WINTER—SPRING - Canberra 100

Canberra -
Capital and Creativity
17 – 18 October
Canberra – Capital and Creativity is the theme for the 2013
Annual Conference and Lecture of the Independent Scholars
Association of Australia.
ISAA membership is drawn Australia wide from scholars/
researchers/writers/thinkers, mostly working independently
on a diverse range of subject matter. Canberra as a centre of
national institutions, an academic centre, a centre for scientific
research, the heart of a national democracy and as a political
centre, exemplifies the radius from which speakers will address
Australian literature, history, architecture, the arts, politics, the
significance of Canberra as national capital and the importance
for Australia of this creative focus.
The Annual Lecture, will be delivered on 17 October at the
National Library of Australia, by Robyn Archer AO, Creative
Director of the Centenary of Canberra.
National Library of Australia
www.isaa.org.au
Institute of Public
Administration of
Australia’s National
Conference 2013
20 – 21 November
Walter Burley
Griffin Memorial
lecture
31 october
IPAA’s National Conference provides a forum for debate,
discussion and promotion of the public sector. It is an
opportunity for those who are passionate about the public
sector to engage with peers and colleagues to improve public
administration in Australia.
National Convention Centre
www.ipaa2013.org.au
Delivered by Stuart Candy in 2013, this
lecture, in honour of Canberra’s designer,
is presented annually in October by the
Australian Institute of Architects .
national gallery of australia
www.architecture.com.au
Robert Garran Oration
21 November
The Robert Garran Oration is a significant event at the annual
Institute of Public Administration of Australia’s National Conference,
and a perusal of copies of orations over the years is a who’s who
of great Australians. The oration honours Robert Garran, the first,
and one of the greatest Commonwealth public servants. He began
his public service with the inauguration of the Commonwealth on
1 January 1901, as Secretary and Permanent Head of the Attorney
General’s Department and Parliamentary Draftsman. The first Robert
Garran Oration was delivered in 1959 by H.F.E. Whitlam, better
known as Fred, and the father of Gough Whitlam who, 14 years later,
delivered the oration in 1973 with a fitting tribute to Robert taken
from his father’s inaugural speech. Whitlam the younger said of his
father’s quote: “Those words well describe a great public servant,
the ideal public servant.”
Past Garran Orations are published each year in the Australian Journal
of Public Administration.
national convention centre
www.ipaa2013.org.au
TEDxCanberra 2013
september/october
TEDxCanberra provides a platform for some of Australia's leading
visionaries and storytellers to speak to an energised group of
thinkers, as well as to the world at large. Changemakers, innovators,
thinkers, creatives, cultural leaders and social pioneers enjoy talks,
performances and multimedia showcasing ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’.
The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre centre
http://tedxcanberra.org
Image: Photo copyright TEDxCanberra. Adam Thomas. Some rights reserved.
Imagined pasts...
Imagined futures...
ICOMOS 2013 National
Conference
31 October to 3 November
Australia ICOMOS is partnering with the Museum
of Australian Democracy in the unique setting of
Old Parliament House to explore how heritage
figures in the ‘imagined communities’ and ‘imagined
geographies’ of nations and communities in a
globalised world. Taking the imagining of the city
of Canberra as our inspiration, the conference
encourages a focus on imagination, innovation and
creativity. Conference activities will feature special
events that showcase Canberra’s cultural, historical
and political heritage—from Indigenous heritage
futures to the imagined frontiers of science and
the heritage of political debate and satire! Pre and
post conference activities will explore the heritage
and cultural landscapes of the region, including its
fantastic cool climate wines and produce.
Museum of Australian Democracy
at Old Parliament House
http://australia.icomos.org
UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA
RESEARCH FESTIVAL
October
The University of Canberra’s annual Research
Festival will showcase staff and students’
exciting research projects which are contributing
to the sustainability of Canberra’s natural and
built environments, the resilience and health of
communities and their effective governance. There
will also be a Q&A event in which a panel of experts
discusses where Canberra is now and where it
sees itself in the future, from the perspective of
different disciplines.
INSPIRE, University of Canberra
www.canberra.edu.au/research
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