(Name-mce) ListServ Diversity in Organisations, Communities, Nations July 3-6, 2007 Amsterdam

[Anselmo Villanueva]

*Diversity Conference, 2007*

http://d07.cgpublisher.com/welcome.html

Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities
and Nations.

In 2007, the conference will be held in in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from
3 to 6 July. This conference will address a range of critically important
themes in the study of diversity today. Main speakers will include some of
the world's leading thinkers in the field, as well as numerous paper,
workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and practitioners.

This is a conference for any person with an interest in, and concern for,
mediating cultural difference. All are encouraged to register and attend
this significant and timely conference. A range of
tour<http://d07.cgpublisher.com/extra_options.html>and
accommodation <http://d07.cgpublisher.com/accommodation_options.html>options
is also available.

Participants are also welcome to submit a presentation
proposal<http://d07.cgpublisher.com/proposal_entry_intro>either for a
30
minute paper<http://d07.cgpublisher.com/presentation_types_descriptions.html#30>,
60 minute workshop<http://d07.cgpublisher.com/presentation_types_descriptions.html#60>,
a jointly presented 90 minute
colloquium<http://d07.cgpublisher.com/presentation_types_descriptions.html#90>session.
or a
virtual <http://d07.cgpublisher.com/presentation_types_descriptions.html#o0>session.
Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into
streams <http://d07.cgpublisher.com/streams.html> reflecting different
perspectives or disciplines. Each stream also has its own talking
circle<http://d07.cgpublisher.com/talking_circles.html>,
a forum for focused discussion of issues.

Presenters may choose to submit written papers to the International Journal
of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and
Nations<http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/>,
a fully refereed academic journal. Virtual participants also have the option
to submit papers for consideration by the journal. All registered conference
participants receive a complimentary online subscription to the journal when
registration is finalised. This subscription is valid until one year after
the conference end date.

If you would like to know more about this conference, bookmark the Diversity
Conference <http://diversity-conference.com/> site and return for further
information-the site is regularly updated. You might also wish to subscribe
to the conference and journal
newsletter<http://d07.cgpublisher.com/newsletter.html>.


For all enquiries, please contact the conference
secretariat<info+IJD at commongroundconferences.com?subject=IJD Enquiry>.

*Background *

*The International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and
Nations*

Now a major international conference, the Diversity Conference was first
held in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia in
2000<http://2003.diversity-conference.com/Other-Conferences/2000>,
then at the University of Hawai'i in
2003<http://2003.diversity-conference.com/>,
the University of California, Los Angeles in
2004<http://2004.diversity-conference.com/>,
the Institute of Ethnic Administrators in Beijing in
2005<http://d05.cgpublisher.com/index.html>and with Xavier University
of New Orleans and Louisiana State University in
2006 <http://d06.cgpublisher.com/index.html>.

The conference has a history of bringing together scholarly, government and
practice-based participants with an interest in the issues of diversity and
community. The conference examines the concept of diversity as a positive
aspect of a global world and globalised society. Diversity is in many ways
reflective of our present world order, but there are ways of taking this
further without necessary engendering its alternatives: racism, conflict,
discrimination and inequity. Diversity as a mode of social existence can be
projected in ways that deepen the range of human experience. The conference
will seek to explore the full range of what diversity means and explore
modes of diversity in real-life situations of living together in community.
The conference supports a move away from simple affirmations that 'diversity
is good' to a much more nuanced account of the effects and uses of diversity
on differently situated communities in the context of our current epoch of
globalisation.

In addition to linguistic, cultural, ethnic and 'racial' diversity, the
conference will also pursue its well established interest in other aspects
of diversity, including the intersecting dynamics of gender, sexual
orientation, (dis)ability, locale and socio-economic background.

The conference looks at the realities of diversity today, critically as well
as optimistically and strategically. The conference will be a place for
speaking about diversity, and in ways that range from the 'big picture' and
the theoretical, to the very practical and everyday realities of diversity
in organisations, communities and civic life.

In the realm of civic life, local and national communities daily negotiate
the diversity resulting from immigration, refugee movement, settlement and
indigenous claims to prior ownership and sovereignty. And at the same time,
communities increasingly recognise and negotiate a plethora of other
intersecting and sometimes contrary diversities. At the local level this may
create a kind of civic pluralism, a new way of living in community.
Nationally, governments sit uneasily between increasingly demanding local
diversities and the cultural and political forces of globalisation. And
within organisations, 'diversity management' has emerged as a field of
endeavour to negotiate human resource and customer relationship issues
arising from differences of gender, ethnicity/race, sexual orientation and
disability (to name a few aspects of diversity). To what extent, however, do
these remain marginal managerial concerns? Could or should diversity become
a 'mainstream' issue for the whole organisation?

The Diversity Conference is a participants' conference, including numerous
parallel sessions. The conference organising committee is inviting proposals
to present 30 minute papers, or 60 minute workshops or 90 minute colloquium
sessions. These can be:

   - Academic or research papers, or
   - Presentations describing educational initiatives.

*The International Journal of Diversity *

Presenters have the option to submit papers for refereeing and publication
to the Diversity Journal <http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/>, before the
conference and up until one month after the conference. Papers submitted for
publication will be fully refereed. The publication decision is based on the
referees' reports.

For those unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations
are available. This provides participants access to the electronic version
of the journal, and also the option to submit papers to the Diversity
Journal <http://ijd.cgpublisher.com/>.

For more information please visit the Publish Your
Paper<http://d07.cgpublisher.com/publish.html>page.
Who Should Attend

   - Academics and educational administrators in the fields of
   globalisation, nationalism, anthropology and cultural studies, tourism
   studies, ethnic studies, indigenous studies, gender studies, disability
   studies, gay and lesbian studies, diversity management.
   - Research students.
   - Public administrators and policy-makers.
   - Private and public sector leaders: diversity management, equal
   employment opportunity, human resource development.
   - Workplace trainers and change agents.