DASSHing into a new era

Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd October 2008

At the Monash Conference Centre, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC

Keynote speakers were:   (Note: The links below are to PDF versions of presentations given at the conference.)

• Senator the Hon Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research - Speech
• Emeritus Professor Denise Bradley AC, Chair, Higher Education Review Expert Panel - Review of Higher Education
• Ms Leanne Harvey, General Manager, Research Excellence Branch, ARC - Opportunities and Challenges for the New ERA

Other speakers were:

• Professor Ken Strongman - Issues for Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand
• Mr Nigel Palmer, CAPPA - CHASS on the Future of the PhD
• Professor Denise Cuthbert, Monash University - Doctoral Futures
• Dr Jo Winter - CASR Project Year 3 Report
• Professor Faith Trent and Ms Deanne Gannaway - Nature and Role of Arts Degrees
• Mr Sam Lipski, CEO, Pratt Foundation - Fundraising in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
• Dr Susannah Eliott, CEO, Australian Science Media Centre - Informing the Headlines