Dear Nilima,

Thanks, I'd love to come! Do I need to do anything else? register? or 
just show up on the day?

Cheers,
Christina

Nilima Gulrajani wrote:

> For those of you with interests in management and development, a meeting 
> being hosted at the London School of Economics on November 7th will be 
> featuring a session on how to revive the Development Management stream 
> of the UK Development Studies Association.   Those with research 
> interests in this area and with visions of how to take this working 
> group forward are warmly welcome to attend.  
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Nilima Gulrajani
> Lecturer in Public Management and Development
> London School of Economics
> Department of Government
> Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)
> Houghton Street
> London WC2A 2AE
> United Kingdom
> tel. +44 (0)207 955 6082
> fax. +44 (0)207 955 6352
> email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> 
> 
>   Development Studies Association Study Groups Day
> 
> 
>   Friday November 7, 2008 
> 
> Venue:            London School of Economics, 20 Kingsway (McKenna), 
> Room G108. For directions see 
> http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/Default.htm
> 
> No charge. Refreshments are included.
> 
> Most of the day will consist of parallel informal meetings to re-launch 
> five of the DSA Study Groups which have not met for some time. In each 
> case we have a volunteer to coordinate the day, as follows:
> 
> Agriculture and Rural Development – Joe Assan ([log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
> 
> Development Ethics – Dina Abbott ([log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
> 
> Development Management – Nilima Gulrajani ([log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
> 
> Tourism and Development – Harold Goodwin ([log in to unmask] 
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
> 
> History and Economic Development – Barbara Ingham 
> ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
> 
> We hope many of you will be interested in becoming (or continuing as) a 
> member of one of these groups. If so, this is your opportunity to share 
> information on your research with others with similar interests and to 
> put forward your vision for that particular group (e.g. redefining the 
> group’s scope and thematic areas of interest, suggesting future seminar 
> topics and ideas for publication or collaboration). The meetings will 
> also confirm who will convene the group from 2009 onwards (not all the 
> above people wish to continue beyond this meeting and there may be scope 
> for joint convenorship) and the pattern of future meetings - usually at 
> least one academic seminar per year, plus one or more parallel sessions 
> at the annual conference particularly in the alternate years when it is 
> a 3-day event (like 2009).
> 
> /Timetable for the day:
> /11.30            Coffee and Welcome//
> 
> 12.00            Introduction to the Study Groups Day
> 
> 12.10            Five parallel Study Group meetings:
>             Introductions; Brief informal presentations of research in 
> progress
> 
> 1.10            Lunch (a light buffet will be provided)
> 
> 2.00            Study Groups continue:
>             Informal research presentations (continued)
>             Sharing visions for the future of each group
>             Business: Confirming the convenorship; Future meetings 
> (venues, themes?); other plans?
> 
> 4.00            Study Group meetings close; Tea
> 
> 4.30            Study Group Convenors Meeting (All convenors invited, 
> not just from these five groups)
> 
> If you wish to attend, please contact the relevant coordinator for the 
> Study Group you are interested in. Please also let that person know if 
> you wish to join ‘their’ Study Group but cannot come on Nov 7.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic 
> communications disclaimer: 
> http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm

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