Conferences, Seminars & Workshops

Conferences and workshops listed below have child welfare and protection as a focus. The proceedings of some of these conferences are available online. The Institute's main Conference Listing provides details about other conferences which may also be of interest. For further information about a particular conference, please refer to the respective organisations or persons. If you would like your conference added to this page, mail details to the Family Information Centre at the Institute, or send an email to: conferences@aifs.gov.au

Last updated 3 July 2008.

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2008

June 2008
2-3 June 2008	Melbourne, Vic	Promoting the learning from child death inquiries and reviews: Where to from here?
4-6 Jun 2008	Melbourne, Vic	2008 VACCA Statewide Conference - The River of Culture Runs Deep Learning from Old Ways, Creating a New Approach
10 June 2008	4.00pm AEST, 1.5 hours, followed by discussion	Kinship Care in Australia: access grid workshop
10-13 Jun 2008	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Catching the Winds of Change 2 - Maritime Therapy Conference: Inviting Dialogue among Leading Therapy Approaches
11 June 2008	Melbourne, Vic	AIFS Seminar - Work and conflict at home: some aspects of how work affects employees personal relationships and partners
11 June 2008	Sydney, NSW	Be involved - CREATE Foundation
18, 19, 25, 26 June 2008	Melbourne, Vic	Introduction to Domestic Violence
20-21 June 2008	Sydney, NSW	Sexual Abuse in Religious Contexts
23 Jun 2008	Plymouth, UK	Attachment and Risk in Families
July 2008
1 July 2008	University of York, UK	Children's Rights and Participation: What Preconditions? What Rights? What Outcomes? What Next?
5-6 July 2008	Griffith University, Qld	Birth to Three Matters: Foundations for Research, Policy and Practice
7-9 July 2008	Oxford, UK	Care Matters: Transforming Lives - Improving Outcomes
8 Jul 2008	London, UK	Centre for Research on the Child and Family Conference - Making Sense of Neglect: Planning a Professional Response
9-11 July 2008	Melbourne, Vic	10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference - Families Through Life
10-11 Jul 2008	Massachusetts, USA	First National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy
21-23 July 2008	Washington, DC	The 11th National Child Welfare Data and Technology Conference
August 2008
3-6 Aug 2008	Fremantle, WA	Men's Advisory Network 2008 Second National Conference - From Babies to Blokes: The Making of Men
14-16 August 2008	Port Douglas, Qld	RANZCP Forensic Psychiatry Conference - Drugs, Alcohol and Family Violence
18-20 August 2008	Sydney, NSW	Strong, Safe and Sustainable: Responding to children, young people and families in a civil society: ACWA08
21-22 Aug 2008	Adelaide, SA	SACOSS Stronger Communities Conference 2008 - Destination Inclusion
27-30 August 2008	Cape Town, South Africa	10th International Conference of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders - Sexual Violence: Preventing through Offender Treatment and Public Policy
September 2008
1-3 September 2008	Melbourne, Vic	Insights and Solutions - The Combined 2nd International Conference on Alcohol and Other Drug Related Brain Impairment and the Brain Injury Australia National Conference 2008
7-10 September 2008	Hong Kong	The XVIIth ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect - Towards a Caring and Non-Violent Community: A Child's Perspective
8-11 September 2008	Edmonton, Canada	Discovering the Common Core: Practical Frameworks for Change
10-12 September 2008	Cardiff, UK	NOTA Conference 2008 - Managing Sexual Abuse: From Private Pain to Public Protection
10-12 September 2008	Melbourne, Vic	5th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders - From Margins to Mainstream
12-13 September 2008	Iasi, Romania	Domestic Violence: between Stigmatisation, Social Acceptance and Therapeutic Intervention
October 2008
3-6 October 2008	Canberra, ACT	Early Childhood Australia Biennial Conference - Children: A nation's capital
16-17 October 2008	NY, NY	Translational Research on Child Neglect Consortium (TRCNC)
21-24 October 2008	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	EFCAP 10th anniversary congress - European Association for Forensic Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychology and other involved professions
30 October 2008	Edinburgh, Scotland	Understanding families and relationships over time
31 October - 2 November 2008	Brighton Beach, NSW	National Foster Care Conference - Better Outcomes
November 2008
10-14 November 2008	Sydney, NSW	Family violence: working with offender, victims and children
13-15 November 2008	Melbourne, Vic	CEIEC 2008 Conference - Honoring the Child, Honoring Equity 8: Young citizen(s), New Citizenship(s)
16-19 November 2008	Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA	PREVENT Child Maltreatment Institute
17-18 November 2008	Sydney, NSW	Health Care for Kids: the people, the map and the measure
20-21 November 2008	Melbourne, Vic	QEC 5th Biennial International Conference - Reaching Out to Vulnerable Families: Achieving Better Outcomes for Children
25-28 November 2008	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	World Congress Against Sexual Exploitation of Children
26-28 November 2008	Adelaide, SA	9th International Narrative Therapy and Community Work Conference
December 2008
5-7 December 2008	Los Angeles, USA	23rd National Training Institute (NTI) - Zero to Three

2009

May 2009
24-26 May 2009	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	Family Centred Care in Context
August 2009
23-26 August 2009	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	5th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights
September 2009
13-16 September 2009	Swansea, Wales	BASPCAN 7th National Congress - Changing Landscapes, Emerging Challenges: Contemporary Issues in Safeguarding Children and Young People
November 2009
15-18 November 2009	Perth, WA	Look at child abuse and neglect through the lens of prevention: 12th Australasian Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect (incorporating 2009 ISPCAN Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect)

Refer also to the following sources:

UK - British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect - BASPCAN organises international and national conferences, seminars and study days throughout the British Isles
USA - National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse have been consolidated and expanded to create the Child Welfare Information Gateway - providing a comprehensive calendar of child abuse conferences in the United States

Note: Information about these conferences has been obtained from a variety of sources. No liability for the accuracy of dates or other content is assumed. For further information, please refer to the respective contact organisations or persons.