THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE
International and Regional Networking

Calendar of International and Regional Events

To enable the local welfare sector to keep abreast of the international agenda on welfare issues, we prepare the"Calendar of International and Regional Events".

All events are categorized by the following subjects and listed by date. Please click the link of the subject area you are interested. For more information about the events, you may contact the respective organizers, whose contact information is also listed in the Calendar. For details about the Council Delegation, please visit: http://www.hkcss.org.hk/IRN/events0809/SubsidizedEvents0809.html

We welcome any information about other international events for adding to the Calendar. Please feel free to contact Ms Rachel Wong, Officer of International and Regional Networking, at 2864 2995 or via email: rachel.wong@hkcss.org.hk.

1. Resource Development and Fundraising
2. Family
3. Children and Youth
4. Elderly
5. Rehabilitation
6. ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
7. NGO Management
8. Social Policy and Welfare
9. Public Health
10. Civil Society / Social Development
11. Social Work
12. Social Enterprise
13. Research
14. Gender
15. United Nations Events / Events of Inter-government Organizations
16. International Conferences in Hong Kong

Last Updated: April 23, 2008



1. Resource Development and Fundraising
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact
27th International Fundraising Congress S Oct 23 - 26, 2007
Noordwijkhout, Netherlands 		Website: www.resource-alliance.org/
The 2007 Asia Pacific Fundraising Summit   Nov 12 - 16, 2007
Tarlac, Philippines 		Website: www.resource-alliance.org/
The 8th International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation   May 22 - 25, 2008
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 		Website: www.resource-alliance.org/iwrm
       
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2. Family
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact
3rd International Conference on Child Exposed to Domestic Violence S May 9 - 11, 2007
Ontario, Canada 		Website: www.lfcc.on.ca/conference.html
International Association for Community Development Hong Kong Conference 2007 S Jun 24 - 27, 2007
Hong Kong
 Website: ssteach1.city.edu.hk/~iacd
Families in the Asian Region: Challenges and Opportunities S Jan 24 - 26, 2008
Hong Kong 		Website: http://www.cifa-net.org
       
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3. Children and Youth
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact
3rd International Conference on Child Exposed to Domestic Violence S May 9 - 11, 2007
Ontario, Canada		 Website: www.ifcc.on.ca/
17th International Play Association World Conference S Jan 8 - 11, 2008
Hong Kong 		Website: www.playright.org.hk
17th ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect   Sep 7 - 10, 2008
Hong Kong 		Website: www.ispcan.org/congress2008
       
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4. Elderly

S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact
2007 World Congress on Ageing and Dementia in Chinese Communities   Mar 7 - 10, 2007
Hong Kong

Email: coco_poon@zenithevents.com
Website: www.hkada.org.hk/worldcongress2007
7th International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing International Conference S Jun 18 - 20, 2007
Malta 		Website: www.iahsa.net/malta/
TRANSED 2007: 11th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons   Jun 18 - 21, 2007
Montreal, Quebec, Canada		 Website: www.tc.gc.ca/transed2007/
13th International Psychogeriatric Association Congress S Oct 14 - 18, 2007
Osaka, Japan 		Website: www.congre.co.jp/ipa2007/
8th Asia/Oceania International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Regional Congress of Gerontology S Oct 22 - 25, 2007
Beijing, China 		Website: www.aog2006.org
International Federation on Ageing's 9th Global Conference on Ageing   Sep 5 - 8, 2008
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 		Website: www.ageingdesignmontreal.ca/
Ageing and Design Conference   Sep 6 - 8, 2008
Montreal, Quebec, Canada 		Website: www.ifa-fiv.org
19th International Association of Gerontology World Congress   Jul 5, 2009
Paris, France 		Email: bforette@noos.fr
       
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5. Rehabilitation
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact
6th World Congress on Conductive Education   2007
Budapest, Hungary		 International Peto Institute
Email: ipa@peto.hu

World Federation for Mental Health 2007 Conference: Impact of Culture on Mental Health: East Meets West

  Aug 19 - 23, 2007
Hong Kong 		Website: www.wmhc2007.com
TRANSED 2007: 11th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons   Jun 18 - 21, 2007
Montreal, Quebec, Canada		 Website: www.tc.gc.ca/transed2007/
13th International Psychogeriatric Association Congress S Oct 14 - 18, 2007
Osaka, Japan 		Website: www.congre.co.jp/ipa2007/
18th Asian Conference on Mental Retardation   Nov 18 - 23 , 2007
Taipei, Taiwan 		website: www.acmr18.org
21st World Congress of Rehabilitation International - People with Disabilities as full Citizens: The Roles of the Society and the State   Aug 23 - 28, 2008
Quebec, Canada 		website: www.ulaval.ca/congres/rehabinter2008
       
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6. ICT
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact
Living the Information Society: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on People, Work and Communities in Asia S Apr 23 - 24, 2007
Makati City, Philippines 		Website: uict4d.org/
8th International Conference of Human Services Information Technology Applications   Aug 26 - 29, 2007
Toronto, Canada
Website: www.husita8.org/
Engaging the Community in Public Sector Projects   Apr 9 - 11, 2008
Sydney, Australia 		Website: www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au/events-c006-communityeng.htm
Joint Conference: 11th Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing; 3rd Conference on Online Deliberation   Jun 26 - 29, 2008
Los Angeles, CA, USA 		Webiste: www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/
Public Sector ICT 2008 (PSICT 2008)  

Nov 4 - 5, 2008

Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire, UK

Please contact events@ark-group.com for further details.
3rd Internet Governance Forum  

Dec 8 - 11, 2008
New Delhi, India

Website: www.igf2008.in/#
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7. NGO Management
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact
Change Management: Achieving Organisation Evolution   May 7 - 9, 2008
Sydney, Australia
     
 

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8. Social Policy and Welfare

S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact
Australian Social Policy Conference 2007: Social Policies through the Life Course   Jul 11 - 13, 2007
New South Wales, Australia		 Website: www.sprc.unsw.edu.au/ASPC2007
The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations CONGO   Feb 5, 2008
New York, USA 		Website: www.ngocongo.org, www.un.org
Forty-sixth Session of the Commission for Social Development   Feb 6 - 15, 2008
New York, USA 		Website: www.un.org
12th International Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network: Inequality and Development in a Globalised Economy - The Basic Income Option   Jun 20 - 21, 2008
Dublin, Ireland 		Website: www.basicincomeireland.com
33rd Global Conference of International Council on Social Welfare   Jun 30 - Jul 4, 2008
Tours, France 		Website: www.icsw2008.org/
International Federation of Social Workers World Conference 2008   Aug 16 - 19, 2008
Salvador del Bahia, Brazil 		Website: www.socialwork2008.com
       
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9. Public Health
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact Address
22nd International Federation of Non-governmental Organizations for the Prevention of Drug and Substance Abuse International Conference S May 16 - 18, 2007
Macau		 Website: www.ifngo-macau.org/

World Federation for Mental Health 2007 Conference: Impact of Culture on Mental Health: East Meets West

  Aug 19 - 23, 2007
Hong Kong 		Website: www.wmhc2007.com
5th Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau Conference on Prevention of Drug Abuse S Sep 19 - 21, 2007
Macau 		Website: www.ias.gov.mo
Diversity in Health 2008: Strengths and Sustainable Solutions   Mar 10 - 12, 2008
Sydney, Australia 		Website: www.dhi.gov.au/conference
2nd Asian Pacific Problem Gambling and Addictions Conference   May 22 - 24, 2008
Hong Kong 		Website: www.appgac.org
3rd Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention   Oct 31 - Nov 3, 2008
Hong Kong 		Website: http://csrp.hku.hk/iasp2008/
       
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10. Civil Society / Social Development
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact Address
The 15th International Consortium for Social Development Symposium: Seeking Harmony and Promoting Social Development in a World of Conflict   Jul 16 - 20, 2007
Hong Kong		 Website: www.polyu.edu.hk
2nd GuideStar International Assembly: Transparency, Civil Society and Effective States in the Age of Information   Sep 19 - 20, 2007
London, UK 		Website: www.guidestarinternational.org
CIVICUS World Assembly 2008   Jun 18 - 21, 2008
Glasgow, UK 		Website: www. civicusassembly.org.uk/
38th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology: Sociology Looks at the Twenty-first Century: From Local Universalism to Global Contextualism?   Jun 26 - 30, 2008
Budapest		 Website: www.iisoc.org/iis2008
34th Bianual Congress of International Association of Schools of Social Work   Jul 20 - 22, 2008
Durban, South Africa 		Website: www.iassw2008.co.za
       
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11. Social Work
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact Address
International Council on Social Welfare North East Asia Regional Conference   Sep, 2007
Pusan, Korea 		Website: www.kncsw.or.kr
       
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12. Social Enterprise
S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact Address
8th Gathering of Social Enterprise Alliance S Apr 17 - 19, 2007
California, USA 		Website: www.se-alliance.org/events_gathering8.cfm
       
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13. Research

S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact Address
       
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14. Gender

S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact Address
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance   Oct 19 - 22, 2008
Manila, Philippines 		Website: http://www.capwip.org/
       
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15. United Nations Events / Events of Inter-governmental Organizations

S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact Address
  World Health Day   Apr 7 Website: www.who.int/world-health-day/2003/en/
  International Day of Families   May 15  
  International Day of Older Persons   Oct 1 Website: www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing
  International Day for the Eradication of Poverty   Oct 17 Website: www.un.org/depts/dhl/poverty/index.html
  International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development   Dec 5  
  47th Session of the Commission for Social Development   Feb 2008 (5 days)  
         
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16. International Social Welfare Conferences in Hong Kong

S The Hong Kong Council of Social Service has secured funding to subsidize local social welfare personnel for attending the events.

Name of event
Date and location
Contact Address
2007 World Congress on Ageing and Dementia in Chinese Communities   Mar 7 - 10, 2007
Hong Kong

Email: coco_poon@zenithevents.com
Website: www.hkada.org.hk/worldcongress2007

World Federation for Mental Health 2007 Conference: Impact of Culture on Mental Health: East Meets West

  Aug 19 - 23, 2007
Hong Kong 		Website: www.wmhc2007.com
17th International Play Association World Conference   Jan 8 - 11, 2008
Hong Kong 		Website: www.playright.org.hk
Families in the Asian Region: Challenges and Opportunities   Jan 24 - 28, 2008
Hong Kong 		 
2nd Asian Pacific Problem Gambling and Addictions Conference   May 22 - 24, 2008
Hong Kong 		Website: www.appgac.org
3rd Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention   Oct 31 - Nov 3, 2008
Hong Kong 		Website: http://csrp.hku.hk/iasp2008/

Building Green Partnership for Sustainable Development:
The Collaboration of Green NGOs, Businesses and Governments

  

Nov 29 - 30, 2008

Hong Kong

Website: http://www.cahk.org.hk/conference/conference.htm
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