CQUniversity is the ‘name badge sponsor' for the 9^th annual Engagement Australia International Conference being held this week in Brisbane from July 9 to 11.

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Community & Engagement) Professor Pierre Viljoen and Deputy Chair of Engagement Australia will deliver the welcome address and a research presentation on ‘Engaging with Communities - an empowerment approach to university community engagement'.

Professor Viljoen will also facilitate a workshop on ‘Leading Engagement as Strategic Initiative in a University'.

More than 160 visitors from all over Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada will attend the conference, to be held at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane.  

The theme of this year's conference is ‘Community Engaged Learning' and will focus on four areas including student perspective, community perspective, business/industry perspective and academic perspective.

The spectrum of Community Engaged Learning encompasses a diverse array of activities including Service Learning, practicum, fieldwork and Work Integrated Learning.

Building on outcomes from the 2011 conference, this year's three day program will feature innovative presentation styles, interactive workshops and focused networking functions.

Professor Viljoen has proposed that the Engagement Australia International Conference be held at CQUniversity Mackay in 2014.

For more information visit http://www.aucea.org.au/.