You are invited to Melbourne in September 2002 to participate in the next Australian Universities International Alumni Convention (AUIAC 2002). It will provide an unique opportunity for you to renew old friendships and build valuable new networks and contacts necessary for "Networking in the Knowledge Economy" - the theme of the AUIAC 2002.

The convention brings together a vibrant network of graduates of Australian Universities linked by a common interest in professional and personal development, community development, commerce and education.

The convention will address a program that features a panel of distinguished Australian and international speakers to address corporate, social and educational issues as they relate to the knowledge economy. The program will focus on the following topics:

Tensions in the Global Village
Challenges of the Global Economy
Cities and Urban Environments in the 21st Century
Taking Risks - Tales from Venture Capitalists
Communities in the Asia Pacific
Challenges of the Global Economy - A World Bank View
Media: Connections are Started by Kissing
The Earth - Friends and Enemies
Challenges of the Global Community
Venture Capital, Science, Technology & Business
Education and Intellectual Capital
Laboratory to Listing
Corporate Citizenship

The convention offers the expected 1200 attendees the opportunity to listen, learn and interact with world class speakers, take advantage of business matching opportunities and time to connect with other graduates with the objective of improving their professional and personal networks within Australian university graduates across the world.

See you in Melbourne in September 2002, for "networking in the knowledge economy"