The conference will assess current welfare statistics and demonstrate the relevance of these figures to existing and future welfare practices and reforms. Topics covered will include ageing and aged care, children, youth and families, welfare expenditure, labour force, housing and homelessness.

Theme: - Practical application of the 10 EQUIS Standards and Criteria - Understanding of the key stages of the EQUIS Accreditation process: application, eligibility, self-assessment, peer review and continuous improvement - Making the most of the Self-Assessment process and preparing an...

The theme for the 2007 conference is 'Social Policy through the Life Course: Building Community Capacity and Social Resilience'. This theme encapsulates two interrelated issues in social policy. The first concerns life-course transitions, including the diverse challenges and opportunities which...

Economists working in this field are invited to submit a paper or an abstract for presentation at the Sydney conference. Papers focusing on the determinants of the patterns of international trade, investment and migration in a growing world economy and on the conditions under which nations...

Conference Streams (Tracks): Asset Allocation/Country Mutual Funds/Hedge Funds/ETF; Banking, Insurance & Financial Services; Legal and Regulatory Issues; Market Integration and Interest Rates; Country Risk/Debt Issues; Corporate Governance; Financial Crises; Currency Issues;...

Topics: theoretical and empirical issues on free trade agreements from the perspectives of international law, international business, economics and developmental economics, finance, science and technology, foreign relations, labour relations, and social policy. [gemäß den Informationen des...