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News and Views… from IASSW

The first Executive Committee and Board meeting chaired by the new President Prof. Vimla V. Nadkarni was held at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. The meetings were hosted by the School of Social Work, USC, with Dr. Dan Hester, International Coordinator, and Board member Mildred Joyner taking the reins. Dean Marilyn Flynn very generously provided an excellent enabling environment. The Board Meeting Action Summary has been posted on IA website (http://www.iassw-aiets. org/iassw-board-action-summary.). The post-meeting Seminar titled “Global Dialog: Advancing Social Work Research, International Knowledge Exchange and Education”, 24 January 2013 organised by the University of Southern California in collaboration with IASSW, involved enlightening presentations by faculty of the USC. The Board members participated as discussants. Dan Hester, USC, and Antoinette Lombard, IASSW, worked together to concepualise the programme which was a resounding success.