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The Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. will be hosting the 5th National Editor's Conference in 2011.
The New Horizons theme was officially launched at the 4th National Conference in Adelaide in October this year.
We will be updating this site with information as it becomes available but, in the meantime, here's a taste of what you can expect...
The main conference (welcome, panels, talks etc) will take place from 7-9 September but there will be additional activities on Saturday 10 September.
Why September?
• Best month for weather – as for Olympics
• Spring has sprung
• Halcyon days on the beaches north and south of the Harbour
• Cronulla Spring Festival
• Festival of the Winds (Bondi)
Conference location: Darling Harbour
• Conference venue: Dockside, on Cockle Bay (east side)
• Attractive watery views from meeting rooms
• Six minutes walk from Town Hall and Queen Victoria Building
• Close to Sydney Aquarium, Maritime Museum, Powerhouse Museum
• Twelve minute walk to Wharf Theatres
• Twenty minute walk to Harbour Bridge and The Rocks area
• Twenty-nine minute walk to Opera House
Conference accommodation
• Options to suit all budgets:
• High end: special rates at ACCOR hotels in district
• Middle bracket (c $100 per night), e.g. at Menzies Hotel (Wynyard)
• Budget accommodation (c. $80 per night), at city YHA or Backpackers
Conference Program
• Overall theme: New Horizons in Editing and Publishing
• Professional strand: Redefining role of editor in digital world
• Editing for new publishing technologies
• Publishing strand: Going global
• Parallel publishing in print and digital form
Topics proposed for Conference speakers
• Into the future: socio-cultural trends in Australia and overseas
• Trends in information delivery and consumption
• Editing for multicultural readerships
• “Death of the Book”? What kinds of books will continue to be published?
• New editing technologies
Style Council (on Saturday)
• Australian style and the Government Style Manual (7th edition)
• International style
• The colloquialisation of standard written English
• Can plain language go anywhere?
• Forum on language dilemmas in conjunction with ABC’s SCOSE
Workshops and Exhibitions
Workshops
• Focus on future skills, editing technologies
• Training workshops well-received by NSW editors can be repeated on demand for interstate editors coming to the Conference
Exhibitions
• Space for displays by publishers, training courses, writers centres etc.
Six good reasons for coming to the Sydney 2011 Conference…
• Great city to visit, even if you prefer to live/work in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Canberra, Brisbane
• Great time of year
• Great location
• Great program
• Great speakers
• Great opportunity to update and to network
Please check back regularly for updates or contact the Conference Convener, Catherine Etteridge on conf@editorsnsw.com or by post: The
Society of Editors (NSW) Inc. PO Box 254 Broadway NSW 2007.
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