National Conference on Unemployment

["Lee, Frederic" <leefs@xxxxxxxx>]

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From: Ellen Carlson [mailto:coffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:47 AM
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Subject: National Conference on Unemployment


2003 National Conference on Unemployment

This year marks CofFEE's 5th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 10th National Conference on Unemployment.
The anniversary conference will be held concurrently on the 10-12 December 2003 at the University of Newcastle.

A number of themes have been identified for the conference including: welfare to work issues; macroeconomic policy;
regional and environmental issues; the future of work; and globalisation.

We are pleased to already announce two of the keynote speakers:

Professor Barry Bluestone, the Stearns Trustee Professor of Political Economy and director of the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts; and
The Rev Tim Costello, a leading voice on issues such as urban poverty, homelessness, problem gambling, unemployment and reconciliation, Minister at Collins St Baptist Church Melbourne and the Director of Urban Seed.

Please note that the call for papers is underway until 15 June. Abstracts should be submitted to coffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Further details are available at the Conference homepage: http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/conferences/2003/index. <http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/conferences/2003/index.cfm>  cfm <http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/conferences/2003/index.cfm>

We look forward to seeing you there.

Kind regards,

Ellen Carlson
Senior Researcher
Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE)
University of Newcastle