This has been an excellent conference presided over by Barry Chung, NCDA President. I would strongly recommend any career practitioner making the effort to visit the USA for this annual event. The next one is in Washington DC and there will be a public policy forum here, reflecting the increasing recognition of our role in shaping a more socially just world for all clients, not only those privileged to have jobs, or the resources to access services.

This theme was taken up by David Blustein in his keynote address, and I can strongly recommend his new book, The Psychology of Working. A New Perspective for Career Development, Counseling, And Public Policy. LEA (2006).

Rosie Phillips Bingham gave an excellent keynote address on the impacts of globalisation and the importance of social inclusion.