CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR REGISTRATION
THIRD AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND SYSTEMS CONFERENCE
1-4 OCTOBER 1997
THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, GATTON
MESSAGE FROM THE CONFERENCE ORGANISING COMMITTEE
We invite you to participate in the Third Australia and New Zealand
Systems Conference at Gatton in Queensland, Australia. The focus of the
conference is on the use of systems thinking and methods in solving
difficult challenges in a diverse and dynamic world. These challenges
cross many arenas including industry, commerce, farming, forestry,
environment, tourism, and service-provision. These arenas include
public services, private companies, universities, community
organisations and individuals.
To reflect these diverse challenges, the principal theme for the
conference is 'Linking People, Nature, Business and Technology'. The
conference will identify and stimulate work in Australia and New Zealand
in organisational and environmental management and learning. We expect
many major thinkers and leading practitioners from our geographical area
to be there.
In reflecting the practice of systems research and practice, the
activities of the conference will be diverse and emergent as well as
programmed. The activities will include:
* Plenary addresses by keynote speakers;
* Presentations of refereed papers (blind double refereed);
* Posters, papers, extended abstracts, work in progress and other
non-refereed contributions;
* Planned and emergent workshops to delve deeply into particular
areas;
* Role plays, business games and simulations;
* Small informal and formal discussion groups;
* Evening social events.
The theme of the conference will be addressed through a number of
streams dealing specifically with:
* Action learning
* Soft systems methodology
* Learning organisations
* Farming systems
* Organisational change
* Complexity : self-organising systems & chaos
* Eco-tourism
The closing date for program submissions, for documents to be included
in the Conference Proceedings, and for early-bird registrations is 18th
August 1997. Registrations can be accepted at any time, including
on-site.
A copy of the registration brochure may be obtained by contacting the
Conference Secretariat: Sally Brown
Institute of Continuing and TESOL Education (ICTE)
The University of Queensland QLD 4072 AUSTRALIA
Telephone : +61 (0)7 3365 6360 Fax : +61 (0)7 3365 7099
Email:
sally.brown@mailbox.uq.edu.au
More details on the Conference can be obtained from our Web page:
http://www.bs.ac.cowan.edu.au/conference/ANZsystems/home.HTML
Regards Drew Wollin
Contact details:
Dr Andrew (Drew) Wollin
Graduate School of Management
University of Queensland
Brisbane Queensland 4072 Australia
Phone +61 7 33656749
Fax + 61 7 33656988
Email
a.wollin@gsm.uq.edu.au