Held in Melbourne in February 2007, this conference was an exploration of policy proposals designed to assist people in making transitions across the life course. The focus was on social investment and an investigation into how such ideas can translate into an updated participation income - or guaranteed minimum income - proposal.

Sir Tony Atkinson from Nuffield College, Oxford University, was the keynote speaker at this conference. Sir Tony is internationally known for his work on inequality and income distribution. He has been the Warden of Nuffield College, University of Oxford since 1994, and has been involved as an advisor to the European Union on social policy issues. Sir Tony's address at this conference focused on ways of harmonising social and economic policy in an information society.

Conference papers and presentations are now available to download. Presentations made by Lyn Allison, Tony Atkinson, Scott Burrows, Terry Carney, Julian Disney, Rod Glover, Michael Keating, Ian Manning, Simon Marginson, Pauline Niemirowski and Alex Wearing, Eric Sidoti, Hal Swerissen and Ralph Willis have all been posted on the website.