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The article presents a study which explored bibliometric research quality assessment exercises' impact on academic development during specialist inter-disciplinary and small conferences in Australia. The study described the experiences of conference organizers, academics, and researchers. Results suggest the need for the scientific committees and conference organizers to consider various strategies for maximising conference papers' bibliometric impact like the development of alliances between peer-reviewed journals. Meanwhile, it mentions the importance of the study to the conference participants and organizers who are adapting the bibliometrics culture.

The article provides information on the Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) Conference that was held at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, from 19-21 July 2006. Various interesting papers were presented at the symposium which focused on information theory. One of the sessions focused on rural communities. Theresa Anderson from the University of Technology Systems and Chun Wei Choo from the University of Toronto were two of the speakers among the several who presented their papers.

Presents information on the technical papers presented during the Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements held in Sydney, Australia in May 2000. Editors who worked on the compilation of the papers; Evaluation of the papers presented; Reviewers of the technical papers.

The papers in this special section were presented a the 29th International Conference on Data Engineering was held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, on April 8-11, 2013. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on developments which are of interest to economists. The Program Committee for the 2005 Australian Conference of Economists has bestowed the Economic Society's prize of Best Paper to Ralph Bayer and Susana Iranzo. The A. R. Bergstrom Prize in Econometrics for 2005 has been given to Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy and Leo Krippner. The Economic Society of Australia is calling on economists to participate in the 35th Australian Conference of Economists which will be held on September 25-27, 2006 at the Curtin University of Technology.

Information about the papers discussed at the conference on two major productions of classical texts, "The Lost Echo" and "The Women of Troy" held at the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia in 2009 is presented. It discussed various responses to two major productions. The topics included were the adaptation of classical texts for the Australian stage, issues of genre and of staging classical theatre.

The article provides information on the Collections Council of Australia Ltd Digital Collections Summit which was held in Adelaide, Australia from 16-17 August 2006. Almost 200 delegates from collecting institutions attended the summit. The papers discussed focused on the various digitization and digital access programs underway across the country. One of the speakers included Tom Kennedy, former chair of the Internet Industry.

The article offers information on several Econometric Society (ESEM) meetings including the 2012 North American Winter Meeting in Chicago, Illinois on January 6-8, 2012, Australasia Meeting in Melbourne, Australia, July 3-6, 2012, and the European Meeting in Málaga, Spain on August 2731, 2012.

The article reports several issues and events related to economics in Australia. The South Australian Branch of the Economic Society of Australia invites all economists to attend the 38th Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) 2009 held in Adelaide, South Australia on September 28-30, 2009. The History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (HETSA) announces that the organization will already accepting applications for the 2009 (HETSA) Prizes award. The Economic Society of Australia has two publications entitled "The Economic Record and Economic Papers" and "Economic Papers: A journal of applied economics and policy."

The article reports about the "Third Australian Conference on Information Systems," organized by the Australian Computer Society, which will be held between October 5-8, 1992 at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales. The aim of the Conference is to advance debates concerning the roles and capabilities of information systems in organizations, and to identify and examine core definitions that constitute the discipline. The discipline must consider how systems are co-opted into organizational processes, how information systems practices influence work in organizations, and how systems and systems development projects change organizational cultures. Multidisciplinary or extra-disciplinary theory is being applied to Information Systems. Some newer theoretical directions have included the application of postmodernism, ethnographic approaches, critical theoretical perspectives, hermeneutics, grounded theory and semiotics. In addition to original research papers, the Program Committee will accept proposals for refereed panels on controversial or significant issues.

The article announces various economic-related information in Australia. Professor Alan Woodland has been elected to receive the award as the Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Society of Australia for 2008. The 38th Australian Conference of Economists will be held at the University of Adelaide in South Australia on September 28-30, 2009. The Best Paper Prize has been awarded to Nikola Dvornak and Marion Kohler for their paper entitled "Housing Wealth, Stock Market Wealth and Consumption: A Panel Analysis for Australia," Volume 83.

This paper is based on reflections from two ALARA conferences that explored whether four new leadership theories have a role in developing leaders of not-for-profit (NFP) organizations in Australia. The author first invited the attendees at ALARA's national conference held in Brisbane in 2011 to participate in an interactive workshop to explore four new leadership theories - authentic, servant, spiritual and relational leadership for their applicability to NFP faith-based organizations providing health and community care in Australia. The workshop was facilitated by the author along with an experienced facilitator who was attending the conference using an Open Space Technology (OST) meeting format to facilitate dialogue between participants utilizing a theme proposed for the meeting. At the start of the meeting the two facilitators briefly introduced the four leadership theories to be discussed. They then described the OST process. Next, participants were asked to announce discussion topics at the village marketplace that was created for the workshop. Groups of participants interested in a particular topic joined the discussion and the person who proposed the topic led the discussion. Summaries of the discussions were collected and posted by the group leaders. A final reflection took place in the open space (a circle of chairs with a space within) at which all the different groups were present. The reflections recorded at the workshop in the 2011 ALARA conference were analyzed and presented at the 2012 ALARA national conference held in Sydney and further discussed with two groups at this conference. The feedback from these two discussions formed the basis for action research cycles with the ALARA community that led to this the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes an action research project undertaken with Indigenous women in the highly urbanised area of north Brisbane. The project was a collaborative effort to move beyond the alarming statistics of Indigenous women's poor health status. It aimed to build a community-based, empowering forum for celebrating and encouraging wellness in a way that was culturally appropriate for Indigenous women. Using a Feminist Participatory Action Research perspective, the authors incorporated the traditional Indigenous method of yarning to work with local Indigenous women Elders and organised two highly successful Women's Wellness Summits. This paper provides evidence that Feminist Participatory Action Research is an appropriate way of working with urban Indigenous women. It allows Indigenous worldviews to be considered, and fosters a cyclical and conversational approach to research practice. This paper also demonstrates that the emerging method of yarning is highly successful in Indigenous research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This section offers news briefs concerning the field of economics in Australia as of January 2013. The 42nd Australian Conference of Economists will be held in Perth, Western Australia. The History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (HETSA) has called for submissions for its 2013 scholarship prizes. The Victorian branch of the Economic Society of Australia has produced a 2013 calendar.

This article presents an information on an international economic education conference in Australia in 2005. Even among micro economists, however, there was considerable debate in some plenary and concurrent sessions on what microeconomics to teach. Some speakers in concurrent sessions were far morecritical of continuing to use perfect competition as a benchmark even for comparative statics and especially for the dynamic case. The assumptions of the competitive model were often described as severe and unrealistic. More specific but nevertheless related criticisms were voiced in several papers and sessions, suggesting that most economics teachers and textbook authors pay too little attention to recent empirical work and theoretical models and to topics that raise serious questions about using competitive rather than imperfectly competitive models of product and factor markets.

Profiles Adrian R. Pagan, Distinguished Fellow of the Econometric Society of Australia for 1999. Educational background; Career highlights; Research into specification and diagnostic tests; International reputation; Appointments to several boards.

Background: Australian cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines recommend absolute CVD risk assessment, but less than half of eligible patients have the required risk factors recorded due to fragmented implementation over the last decade. Co-designed decision aids for general practitioners (GPs) and consumers have been developed that improve knowledge barriers to guideline-recommended CVD risk assessment and management. This study used a stakeholder consultation process to identify and pilot test the feasibility of implementation strategies for these decision aids in Australian primary care. Methods: This mixed methods study included: (1) stakeholder consultation to map existing implementation strategies (2018-20); (2) interviews with 29 Primary Health Network (PHN) staff from all Australian states and territories to identify new implementation opportunities (2021); (3) pilot testing the feasibility of low, medium, and high resource implementation strategies (2019-21). Framework Analysis was used for qualitative data and Google analytics provided decision support usage data over time. Results: Informal stakeholder discussions indicated a need to partner with existing programs delivered by the Heart Foundation and PHNs. PHN interviews identified the importance of linking decision aids with GP education resources, quality improvement activities, and consumer-focused prevention programs. Participants highlighted the importance of integration with general practice processes, such as business models, workflows, medical records and clinical audit software. Specific implementation strategies were identified as feasible to pilot during COVID-19: (1) low resource: adding website links to local health area guidelines for clinicians and a Heart Foundation toolkit for primary care providers; (2) medium resource: presenting at GP education conferences and integrating the resources into audit and feedback reports; (3) high resource: auto-populate the risk assessment and decision aids from patient records via clinical audit software. Conclusions: This research identified a wide range of feasible strategies to implement decision aids for CVD risk assessment and management. The findings will inform the translation of new CVD guidelines in primary care. Future research will use economic evaluation to explore the added value of higher versus lower resource implementation strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For many years a Women in Engineering Forum was run in conjunction with the Australasian Association for Engineering Education conference, but in recent years "women in engineering" has fallen off the radar to a large degree. There is a widespread perception that the issues of concern for women have been addressed, and that women are now incorporated into the mainstream of engineering education and the engineering profession. Yet Australia and other western countries still have participation rates for women in engineering education that are lower than any other field of education and that have stagnated or declined for the last decade. This paper reviews a range of recent data and studies to examine the current picture of women in engineering education: the statistics, student experience and faculty issues. It concludes with a look to the future: what still needs to be done? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers world news briefs related to music and technology. The Electronic Music Studies Network presented its seventh conference from June 21-24, 2010 with the Shanghai Conservatory in Shanghai, China. The University of Technology Sydney hosted the New Interfaces for Music Expression conference from June 15-18, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. The International Society for Music Information Retrieval (ISMR) held its 11th international conference in Utrecht, Netherlands on August 9-13, 2010.

Purpose -- This paper seeks to examine the career patterns and labour mobility of managers in the convention and exhibition industry in Australia, an example of a new emerging industry within the service sector. Design/methodology/approach -- Through the use of the technique of life and work history analysis, career information was gathered from a sample of individuals employed within the various sectors of this industry in Australia. The information was then analysed using a range of descriptive and evaluative statistical tests. Findings -- Results indicated the emergence of a new career pattern "butterfly" progress. This could he identified as an extension and development of the boundaryless career model, where the individual is clearly in charge of his/her career but where he/she "flutters" between sectors in order to build up human capital and progress his/her career. Research limitations/implications -- Though the research was undertaken in a specific industry sector the results indicate that the concept of "butterfly" progress may be part of the developments in contemporary career patterns or a gender issue. Further research in other industries dominated by women is suggested. Practical implications -- Outcomes from this study have implications for management development in relation to a different pattern of job progression and subsequent staff development opportunities. This may require the development of alternative strategies for the successful recruitment and retention of managers within the convention and exhibition organisation. Originality/value -- This is the first time such a research study has been undertaken in the convention and exhibition industry. The paper provides practical outcomes for potential entrants and managers in this sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents information on the third Australian New Zealand Systems Conference (ANZSYS) at the University of Queensland in Brisbane on October 1-4, 1997. Significance of the ANZSYS conferences to the systems movement in Australia and New Zealand; History of the ANZSYS; Goals of the ANZSYS conferences.

The authors reflect on the involvement of practitioners organisations in ecological knowledge exchange. The authors argue that the science-to-practice adoption pathways of practitioner organisations have to be a vice-versa process. They also comment on the annual conference that was organised by the Ecological Society of Australia (ESA). They also tackle on the benefits brought by the said conference to their organization.

Focuses on papers presented at the first Australian workshop on Artificial Life in December 2001. Principles of life; Environmental parameters; Emergence of cooperative social systems.

Previews two international conferences on systems research and behavioral science in 2001 and 2002. 46th Annual Meeting and Conference of the International Society for the Systems Sciences in Shanghai, China from August 2 to 6, 2002; 7th Annual ANZSYS Conference in Australia from November 27 to 28, 2001.

Background: Very little attention has been given to the social accountability of conferences, either in action or in scholarship, in particular, of scientific conferences. Concerns that have been raised include: (1) Local communities and regions suffer from ecological pressure caused by conferences, (2) There is limited value to the local community, (3) International conferences take place at locations irrelevant to the topics discussed; hence there is no connection with locals, and (4) It has been the observation of the authors that <10% of participants may come from the region where the conference is organized, which makes it challenging to make a "positive societal impact" locally. We conducted a natural experiment investigating the interactions between academia, conference organizers, and community leaders. Methods: We utilized a case study approach to report on the outcomes of two 2022 annual international conferences that seek to improve community health. We used a mixed-methods approach of surveys and interviews. Thematic analysis was conducted to identify the key themes. Results: We obtained 358 responses from all six World Health Organization regions. Results from both conferences were split into two categories: the why and the how. A strong consensus among participants is that bi-directional learning between conference organizers and local communities leads to shared understanding and mutual goals. The data emphasize that including communities in academic conferences helps us progress forward from intentions toward demonstrating accountability and reporting impact. Discussion: A diversity of perspectives is needed to advance socially accountable health system transformation. Five best practices from conference participants are laid out as a framework to assist in the change: (1) Build trust, (2) provide funding for community member participation, (3) appreciation of local community knowledge, (4) involve the local community in the planning stages, and (5) make the local community part of the conference and learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information about upcoming conferences and seminars related to management science and operations research. Second International Working Seminar on Production Economics would be held at Kur-Hotel Lanserhof, A-6072 Lans (Innsbruck), Austria, from February 16-20, 1981. Subjects to be covered include: Production and Inventory Control, Investment and Financial Planning, Strategic Planning for Production Systems, and Production Innovation Management. The World Confederation of Productivity Science, organized in 1969, has held international congresses in 1973 in India and in 1977 in Australia. The theme will be "Productivity --the Industrial Renaissance" and both public and private sectors will be addressed. Requirements for submission of a paper include three copies of either a completed paper or an abstract of at least two pages, plus a 25-word summary for the brochure.

Purpose: To investigate the frequency of physiotherapy and occupational therapy assessment of the upper limb (UL) in people with Parkinson disease (PD) and to identify the impairments and activity limitations assessed and the methods used. Method: A custom-designed questionnaire was used to survey physiotherapists and occupational therapists with previous experience in managing people with PD, using targeted recruitment to invite physiotherapy conference attendees, clinicians employed in movement disorders programmes, and practitioners in neurology and gerontology to respond either on paper or online. Results: Of the 190 respondents (122 physiotherapists, 68 occupational therapists), 54% reported consistently assessing the UL. A majority (>60%) assessed impairments specific to PD, but few quantified these using standardized measures. Activity limitations, largely relating to manual dexterity, were assessed using observational analysis (61%), non-standardized timed activities (46%), and standardized outcome measures (61%), most generic or developed for evaluating other neurological conditions. More than 10% of respondents could not identify an appropriate standardized measure. Conclusions: Slightly more than half of respondents regularly assessed the UL. Respondents reported widespread use of non-standardized methods to assess PD-specific impairments. Standardized measures were more frequently used to evaluate activity limitations, but despite the unique movement disorders associated with PD, the clinimetric properties of most of the tools identified have not been established in this population. Education and further clinimetric investigation of measures in use are needed to facilitate evidence-based practice in this area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To commence the thirtieth annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (SAHANZ), held on Australia's Gold Coast in July 2013, ten delegates were invited, with very little warning, to take five minutes and one image and offer a provocation on the open matters of architectural history in the present moment. The term 'open' was taken as the conference theme--a device used by SAHANZ meetings not so much to define the scope of papers presented as to declare the conference flavour year by year. It was not, therefore, an open conference (anything goes) so much as a conference on open issues (where, indeed, to go). The ten interlocutors were invited after the conference to document their interventions. They are presented here as a record of the preoccupations of a specific moment and a specific institutional geography, with all the idiosyncrasies and commonalities it might reveal to a broader audience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Calls have been made for governments to adopt a cohesive approach to rare diseases through the development of national plans. At present, Australia does not have a national plan for rare diseases. To progress such a plan an inaugural Australian Rare Diseases Symposium was held in Western Australia in April 2011. This paper describes the key issues identified by symposium attendees for the development of a national plan, compares these to the content of EUROPLAN and national plans elsewhere and discusses how the outcomes might be integrated for national planning. Methods: The symposium was comprised of a series of plenary sessions followed by workshops. The topics covered were; 1) Development of national plans for rare diseases; 2) Patient empowerment; 3) Patient care, support and management; 4) Research and translation; 5) Networks, partnerships and collaboration. All stakeholders within the rare diseases community were invited to participate, including: people affected by rare diseases such as patients, carers, and families; clinicians and allied health practitioners; social and disability services; researchers; patient support groups; industry (e.g. pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies); regulators and policy-makers. Results: All of these stakeholder groups were represented at the symposium. Workshop participants indicated the need for a national plan, a national peak body, a standard definition of 'rare diseases', education campaigns, lobbying of government, research infrastructure, streamlined whole-of-lifetime service provision, case co-ordination, early diagnosis, support for health professionals and dedicated funding. Conclusions: These findings are consistent with frameworks and initiatives being undertaken internationally (such as EUROPLAN), and with national plans in other countries. This implies that the development of an Australian national plan could plausibly draw on frameworks for plan development that have been proposed for use in other jurisdictions. The translation of the symposium outcomes to government policy (i.e. a national plan) requires the consideration of several factors such as the under-representation of some stakeholder groups (e.g. clinicians) and the current lack of evidence required to translate some of the symposium outcomes to policy options. The acquisition of evidence provides a necessary first step in a comprehensive planning approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article announces several 2006 meetings of the Econometric Society. The 2006 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society will be hosted by the Economics Department of the University of Minnesota and will be held at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, from June 22 to June 25, 2006. The program will consist of contributed and invited papers. Submissions in a wide range of topics in economics are encouraged. Some of the members of program committee include V.V. Chari, Larry Jones, Ellen McGrattan, Daron Acemoglu, Donald Andrews, Thomas Holmes and others. The 2006 Econometric Society Australian Meetings will be held from July 4-7, 2006 at the Alice Springs Convention Center, Alice Springs. This is a unique location for the event, in Central Australia, an ideal launching site for seeing the exceptional World Heritage sites of Uluru and Kakadu National Parks as well as the stunning local environs. The program will consist of four keynote speakers, a number of special sessions and contributed papers.

The article presents information on various meetings to be held, related to the field of econometrics. Then Ninth World Congress of the Econometric Society will be held at University College London, London, from August 18-24, 2005. The congress is open to all economists, including those who are not now members of the Econometric Society. It is hoped that papers presented at the Congress will represent a broad spectrum of applied and theoretical economics and econometrics. The 2006 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society will be hosted by the Economics Department of the University of Minnesota and will be held at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, from June 22-25, 2006. The program will consist of contributed and invited papers. The 2006 Econometric Society Australian Meetings will be held from July 4-7, 2006 at the Alice Springs Convention Centre, Alice Springs. This is a unique location for the event, in Central Australia, an ideal launching site for seeing the exceptional World Heritage sites of Uluru and Kakadu National Parks as well as the stunning local environments.

The article reports on issues relevant to the activities of "The Economic Record" periodical in 2005. A table is presented on contributed submissions that were completed during 2001 through 2004, along with the number of articles published in each year. The editors also extended their deep gratitude to the many referees who have reviewed submissions for the periodical during 2004. The individuals have given generously their time and effort and in many cases provided reports on several papers. There was also an announcement on the Economic Society of Australia's 34th Australian Conference of Economists to be held at the University of Melbourne in September 2005.

Against a backdrop commonly considered one of the most wondrous locations in the world, thousands of global experts convened in the iconic "Harbour City" of Sydney, Australia from June 10 - 14 to participate in one of the industry's largest and most profound gatherings focused on the advancements rapidly transforming every area of life and business. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers information on topics to awards and conferences in Australia as of September 1, 2012. It features professor John Pitchford who received the Economic Society of Australia Distinguished Fellow for 2012. It says that Andrew Hughes of New South Wales (NSW) Treasury received the Honorary Fellow Award 2012 for his work for the Economic Society of Australia. Moreover, it provides details on the 42nd Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) in July 2013 in Perth, Western Australia.

This systematic reflection essay blends research and community engagement with Margaret Kovach's keynote address at the 2022 conference of the International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) and with the co-authors' autoethnographic accounts reflecting on their challenges across Australia and the US in conducting ethically responsible SoTL scholarship. The essay is a call for engagement with community-led projects drawing on Neil Drew's (2006) metaphor of a seagull, who flies in, takes what it wants, and leaves a mess behind. Two stories provided by the co-authors invite further discussion into the hopeful challenges of conducting community-led SoTL research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article informs about the 41st Australian Conference of Economists, to be held Australian Conference of Economists, Melbourne, from July 8 to 12, 2012, Also reported is the selection of Brent Tucker as the Treasurer of the Central Council of the Economic Society of Australia.

The article provides information related to the developments of the Economic Society of Australia in Australia. Neville Norman, the president of the Economic Society of Australia has announced that Professor Maureen Brunt will be receiving the "Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Society of Australia" award for 2006. The group also invites the readers to participate the 36th Australian Conference for Economists at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart on September 24 to 26, 2007. The Economic Society of Australia has established the "Honorary Fellow of the Economic Society of Australia" to honor members of the society for their significant and substantial contributions to the society.

The article focuses on the ninth conference of the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC). The conference began with a warm and touching welcome of the attendees by Ali Golding, an Indigenous Australian from Sydney, New South Wales, and an adopted elder of the Eora people of Sydney. The atmosphere of harmony generated by this welcome provided a challenging context for the delivery of papers that together highlighted a diverse range of problematic social issues. This year also marks the beginning of close collaboration between the Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Social Policy Research Centre in the evaluation of the Australian Government's innovative "Stronger Families and Communities Strategy." This important and intensive evaluation is being led by the SPRC, with the Institute as its partner. The nature of the strategy and ways in which it will be evaluated formed the basis of papers at the SPRC. As this work progresses, it will no doubt produce informative papers linking research, policy and practice.

Over the last decade there have been a number of seismic shifts in the hearing implant landscape. This has been led by marked advances in hearing implant technology, surgery and rehabilitation. The criteria for cochlear implantation has broadened dramatically for all ages. At the same time, there has been heightened clinical expertise in hearing implants demonstrated by clinicians across the industry. People are now more knowledgeable and demanding of independent decision-making so they can actively control their own hearing implant care. Australia has excellent access to cochlear implant innovation, technology and clinical care, with well qualified medical and allied health professionals. When indicated, hearing implants are available for unilateral and bilateral hearing losses, in children and adults and across all socioeconomic strata. Despite this rich and ripe environment, we have in Australia the embarrassing statistic that only one in ten adults who could benefit from a cochlear implant eventually accesses the benefit of such technology. Furthermore, those people who eventually do receive a cochlear implant often do so after years of unnecessary and unacceptable delay. This inadequacy is a reflection of a wanting healthcare delivery model for implantable hearing solutions in Australia, particularly in its regional areas. Presently there are the technological tools to address this, including e-consultation, remote programming and the utilisation of cloud--based technology. This paper will review an innovative new hearing health service established in Australia and take a detailed look at the barriers experienced by people considering hearing implants and how each are being address to improve access to implantable hearing devices. this includes challenging all medical and hearing clinicians to rethink, revisit and re-shape the means of referring people for the hearing implant care they need and deserve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Summary: Indigenous Australians are Australia's first ecologists and stewards of land, sea and freshwater Country. Indigenous biocultural knowledge, as coded in story, song, art, dance and other cultural practices, has accumulated and been refined through thousands of generations of Indigenous tribal groups who have distinct cultural responsibilities for their ancestral estates. European colonisation of Australia had and is still having severe impacts on Indigenous cultural practice, knowledge, people and Country. In contemporary ecology and environmental management, re‐recognition of the unique values of Indigenous biocultural knowledge and practice is occurring and increasingly being deployed alongside Western approaches in what has been described as cross‐cultural, two‐way or right‐way work. This article describes the development of cross‐cultural ecology and environmental approaches in Australia. We then provide an overview of 10 years of conference presentations associated with the annual Indigenous Ecological Knowledge symposiums of the Ecological Society of Australia (ESA). From 2010 to 2020, 173 people participated in the symposia from around Australia and Aotearoa (New Zealand), of which 62% were Indigenous Australians and 3% Maori. Most participants were from Indigenous Ranger groups followed by University staff, with a roughly even split of men and women. A total of 100 presentations were given and a word frequency analysis of the presentation titles revealed the dominant words (themes) were: Indigenous, management, Country, fire, working, knowledge and cultural. The increasing Indigenous participation in the ESA conferences was coincident with increasing Indigenous‐led projects across Australia, although we recognise that much more work needs to be done to increase Indigenous participation and control in Australian ecology and environmental management to move from cross‐cultural to Indigenous‐led approaches. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On 30 April 2010, Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith, announced Australia's intention to accede to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime. (Media Release, 2010) The Convention is the only binding international treaty on cybercrime. It serves as both a guide for nations developing comprehensive national legislation on cybercrime and as a framework for international co-operation between signatory countries. Cybercrime poses a significant challenge for our law enforcement and criminal justice system. The Internet makes it easy for criminals to operate from abroad, especially from those countries where regulations and enforcement arrangements are weak. It is critical that laws designed to combat cybercrime are harmonised, or at least compatible to allow for cooperation internationally. This paper explores what could happen if Hackerville set its sights on Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The internet provides a means for non-professional media-makers to produce and publish their own video and audio content, as community television and radio have done for several decades. While the web seems to exemplify the principles of media access and diversity championed by the community media sector, it also raises challenges for broadcast community media participants and their online equivalents, not least being the co-opting of the term 'community media' by large commercial interests. A symposium held in Melbourne by Open Spectrum Australia ('Quality/Control', State Library of Victoria, Oct 2008) brought together people with a wide range of community media experience to discuss this and other issues, particularly the possibilities for greater cooperation between broadcast and online community media participants. This paper draws on participant contributions at the symposium to explore the relationship between broadcast and online community media. Despite shared values, we identify different, and possibly incompatible, cultures within the two groups. We argue that this disjoint stems from two different systems of control or validation (licensing and networks), as well as producer-centered accounts of community media that are out of sync with the contemporary media environment. Instead, we propose that theory and practice begin to address issues of consumption in relation to community media, including identification, navigation and the notion of ethical choice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed at a conference entitled "Remembering and Rethinking the GDR. Multiple Perspectives and Plural Authenticities," held September 8-10, 2010 at Bangor University in Bangor, Great Britain and sponsored by the "After the Wall" Network is presented. Topics include the collective memory of the army of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), events in Berlin, Germany in 2009 commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, and East German immigrants in Australia.