Come and celebrate the rebirth of a transformative discipline. Unitec has been active in community development for over 25 years, and we will begin 2015 with a dynamic conference for practitioners, academics and students.

Major themes include placemaking, community economic development, diverse communities and re-claiming democracy, with quality assured papers, poster presentations and practical skills workshops.

The conference will also celebrate the launch of a new journal of community development, and will showcase community development training opportunities and initiatives.

Who should come?

Community development practitioners, change-makers, academics, government and local government leaders who want to work with communities, development specialists and community entrepreneurs from across the Pacific region.

For more information please contact John Stansfield at jstansfield@unitec.ac.nz.