Events of interest
November 2009
Barks, Birds & Billabongs:
Exploring the legacy of the 1948 America-Australian Scientific expedition to
Arnhem Land
AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
National Museum of Australia, Canberra
16 – 20 November 2009
Register now at:
www.nma.gov.au/barks_birds_billabongs
Adelaide White Ribbon Breakfast
UN International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women
Wednesday 25 November
Banquet Room, Adelaide Festival Centre
7.00am for 7.15am start - 9am
The UN White Ribbon Campaign is a male-led initiative, and men have a crucial role to play in stopping all violence against women.
The White Ribbon Foundation of Australia aims to eliminate violence against women by promoting culture-change around the issue. The major strategies to achieve this are a national media campaign as well as education & male leadership programmes aimed at men and boys around Australia. All funds received by the White Ribbon Foundation will support the implementation of these strategies.
Co-Hosted by Media Personalities Leigh McClusky and Peter Goers with Guest Speaker – Professor Michael Kidd AM, Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Flinders University and recipient of the Australian Medical Association Award for Excellence.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently launched the "All Aussie Men Should Swear" campaign – log on at www.myoath.com.au and swear never to commit or condone violence against women – put your name in the swear jar!
Booking:
Cost: $45 per person and include a hot breakfast. Telephone Cintra 0400 202
014 or Gillian 0408 840 998, or email
cintraamos@bigpond.com.au
THE ADELAIDE WHITE RIBBON BREAKFAST 2009 IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
Business and Professional Women International
International Council of Women
Soroptimist International
Zonta International
Supported by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at UniSA
Creative Ecologies and New Business Models
Monday 30 November
Bradley Forum, UniSA City West campus, Hawke Building level 5, 50 North Terrace Adelaide
10am - 12pm
How can we harness creative ecologies and discover the business environments in which creativity and innovation best thrive?
A special SA event by world-renowned creative industry expert John Howkins brought to you by the Creative Industries Innovation Centre (a national partnership project based at University of Technology, Sydney) and supported by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at the University of South Australia.
John is the Chairman of BOP Consulting and author of the recent book, 'Creative Ecologies: Where Thinking is a Proper Job'. John has advised global corporations, international organisations, governments and individuals in over 30 countries. He is Deputy Chairman of the British Screen Advisory Council (BSAC). He is a Member of the United Nations UNDP Advisory Committee on the Creative Economy. He is a former Chairman of the London Film School and is a former Executive Director of the International Institute of Communications (IIC). John is also Visiting Professor, Lincoln University, and City University, London, England, and Vice Dean and Visiting Professor, the Shanghai School of Creativity, China.
In this talk, John will discuss how factors, such as international competition, the shift from manufacturing to services and digital media have changed the way in which management organise resources and manage workflow. He will also discuss the three principles of creative ecologies, the difference between creativity and innovation and how people develop in a workplace setting.
He will be joined by Shane Yeend, CEO of Imagination Entertainment and CIIC Advisory Board member.
RSVP By 25th November for catering purposes
Bookings essential via Hawke Centre RSVP phone line: 08 8302 0215
Disability lift access available
Parking information via
Hawke Centre
website
Asia Pacific Breakthrough: The Women, Faith and Development Summit to End Global Poverty
Melbourne, 2-3 December 2009
For the first time, women's organisations, faith communities and development agencies will come together in the common call to eliminate poverty, and the feminisation of poverty, by empowering women and girls.
At the Breakthrough Summit, a new Alliance will be launched to catalyse an Asia Pacific-wide movement to increase investment in women and girls.
Organisers are calling for financial, programmatic and policy commitments to benefit women and girls. Register now to attend the Breakthrough Summit or join the Alliance...
The views presented by speakers/organisations at these events are their own and are not necessarily those of either the University of South Australia or the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre.