The fifth World Appreciative Inquiry Conference, held in Ghent in Belgium, is now over. And what a wonderful experience it was for everyone there!

There were 600 people from 45 countries who attended. Only 9 of us were Australian – and in such a huge crowd, we sadly didn’t all manage to meet one another.

For those who are interested to learn more about the conference, there are a number of posts about different aspects, as well as webcasts of all the keynotes on the WAIC 2012 website.

And if you’d like to experience some of the energy and spirit of the conference, you may like to watch the flash show of photos taken over the four days, set to music by Playing for Change, who performed for all of us at the end of the gathering.

Though the flash show of the conference may be of interest primarily for those who were there, others may like to take a look as well.

And perhaps the WAIC 2012 website information, the videos and the flash show might even encourage more of us downunder to save our pennies for the next World AI Conference …

So an even larger number of us will be saying “South Africa, here we come” in 2015!

By: Sue James