Madrid: Plans for Late 2009, "Un-conferences," São Paulo, Miami

With the Madrid training underway, we’re already looking forward to the upcoming Cairo and Kuala Lumpur trainings as well as some changes for the second half
of the year. We’ve even put up a tentative calendar for dates and regions in 2010.

For the next half of the year, we’re looking at holding ‘un-conferences’; no vendors, no booths–just training and information. Unusual, we know. At these regional events we’ll be having vigorous discussions of GRAPA issues in town-hall style meetings, in particular about how to improve the professional standing of RA professionals across the specific region.

The first of these regional meetings will be held in São Paulo, Brazil. For that event we’ll be offering translation in English and Spanish. This will be a chance especially for our Spanish speaking membership to get together. With GRAPA membership approaching 2500, we’re becoming a true force, so we can start really moving forward with some initiatives.

Miami may be the location for the U.S. conference.  We’re probably also going to be in Capetown, South Africa and we’ll consider doing Nairobi and Dubai possibly towards late autumn. We have a minimum number of people we need to register for these venues, otherwise they cease to be viable. GRAPA is non-profit and we won’t have commercial backing, so we need people to commit if there’s interest. Learn about upcoming events at RAA Upcoming Events