Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 March 2011

Sponsors' views

Platinum sponsors

The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)

The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) is the Australian Government's main source of advice on social policy and manages about one fifth of the federal budget.

FaHCSIA works in partnership with other government and non-government organisations managing a diverse range of programs and services designed to support and improve the lives of Australians.

FaHCSIA is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for all Australians and to do so works in partnership with:

• other Australian Government departments and agencies
• state and territory governments
• local government
• foreign governments
• businesses
• the not-for-profit community sector
• peak representative organisations
• service providers
• research bodies
• individuals, families and communities.

FaHCSIA is committed to constantly improving and strengthening the links between research and policy and has a long history of investing in research and data on social policy issues. The diverse nature of this research investment includes a series of long term partnerships with academic institutions under the Social Policy Research Services program and three flagship longitudinal surveys – Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA); Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC); and Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC).

Routledge

Routledge is the world-renowned Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences imprint of Taylor & Francis, a leading international publisher of academic books and journals since 1798. Routledge/Taylor & Francis has more than 20 offices worldwide, including a journal’s publishing operation in Melbourne with a list of more than 60 Australasian-edited journals published on behalf of learned societies and institutions in the region. Under our Routledge imprint we publish across the spectrum of the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, including the highly prestigious Australasian Journal of Philosophy. Our global publishing program comprises more than 1,800 books and 1,500 journals each year, and includes 100 journals published from the Asia Pacific region as a whole.

Contact us:

• Sarah Blatchford, Regional Director
• Taylor & Francis Australasia
• Level 2, 11 Queens Rd
• Melbourne, 3004
• Australia
• Phone: +61 (3) 8842 2413
• Fax: +61 (3) 8842 2422
• Email: enquiries [at] tandf.com.au

Gold sponsors

The Australia Council for the Arts

The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government's arts funding and advisory body. It seeks to enrich the lives of Australians and their communities by supporting the creation and enjoyment of the arts. The Australia Council is a proud supporter and participant in HASS on the Hill which provides an opportunity for people working in the arts to meet and engage with political representatives and raise awareness of the value of the arts in the lives of all Australians.

CSIRO

CSIRO is Australia’s national science agency and we are one of the largest and most diverse research organisations in the world. We undertake world-class scientific research into practically all aspects of human activity and its interaction with natural and built environments. This scientific embrace includes our air and water, our diverse landscapes, oceans and climate, agriculture, energy, health, space technologies and exploration, manufacturing, materials science, minerals exploration and processing, information and communication technologies, and more.

We address major challenges, and opportunities, largely through our National Research Flagships – one of the largest holistic scientific research programs ever undertaken in Australia that has become a well regarded model for delivering mission directed scientific research of national scale.

Innovative Research Universities - IRU

Innovative Research Universities (IRU) is a network of seven comprehensive Australian universities conducting research of national and international standing and applying collective expert knowledge, capabilities and resources to enhance the outcomes of higher education.

We advise the government on higher education, research and innovation policy.

We share our knowledge, experiences and insights to achieve best practice in our teaching, research and operations.

We create opportunities for our students and other stakeholders through collaboration and partnership.

Our areas of focus as a network include social inclusion, collaborative course delivery, work-integrated learning and research.

The IRU has been a proud supporter of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences since 2004.

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University

RMIT's College of Design and Social Context (DSC) incorporates the fields of art, communication, design, education, humanities, property and social sciences. Programs are dedicated to student creativity, and engage in new forms of intellectual and cultural activity. Studies are designed specifically to meet the personal, professional and vocational needs of the student with a focus on academic excellence and employment outcomes.

Silver sponsors

The Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) The Australian National University (ANU) is one of the world's leading centres for discovery and learning and Australia's most influential university.

Distinguished by its unrivalled research-intensity and exceptional academic environment, ANU investigates and teaches on issues and themes of long-term national and international significance across all fields of human knowledge.

Group of Eight

The Group of Eight (Go8) is a coalition of leading Australian universities, comprehensive in general and professional education and distinguished by depth and breadth in research.

Go8 universities have nurtured every Nobel prize winner educated at an Australian university, contribute over 70 per cent of the Fellows of the four Australian learned academies and account for more than two thirds of Australian university research activity, output and training.

Macquarie University

A world leader in the study and teaching of the social sciences, history, media, legal studies and creative practice, the Faculty of Arts at Macquarie University provides a distinctive background in the study of ancient, Indigenous and contemporary cultures through its student-centred education that expertly brings together both research and teaching.