Abstracts and proposals should be submitted at www.makinglinks.org.au and will be reviewed by the conference committee.
Academic Paper Submissions
Academic paper submissions (max 5000 words, APA 5th style) will be subject to a double blind review process and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing in accordance with DEST E1 requirements. This review will be based on the full text of the submitted paper. Selected papers will form part of a special issue of a national academic journal. It is necessary for at least one author of any accepted submission to register and attend the conference to have the paper published in the proceedings. Submissions should be emailed to Dr Marcus Foth at m.foth @ qut.edu.au
Timeline
- 02 July 2007 – Abstracts and proposal submissions due
- 03 September 2007 – Notification of acceptance
- 01 October 2007 – Program announcement and close of early bird registration
To Submit:
Please submit your presentation paper online at www.makinglinks.org.au
Conference Committee
Conference Chair
Jill Sergeant, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO)
Academic Program Chair
Dr Marcus Foth, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Organising Committee
Simon Gee, CommunIT, Community Information Strategies Australia (CISA)
Jan Reiher, Infoxchange Australia
Liliana Ruti, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE)
Juan Salazar, Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Western Sydney (UWS)
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