2008 English Australia Conference
18 - 20 September
Hotel Realm, Canberra, ACT

English Australia members, associates and conference sponsors at the National Press Club luncheon address by the Hon Julia Gillard, MP. Here Lana Salatsky (centre) from Sydney Institute of Technology English Centre and Marion Bagot (EA Council member, North Sydney TAFE) have lunch with Council members Lawrence Burness from Southbank Institute Language Centre, Qld, and Chris Wallis, Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.

English Australia Executive Director Sue Blundell (centre) with Kathleen Newcombe from OSHC Worldcare at the National Press Club lunch, held in Canberra the day before the conference.

A great opportunity for English Australia members to catch up with associates at the National Press Club lunch.

Julia Gillard addresses the function.

(L to R) Conference Convenor John Peak, ACT/NT/Tasmania delegate on EA Council; Opening Keynote speaker Dr Simon Longstaff; the Hon. Craig Emerson, MP; English Australia Chair Seamus Fagan.

Morning tea at the Hotel Realm.

Council members Anne Holmes, Sunita Narayan and Marian Bagot talk to Ana Bratkovic from NEAS.

Cherie Jonas from Macmillan ELT.

IELTS Principal Examiner Andrew Thomas (L) and Darren Conway, Director of Languages International, New Zealand.

EA PSDO Kath Brandon catches up with Tatiana Porter, ACL Darwin English Centre.

Ian McGregor (far left), QUT International College DoS and EA Council member; with Mary Cole and Stephen Heap, DoSes at ICTE-UQ; Professor Lianzhong Zhang, Beijing; Sharatha Mizen from QUT International College; and EA Council member and ICTE-UQ Director Christine Bundesen.

Debbie Keenan (left) from Swinburne University of Technology catches up with Anna Maldoni, University of Canberra College and Anne Patching from ANU.

Almost an ACE 'Hi' straight? From left, Carla Morgan, DoS of ACE Brisbane; Kelly Toneki, DoS at ACE Brisbane; Cynthia Naidu, DoS at Carrick Institute, Sydney; and Julia Flaherty, ACE, ACL, Hawthorn Special Programs Coordinator.

Nick Beswick and Adam Kilburn from International House Sydney Teacher Training & Professional Centre.

Didi Kello from CET at the University of Sydney catches up with Cristina Camilleri from Pearsons.

UNSWIL's Director, Diana Keilar, with EA Council member Martin van Run from La Trobe University International College.

Patrick Willix from AEI joins Medibank Private staff and Susan Sharpe from Milton College in Sydney.

Gold Sponsor OSHC Worldcare CEO Kathleen Newcombe addresses the delegates at the Welcome Reception.

Anne Newman, National Manager of NEAS, with Pearson Language Tests' Fraser Cargill.

Lisa Barrett from the Centre for Macquarie English (formerly NCELTR) was the winner of this year's English Australia John Gallagher Memorial Bursary.

Ron White catches up with IDLTM graduates Marueen Bamsey (L) from ANU College and Didi Kello from CET at the University of Sydney.

Margaret Dyer from South Australia enjoying her last conference as an English Australia Council member.

Monica Frenzel, from Andres Bello University in Chile and a guest of ICTE, joins Donna Cook from Australian Catholic University, Qld, and Pam Humphreys from Griffith University English Language at the DoS networking breakfast.

Diana Kielar, Marian Bagot and Ron White at the DoS breakfast.

Jo Kwai from Shafston TAFE with Jane Roberts from Russo Institute of Technology, both in Brisbane.

David Larbalestier (Insearch UTS, Sydney) chats to NEAS's Ana Bratkovich while University of Tasmania ELC DoS Marion Star enjoys her breakfast.

Friday's keynote speaker Jan Van De Putte from the British Council in Colombia.

Nigel McQuitty, ELT Sales & Marketing Manager for Cambridge University Press, watches as Ron White introduces his latest book on ELT management.

Delegates take a break in the exhibition area.

Demonstration dancers show Conference Dinner guests how to swing dance.

International TESOL association representatives Les Kirkham, (President TESOL Arabia); Kai-chong Cheung (Vice-President, ETA ROC Taiwan); Mae-ran Park (President, KATE Korea) at the conference dinner.

Andrew Foley receives the 2008 English Australia - Pearson Education Australia Award for Contribution to Professional ELICOS Practice from Pearson Marketing Manager Dean Craig.

English Australia Chair Seamus Fagan, ETA ROC Vice President Kai-chong Cheung and Kath Brandon, EA Professional Support & Development Officer at the Conference Dinner in Old Parliament House.

Professor Mike McCarthy, following his plenary address on the last day of the conference.