REPLY Separate Professional Conference (SD6292)

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Posted by  "Alan McLucas" <a.mclucas at adfa.edu.au>

The idea of having a 'professional conference' is a good one.  Of course,
there are many of us who manage to teach, practice and conduct research.  I
believe that it is important to keep these three as close as practicable.
As recent Chair of the annual systems engineering conference in Australia, I
have experienced first hand the value of having a fully refereed conference
and a professional conference all in one.  To separate them would risk
creating a 'them and us' division, which would be damaging.

Dr Alan McLucas
School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering,
UNSW at ADFA,
Australian Defence Force Academy,
Northcott Drive,
CAMBPELL  ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA
Posted by  "Alan McLucas" <a.mclucas at adfa.edu.au>
posting date  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:35:27 +1000