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Call For Papers

02 March 2020
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Call for papers are now open and sought for from individuals, NDIS participants, family carers, community-controlled organisations and governments who wishes to share their program successes, challenges and personal journeys.

3rd National NDIS Conference / 2020 Indigenous Allied Health Conference / 2020 Indigenous Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Conference

Location: Mercure Hotel North Quay, Brisbane, Queensland

Dates: 19th – 23rd October 2020

To submit your entry, please complete the online form at this link: https://www.indigenoushealth.net/

ICS Australia is proud to announce the launch of its 3rd National Indigenous NDIS Conference and 2020 International Indigenous Allied Health Conference on the 19th – 21st October in Brisbane and 2020 Indigenous Mental Health & Suicide Conferences on the 21st – 23rd October respectively. Call for papers are now open and sought for from individuals, NDIS participants, family carers, community-controlled organisations and governments who wishes to share their program successes, challenges and personal journeys.

All upcoming Brisbane conferences will be held at the Mercure Brisbane North Quay. ICS guarantees that these conferences give delegates the opportunity to enlarge your network and information base, thus empowering all delegates to make greater informed decisions within their professional and extended communities. Furthermore, it has been proven time and time again that events such as this empower and reinvigorate workers with new ideas and enthusiasm, with a greater feeling of support and new contacts that may be utilised for the betterment of their own local community.

Whether you are an allied health professional, NDIS participant, disability worker, medical professional or in an administrative clerical role within the organisation, these conferences will provide excellent opportunities to gain and share information that will be of use to you and your organisation back in your community as all upcoming conferences are designed from an Indigenous perspective, in which we all lend support to each other regardless of our employers. ICS success is based upon our principle of trusting our culture and listening and adhering to our grassroots, community-controlled grounding and as part of this, our future planning is open to input from communities and grassroots individuals. With this in mind, we are extremely keen to receive input and ideas of topics of concern from around Australia which may not have the chance to be addressed in the previous year’s conference topics and agenda.

We consider ourselves to be privileged to meet such talented, diverse and professional individuals and dynamic groups last year. We wish to say thank you and our heartfelt gratitude to everyone for your dedication in closing the gap. Moreover, we look forward to working with individuals, community-controlled organizations, governments and non-government organisations in a not too distant future. With your support, we will strive to making 2020 an even more meaningful year in professional education for our mob! So, we invite you to be proactive in closing the gap!

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Guidelines in Submitting Paper:

  1. Papers should not contain offensive language and take into account cultural sensitivities of host country.
  2. Papers may treat the themes in a manner that contributes to further discussion of conference aims.
  3. Conference papers must be presented in the finish format not less than 60 days prior to the event.
  4. First round of papers closing date will be close of business on Friday, 28th February with a second which closes on the 13th March, 2020.
  5. Papers that are not chosen in the first round may be resubmitted in the second round.
  6. Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word format.
  7. Authors of papers presented at the conference will be formally notified of their acceptance.
  8. Registration fee of $650 will apply to all persons submitting papers payable upon acceptance of papers.
  9. Papers should explore ways in which the themes show up in the philosophy of the conference.
  10. All papers must be presented in a positive and informative light.

For more information about each conferences, please visit the conference main website at www.icsconferences.org or contact us by email at adminics@iinet.net.au.