Future of ACSW

This page is for discussing ideas regarding the future of ACSW. As this is a large topic, it may well be useful to have sub-pages to discuss specific ideas, as well as a page for general discussion. Some potential pages are listed. Others can be added.

John Roddick gather feedback from a number of people and prepared a discussion document. This can be found File:Comments Regarding ACSW JR May2013.pdf.

A number of Melbourne-based CORE folks had an informal brainstorming session. Notes from this can be found File:FutureACSW.pdf.

PLEASE COMMENT ON THE IDEAS IN THESE DOCUMENTS TO HELP US WITH ACSW 2015+...

General comments

Some things we'd like feedback on:

• Publication or no publication?
• Networking event?
• Development event (ECR, PhD, Mid-career, Leadership etc)?
• Who publish with?
• International keynotes or local high-achievers?
• Collaboration-forming e.g. for CoE, CRC, DP, LP, etc?
• ...

New ideas for format of ACSW event

Some ideas:

• Networking sessions
• "match-making" sessions (for grants etc!!)
• Showcases / Australasian highlights
• Re-run big-hit publications / presentations locally