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DARWIN ... 13-15 November 2012 for the 5th FRSA National Conference

FRSA's 5th National Conference
13-15th November 2012

'Positive Impact: Showcasing the Evidence'

The 5th national conference of Family Relationship Services Australia (FRSA), the national peak body for the family relationship services sector, will be held at the Darwin Convention Centre in November 2012, bringing together delegates from across the community sector, peak bodies, Australian Government departments, research and training institutes. The theme for our 2012 conference is ‘Positive Impact: Showcasing the Evidence’.

The Conference evaluation is now available here.

  • High quality pre-conference workshops
  • Plenary sessions by international as well as national leaders in their field
  • Interactive panel sessions involving researchers, policy makers and practitioners
  • Stream sessions covering a wide range of research and practitioner areas
  • Social events that provide outstanding networking opportunities and relaxation for the spirit

To receive further information for the 2012 conference when available, please click here. Call for Papers will be distributed in the coming months.

2011 FRSA Conference

Held at the Gold Coast, 8-10 November 2011, with over 600 people in attendance across the 4 days - by far our biggest conference yet - and feedback has been extremely positive.

Keynote speakers included the iconic Dr Edward de Bono, the Attorney General the Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Chief Justice Diana Bryant, Dr Fiona Arney and Jonathan Nicholas.The engaging and inspiring concurrent sessions explored ways and means to build individual and organisational capacity to respond to the complex and changing needs of Australian families.

Other conference highlights included a poolside welcome event where delegates could try their hand at the didjeridu and enjoy entertainment by the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts; early morning golf; and the annual FRSA Conference Dinner, held at Movie World.

Presentation slides from the conference program are now available click here.  

Photos from the conference are now available from the FRSA Facebook page.

Videos that were shown during the conference program are also available from  our Youtube Channel.

For MORE past conference events please click here .