{"id":1439,"date":"2016-11-21T10:23:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T10:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aairforum.com.au\/2024\/?page_id=1439"},"modified":"2025-07-09T06:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T06:25:28","slug":"thank-you","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aairforum.com.au\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;(color2)JOIN US FOR THE 2024 AAIR FORUM: <em>After the Accord, where festivals and grapevines bring us together!<\/em> (\/color2)&#8221; uppercase=&#8221;yes&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221;][vc_column_text]Thank you for attending the 2024 Annual AAIR Forum: After the Accord, where festivals and grapevines bring us together, held in Adelaide, South Australia!<\/p>\n<p>92 delegates, speakers and sponsors from Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the United States converged in Adelaide to share their rich experience and discuss key topics in the higher education institutional research field.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-Forum workshops and Special Interest Groups (SIG) were held at Flinders University City Campus on the day before the main Forum sessions, on 18th November 2024. 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