Arts Conferences and Seminars

27-31 October 2008

13th International Metropolis Conference: mobility, integration and development in a globalised world

Venue; Bonn, Germany

Contact: http://www.metropolis2008.org/welcome_note/index.html

18-19 February 2008

2008 National Indigenous Storyteller’s Forum

Venue: Film and Television Institute, Fremantle, WA

Contact: Event Co-ordinator, Gina Williams, for more information. Tel: Ph: 0407 049 651 Email: gina@ginawilliams.org.

or contact Roz Lipscombe at the Department of Culture and the Arts on (08) 9224 7300

http://www.dca.wa.gov.au/projects/arts_cultural_dev/indigenous_storytellers_forum

Indigenous storytellers are invited to come and take part in two days of professional development, networking and intense dialog with artists and industry professionals.

 This event is free to attend but registration is essential

18 May 2008

2008 Northbridge History Studies Day

Venue: Hellenic Community Hall, Northbridge, WA

Contact: Email: history@dpc.wa.gov.au

13 – 15 February 2008

2008 Ticketing Professionals Conference: Ticketing & CRM: A Box Office Headache or A Marriage Made in Heaven?

Venue: The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Victoria

Contact: www.ticketingprofessionals.com.au

2-12 April 2008

20^th UNIMA Congress & World Puppetry Festival

Venue: Perth, Fremantle, WA

Contact:  website http://www.unima2008.com/ and Million Puppets Project www.millionpuppets.com

UNIMA (Union Internationale de la Marionnette) is a non-governmental international organisation dedicated to uniting people from around the world who contribute to the ongoing development of puppetry as an art form. The Million Puppets project is also a part of this Festival.

5-8 May 2008

2nd International Colloquium on Tourism and Leisure

Venue: Chiang Mai, Thailand

Contact: Dr Mark Neal Website: http://www.ictlconference.com

29 -31 January 2008

6th International Conference on Imagination and Education - Imaginative practice, imaginative inquiry

Venue: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Contact: Dr Robert Fitzgerald

http://imaginativeeducation.org/conferences/index.php/2008/australia

The conference aims to connect a cross-section of educators and administrators in a dialogue and exploration of imaginative and creative ways of teaching, learning and conducting educational inquiry.

25-28 February 2008

8^th Performing Arts Market

Venue: Adelaide, South Australia

Contact: 12 King William Road, Unley 5061 South Australia

Tel: 08 8271 1488 Fax: 08 8271 9905

E mail: apadmin@artsprojects.com.au  Website: www.artsprojectsaustralia.com.au

Timed to coincide with the Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts in February 2008, APAM is a one-stop opportunity for the world’s program-makers to experience the very best in new performing arts from the Australian region.

20-24 April 2008

International Conference on African Culture and Development

Venue: Accra, Ghana

Contact: http://www.icacd.ccoghana.org/

This event seeks to draw global attention to African Arts, traditional and social institutions and how its potential can be harnessed for the development of the African continent and the world as a whole.

8-11 July 2008

International Conference on arts and cultural management (AIMAC)

Venue: Valencia, Spain

Contact: www.adeit.uv.es/aimac2007

28 June- 1 July 2009

Venue: Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas USA
Contact: www.gestiondesarts.com

21-24 May 2008

6th Asia-Pacific (APacCHRIE) Conference and THE-ICE International Panel of Experts Forum 2008

Venue: Perth, Western Australia

Contact: Website: http://www.apacchrieconference.com/index.php

This joint convention will include invited keynote panel speakers, informative refereed presentations, and symposium/roundtable discussions which will focus on the latest in educational research.

28-31 July 2008

Art and Communication: International Conference on the Arts in Society

Venue: Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, UK

Contact: website http://www.Arts-Conference.com

This year's Arts Conference will feature arts educators, artists, practitioners, researchers and theorists in all forms of disciplinary practice through paper presentations, workshops and colloquia

3-5 October 2008

Art at the heart- Regional Arts Australia’s 6^th National Conference

Venue: Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Contact: Regional Arts Australia Website: www.regionalarts.com.au

The themes that art at the heart will explore are: Place and identity, Arts partnership, collaboration and exchanges, Sustaining participation in the arts, Creativity, innovation and change.

9-18 May 2008

ASSITEJ world congress and performing arts festival for young people

Venues: various around Adelaide

Contact: www.assitej2008.com.au

ASSITEJ is an international network of member organisations and individuals active in the area of theatre for young people, creating links through ASSITEJ centres in 80 countries

Venue: Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Australia, Queensland, Australia
Contact: Jean-Paul Gagnon Website: www.med-p.org

This conference seeks to gather 1200 people to submit papers on improving Australian government and society. Outcome is practical methods of immediate improvement. You get conference proceedings, chapter, and possible journal publication.

4 - 16 May 2009

Venue: Adelaide, South Australia

Contact: Tel:  +61 8267 5766: F +61 8267 5038 E-mail: beverly@comeout.on.net

Website: www.comeout.on.net

Expressions of Interest process for 2009, with downloadable forms on the website.

20-22 February 2008

Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC)

Venue: Fremantle, Western Australia

Website: www.aidc.com.au

The AIDC is a must-attend four-day event for the factual film and broadcasting industry, attracting now over 600 national and international delegates. It focuses on debate, discussion and deal-making opportunities and in addition, master classes and forums raise and explore current challenges and showcase work.

1-2 February 2008

Beyond the Hype 2008: Web 2.0

Venue: Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland

Contact: Contact ALIA on 02 6215 8214 or 1800 020 071

Website http://beyondthehype.ning.com/

This is the inaugural event of what will become an annual symposium event discussing a range of issues revolving around a topic with a high level of impact on the field of librarianship and libraries.

17-23 November 2008

CINARS2008

Venue: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Contact; E-mail: arts@cinars.org. Website: www.cinars.org

27-28 March 2008

Cityscapes

Venue:Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Contact: Susan Martis Website: http://www.bakernord.org:

The Cityscapes conference intends to examine intersections of the urban environment, the humanities, and social change, and seeks papers that explore what the arts and humanities can contribute to our understanding of cities.

25 -28 June ‘08

Communicating the Museum: communicating strategies

Venue; Venice, Italy

Contact: http://www.communicatingthemuseum.com/theme.html

The programme of the event will explore communications up in four key areas: Audience Research and Development, Advertising, Programming and New Media.

19-22 February 2008

Communities and memories – a global perspective: The third international conference of the UNESCO Memory of the World programme

Venue: National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT

Contact website: http://www.amw.org.au/mow2008/mow2008.htm

This globally significant policy analysis and strategic review meeting will set the agenda for everyone who is concerned with the future management of cultural heritage resources locally, nationally and internationally

28 April – 1 May 2008

Creative Construct: building for Culture and Creativity

Venue: Ottawa, Canada

Contact: Dr Nancy Duxbury Tel: +1 778 782 7978 E-mail: info@cultureandcommunities.ca.  Www.symposuim2008.ca

5 -7 July ‘08

Creative Engagements: Thinking with Children: 4th Global Conference:

Venue: Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Contact Dr Rob Fisher E-Mail: ioe5@inter-disciplinary.netWebsite: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/cp/ce4/cfp.htm:

3-5 September 2008

Culture and Citizenship

Venue: Manchester, UK

Contact website: http://www.cresc.ac.uk/events/conference2008/callforpapers.html

This conference seeks to explore the inter-relationships between citizenship and culture and their contemporary social, cultural and political significance in a number of different contexts

13-18 July 2008

Dance dialogues: conversations across cultures, artforms and practices. World Dance Alliance Global Summit

Venue: Brisbane, Queensland

Contact: Marcus Hughes, Ausdance Queensland, Email: wda.summit08@ausdance.org.au

The World Dance Alliance serves as a primary voice for dance and dancers throughout the world, and encourages the exchange of ideas and the awareness of dance in all its forms.

2-5 September 2008
Contact: ALIA Website:http://www.alia2008.com
Secretariat: alia2008@icms.com.au : ICMS Pty Ltd, 84 Queensbridge Street, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia

The conference theme, Dreaming08, will produce a program that empowers library and information professionals in the development, promotion and delivery of quality services in all sectors.

14-16 February 2008

EcoEDGE 2

Venue: Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria

Contact: City of Melbourne.

Website: http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=12&pg=3760

How do we plan sustainable urban environments not only for those in the greatest need, but also for those who have the fewest options? As Australia and the globe experience rapid climate change, the design industry faces an urgent challenge to plan and build sustainable cities.

8-10 April 2007

A Conference on Educational Leadership in Cultural Diversity and Globalization

Venue: Phuket, Thailand, Pattani, Thailand

Contact: Mr. Ahmed Sebihi

Website: http://ed_lead.pn.psu.ac.th

11 March 2008

EngagingEarly Years: Galleries, Creativity and the Foundation Phase

Venue:Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Contact:Angela Rogers Website: http://www.engagecymru.org.uk

9-11 April 2008

Engaging the community in public sector projects

Venue: Sydney, NSW

Contact: Ark Marketing Research Team [ArkGroupResearch@ark.cminteractive.com] Many organisations are unaware of how to embed community engagement in their policies and projects, effectively planning the community engagement process and achieving high levels of democratic governance. Includes practical case studies from people who share the experience of working with community engagement within the public sector.

21 - 24 July 2008

Venue: Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Contact: Jacquie Hutchinson

Website: www.biz.uwa.edu.au

The aim of this international conference is to generate new thinking about gender and leadership by providing a creative forum for interaction between scholars, researchers, practitioners and policy makers.

Roundtable - Creating Leaders: Art and Business Working Together (Tuesday 22 July, 5.00pm – 7.00pm) This roundtable will examine the potential relationships and partnerships between leadership in creative contexts and the professional development of leaders.
This event is included in day or full registration but there are also some spaces available at no cost to the public. However, seats must be reserved

4-6 February 2008

Enhancing Search & Retrieval Capabilities and Performance

Venue: Rydges World Square, Sydney

Contact: 1300 550 662 or email aga@arkgroupasia.com

Current trends have seen the emergence of Web 2.0 storage, multimedia search, question search and personalised answers. Database owners, information providers and users need to know how to optimise the use of such new and advanced search services and how to get these and more traditional search techniques working to their advantage.

30 Jan 2008

Executing women’s Initiatives within firms

Venue: Sydney, NSW

Contact: aga@arkgroupasia.com

This conference will allow you to hear practical and innovative case studies from leading professional organisations, and practical suggestions as to how to implement women’s initiatives within your firm to retain a diverse workforce and secure a competitive advantage within your firm.

11-15 June 2008

Exploring Cultural Perspectives

Venue: Antalya, Turkey

Contact: Arlette Barrette E-mail: arlette@icrn.ca

Website: http://www.icrn.ca

The object of this conference is to discuss the practicalities of theories that are applied to culture

May 2008

Exploring Second Life - an exciting new one day workshop

9 May in Sydney 12 May in Melbourne

Contact: SYDNEY - Saxons Training Facilities,

http://www.saxons.com.au/Contact%20Details.html

MELBOURNE - Saxons Training Facilities,

http://www.saxons.com.au/MEL%20Location%20Map.html

Are YOU ready to "fly, teleport and change appearance at will"? Many library users are already leading mysterious double lives, but are Online Virtual Worlds an over-hyped Web 2.0 bubble or the Next Big Thing? The workshop focuses on the creation of personal avatars, how to navigate and explore Second Life safely, and practical management issues a library should consider before setting up a presence in an Online Virtual World.

14-18 May 2008

'Fear of the Unknown': Can gallery interpretation help visitors learn about art and material culture

Venue: London, UK

Contact: adult learning website: http://www.vam.ac.uk

This conference will address the way gallery interpretation can help visitors learn about art and material culture, presenting new research and opening up debate about the role of interpretation.

20 July -2 August 2008

Festival of Pacific Arts

Venue: Pago Pago, American Samoa

Contact: http://www.festival-pacific-arts.org

Since 1972, delegations from 27 Pacific Island Countries and Territories have come together to share and exchange their cultures at each Festival of Pacific Arts.

21-25 September 2009

Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa

Contact: Petra Seseli +27 21 425 4750 or+ 27 83 725 0276

E-mail: petra@zazisecommunications.co.za or www.allAfrica.com

IFACCA, the first global network of national arts funding bodies was inaugurated in December 2000 and aims to benefit artists, arts organisations and communities through dynamic networking, sharing knowledge and creating understanding to enrich a world of artistic and cultural diversity.

22 to 25 November 2008
Udon Thani, Thailand

Web address: http://hearttech08.unitec.ac.nz

22 February – 9 March 2008

High Beam Global Festival

Venues: Various venues across Adelaide, South Australia

Contact: http://www.artsaccess-sa.org.au/hbg/index.htm

High Beam Global, Australia’s international celebration of arts and disability, returns in 2008 and promises another outstanding program of theatre, dance, music, multimedia, exhibitions and community events. There are three categories for participation:• tangible projects by disabled people• projects that focus on issues around disability• projects that demonstrate best practice accessibility.

10-14 April 2008

IA Summit 2008: Experiencing Information

Venue: Miami, Florida, USA

Contact: http://www.iasummit.org/2008/

The 2008 theme of “Experiencing Information” shifts the focus back to users. A user experience exists only to allow people to "do things" (in the broadest sense ... buying books, sharing photos with friends, looking something up on wikipedia, etc). What dimensions of information do users typically experience while “doing things”, and how can we design information environments that best support these users and activities?

17-19 November 2008

Venue: Madrid, Spain

Contact: http://www.iated.org/iceri2008

E-Mail: iceri2008@iated.org

This is an international forum for those who wish to present and discuss their innovations, projects on research and the latest innovations and results in the field of education.

13-18 March 2008

Ideas Festival

Venue: Brisbane, Queensland

Website: http://www.ideasfestival.com.au

The Ideas Festival is a four-day festival of ideas, innovation and invention presenting lectures, debates, panel discussions and demonstrations to general public audiences.

6-10 February 2008

The International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM)

Venue: Caen, France

Contact: Christina Kuhlewein; E-mail: ckuehlewein@ifcm.net

Website: www.ifcm.net/youthforum

17-19 April 2008

International Artists Managers Association (IAMA) Conference

Venue: Konzerthaus Berlin, Germany

Contact: IAMA, 23 Garrick St, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9BN

Tel: +44 (0) 207379 7336/8

E-Mail: info@iama-world.com; Website: www.iamaworld.com

12-15 June 2008

International Conference on Cultural Economics

Venue: Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. USA

Contact: Association for Cultural Economics Website: www.acei.neu.edu.

20-24 August 2008

International Conference on Cultural Policy Research 2008

Venue: Istanbul, Turkey

Contact: http://iccpr2008.yeditepe.edu.tr/

ICCPR 2008 aims to provide an outlet for an interdisciplinary and international exploration of the meaning, function and impact of cultural policies.

17-18 March 2008

International Forum on the Creative Economy

Venue: Ottawa, Canada

Contact: Barbara Fennessy, Tel: 866-711-2262 x 356

E-mail: fennessy@conferenceboard.ca

This Forum will include keynote speakers, presentations, lectures, and other activities aimed at examining recent evidence on the arts and cultural sector as an important engine of economic growth.

19-24 June 2008

International Society for the Performing Arts Foundation (ISPA) International Congress “Ubuntu revisited”

Venue: Durban, South Africa

Contact; 17 Purdy Avenue, PO Box 909 Rye, NY 10580 USA

Tel: + 1 914921 1550 E-mail: info@ispa.org Website: www.ispa.org

7-8 May 2008

International Symposium on Cultural Policy Trends and Challenges in Western Countries

Venue: Quebec, Canada

Contact: http://www.ucs.inrs.ca/

The objectives of this symposium are to explore the diversity of political/cultural relations and the issues and challenges in cultural policy, as they present themselves within Western societies

20-25 July 2008

International society for Music Education (Isme) World Conference

Venue: Bologna, Italy

Contact: ISME International Office, PO Box 909, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909.

Tel: +61 8 93862654; E-mail: isme@isme.org. Website: www.isme.org

28 February – 1 March 2008

Journeys of Expression VII

Venue: Reykjavík, Iceland

Organisers: Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Contact: www.tourism-culture.com.

This conference will bring together researchers who share interests in festivals, cultural events and associated tourism in coastal settings.

24-27 June 2008

Leveraging Learning for Regional Development: An International Forum

Venue: Thunder Bay, Canada

Contact: sagbo@lakeheadu.ca

Website: http://www.theconferenceplanner.ca/lifelearning/

23 October 2008

Libraries Australia Forum

Venue: PowerHouse Museum, Sydney, NSW Contact; http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/aum/laf08/.

3-5 August 2008

Minority reports: Indigenous and Community Voices in Archives, International Conference on the History of Records and Archives

Venue: Perth, Western Australia

Contact: Dr Karen Anderson E-mail: k.anderson@ecu.edu.au

March 2009

Contact: DiversityWorks Group & Trust

PO Box 46256, Herne Bay, Auckland, 1147 Aoetearoa, New Zealand

Tel: +64 9 376 4830

2-6 July 2008

Musical Structure: Interdisciplinary Musicology CIM 2008

Venue: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Contact website: http://www-gewi.uni-graz.at/staff/parncutt/cim.htm

The conference aims to bring together representatives of the humanities, the sciences, and musical practice who are involved in research on musical structure. Researchers from all relevant disciplines are invited to contribute theoretical, empirical and computational studies

12-15 March 2008

Musikmesse Frankfurt: International Music Industry Trade Fair

Venue: Frankfurt, Germany

Contact: Frankfurt Exhibitions Ltd, 14-22 Coleman Fields, London N1 7AD London Tel: +44 (0) 20 7688 6655/57

Website: uk.messfrankfurt.com

30 June - 11 July 2008
Venue: Sydney, NSW
Contact: E-mail: info@pwa.org.au Website: www.pwa.org.au

The 2-week residential Workshop programme provides writers with the resources to progress to the next stage of creative development, without the expectation of an immediate performance outcome or the need to produce a performance-ready draft.

3-6 September 2008

Networks of Design

Venue: Falmouth, UK

Contact: networksofdesign@falmouth.ac.uk Website http://www.networksofdesign.co.uk

This conference explores the interactions informing visual culture and design. Social theorist Bruno Latour, the designer Jurgen Bey and Jeremy Myerson from the RCA are keynote speakers.

28-29 February 2008

New literacy, new audiences: social media and cultural institutions

Venue: Museum of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Contact: Jerry Watkins Queensland University of Technology Email: jj.watkins@qut.edu.au

24-27 February 2008

Open House: Ausglass Conference

Venue: Canberra, ACT

Contact: E-mail: conference@ausglass.org.au

15-16 May 2008

Open Road 2008 Conference: Multilingualism and the Information Society

Venue: Melbourne, Victoria

Contact: http://www.openroad.net.au/conferences/2008/

A unique, biennial conference held in Melbourne, Open Road brings together Australian and international participants, providing an excellent opportunity to discuss and showcase innovative Information and Communication Technology (ICT) developments in the area of multilingualism.

29 February 2008

Policy, Partnerships and Performance

Venue: Carlton, Victoria

Contact: website: http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/events/partnerships_symposium.html

This symposium will explore the challenges and opportunities of partnerships between governments, business and the community sector, as well as issues relating to participation, inclusion and performance.

11-12 April 2008

Public art 360: symposium from seven perspectives

Venue: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina, USA

Contact: http://publicartcollaborative.org/

This event will address current and future orientations on the field of public art from the perspectives of the artist, architect, landscape designer, government, private developer, community, and critic, responding to the inherent complexities in the public art design process.

6-9 February 2008

Rethinking Arts Policy; putting the artist first- 3 forums

Venues:

    6 February- Metro Arts, Brisbane, Queensland

    9 February- Belvoir St. Theatre, Surry hills, NSW

    11 February- Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne, Victoria

Contact: Priscilla Yates Currency House Inc. 02 9319 6423

E-mail: info@currencyhouse.org.au or Website: www.currencyhouse.org.au

Entry free but booking advisable. Arts Management Strategists Cathy Hunt (Aust) and Phyllida Shaw (UK) will speak on this theme.

16-19 April 2008

Society for the Arts in Healthcare's 19th Annual Conference Embracing Our Past, Shaping Our Future: 21st Century Innovations

Venue: Philadelphia, PA, USA

Contact: http://thesah.org/template/page.cfm?page_id=184

Learn about best practices, model programs and cutting-edge research at the most comprehensive arts in healthcare event!

3-5 April 2008

Song Summit Sydney, S³

Venue: Hordern Pavilion & RHI Moore Park, Sydney

Contact: Song Summit Sydney, Locked Bag 3665 St Leonard’s NSW Tel: 02 9935 7900 Fax: 02 9935 7970 Email: s3@apra.com.au. Website: www.songsummit.com.au

10 - 11 February 2009

Venue: Perth, Western Australia

Contacts:
E-mail: subjectivityconference@gmail.com  
Website: subjectivitycreativityandtheinstitution.com/

This event will examine the ways in which the creative individual operates in a globalised culture.

3-5 September 2008

Sustainable Tourism 2008

Venue: Malta

Contact Website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2008/tourism08/index.html

25-28 September 2008
Venue: AFTRS, Fox Studios, Moore Park, NSW
Contact: E-mail: events@adg.org.au. Website: www.adg.org.au

The Australian Directors Guild Conference is one of the Guild's premiere annual membership events, bringing together over 200 of Australia's screen directors and other industry professionals.

13-14 March 2008

The Body: connections with fashion

Venue: Melbourne, Victoria

Contact: Kaye Ashton, E-mail; iffti@rmit.edu.au Website:www.iffticonference.com/

5-6 May 2008

The Caribbean International Conference on the Cultural & Creative Industries

Venue: Barbados, the Caribbean

Contact: Email: ian-walcott@ncf.bb

1-4 May 2008

The Children’s Book Council of Australia 9^th National Conference & Expo

Venue: Melbourne Convention Centre, Victoria

Contact: Tel: 03 9681 6288 E-mail: cbca@iceaustralia.com.

Website: www.iceaustralia.com/cbca2008

The conference will bring together colleagues from across Australia involved in children’s books; teachers, librarians, authors, illustrators, publishers and others.

17-20 June 2008

The Eighth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations,

Organisers: HEC (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales),

Venue: University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

Contact: http://www.Diversity-Conference.com

The Conference will seek to explore the full range of what diversity means and explore modes of diversity in real-life situations of living together in community.

16-18 May 2008

The Global Studies Conference

Venue: University of Illinois, Chicago USA

Contact: Jan Nederveen Pieterse Email:jan.pieterse@globalstudiesconference.com

http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com

The Global Studies Conference is devoted to mapping and interpreting new trends and patterns in globalization

5-8 May 2008

The Idea of education: 5th Global Conference

Venue:Budapest, Hungary

Contact: Dr Rob FisherE-Mail: ioe5@inter-disciplinary.net   http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ati/education/ioe/ioe5/cfp.html

8-11 June 2008

The Inaugural Conference on the Inclusive Museum

Venue: National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, The Netherlands

Contact: http://www.Museum-Conference.com

Conference themes: The Inclusive Museum is a place where museum practitioners, researchers, thinkers and teachers can engage in discussion on the historic character and future shape of the museum.

May 2008

The ReelDance International Dance on Screen Festival

Contact information: http://www.reeldance.org.au/content/blogcategory/43/73/

ReelDance 2008 is our fifth biannual festival since 2000 celebrating the art of dancefilm. Sitting between the performing arts and film culture, this film festival caters to both dance and film audiences with a focus on screen musicals, music videos and contemporary dance on screen.

22-24 February 2008

The WAMI Music Business Conference

Venue: PICA, Northbridge, WA

Contact: www.wam.asn.au

This event will feature local, national and international speakers plus roundtable sessions for regional, indigenous and young musicians.

5-8 March 2008

Tokyo Performing Arts Market 2008

Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Contact: E-mail: tpam@tpam.or.jp; Website: www.tpam.or.jp

5-7 February 2008

VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition: Libraries / Changing spaces, virtual places

Venue:Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, Melbourne, Victoria

Contact: Waldronsmith Mgt, 61 Davis St, West, Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207.

11-15 February 2008

Webstock2008

Venue: Wellington, New Zealand

Contact: http://www.webstock.org.nz/

5 full-on days. 9 hands-on workshops. 20 kick-ass speakers. 24 must-see presentations. Truckloads of design, development, user experience, web standards, content, community, innovation & inspiration

2 February 2008

World of Women Film Festival

Venue: Mercury Cinema, Adelaide, SA

Contact: http://www.mercurycinema.org.au/

(WOW) Film Festival is a short film festival that promotes and awards the talents of women directors, producers, writers, editors and cinematographers in the Australian film industry and in Oceania. It is a unique festival that offers emerging and established filmmakers the opportunity to screen short works giving a thematic perspective of “seeing the world through the eyes of women”.