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This is the sixth national conference held under the aegis of the Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd) and the first to be organised by the Society of Editors (WA) Inc. The conference will provide a forum with leading editors and communications experts, looking at key issues in our industry. These presentations and workshops—some challenging, some diverting—are offered to enhance your skills and explore new knowledge.

‘They shared all their secrets and traded their treasures and pushed out the boundaries of culture once more.’ (In the words of the conference theme song, Monsoonal Sailors by Bernard Carney.)

The conference is traditionally well attended and received. Over 200 people attended the Sydney event in 2011.

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Pr oud l y organised by Societ y of Edit ors (WA) Inc . and Inst it ute of Pr ofessional Edit ors Limited (IP Ed ) Event c o ord i nated by Pr omac o C onvent ions, Pert h

10−12 April 2013, Perth, Western Australia

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At a glanceOur international keynote speaker is Nury Vittachi, aka Mr Jam, ‘Asia’s funniest, most pungent columnist and author’ according to the Herald-Sun (Melbourne). His books, the best known of which is The Feng Shui Detective series, have been published in many languages, including Chinese, Hindi, Bahasa Indonesian, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and English.

National keynote speaker, Don Watson won the 2001 inaugural Alfred Deakin Prize in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for his Quarterly Essay Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and America. Death Sentence (2003), his book about the decay of public language, was also a best seller and won the Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year. Watson’s Dictionary of Weasel Words was published in 2004. More recently Watson contributed the preface to a selection of Mark Twain’s writings, The Wayward Tourist.

Other keynote speakers are Dr Carmen Lawrence, Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Change in the School of Psychology at The University of Western Australia, and Chair of the Australian Heritage Council; and Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex OAM, Research Fellow in the University of Queensland’s Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology, and the inaugural Patron of the Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd). Master of Ceremonies is William Yeoman, Books Editor and Senior Arts Writer for The West Australian newspaper.

ParticipationAt the 6th IPEd National Editors Conference, Perth, editors from across Australia will meet, network, learn and support each other in their industry. The conference will cover discussions on work practices, aspects of freelancing, and new technologies. Participants can explore niches for editors and freely debate how the future looks.The conference encourages members to meet colleagues, potential clients, and national and international movers and shakers at the fun and relaxed social events. There are informal dinner groups, a cocktail party and a gala dinner, as well as Fremantle cultural tours. Surprise pamper sessions and entertainment are scattered throughout the conference. Besides meeting people and tackling new learning, you will have plenty of fun!

Event coordinatorPromaco Conventions has an exceptional reputation as one of the leading event organisers in Australia.

Promaco’s policy is to ensure that each event receives the company’s full personal service at all times and the team is always prepared to go that ‘extra mile’. Each event is managed as if it were the company’s own, and only the highest professional standards are maintained.

Livia Russell, Managing Director with Promaco Conventions, is the event coordinator of the 6th IPEd National Editors Conference, Perth.

VenueThe conference will be held at The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle. The hotel provides the perfect venue, set amid elegant, relaxed surroundings steeped in heritage and colonial architecture dating back to 1897. It blends with the character of Fremantle’s fishing boat harbour and provides friendly and professional service. AC/DC fans will also love the fact that Bon Scott’s statue sits just across the park from the hotel.The Esplanade Hotel is a four-star, international business and leisure hotel located 20 minutes from the city of Perth, 30 minutes from Perth’s domestic and international airport terminals. It is just a two-minute walk from the hotel to the centre of Fremantle, and a five-minute walk to the nearest beach.In 2011, the hotel received the Gold Medal for Meetings and Business Tourism at the WA Tourism Council Awards. This highlights the hotel’s exceptional facilities in the conferencing market for the second consecutive year.

AccommodationRooms at The Esplanade have been secured at the discount tariff of $240 per room per night for conference delegates and can be booked with online registration. A buffet breakfast is available from $31 per person. Guest registration is from 2 pm and check-out time is 11 am.Rosie O’Grady’s Fremantle has also provided conference delegates with discounted accommodation ranging from $100−150 per night.

Car parking Discounted valet parking is available for conference delegates staying at The Esplanade. Delegates not staying at the hotel can use the service for $28 per day. Collie Street car park provides discounted parking for delegates at a rate of $16 on presentation of the hotel’s parking discount voucher. Note: Rates at time of publication are subject to change.

Welcome cocktail partyMoore and Moore Café46 Henry Street, FremantleWednesday 10 April, 5.30−7.30 pmOnly available for full delegates, at no costTwo-minute walk from The Esplanade HotelThe welcome cocktail party will introduce the key organisers and sponsors of the conference, and give delegates a chance to meet in a convivial atmosphere.

Gala dinnerLe Poisson d’Or restaurant47 Mews Road, FremantleThursday 11 April, 6.30−10 pmCost: $95.00An accompanying guest to the gala dinner is the same cost.The restaurant is a five-minute walk across the park from The Esplanade Hotel. Entertainment by two acts: Bernard Carney and Jade Diary.

Registration informationEntitlementsFull-time registration: includes the welcome cocktail function which will be held at the Moore and Moore Café, morning and afternoon teas and three luncheons.One-day registration: includes the welcome cocktail function which will be held at the Moore and Moore Café, morning and afternoon teas and three luncheons.

Conference registration prices

SOE Member/ Student/Pensioner

Non-member

Full-time registration $444.00 $521.00

Full-time registration early bird $411.00 $488.00

One-day registration $279.00 $356.00

One-day registration early bird $246.00 $323.00

Registration deskFull-time delegates are encouraged to check in early on Thursday 11 April to avoid delays. The conference registration desk will be open from 8 am − 5 pm on Thursday 11 April and 8 am − 5 pm on Friday 12 April.

Delegates will receive all conference materials upon registering at the registration desk, located on the convention floor of The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle.

PaymentsAll conference and function payments must be paid in full prior to the conference. Once your registration payment has been received you will be emailed a confirmation and a receipt. Delegates are able to pay their registration by credit card, EFT or cheque. Please note that there is a 3% surcharge for ALL credit card payments.

How to registerDelegates are able to register online via the link:http://www.cvent.com/d/kcq36r/4WPlease note that it is essential for all participants including invited speakers, delegates and presenters to register.All registrations must be made online.

Conference secretariatPromaco Conventions ABN 88 147 548 141U9, Bateman Commercial Centre, 22 Parry Avenue, Bateman WA 6150PO BOX 890, Canning Bridge WA 6153 Tel: +61 8 9332 2900 Fax: +61 8 9332 2911 Email: promaco@promaco.com.au

Organising committeeSociety of Editors (WA) Inc.Marisa Wikramanayake (conference convenor)Robin BarnesCheryl BettridgeRobin BowerMichèle DrouartPeta Robson

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0930 Workshop 1 (half day) Fremantle cultural events Workshop 3 (full day)

Title: XML for editors—taming the technology, eBooks for the Web

Speaker: David Gardiner

Fremantle Urban Adventure (walking tour)

Title: The rockstar freelance lifestyle—joys and pitfalls of editing

Speakers: Sarah Fletcher, Abigail Nathan, Marisa Wikramanayake

(lunch included in price)

1230 LUNCH

1330 Worksop 2 (half day) Fremantle cultural events Workshop 3 (continued)

Title: Tools for onscreen editing

Speaker: Dr Hilary Cadman AE

Doing Time Fremantle Prison Tour A panel of experts on financial planning, superannuation, tax and small business

Speakers: Patrick Horneman, Karen Strain (MediaSuper)

1630 CLOSE OF DAY ONE

1730 Welcome/registration and Cocktail party, Moore and Moore Café

1930 Group dinners (at own cost) hosted by SoE(WA) members who will introduce delegates to Fremantle cuisine

Day 1 − Wednesday 10 April 2013

Day 2 − Thursday 11 April 2013

0800 Registration

PLENARY ADDRESSES

0905 Welcome to country

Introduction: Master of Ceremonies, Will Yeoman; Sponsored by The West Australian newspaper

Welcome: Society of Editors (WA) Inc. president and IPEd chair

Opened by Brad Pettitt, Mayor of Fremantle

0955 International keynote speaker − Nury Vittachi Title: Globalese for beginners

1045 MORNING TEA

Cultural stream Technological stream Ideological stream

1120 Title: What would Beatrice do?

Speaker: Jane Morrow, Beatrice Davis Fellowship award winner Sponsored by Australian Publishers Association (APA)

Title: Creating an accessible web—the editor’s role

Speaker: Elizabeth Spiegel AE

Title: Editing across state, national, and disciplinary borders

Speaker: Emeritus Professor Pam Peters DE

1205 Title: Editing in the digital age

Speaker: Angelo Loukakis, Australian Society of Authors (ASA)

TBC Title: Small publishers forum—ensuring good projects become great books

Speakers: Professor Terri-ann White (UWA Publishing), Georgia Richter (Fremantle Press), Margaret Whiskin (Magabala Books)

1250 LUNCH

PLENARY ADDRESS

1340 Keynote speaker − Dr Carmen Lawrence

1430 Title: Editing Indigenous writing

Speakers: Janet Blagg DE, Margaret Whiskin, Janet Hutchinson, Dr Sandra Phillips, Ellen van Neerven-Currie

Title: Bringing science and maths to today’s youth

Speaker: Jasmine Leong

Title: Editorial workflows— collaboration and integration across physical and scientific boundaries

Speaker: Dr Becky Schmidt AE

Title: Standardising variations in language of natural resource management

Speaker: Maryam Ahmad

1515 AFTERNOON TEATitle: Discussion on a proposed mentoring scheme within the industry

Speakers: Ted Briggs AE, Elizabeth Manning Murphy DE

1550 Title: Ethics of editing scientific papers in Chinglish

Speaker: Dr Ross Blackwood

Title: Editing outside the box—why, and how, freelance editors are in prime position to thrive in digital publishing

Speaker: Selena Hanet-Hutchins

Title: Crossing the editor—author borderlands

Speaker: Dr Amanda Curtin AE

1640 Title: Editing across cultural borders in Southeast Asia

Speaker: Ilsa Sharp

Title: Editors who blog: exploring editorial practice through blogging

Speaker: Dr Katy McDevitt

Title: Publishing children’s writing

Speaker: Kevin Price

1720 CLOSE OF DAY TWO

1900 Gala dinner held at Le Poisson d'Or restaurant

Performers: Bernard Carney sponsored by , and Jade Diary

Freelance workshop with Sarah Fletcher, Abigail Nathan and Marisa Wikramanayake*

Rosie O’Grady’s Fremantle23 William Street, FremantleThe Curragh BarWednesday 10 April, 9.30 am − 4.30 pmCost: $300.00

XML workshop with David Gardiner*Rosie O’Grady’s Fremantle23 William Street, FremantleThe Trinity RoomWednesday 10 April, 9.30 am − 12.30 pmCost: $150.00

Editing tools workshop with Hilary Cadman*

Rosie O’Grady’s Fremantle23 William Street, FremantleThe Trinity RoomWednesday 10 April, 1.30 pm − 4.30 pmCost: $150.00

Fremantle urban adventure tourWednesday 10 April, 10 am − 12 pmCost: $35.00The Urban Adventure walking tour will run for approximately two hours and will take you to the heart of Fremantle showcasing the best culture and scenery that the city has to offer.

Doing time Fremantle Prison tourWednesday 10 April, 1.30 pm − 2.30 pmCost: $33.00Step inside and join our experienced guides as we explore Fremantle Prison from its convict origins in the 1850s until its closure as a maximum-security gaol in 1991. Take a visual journey back in time in the Main Cell Block where you can view life as it was for both convicts and prisoners.

* All workshops will be held at Rosie O’Grady’s, about a five-minute walk from The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle.

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0730 Registration

PLENARY ADDRESSES

0800 IPEd council: A way forward—IPEd review

1000 Keynote speaker − Don Watson

1050 MORNING TEA Title: Launch of Australian Standards for Editing Practice, second edition.

Speaker: Kerry Davies AE

Cultural stream Technological stream Ideological stream

1125 Title: The view from here—one Aboriginal woman's account

Speaker: Dr Sandra Phillips

Title: Editing skills in the era of digital [r]evolution

Speaker: Dr Aga Mrva-Montoya

Title: Editing in the Academy—today’s issues

Speakers: Dr Ffion Murphy (Edith Cowan University), Dr Anne Surma DE (Murdoch University), Dr Rachel Robertson (Curtin University), Prof. Chris Wortham (The University of Notre Dame Australia), Assoc. Prof. Anne Scott (The University of Western Australia

Sponsored by Murdoch University

1215 LUNCH

PLENARY ADDRESS

1315 Keynote speaker − Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex OAM

Title: The challenge of the open: implications of recent open data, publication and teaching

Sponsored by Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd)

1405 Title: Text editing across cultures in a multilingual society—South Africa as a case study

Speaker: John Linnegar

Title: Sailing through the collaboration maelstrom—in conversation with the author, the editor, and the designer

Speakers: Roger Underwood, Jan Knight AE, Louise Burch

Title: The art and science of editing geological maps

Speakers: Dr Stephen White, Dr Huntly Cutten, Annick Jones

1455 Title: Getting it wrong—has ‘near enough’ become the rule? Errors in museums and military histories

Speaker: Dr Robert Nichols

Title: Technology and the future of editing practice

Speakers: Jane Morrow, Angelo Loukakis, Sarah Fletcher, Dr Linda Nix

Title: Creating a magazine—satisfying the organisation and the reader; drawing on resources

Speaker: Cathy Perkins

1545 AFTERNOON TEA

1620 2015 conference presentation

IPEd−ANZSI National Conference of Editors and Indexers 2015, co-hosted by Canberra Society of Editors and ANZSI (Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers) ACT

PLENARY ADDRESS

1650 Hypothetical with Emeritus Professor Roly Sussex: Critics and reviewers as editors of a community's cultural tastes and choices

Will Yeoman, Books editor, The West Australian newspaperBron Sibree, freelance journalist and literary reviewerSatima Flavell, freelance editor and reviewer

1730 CONFERENCE CONCLUSION

1900 Final casual dinners (at own cost)

Day 3 − Friday 12 April 2013

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Cancellation policyThe committee understands that circumstances can change. At any point prior to the event you are welcome to contact us in writing to nominate a substitute delegate at no extra charge. Alternatively a full refund less a $110 service fee will be issued for cancellations received before 14 March 2013. We are unable to issue a refund after this date. Non-payment does not constitute cancellation.

Theme songThe conference is delighted to have Monsoonal Sailors as our theme song. Taken from the CD entitled West by Perth singer/songwriter Bernard Carney, the song tells the stories of the Indian Ocean, ‘...this maritime crossroad of culture and trade’. Bernard will present the theme song at our Welcome cocktail party and a full bracket of songs from his CD at the Gala dinner.

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