Twelfth Annual National College and University Work/Family Association (CUWFA) Conference
Deadline for Submission: November 30, 2005

This conference will take place in Austin, Texas on February 26-March 1, 2006.
The theme is "Work/Life Roundup: Taking Stock of Best Practices for Future Growth and Support.”

Click here for more information and to view the Call for Proposals: http://www.cuwfa.org/2006conference/index.php

Family Support America 25th Anniversary Conference

Deadline for Submission: November 30, 2005

This conference will be held at the Hilton Chicago Downtown in Chicago, IL on March 26-29, 2006.

For more information, to review the Call for Proposals (including an “Idea Generator”), and to complete the presenter application, click here: http://www.familysupportamerica.org.
Please contact Virginia Mason at VirginiaMason@familysupportamerica.org with any questions or suggestions for speakers.

Families and Work Research Conference

Deadline for Submission: December 15, 2005

The Family Studies Center in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University is now accepting proposals for papers to be presented at the Families and Work Research Conference on March 20-22, 2006. The conference covers a broad range of topics including: Flexible Work Arrangements: Help or Hype?; The Influence of Fathers’ Work Conditions on Father-Child Relationships; and Marital Relationships and Retirement; among several others.

Proposals may be submitted for academic papers, presentations, workshops, and poster sessions.
All proposals should address issues relating to both Families and Work. Submissions require an abstract of not more than 400 words, and a bio of not more than 250 words.

For further information contact the Conference Organizer Dr. Russell Crane at russcrane@byu.edu or (801) 422-5623 or visit: http://ce.byu.edu/cw/familywork/

Conference Board/Families and Work Institute 2006 Work/Life Conference

Deadline for Submission: December 16, 2005

This annual conference is now accepting proposals for workshop presentations and nominations for the 2006 Moving Into the Future Awards. The conference will take place June 13-14, 2006, at the Marriott Financial Center in New York, NY. The theme is “Global Economic Solutions: Framing Work Life’s Contribution” and the audience is typically 250 senior HR executives. Organizers are looking for proposals that describe new work life initiatives that are ahead of the curve in the U.S. and internationally.

For more information contact Tyler Wigton at (212) 465-2044 x224 or twigton@familiesandwork.org

Special Issue on Older Workers in Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
Deadline for Submission: January 15, 2006

The journal welcomes original contributions within three broad themes:
- Trend analysis: What’s driving the interest in and the interest of older workers?
- The intersection of work, family and personal life issues for older workers.
- Transforming the workplace to value older workers: organizational culture and climate.

Additional article submission instructions may be found here: http://www.haworthpress.com/web/jwbh

Electronic submissions may be made to Paul Maiden, Editor, at pmaiden@mail.ucf.edu

Fifth Annual Hawaii Conference on Social Sciences

Deadline for Submission: January 24, 2006

The conference will be held from May 31-June 3, 2006 at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Hotel in Honolulu. Papers, abstracts and submissions from all areas of the social sciences are invited.

For detailed information about submissions, visit here: http://www.hicsocial.org/cfp_ss.htm
E-mail your abstract or paper, along with a title page, to: social@hicsocial.org

This special issue of Journal of Family and Economic Issues will be published in June 2007. The
suggested topics are, but not limited to, as follows: Financial planning, Financial counseling, Financial education, Money management, Trends of consumer finance industries, Consumer behavior in financial services, Family relations and financial issues, Human development and financial issues, Health and financial issues, Cultural comparisons of financial management, Financial behaviors in diverse populations.

For more information about submission guidelines, please contact So-Hyun Joo, Ph.D., Guest Editor at So-hyun.joo@ttu.edu

This award is given by the Great Place to Work Institute and the list of winners is published annually in Fortune magazine.

For information about nominations, visit here: http://www.greatplacetowork.com/best/nominations/nom-100best.php

These awards recognizes employers in sixteen select communities nationwide that are successfully using flexibility to meet both business and employee goals.

For more information, visit here: http://familiesandwork.org/3w/awards/2006index.html.

Conference Announcements

Global

Visit this website for more details: http://www.swl-delhi.org/wwh/wwh_2005_conference.html

Global Perspectives- Institute for Health and Productivity Management Fifth Annual UK Program
Theme: “Health at Work: The Link to Performance”
Where: London – When: December 8, 2005

Visit this website for more details: http://www.ihpm.org/programs/ihpm_uk/index.htm

Benefits Philadelphia
Where: Philadelphia, PA – When: December 8, 2005

Click here for more information: http://www.sourcemediaconferences.com/agenda.html?conf=BMFE05PA

Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA)
Theme: “Can Culture Be Managed?”
Where: Wellesley, Massachusetts – When: December 8, 2005

Click here for more information: http://www.nehra.com/events/eventdetail.cfm?id=95

Association for Social Economics
Theme: “Understanding Living Situations”
Where: Boston, Massachusetts – When: January 5-8, 2006

Click here for more information: http://www.socialeconomics.org/ASSAProg.htm

Global Perspectives- The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) 2006 Allied Social Science Meeting
Where: Boston, Massachusetts – When: January 6-8, 2006

Visit http://www.iaffe.org/conferences/details.phtml?id=2 for more conference details.

Click here for more information: http://www.sswr.org/conferences.php

Human Capital Metrics: Beyond Benchmarking: How To Create Shareholder Value Through Human Capital Investment

Where: New York, NY – When: February 14-15, 2006

Click here for more information: http://www.conference-board.org/conferences/conference.cfm?id=1008

The 2006 Leadership Conference on Global Corporate Citizenship

Theme: “Charting a Course for 2010 and Beyond”
Where: New York, NY – When: February 16-17, 2006

Click here for more information: http://www.conference-board.org/conferences/conference.cfm?id=1038

The 4th Annual Great Place to Work Conference

Where: Boston, MA – When: April 5 - 7, 2006

Click here for more information: http://www.greatplacetowork-conference.com/index.php

Purdue University WorkLife Programs’ Second Annual WorkLife/Wellness/EAP Symposium

Theme: Theme: “Keys to a Productive Workforce – Unlocking the Potential of Your Employees"
Where: West Lafayette, IN – When: May 4-5, 2006

Click here for more information: www.purdue.edu/worklife

Global Perspectives- International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology

Theme: “The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalising World”
Where: Durban, South Africa – When: July 23-29, 2006

Click here for more information: http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/congress2006/