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<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=5 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>PLACES
FILLING FAST ... REGISTER NOW FOR THE </span></font></i></b><b><font size=5
face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>5<sup>th</sup>
BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE (TERC2008)<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> ... REGISTRATION CLOSING DATE: FRI 31 OCTOBER 2008</span></i></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear
Technology Education Colleagues </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-style:italic'>&#8230; teacher educators, teachers, researchers, post-graduate
students, policy makers, curriculum developers, consultants, and members of the
broader educational community.</span></font></i> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>The 5th Biennial International Conference on Technology
Education Research &quot; <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Exploring
Technology Education: Solutions to issues in a Globalised World</span></i>&#8221;
will be held from Thursday 27 - Saturday 29 November 2008 at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. ( A welcome
cocktail party will be held on Wed 26<sup>th </sup>) . </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Keynote speakers include: Dr David Johnston, <st1:City w:st="on">Oxford
 University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>;
Professor Clare Benson, <st1:City w:st="on">Birmingham City University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>; and Dr Judith Moreland, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Waikato</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, NZ.</span></font></b> <o:p></o:p></p>

<p><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>For all conference details including: program, registration,
keynote speakers, accommodation and travel, please go to: </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/technology-education-research-conference"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/technology-education-research-conference
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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We
look forward to seeing you there! </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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</span></font><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>____________________________________________________________</span></font></b>
<br>
<b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
font-weight:bold'>Diane Burns</span></font></b><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> I Conference Manager</span></font> <br>
<font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>TERC08
I <b><font color=red><span style='color:red;font-weight:bold'>Griffith</span></font></b>
<b><font color=red><span style='color:red;font-weight:bold'>University</span></font></b></span></font>
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<font size=1 color="#a2a2a2" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#A2A2A2'>Room 2.36, Social Science Building (M10), Mt
Gravatt Campus Q 4111</span></font> <br>
<font size=1 color="#a2a2a2" face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:#A2A2A2'>Ph: (07) 3735 5953 I Fax: (07) 3735 5991 I
Email: d.burns@griffith.edu.au </span></font><br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=1 face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Griffith</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'> University
CRICOS NUMBER:&nbsp; 00233E</span></font> <br>
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