PROGRAM

CONFERENCE THEME

Promoting Inclusion - Redressing Exclusion

The Social Work Challenge

Social work has a core interest in promoting a just and inclusive society. As we enter the new millennium, economic and social forces at a local, national and international level increase the risks of marginalisation and exclusion of individuals, groups and societies. The conference will explore the causes and consequences of social exclusion, and the manner in which social work can confront and redress social exclusion in the many domains of its practice. The tensions between inclusionary and exclusionary forces in social work practice, social processes, social programs and social work education will be examined.

Core areas to be addressed include:

Experiences of social exclusion and marginalisation

Economic and cultural globalisation: the challenge for inclusionary practice

Integrating research, policy and practice

Urban and rural disadvantage

Social work's role in redressing social exclusion/marginalisation in the local, national, regional and international context

Social work and social exclusion: agendas for action

Innovations in social work practice and education

To reflect the diversity of social work, we are seeking contributions which engage with the theme. Presentations may have a practice, management, research, policy or educational focus, and presenters are encouraged to consider the conference theme in relation to current, preventative and developmental work in the local, national, regional and international arenas. As 1999 is the International Year of the Older Person, this area will be featured during the conference. We are very keen to encourage practitioners and researchers in this area to present at this exciting conference.

The theme is inclusive of a wide range of areas such as:-

age

gender

cultural diversity

migration

violence

health

disability

location

housing

poverty

labour market

technology

education

This list is not prescriptive and presenters are not limited to these areas. The theme raises many questions regarding the way social work practice and education should manage exclusion. We invite you to address the issues which you face in these areas in your practice, research or teaching. How are we addressing exclusion? How do we resolve the dilemmas that arise? How will we respond in the future?

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM

The Conference Welcoming Reception will be held on Sunday 26 September 1999 with the Conference Opening Address to follow on Monday, the first of three days of conference presentations. While the conference will close on Wednesday, 29 September, a number of site visits will be organised on Thursday 30 September for delegates to inspect areas of interest.

SUNDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

2pm on

Registration / Association Meetings

Speakers Preparation Room Available

7 - 9pm - Welcome Reception - Sheraton

MONDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

7:00am - Speaker Preparation Room Available

8:30am

Conference Opening Ceremony

Plenary Session - Associate Professor Janet George

10:30am - Morning Tea

11:00am - Concurrent Sessions

Topics

Disability

Education

Ethics

Human Rights

Indigenous Issues

Inclusion/Exclusion

Children

Social Work Management

Location (Rural Areas)

Health

Age

12:30pm - Lunch

2:00pm - Concurrent Sessions

Topics

Disability

Education

Family

Violence/Children

Inclusion/Exclusion

Community

Practice

Cultural Diversity

Health

Age

3:30pm - Afternoon Tea

4:00pm - Concurrent Sessions

Topics

Grief/Loss

Indigenous Issues

Health

Gender Issues

Poverty

Violence

Location (Rural/Education)

Children

Technology

5:00pm - Session Close

5:30pm - Lord Mayor's Welcome to Brisbane for International Delegates - City Hall

TUESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

7:00am - Celebrity Speaker Breakfast - Novotel Brisbane

7:00am - Speaker Preparation Room Available

9:00am - Plenary Session - Professor Marcia Langton

10:30am - Morning Tea

11:00am - Concurrent Sessions

Topics

Inclusion/Exclusion

Family

Ethics

Mental Health

Education

Technology

Indigenous Issues

Poverty

Violence/Gender

Prison/Corrections

Age

12:30pm - Lunch

2:00pm - Concurrent Sessions

Topics

Indigenous Issues

Mental Health

Violence

Age

Inclusion/Exclusion

Community

Cultural Diversity

Practice

Field Education

Technology/Health

Gender Issues

3:30pm - Afternoon Tea

4:00pm - Norma Parker Address - Delivered by Jo Gaha, President AASW

5:00pm - Close

7.30pm - Pre-Dinner Drinks

8:00pm - Banquet

Midnight - Close

WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

7:00am - Speaker Preparation Room Available

8:30am - Plenary Session - Evelyn Balais-Serrano

10:00am - Morning Tea

10:30am - Concurrent Sessions

Topics

Indigenous Issues

Practice

Education

Criminology/Age

Age

Gender Issues

Mental Health

Labour Market

Poverty

Mental Health

Housing

Disability

Children

12:00pm - Lunch

1:30pm - Concurrent Sessions

Topics

Practice

Violence

Education

Age

Family

Community

Health

Cultural Diversity

Disability

Ethics

3:00pm - Afternoon Tea

3:30pm - Closing Session

5:00pm - Close

THURSDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

9:00am - Field Trips / Day Tours

12:00pm - Return Hotels

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

JANET GEORGE

Janet George is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Social Work, Social Policy and Sociology at the University of Sydney. She holds a Master of Philosophy degree from the University of Hong Kong and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Sydney. Trained in sociology and social policy, her research and teaching interests centre on health policy in a comparative framework, both historical and cross-national, including the history of colonial social policy. She is particularly interested in ageing and with Lindsey Napier is researching the relationship between health service social work, economic change and client inclusion/exclusion in Australia. Janet has had extensive and long standing involvement in international social work through her work with APASWE, curriculum development in China, and research and teaching in Hong Kong.

MARCIA LANGTON

Marcia Langton is an Aboriginal woman with fourteen years experience as an anthropologist and more than two decades of experience in indigenous affairs, working in land councils, the Queensland Government, inquiries and commissions and universities. She has been the Ranger Chair of Aboriginal Studies at the Northern Territory University since 1995, and has published widely on contemporary social issues in aboriginal affairs including land, resource and social impact issues, indigenous dispute processing, policing and substance abuse, gender, identity, art, film and cultural studies. Marcia has been involved in reports to the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and Aboriginal Land Councils. She was awarded an A.M. (General Member of the Order of Australia) in 1993 for services to anthropology and advocacy of Aboriginal rights.

EVELYN BALAIS-SERRANO

Evelyn Balais-Serrano completed her social work training at the Philippine School of Social Work, Philippine Women's University, where she obtained her Masters Degree. She has had extensive experience in the human rights area and is currently based in Bangkok, Thailand, as a consultant for the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a regional network of human rights and development organisations in South and Southeast Asia. FORUM-ASIA is based on the understanding that human rights and fundamental freedoms are universal, indivisible and interdependent, and strives towards the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asian region through collaboration and co-operation among human rights organisations. Evelyn has been involved with many human rights missions, has spoken on Human Rights at major conferences and has published widely in this area.

JO GAHA

Jo Gaha, as president of AASW will present the NORMA PARKER ADDRESS which honours the contributions of Norma Parker to professional and public affairs and to social work education in Australia. Jo is currently Head of the Social Work Department at Newcastle University and has been a practicing social worker and active member of the AASW since her graduation from the University of Sydney in 1972. She has worked in Immigration, Health, Child Welfare, and Education and in private practice as a consultant social worker. In 1982 Jo was awarded a University Medal for her thesis on Women and Social Work. In 1990 she took up a position in the newly created Department of Social Work at the University of Newcastle. She has served as President of the NSW Branch of the AASW, Convenor of the 23^rd National AASW Conference, and National Vice President before becoming National President.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Will include the following

IRIS CHI

Iris Chi is Professor and Head of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong. After completing a Doctor of Social Welfare at the University of California in 1985, she gained a postdoctural applied gerontological fellowship, also at UCLA, for three years. Since then she has participated in numerous research studies in her specialist field of gerontology, has published widely in international and regional journals and is on the editorial board of the Australasian Journal on Aging and the Hong Kong Journal of Gerontology. Iris has been appointed by the Chief Executive of HKSAR Government to serve as Elderly Commission member since 1997. She is currently actively involved in planning the program for the Regional Conference for the International Year of Older Persons 1999, Hong Kong Council of Social Service and Social Welfare Department.

CECILIA CHAN

Dr. Cecilia Chan is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. She is a pioneer in the areas of community care and rehabilitation, psycho-social care and self-help for chronic patients, body-mind-spirit approach in counselling for cancer patients and bereaved persons as well as emotional healing for divorced women and women with depression. She adopts a Social Research and Development approach in her innovative practice and theory building. Her models are published in over ten books and more than a hundred journal articles and book chapters. In the past five years, Professor Chan has contributed to the establishment of hospital patients resource centres, the Community Rehabilitation Network for chronic patients, a Community Bereavement Centre, the Alliance of Patients Mutual Help Organisations, the CancerLink Support and Information Services of the Hong Kong Cancer Fund. She is a living example of an entrepreneurial social work practitioner, researcher and educator.

MURLI DESAI

Murli Desai is based at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India where she is the Head of the Unit for Family Studies and in charge of the Social Work Education and Practice Cell. She is also Associate Editor of The Indian Journal of Social Work. Murli has been editor of a number of books including "Towards People Centred Development" and "Enhancing the Role of the Family as an Agency for Social and Economic Development". She has been involved as an organiser and presenter at many important seminars, workshops and training programs, focusing particularly on the family. Murli is currently on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Schools of Social Work as Co-Chair of the Women's Interest Group. She is a member of the Third National Review Committee on Social Work Education and was a member of the Board of the Committee of the Association of Schools of Social Work in India.

ELIZABETH DU MEZ

Elizabeth DuMez is the Ethics and Adjudication Manager for the National Association of Social Workers based in Washington DC, and has recently been involved with managing the adjudication program and staffing the committee which revised the NASW Code of Ethics. Elizabeth's professional research and study has included social work education and training models, dynamics of ethnicity and ethics in practice. Her volunteer commitments have included service on Community Service and Day Care Boards, tutoring and group training experiences for innercity youth and delivery of university social services education programs. Elizabeth will present a workshop at the conference on ethics problem solving which will be skills development focussed.

PENNY FLETT

Currently Executive Director of Brightwater Care Group (Inc), and 1998 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year, Penny Flett has developed the Brightwater Care Group into Western Australia's largest and best known care provider. The group provides specialist residential and at-home services for more than 700 elderly and young people in their own homes or at Brightwater's many community oriented locations around metropolitan Perth. Dr. Flett is also the inaugural Chairperson of the National Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency, established in 1997 by the Federal Government to encourage improvement in aged care facilities. In both roles, Dr. Flett is reinventing and revitalising long term care services through her flexible and innovative approach, and her focus on genuine service and care partnerships involving every person in the care program.

ADAM GRAYCAR

Since 1994 Adam Graycar has been Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology, a Commonwealth Government statutory authority. He has had long experience in policy making, research and research management at the most senior levels in Australia. He was the first Director of the Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, and has been head of various agencies within the government of South Australia, including appointment as Australia's first Commissioner for the Ageing 1985-1990. He is the author of numerous books and articles on social policy, has two doctorates from the University of NSW, is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia, and Adjunct Professor of Social Policy, University of Queensland.

JIM IFE

Jim Ife is Professor and Head of the School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Western Australia. After graduating in social work from Sydney University in 1968, Jim worked in mental health in NSW and in child welfare and community planning in Canada. He has held academic positions in Tasmania and at the Western Australian Institute of Technology before moving to University of Western Australia in 1986. His publications include "Community Development" (Longman 1995) and "Rethinking Social Work" (Longman 1997). Jim is a former President of Amnesty International Australia, and is currently Secretary of the Human Rights Commission of the International Association of Social Workers.

NOBUKO IIJIMA

Nobuko Iijima is Professor of Environmental Sociology, Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University and is currently Head of the Department of Sociology. Her major research fields include environmental sociology, health sociology, social movements and social history and she has conducted her research in Japan and a number of overseas countries including Australia, Indonesia, China, Inner-Mongolia, Korea and Canada. At the conference, she will be presenting a paper which discusses the exclusion of Australian Aborigines, minority peoples in Inner-Mongolia, the Ainu in Japan and rural dwellers of low socioeconomic status in Japan and in Indonesia from mainstream society and the violation of their human rights and environmental discrimination. Nobuko Iijima has published extensively in the areas of her research.

KALYANI MEHTA

Kalyani Mehta completed her doctoral degree at the National University of Singapore in social gerontology writing a thesis on "The dynamics of adjustment of the very old in Singapore." Since then she has published widely in international as well as regional journals in the areas of ageing and has several book publications to her name. Her research interests include widowhood and its implications, caregiver stress, cross-cultural patterns of ageing, retirement and suicide. She has served as a consultant to organisations both at the international level e.g. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations, and also at the national level. Kalyani teaches at the Department of Social Work and Psychology, National University of Singapore and enjoys networking and collaborating with colleagues in other parts of the world.

IAN O'CONNOR

Ian O'Connor is Professor and Head of the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Queensland. His scholarly activities focus mainly on studies of juvenile crime, juvenile justice and social work. He has a particular interest in the structures and processes of social exclusion and their implications for social work education in the 21^st century. Ian has conducted numerous national and international researches on his areas of interest and has provided consultancies to governmental and non-governmental organisations on a range of issues such as legal needs of youth, human rights and equal opportunity, and prisoners' legal services. He has published extensively in his research areas, his most recent books being "Juvenile Crime, Justice and Corrections" (1997) (edited with A. Borowski) and "Social Work and Welfare Practice" (3e) (1999) (co-authored with J Wilson and
D Setterlund) and the forthcoming "Contemporary Perspectives on Social Work and the Human Services" (with Paul Smyth and Jeni Warburton)

ANNE OPIE

Anne Opie trained as a social worker and has practised in the UK, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand. She completed her PhD in 1988 and has been working as a qualitative researcher in the areas of ageing and health service delivery in New Zealand for the last nine years. She has published extensively in these areas . Her most recent book, "Beyond Good Intentions: Support Work with Older People", is a study of New Zealand social work services to caregivers and people with dementia. Her recently completed research on team work as knowledge based practice, provisionally titled "Thinking Teams Thinking Clients: Knowledge Work in Multi-Disciplinary Teams" will be published in 1999. She is now working as Research Manager for the Legal Services Board in Wellington.

LINDA ROSENMAN

Linda Rosenman is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences and Professor of Social Policy at the University of Queensland. Linda completed her undergraduate studies at Sydney University and has a Ph.D from Washington University. She serves as a Commissioner on the Vocational Education Training and Employment Commission, the Tertiary Entry Procedures Authority, and has served on or chaired many commissions, boards and advisory committees in the public and private sectors including the Queensland HACC Advisory Committee, the Social Security Ministerial Advisory Committee, the National Centre for Aging and Sensory Loss, the Board of the Australian Association of Gerontology and the Australian Journal of Aging. She has carried out research and published widely on older women, retirement income policy, and policy and practice supporting carers.

XIONG YUEGEN

Xiong Yuegen, born in 1965, studied economics and demography at Jilin University, China. Since 1989, he has lectured in sociology in the Department of Sociology in Jilin University. In 1994, he began his Ph.D. study in the Department of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong and earned his doctorate in March, 1998. He became one of the first social work students from mainland China to complete graduate studies at the doctoral level. Currently he is a post-doctoral research associate and also lectures in social work in the Department of Sociology, Peking University. His main fields of research currently include social policy, generational relations, theory and practice of western states.

HOTELS

SHERATON BRISBANE HOTEL & TOWERS

The Conference Venue is the Sheraton Brisbane Hotel & Towers. Overlooking the bustling central heart of Brisbane City and conveniently close to downtown shopping, commercial districts, theatres and nightlife., this 5 star hotel offers the advantage of living on-site at the Conference.

$160 Standard Single/Double/Twin

$125 Conference (Floors 10-16) per room per night

CARLTON CREST

A 10 minute stroll from the Conference Venue, the Carlton Crest is located right in the heart of Brisbane's King George Square, next to the City Hall

Executive rooms $144 per room per night in the CARLTON TOWER

CARLTON CREST TOWER

Carlton Crest Tower offers the same location.

Superior rooms $120 per room per night

NOVOTEL BRISBANE

Located across the road from the Sheraton.

Single rooms $132 per room per night

Twin Share $76 per person per night

HOTEL RIDGE

A short walk from the Sheraton Hotel, The Ridge offers single and twin rooms and includes full buffet breakfast.

Single rooms $110 per room per night

Twin Share $60 per person per night

MERCURE

This property is on the banks of the Brisbane River and is approximately a 15 minute walk from the Conference venue through the Queen Street Shopping Mall. A buffet breakfast is included

Single rooms $115 per room per night

Twin Share rooms $149 per room per night

CENTRA BRISBANE

Previously known as Travelodge Brisbane, Centra is ideally located at the Brisbane Bus and Train Terminal in Roma Street. A ten minute walk to the Sheraton

Single / Double / Twin rooms

$115 per room per night

IBIS

Within 15 minutes walking distance of the Conference venue, and adjacent to the Mercure.

Single Rooms $100 per room per night

Twin Share rooms $120 per room per night

HOTEL UNILODGE

Downtown Brisbane, close to the Botanical Gardens and the Queensland University of Technology

Standard double rooms $75 per day

Deluxe double rooms $80 per day

Executive Apartments $100 per day

APARTMENTS / MOTELS

All of these properties have been chosen for their proximity to the Conference venue. Delegates should find it easy to walk around Brisbane.

ALATAI QUEST INN - SPRING HILL

Apartments consisting of Studio (sleeps 3) and 2 & 3 bedroom apartments (sleeping 5-7 persons) with kitchen and laundry facilities within a 5 minute walk of the Conference venue.

$94 per night - $149 per night

CAMELOT INN - ASTOR TERRACE

Large fully serviced studio apartments with kitchenettes and breakfast and dinner available in the restaurant. Conveniently located close to Conference venue.

Three adults in single/double/twin for $79 per night.

ABBEY PLAZA HOTEL

Situated in the heart of Brisbane, this stylish hotel is close to the Roma St Transit Centre and is a quick walk to the Sheraton Hotel.

Single rooms $99 room per night

Double / Twin Share rooms $99 room per night

THE ASTOR

A comfortable 5 minutes walk to the Sheraton, The Astor has a range of Deluxe Rooms. Suites and Apartments also available.

Single rooms $69 room per night

Double / Twin rooms $75 room per night

Triple rooms $79 room per night.

BUDGET ACCOMMODATION

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ACCOMMODATION

Some accommodation is available at The Womens College on the St Lucia Campus of the University of Queensland. Access to the Conference venue at the Sheraton by River Transport on the City Cat - 10 to 15 minute walk at each end of the trip and a half hour trip on the Cat. City Cat leaves every half hour.

$48 room per night

Shared facilities

Includes a hot breakfast

PALACE BACKPACKERS

Budget Accommodation with shared facilities, 5 minute walk to Conference venue in a heritage listed landmark which forms part of the Brisbane Heritage Trail. 3 share and 4 & 5 bed rooms are available with all bed linen and blankets supplied.

$25 per person per night

HOME STAYS

THE FRIENDSHIP FORCE OF BRISBANE

The Friendship Force is an intercultural learning and sharing organisation dedicated to the furthering of close relations between Australian and Asian peoples. Whose clubs in Brisbane, Ipswich, Caboolture and Glass House Mountains have offered to open their homes to international delegates. These suburbs are outer-Brisbane areas and may involve a degree of train travel to the Conference venue each day. However it will provide an opportunity for visitors to exchange cultural values and to experience true Aussie hospitality.

Basic cost is $50 per person per stay