Colleagues, forwarding the email below FYI on behalf of the conference committee. cheers, marcus Making Links 2006: Technology for Social Action and Community Building, Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th of November NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre in Sydney Register now - last opportunity for reduced early bird rates! Don’t miss out on the discounted registration fees for this great event. Early birds close Friday 20th October. At the non-profit rate of $260 for a two day event, or $140 for one day, it’s a bargain! Building on the popularity and success of last year’s conference, organisers have put together program that is diverse, thought provoking and informative. Targeting people working in IT, multimedia, web development and the wider not-for-profit & community sectors, presentations include: Introductions to website design using open source content management system Joomla and commercial product Dreamweaver Lessons learned from an online auction and other fundraising suggestions Implementing RSS feeds and other audio on your website Learning Indigenous languages using the wide reach of the internet A panel discussion on VOIP – telephone calls via the internet Case studies of how IT is used to connect people and services in rural and remote areas Projects to engage seniors with IT Strategies for managing community directories Online Campaigning Youth multimedia and film projects…and much more View the draft program and abstracts online at www.makinglinks.org.au Multimedia fair and Conference Dinner A not-to-be-missed feature of Making Links 2006 will be the multimedia display fair in the afternoon and evening of the 14th November. All registrations include entry to this event and to the night-market style conference dinner, even if you only register for one day. For further information about the conference, contact Jill Sergeant on 02 8568 1106. Making Links 2006 is organised by: Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), CommunIT a CISA Project, Information and Cultural Exchange, Infoxchange Australia, TRI Community Exchange Jill Sergeant Website Officer Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) PO Box 51 King St Newtown NSW 2042 Ph: 02 8568 1106 Fax: 02 9557 9867 Switchboard: 02 9557 9399 www.afao.org.au -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Room Z6-511 m.foth@qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/ http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Foth,_Marcus.html