Australian National University (ANU) Endowed Chair in Information Systems Shirley Gregor will give women researchers a few tips on publishing research at this year’s Women in Research Conference.

CQU will host this year’s Women in Research Conference at the Gladstone campus on November 24 and 25.

Ms Gregor will present 'Publish or Perish' as her keynote address, looking at what, where and when researchers should publish, keeping in mind a balance between personal goals and the goals of the university and also between short and long-term strategies.

The former CQU academic now heads the National Centre for Information Systems Research and is Head of the School of Business and Information Management at ANU. Her current research interests include the adoption and strategic use of information and communications technologies, intelligent systems and human-computer interface issues.

The Women in Research Conference is held every two years to assist and support women researchers. The conference is open to researchers, postgraduate students, honours students, teaching and learning facilitators, academics and industry researchers. The theme of the conference is 'Women Doing Research'.

The Conference will provide the stage for five prominent keynote speakers with over 40 research papers presented in concurrent sessions.

Other keynote speakers include: Christine Low - President of the National Council of Women of New Zealand; Anna McPhee - Director of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency, Australia; Heather Nancarrow – Director, Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research; and Dr Pam McGrath - Research Fellow, School of Nursing & Health Studies, CQU.

For more information regarding the conference or to register visit http://www.cqu.edu.au/wir and follow the links or contact Jeni Richardson on (07) 4923 2145 or the conference convenor Jan Lewis on 4970 7392 or m.lewis@cqu.edu.au .