AWLP Work-Life Innovative Excellence Award

Deadline for Submission: September 15, 2006

" As the highest honor offered by AWLP, the Work-Life innovative Excellence Award was created in 1996 to showcase programs and policies that demonstrate excellence in enhancing and promoting work-life effectiveness while achieving organizational goals. Past recipients have exemplified forward-thinking organizations that look beyond their own cultural, demographic, and organizational boundaries to continue their work-life efforts."

Click here for more information: http://www.awlp.org/award.

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies 2007 Annual Policy Symposium

Deadline for Submission: September 22, 2006

The conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC on February 25-March 3rd, 2007. "Proposals should fit within the following content areas: creating sustainable models for funding quality child care, promoting quality in all settings, creating sustainable, diverse, and effective CCR & Rs, and meeting the changing needs of families."

Click here for more information: http://www.naccrra.org/symposium/.

Reviewers needed for special issue of Gender, Work and Organization

Abigail Gregory and Sue Milner are editing a special issue of Gender, Work and Organization on work-life balance and are looking for people to review one or two articles over the next six weeks. There is no payment for this service, but the journal recognizes reviewers at the end of each year.

To volunteer your reviewing services, please contact Sue Milner at mlssem@bath.ac.uk.

Special Issue: Gender, Work and Organization

Theme: “Women and Men in Management: Issues for the 21st Century”

Deadline for Submission: September 30, 2006

Possible subjects include: “The gender structuring of management and organisations; issues in managerial career development; leadership issues; the role of gender in the way managers conduct themselves; gender mainstreaming, and the presence, absence and development of policies (formal and informal) on gender; alternative forms of working at managerial levels; international comparisons of women and men in management; managerial diversity and employment; managerial cultures.” Please submit papers of approximately 7,000 words, and include a summary and three to five keywords.

Click here for more information: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0968-6673.
To submit papers, e-mail Adelina Broadbridge at: a.m.broadbridge@stir.ac.uk.

Global Perspectives- Call for Abstracts: British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2007

Theme: "Social Connections: Identities, Technologies, Relationships"

Deadline for Submission: September 30, 2006

The conference will take place at the University of East London, London, England, on April 12-14th, 2007. " The overarching theme invites engagement with a wide range of contemporary sociological concerns. The title 'social connections' frames a series of debates around identities, technologies and relationships, which also encompass the diversity of research interests within the discipline. A key element of the conference will be to explore how technologies are an integral part of the sociological imagination. "

Click here for more information: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/Conference.htm.

Global Perspectives-

The conference will take place at Keele University, Stratforshire, England on June 27th-29th, 2007. "Proposals for the World Congress may include: (1) individual or coauthored papers; (2) entire sessions of 4 papers; (3) roundtables of 4-5 persons on a particular topic; and (4) pedagogical sessions on teaching in the social economics tradition. The editors of the two journals of the Association—Review of Social Economy and Forum for Social Economics—are especially interested in papers suitable for publication. There will be no formal discussant assigned to papers/sessions. Instead, we encourage participation and discussion among the panelists and participants. We encourage historical, theoretical, empirical, and policy papers. We are particularly interested in research that explicitly articulates a particular framework of social values. Five broad areas for exploring the theme of social values and economic life include: (1) family and community relationships; (2) the workplace and its social organization; (3) the social nature of market relationships; (4) macroeconomic social policy issues; and (5) economic methodology and the history of economic thought."

Click here for more information: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0968-6673.
To submit papers, e-mail Deborah Kerfoot at: mna23@keele.ac.uk.

Global Perspectives- Call for Papers: Twelfth World Congress of Social Economics

Theme: "Social Values and Economic Life"
Deadline for Submission: January 31, 2007

The conference will take place at the University of Amsterdam on June 8-10, 2007. Possible topics include: “The concept of 'career', gender and friendship, professionalism and professional identity, feminist theory, methodology, ethics and organizations, colonialism in organizations, complexity and diversity in the workplace, sexualities in organization, men and masculinities, identity and subjectivity, power and resistance, home/tele working, gender and technologies, alternative organization, management, managers and management practice, eroticism and embodiment, romance, love and organization, new managerialism, harassment and discrimination, race and ethnicity, social exclusion, intimacy and organization.” Please submit paper abstracts of no more than 500 words.

Click here for more information: http://www.socialeconomics.org/callMay30.htm.

Conference Announcements

Global Perspectives- 11th Annual Conference of the International Telework Academy

Theme: “E-Networks in an Increasingly Volatile World”
Where: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada - When: August 28 - 31, 2006

Click here for more information : http://www.unb.ca/conferences/enetworks.

19th Annual Benefits Management Forum and Expo

Where: Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL - When: September 17-19, 2006

Click here for more information: http://www.sourcemediaconferences.com/conferences/BMFE06/.

World at Work 2006 Telework Conference

Theme: "Telework for Organizational Excellence: Where Technology, Employee Engagement, and Smart Implementation Come Together"
Where: George Washington University, Washington, DC - When: September 26, 2006

Click here for more information: http://www.worldatwork.org/em/itac/conference_email.html.

Global Perspectives- Conference Board: 7th European Work-Life and Diversity Conference
Theme: “Solving Europe's Productivity Puzzle: What Role for Work-Life and Diversity?"
Where: Radisson SAS Hotel, Berlin, Germany - When: October 19-20, 2006

Click here for more information: http://www.conference-board.org/conferences/conference.cfm?id=1196.

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Minnesota Work-Life Summit 2006

Theme: “Capitalizing on Today's Workforce: Transformational Solutions for Employers"
Where: Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, MN –  When: November 7, 2006

For more information, contact Cynthia Winter at cindy@ncfr.org or click here: http://www.ncfr.org/conference_info/_work_life_summit.htm.

For more information, click here: http://www.agingconference.com/about_the_meeting.cfm.

For more information, click here: http://www.sswr.org/conferences.php.

For more information, click here: http://www.worldatwork.org/worklife2007.

Arizona Fathers and Family Coalition, Inc.: 8th National Conference on Fatherhood and Families

Theme: "Building Community Bridges to Empower Fathers and Families"
Where: Phoenix, AZ – When: February 28-March 2, 2007

For more information, click here: http://www.azffc.org/.

For more information, click here: http://www.essnet.org/annualmeeting.htm.

Global Perspectives- Community, Work and Family: Second International Conference
Where: Lisbon, Portugal - When: April 12-14, 2007

For more information contact Maria Das Dores Guerreiro at maria.guerreiro@iscte.pt or visit the official site at http://cwf2007.com.sapo.pt.