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Conference Programme

The second congress of the International Network of Research Management Societies will provide an opportunity for research administrators from all over the world to explore the similarities in our roles and activities, and identify the essential aspects of research management that cross national boundaries. The Congress will include a wide range of parallel working sessions with topics of interest to everyone working in research administration, from those new to the professions to the most experienced managers. The Congress takes place over five days, including the main two-day Conference and three days of pre- and post-conference seminars and workshops.

Conference Programme
Five-day Programme
Parallel sessions
Price
Venue
Travel
Queries
Booking

Programme

Main Conference
Day 1: Tuesday 17 June
08:30 Registration and coffee
09:15 Welcome and Introduction
Ian Carter, Chair of ARMA
09:30 Plenary: Trends in Research Strategy and Management

Research strategy and policy have become more explicitly, and more politically driven, whether at a national or an institutional level. The plenary session that opens the conference provides three views of the directions and policy issues involved in current research strategies and their management.

Presenters:
Professor Ian Diamond, Chief Executive, Economic and Social Research Council, and Chair, Research Councils UK
Professor Adelani Ogunrinade, Vice Chancellor, National University of Lesotho
Dr Christine Boesz, Inspector General, National Science Foundation, USA
10:45 Coffee
11:15 Parallel sessions: Session One details
12:45 Lunch and ARMA AGM
14:15 Parallel sessions: Session Two details
15:45 Tea
16:15 Parallel sessions: Session Three details
20:00 for 20:30 Dinner
Day 2: Wednesday 18 June
09:15 Parallel sessions: Session Four details
10:45 Coffee
11:15 Keynote address: Internationalisation of Research: A Vice-Chancellor's Perspective

Presenter:
Professor Drummond Bone, Vice-Chancellor, University of Liverpool

Globalisation applies to higher education and to research as much as to any other walk of life. Professor Drummond Bone will discuss the development of global research activities, and how the sector, and individual institutions are adapting to the changing environment.

12:30 Lunch
13:45 Parallel sessions: Session Five details
15:00 Tea
15:00 'Fundamentals' course group meeting and review of conference
15:30 Parallel sessions: Session Six details
17:00 Close of conference

Prices

  Member (ARMA/INORMS member society) Non-member
Conference
two days, fee only		 £395 £452
Conference
one day, fee only		 £175 £227
Conference dinner
one-day delegates only		 £50 n/a

All fees include lunches and refreshments. Two-day fee includes the Conference dinner at Aintree Racecourse on Wednesday 17th June (including transport to and from Aintree); one-day fee does not include the dinner, which must be paid for separately. The non-member supplement is only payable once per person.

The higher rate for non-members will include annual membership of ARMA for the period until 31st March 2009. For tax reasons, ARMA events are open to members only. If you are not yet a member, you will be able to join in the course of making your booking. If you are already a member, you will be required to use your membership number when booking.

We have reserved blocks of rooms in a number of local hotels, and delegates must make hotel bookings directly with the hotels: ARMA cannot handle any hotel bookings (except in the case of certain speakers). Whilst we may be able to accept late bookings for the conference, ARMA can take no responsiblity for the availability, or otherwise, of hotels for those booking late.

Please refer to our list of hotels and their contact details to book your accommodation.

Queries

The contact for general queries is Rosemary Hatch. For queries related to the conference programme, please contact Ian Carter, i.carter@liv.ac.uk.

Booking

Booking is now open for ARMA members and for participants who are not members of any INORMS society and wish to join ARMA. Members of other INORMS societies will shortly be able to book at the reduced price.