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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Dear
Colleague,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;
font-size: x-small;">I am pleased to extend an invitation to you to attend
and participate in the third national Local Government Researchers Forum to
be held on 6th and 7th June 2013. The forum will be held at the University
of Adelaide.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;
font-size: x-small;">The aim of the forum is to bring researchers and
practitioners together to share current knowledge and research, and to
discuss the implications for local government policy and
practice.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size:
x-small;">Over 40 abstracts have been reviewed and a preliminary program is
now available (attached). Topics to be covered include local government
finance, political and executive leadership, workforce development,
regional local government, demographic change, innovation, climate change,
local government structure and reform, and others. As part of an effort to
engage practitioners and new researchers with an interest in local
government, the forum will also include a series of workshops focussed on
building internal research capacity, including in the preparation and
publication of research papers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:
helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Registrations for the event are now open
and we encourage you or a representative of your organisation to attend.
The cost of attending the forum has been kept to a minimum and total
registrations will be limited to 120 people. We also ask that you pass this
invitation on to any of your colleagues who may be interested in
attending.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;
font-size: x-small;">All the latest information on the forum is available
on the Local Government Research Network (<a
href="https://sendstudio.itd.uts.edu.au/sendstudionx/link.php?M=2885834&N=9328&L=9209&F=H">http://lgresearch.net.au/2013-Forum</a>).
If you have any other enquiries feel free to contact ACELG by email (<a
href="mailto:research@acelg.org.au">research@acelg.org.au</a>) or phone (02
9514 4449).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;
font-size: x-small;">We look forward to your input into the
forum.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size:
x-small;">Yours sincerely,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:
helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Roberta Ryan</span><br /><span
style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Director</span><br
/><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Australian
Centre of Excellence for Local Government</span>
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