PROGRAM

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Keynote & Invited Speakers

Lionel Louw, South Africa

Gord Bruyere, Canada

Christine King, Australia

Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata, New Zealand

Evelyn Balais-Serrano, The Philippines

Jan Fook, Australia

Isadora Hare, USA

Arne Grønningsæter, Norway

Vishanthie Sewpaul, South Africa

Lengwe-Katembula Mwansa, Botswana

Peta-Anne Baker, West Indies

General Information

ARRIVING IN ADELAIDE
Both domestic and international flights arrive into Adelaide airport. The airport is located five kilometres west of the city centre. Skylink airport shuttle operates a bus service every 30 minutes, to and from the Airport, with drop offs at all major hotels. The cost is AUD7.00 for a one way ticket or AUD12.00 (at the time of printing) for a return ticket. Taxis are located outside the terminal and cost approximately AUD15.00 one way.

CAR PARKING
The Adelaide Convention Centre offers two car parking facilities, the Exhibition Car Park and Riverbank Car Park. Various rates and conditions apply.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
All visitors to Australia need a valid passport and Visa. Applications for Visas can be made through Australian Embassies or Consulates in major cities around the world or in some cases through your travel agent. Ask for a business Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) for Australia. Australia's heightened border protection policies mean tighter quarantine regulations, including tougher on-the-spot fines for deliberate concealment or non-declaration of items of quarantine concern. People arriving by air will be screened and most baggage will be inspected or x-rayed by quarantine officers. When arriving into Australia all food, plant and animal items must be declared on your Incoming Passenger Card. A quarantine officer will inspect your items to determine if they are safe to bring into the country. For information about Australian missions overseas, how to apply for visas and further information on ETA's, customs clearance, quarantine regulations, health issues, arrival and departure and more, contact the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs -www.immi.gov.au.

LETTER OF INVITATION
The Congress Secretariat will be pleased to send an official letter of invitation upon request. It is understood that such an invitation is intended to help potential delegates raise travel funds or obtain a visa. It is NOT a commitment on the part of the Organising Committee to provide any financial support.

Invitation letters must be requested prior to Friday, 27 August 2004. The Congress Secretariat will fax and post invitation letters via the standard mail service. Any express mail requests will require a payment of AUD12.50.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language of the congress will be English. During the main plenary session simultaneous translation will be provided into French and Spanish. Please indicate your requirements on the registration form.

PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS
The Global Social Work Congress 2004 retains the right to publish all material presented at the Congress in a social work publication.

Guidelines for Plenary Speakers at IASSW Conferences

HOW TO MAKE AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INCLUSIVE

The International Association of Schools of Social Work has three official languages. All plenary sessions will be translated into the official languages, English, French and Spanish. Nevertheless, as plenary speaker you may speak to an international audience where the majority of the attendants may not belong to any of these three language groups. We will therefore ask you to kindly take this into account when you prepare and perform your presentation.

When a presentation is not in your own mother tongue, you have to concentrate intensely, which is energy consuming, to understand the detailed message of a presentation. If you loose a key word, you may be lost for quite some time, and it might become difficult to catch up again.

This may be increasingly so for those who have to rely on translation to a language that is not their own. A translation will often lag behind what is actually presented. As the translator may not be familiar with the social work language, the translation may not be accurate and sometimes incomprehensible. The pace may vary from yours as presenter with a different intonation, and loose out on you highlighting important concepts and emphasised pauses.

To make the IASSW conferences attractive to an international audience we have developed the following guidelines:

I. start with an outline of your paper
II. introduce the main issues and key concepts
III. finish by summarising your presentation

IF USING OVERHEAD SLIDES/POWER POINT

a. - check that readable across the room, adjust the size of the letters to the size of the room

b. - use approximately six lines on each overhead

c. - use approximately six words on each line

d. - address the audience when commenting on the overhead /do not turn your back to them

e. - point at the text on the transparent/power point, not at the wall

f. - give the audience time to read the overhead/power points as well as listen to your presentation

IV. speak slowly, use short sentences
V. do not use colloquial language
VI. adjust the length of your presentation to the time frame

Guidelines for Paper Presenters at IASSW Conferences

HOW TO MAKE AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INCLUSIVE?

The International Association of Schools of Social Work has three official languages. All plenary sessions will be translated into the official languages, English, French and Spanish. For the paper presentations, translation will not be available. You may have to speak to an international audience where the majority of the attendants may not have the language you use as their mother tongue. We will ask you to kindly take this into account when you prepare and perform your presentation.

When a presentation is not in your own language, you have to concentrate intensely, which is energy consuming, to understand the detailed message of a presentation. If you loose a key word, you may be lost for quite some time, and it might become difficult to catch up again.

To make the IASSW conferences attractive to an international audience we have developed the following guidelines:

I. start with an outline of your paper
II. introduce the main issues and key concepts
III. finish by summarising your presentation

IF USING OVERHEAD SLIDES/POWER POINT

a. - check that readable across the room, adjust the size of the letters to the size of the room

b. - use approximately six lines on each overhead

c. - use approximately six words on each line

d. - address the audience when commenting on the overhead /do not turn your back to them

e. - point at the text on the transparent/power point, not at the wall

f. - give the audience time to read the overhead/power points as well as listen to your presentation

IV. speak slowly, use short sentences
V. do not use colloquial language
VI. adjust the length of your presentation to the time frame