"ReGenerating Community: Arts, Community and Governance" is an international conference in Melbourne, Australia, September 2-4, 2009. Presented by RMIT University Globalism Research Centre and the Cultural Development Network, it's about "ways in which global issues are being addressed locally through collaborations between artists, communities and local government," as well as issues of: community identity in an environment of globalised culture, energy production in the context of climate change, indigenous sovereignty on leasehold land, country becoming city and changing identity, aging, schooling, imaging futures and "having a future." Keynoters are Anmol Vellani of the Indian Foundation for the Arts, which supports more than 100 projects in 17 Indian states, and Bob McNulty of Partners for Livable Communities, known primarily for persuading local officials to view public and private partnerships as a resource for revitalizing cities in the Americas. [LINK] Posted by Linda Frye Burnham