The Conference is a two-day high-level networking and initiative generation event. It will include opportunities for practitioners, theorists, clients and funding bodies of all persuasions to meet, pitch ideas and services, and explore real action possibilities with enough substance to take the strategies into realisation.

The Conference will include:
- Presentations that invite and provoke discussion
- Panels that discuss future directions in action learning and action research including in:
- Education
- Influencing Governance or Inquiry into Practice
- Action Research for Sustainable Development in a Turbulent World
- Opportunities for micro-meetings amongst delegates to discuss:
- Implemented AL / AR strategies
- Planned AL / AR strategies and ways to improve outcomes
- Potential AL / AR activities
- Areas of concern experienced in AL / AR activities and potential ways to overcome barriers
- Book launch of Action Research for Sustainable Development in a Turbulent World
Sponsored by Emerald Publishing

Pre-conference Workshops
2 September
- Introduction to Action Learning and Action Research
- Discovering Creative Approaches to Sustainability using Soft Systems Methodology
- Influencing Policy Makers’ Understanding of Action Research

Post-conference Workshop
5 September
- Life as Action Research

(Attendees at the Conference receive a discount on the registration fees for the Workshops)

Registration via the website: www. alara.net.au Registration Fees (Aus. dollars (Early Bird / Full Fee) Members $330 / $396 Non-members $425 / $495 Students/Concession $200 / $250 (Early Bird ends 2 July 2012)