World
Leisure Expo 2006
Hangzhou, China 22 April - 22 October 2006

The
first ever World Leisure EXPO opens in the city of Hangzhou, China
on April 22 and runs until October 22, 2006. A joint enterprise
of the World Leisure, The City of Hangzhou, and the Songcheng
Group, it is designed to celebrate the diversity of leisure and
its capacity to change the lives of people and communities world
wide.
For more information
visit the official website
World
Leisure 9th World Leisure Congress 2006
Hangzhou, China May - October 2006

The World Leisure EXPO will be a six-month world
exposition from mid-May to mid-October, 2006, and will be comprised
of a series of exhibitions, special events, conferences, trade
shows, and training programs. The overall purpose of the event
is to promote leisure as a means for improving the quality of
life for all.
For more information
visit the official website
IFPRA
Europe 2006
Annecy, France 11 - 15 September 2006

The
theme "Trees as living beings, essential in city development"
will be interesting to all the participants and will offer the
opportunity to get an update on the latest research and experimentation
works, the latest knowledge, and the new technologies for selecting,
breeding or planting trees in towns.
For more information
visit the official website
Parks
and Leisure Australia Annual Conference 2006
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia 17 - 20 September
2006

An
excellent program that has been put together by the Conference
Program Committee, featuring some of the best parks and leisure
professionals in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA and the UK.
What ever your specialty or area of interest, you will come away
from this year’s conference with a whole new suite of ideas
on bicycle paths, sports facilities, planning initiatives, park
management, community spaces, aquatic developments, research,
sports grounds, skate parks, the arts, playground developments,
young people’s programs, open space, tourism, etc.
For more information
visit the official website
or download the official PLA 2006 Bulletin.
International
Awards for Liveable Communities 2006
Hangzhou, China 9 - 13 November 2006

The
LivCom Awards were launched in 1997 and are endorsed by the United
Nations Environment Programme. LivCom is the world’s only
Awards Competition focussing on Best Practice regarding the management
of the local environment. The objective of LivCom is to improve
the quality of life of individual citizens through the creation
of ‘liveable communities’.
For more information
visit the official website
IFPRA World Conference 2007
Glasgow, Scotland Dates: TBA
more information is available from J Conway Tel: +44(0)
141 287 9508
Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Beijing 2008
Beijing, China 8 - 24 August 2008

On
13 July 2001 at the 112th IOC Session in Moscow, Beijing was
elected the Host City for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in
2008. The vote followed in line with the recommendation of the
IOC Evaluation Commission that "a Beijing Games would leave
a unique legacy to China and to sports. The Commission is confident
that Beijing could organise an excellent Games".
For more information
visit the official website
IFPRA Asia Pacific Conference 2008 - Making Connections
Christchurch, New Zealand 15 - 18 September 2008

Host Organisation: New Zealand Recreation Association
Making Connections will connect leading international
speakers and parks and recreation professionals to demonstrate
and debate the role of parks and recreation in connecting people
and places in 2008.
For more information
visit the official website
or download the information brochure.
IFPRA Europe 2009
Dublin, Ireland 8 - 11 June 2009
The congress will be held in Dublin Castle and is
jointly orgainsed by IFPRA Europe, Dublin City Council, Fingal
County Council, Dunlaoghaire/Rathdown County Council, South
Dublin County Council, The Office of Public Works and The
Irish Landscape Institiute.
More information is available from Christy Boylan via email.
East Asian Games 2009
Hong Kong Dates: TBA
more information will be available closer to event
date

IFPRA World Conference 2010
Hong Kong Dates: TBA

Jointly hosted by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong
Kong Recreation Management Association.
Hong
Kong has a rich heritage and culture and despite its relatively
small total area has in excess of 2,100 hectares of public
leisure facilities. One of the oldest parks, the Hong Kong
Zoological and Botanical Gardens, was founded in 1871. Other
famous attractions include the Tai Po Waterfront Park ,
Hong Kong Disneyland, Ocean Park, and the recently opened
Hong Kong Wetland Park a 61 hectare world class ecotourism
attraction.
Plan
to visit Hong Kong in 2010 - there is plenty to see, learn
and enjoy.
XVIII
International Botanical Congress - 2011
Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, Melbourne
VIC Australia
24 – 30 July 2011
The
Australian botanical community invites you to Melbourne,
Australia in July 2011 to participate in the XVIII International
Botanical Congress. Australia
has a vibrant scientific community active across all botanical
disciplines and its researchers play a prominent and highly
collaborative role in international biological sciences.
The
Australian flora, with its many endemics and strong Gondwanan
element provides a unique opportunity full of inspiring
experiences for the botanical visitor. Its ancient landscape
includes vast deserts, tropical and temperate rainforests,
floristically rich heathlands and unique eucalypt forests.
Australia’s
botanical community is eager to welcome international
colleagues to the 2011 IBC for an intellectually stimulating
and socially memorable occasion.
For more
information visit the official website
or download the information brochure.
IFPRA Asia Pacific Congress 2011
Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia 2011
The 2011 IFPRA Asia Pacific Congress with be
hosted by Parks & Leisure Australia and held in conjunction
with its annual national conference.
more information will be available closer to event date
IFPRA Europe 2012
Mikkeli, Finland Dates: TBA
more information will be available closer to
event date