INORMS activities

INORMS Congress

INORMS members take turns to organise the biennial Congress. The inaugural Congress on the Internationalisation of Research: The Big Issues and Opportunities of the Decade for Research Leaders and Managers was held at the Sofitel Brisbane, Australia 22-25 August 2006, hosted by the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS).

The second Congress will be hosted by the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (UK), in Liverpool, UK in June 2008 and will focus on Exploring Similarities: National and International Research Management and Administration. Details of the programme and related activities will be published on the Congress website as they develop. Bookings for the Congress are planned to open in January 2008, also via the Congress website.

Other activities

The officers of the INORMS member societies meet on a formal basis at each society's annual meetings. On such occasions, there is a discussion of the current issues facing the societies and their members, and exchange of relevant material. Outside the formal meetings, there is exchange of detailed information, often on a bilateral basis, such as details of a mentoring scheme, or material for shared training and development curricula.