Australian Blogging Conference 2007
September 4th 2007 21:30
The 2007 Australian Blogging Conference
The next Australian Blogging Conference is slated for Friday, September 28th, 2007 (please forgive the Americanization of the date), from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Creative Industries Precinct at the Queensland University of Technology's Kelvin Grove Campus In Brisbane. Since I'm not certain how many Orble (and other Australian) bloggers know about this conference, I thought I'd write a post about it.
Thanks Go Out to Darren Rowse, at ProBlogger, for the Info
I learned of the conference from Darren Rowse's ProBlogger website, in his brief Speed Linking - 31 August, 2007 post.
Conference Description
Here's what the event's organizers have to say about it:
This will not be a conference in the traditional sense. It will be relatively informal. Instead of lengthy presentations, people will be invited lead discussions on various topics throughout the day – some practical, such as how to build a better blog, and some theoretical on the role, influence and future of blogs.
It is hoped that this Australian Blogging Conference will be a memorable event where all participants will learn more about the social, cultural, creative and technological aspects of blogging from one another.
It is hoped that this Australian Blogging Conference will be a memorable event where all participants will learn more about the social, cultural, creative and technological aspects of blogging from one another.
Conference Hosts
The conference will be hosted by the following two organizations*:
The Legal and Regulatory Program of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
The Queensland University of Technology
Conference Topics
Topics covered will be the following:
-The Politics of Blogging
-Researching Blogging
-Blogs, Creativity and Creative Commons
-Legal Issues
-Citizen Journalism
-Blogs and Education
-Business and Corporate Blogging
-Building a Better Blog
-Final Discussion 1: The future for blogging - what's next?
-Final Discussion 2: The future for your blog - promoting your blog and building traffic
Please bear in mind that a number of the above sessions take place simultaneously, requiring you to choose the one you most want to attend.
Conference Registration
If you'd like to attend the conference, you'll need to register in advance.
The organizers of the event hope to have no registration fee, but state, "This will only be possible if we are able to attract sufficient corporate sponsorship. Accordingly we would appreciate any support you and your organisation is able to provide."
Conference Sponsorship
If you or your organization* are interested in helping to eliminate registration fees for participating bloggers by sponsoring the conference, you may visit the site's Sponsorship Opportunities page to learn how you can acquire a Sponsorship Kit.
Post-Conference Activities
There will be a few opportunities for post-conference get-togethers the evening of the conference, so be sure to check out the Friday Dinners Page, if you think you might be interested in attending one of these.
Conference Announcement Badges
Whether or not you are able to attend the conference, if you have a website or blog, you may want to post an Australian Blogging Conference badge, for the benefit of your readers (two sizes available).
Hope many of my Australian blogger/readers will be able to make it to the conference. It promises to be quite an enlightening event! We non-Aussie bloggers will be with you in spirit!
Happy conferencing!
Jeanne
* Hope all my non-American readers will excuse the Americanized spellings used throughout this post (except within specific quotes). The majority of my readers are in the U.S. and, of course, I am, as well. And, while it may seem a bit strange to see two different spellings of this word (organisation/organization) within the same post, the reason for this is that I always use American spellings in my own writing.
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I know little about the geography of Australia, but now that you mention it, it is a big place! And here I thought only those of us in other parts of the world would be unable to attend due to distance concerns!
Hope some of the other Orble bloggers who live in Australia will be close enough to make it! Sounds like it will be a very informative conference!
Thanks for the comment!
Jeanne