Dear all,

 

On behalf of the Department of Social Work, I would like to invite you to participate in the International Conference on “Social Welfare Policy, Practice, Research and Education: Public Engagement and Social Impact” organized by the Department for its celebration of the 55^th anniversary of establishment this year. The Conference will be held on 18-19 October 2018 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

 

The Conference aims to provide scholars and practitioners with a platform to share and promote research impact and public engagement in the field of social welfare and social work education. During the two-day Conference, we will have four keynote presentations, two plenary sessions and a total of six interactive workshops. We are honored to have Professor Geraldine MacDonald from University of Bristol, Professor Guan Xinping from Nankai University, Professor Aron Shlonsky from University of Melbourne and Professor Steven Ngai from Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong to act as our keynote speakers to share with us their expertise on public engagement and social impacts. Moreover, we are glad to have representatives from Evangelical Lutheran Church Social Service – Hong Kong, Harmony House, Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Caritas Hong Kong, New Life Psychiatric Association and Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service, together with our faculty members, to conduct six workshops and to share their practice wisdom on our collaborative projects. The details of which are as follows:

 

Date: 18-19 October 2018 (Thursday and Friday)

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Day 1) and 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (Day 2)

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, G/F, Yasumoto International Academic Park, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Registration: https://web.swk.cuhk.edu.hk/mform/view.php?id=354057

***Free Admission***

 

A conference poster and rundown are attached in this email for your information. For more details, please visit our conference website: https://swkcuhk.wixsite.com/swk55conference.Please feel free to disseminate this message to your colleagues, students and/or any parties who are interested in participating in the Conference.

 

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Sherman Liu at xwliu@swk.cuhk.edu.hk.

 

With regards,

 

Ching Man Lam
Chairperson of Conference Organizing Committee

Vice-Chairperson and Professor

Department of Social Work

The Chinese University of Hong Kong