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I am delighted to welcome you to the official website for the 46th Annual Australian Psychological Society Conference to be held in Canberra, the nation's capital, from 4 to 8 October 2011. My colleagues and I in the ACT are excited at the prospect of hosting this year's APS Conference, and at sharing the delights of our wonderful city with you. While Canberra is just two years short of its hundredth birthday it has been the focus of much of Australia's history since Federation, and the national galleries and museums of Canberra provide a superb opportunity to refresh our appreciation of our heritage and of the significant part we play in the world.
But Canberra is also a beautiful city, well planned, easy to negotiate, and full of life. The parks around the shores of Lake Burley Griffin provide wonderful venues for walking or cycling, sitting with a picnic and perhaps a bottle of good local wine, or simply contemplating life and nature. And the national buildings which dot the lake-shores - the National Gallery and the National Museum, the High Court of Australia, Questacon, and the National Library - are quite inspirational, both inside and out. Canberra has a vibrant culture of bars, cafes and restaurants, and the city area forms an excellent location to eat out with friends and colleagues in one or other of our many great eateries. The conference venue will be the outstanding National Convention Centre which is very conveniently situated right on the edge of the central city area, just fifty metres from the peaceful Englishness of Glebe Park, and around two hundred metres from the lake itself.
Professor Don Byrne FAPS
And the Scientific Committee of the 46th Annual APS Conference
