From: Jake Lynch [mailto:jake.lynch@...]

Welcome to IPRA Sydney 2010.

We have a webpage taking shape at www.iprasydney2010.org

I’ve attached the initial Call for Papers here. Please circulate to your own contacts. Please note, deadline for responding to this Call for Papers is Friday October 2nd. By then, it will be possible to pay conference fees via the website.

Early Bird registration means payment by November 6th, so in order to make this a real opportunity for your Commission members, you will have to accept their papers by then. People will only pay to register if they are sure of being able to present!

IMPORTANT: Please also pass on to us any paper proposals you receive to ipra.conference@...

Please note the fee structure for IPRA 2010:

Conference fees are as follows. Prices are in Australian dollars:

Delegate from OECD = 375 (Early Bird = 325)
With IPRA membership = 325 (Early Bird = 275)
Non-OECD/student = 225 (Early Bird = 175)
With IPRA membership = 175 (Early Bird = 125)

The fees are a little higher than for IPRA 2008, despite our best efforts in keeping them down. This is for two main reasons: inflation in the sector, and the difficulty, amid the Global Financial Crisis, of obtaining funding for grant-assisted places. IPRA Foundation, for example, have declared that they will not be able to supply any grant support for this conference, because of “the dramatic loss of value in its investments due to the Global Financial Crisis”.

We should have a payment path, and accommodation details, on the website soon.

Another important note: This IPRA conference is immediately preceded by the Global Meeting of the TRANSCEND Peace and Development Network, also at the University of Sydney. Contact: Dr Lynda Blanchard, lynda.blanchard@...

It is immediately followed by the 2010 Conference of the Toda Institute for Peace and Policy Research, themed, ‘Humanitarian Competition for Global Visioning’. This conference will take place at the University of Sydney from July 12-14, 2010. Deadline for proposals is September 1, 2009, more information here:
http://www.toda.org/

This means you can come to Australia for one trip and attend two or even all three of these important conferences.

Do come back to me with any queries and I’ll endeavour to answer them as best I can.

Best regards, on behalf of the IPRA Sydney 2010 Organising Committee
Associate Professor Jake Lynch, BA, Dip Journalism Studies, PhD
Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
Room 121 | Mackie Building (K01)
The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006
AUSTRALIA
p 61 2 9351 5440 | f 61 2 9660 0862
e jake.lynch@...