The Australian Society
for Technical Communication
2025 Annual Conference Update
This year's ASTC Conference is scheduled for October 16 and 17 at the PARKROYAL Parramatta, so mark the dates in your calendar now!
Note: Unlike the past two years, we're hosting the Conference as an in-person only event. Although providing a remote attendance option provides maximum flexibility for those wanting to attend, it's also incredibly expensive. For the number of remote participants we've had, it simply wasn't financially viable.
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Connect with your profession.
Learn from your peers.
The ASTC Conference is our showcase event each year. It's the ideal opportunity for Technical Communicators from across Australia to meet, network, exchange ideas, and participate in two days of fantastic presentations.
Earlybird pricing for the Conference runs until September 5, so book your spot at the Conference now!
For the latest Conference information, including pricing and booking options, presentation details, hotel accommodation packages, and more, see our 2025 Conference home page. Check back often for the latest information and watch out for email and social media updates in the coming weeks.
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If you want more information (perhaps you'd like to sponsor or present at this year's Conference?) or want to provide us with feedback, send us an email at conference@astc.org.au.
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May Members Meeting
At our May Members Meeting, Jason Xiros presented Revisit Artificial Intelligence.
This was a really well attended session with about 23 participants joining the meeting. It was an almost totally interactive session where we looked at some of the latest developments in AI over the last 18 months or so. We spent a lot of time looking the ways to engineer your prompts to get the results you're after. We also talked about some of the security and privacy considerations with AI, and of course, some of the areas where AI is still not so great.
You can watch the meeting in full from the Members Only pages of our website.
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International Journal of Technical Communication
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The International Journal of Technical Communication (IJTC) is a collaborative effort between the ASTC, the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC) in the UK, and the Technical Communicators Association of New Zealand (TechCommNZ). The site includes articles, book reviews, videos, and other content of interest to technical communicators. Content will continue to expand as we add new articles and posts. Access to the IJTC is just one of the benefits of ASTC membership.
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To access the IJTC, go to https://www.ijtc.net/, and click Sign in. Use your ASTC account email address and a link will be sent your email address. Click on the link and you're in. No password required!
If you have any problems, email us at info@astc.org.au, give us as much information about the problem, and we'll try to sort it out.
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Can you contribute content?
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Yes, we'd love for you to contribute to the IJTC! For contributor guidelines and instructions, see Guidelines for Contributors. For more information, contact the IJTC editor.
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Can you advertise on the IJTC website?
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For information about advertising options, contact the IJTC editor.
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Don't want access to the IJTC?
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If you don't want to access the IJTC, email us at info@astc.org.au and we'll unsubscribe you.
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ISTC Communicator
Another great benefits of being an ASTC member is access to the Communicator, the quarterly publication of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC) in the UK.
The Spring 2025 (Northern hemisphere) issue is now available and includes articles on:
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Artificial Intelligence
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Technical drawing
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Book and course reviews.
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ASTC members can access this and all other issues at ISTC Communicator.​
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NETWORKING
The ASTC promotes networking in many ways although these have changed since the advent of COVID-19. Our annual conference is the main networking event, but we also have formal and informal meet-ups conducted via Zoom. Technical communicators often work alone, or maybe in a small team. Our networking allows for support and sharing of information and ideas, and to meet other people in similar roles. Check out our LinkedIn and Facebook pages.
EDUCATION
The ASTC supports professional development through education and learning to keep up with changes in the way we work and the tools we use.
We are always looking for new opportunities for members and non-members to update or advance our knowledge and skills.
Training delivery has changed dramatically and now allows access to content both locally and globally.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
ASTC members can elect to receive our Job Opportunity emails. We publish details of jobs we hear about. If you are thinking of making a change, constantly looking for new challenges or just curious about what’s out there, why not subscribe? It’s free to our members, and to employers and agents alike.
If you hear of a technical writer job going, let us know via our contact us page and we’ll advertise it.
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PARTNERSHIPS
We have agreements with related associations in Australasia and other regions around the world.
Through this we open career doors for our members and provide resources and services at member rates.