Early childhood services on the Border can start planning for 2010 with a national perspective at the 2009 Building Bridges Regional Early Years Conference to be held on Thursday 12 and Friday 13 November in Albury and Wodonga. The keynote address for the conference will be delivered by the lead author of the recently released Early Years Learning Framework, Professor Jennifer Sumsion from Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Teacher Education, who will talk about the new national framework and what will be expected of children’s services in 2010. Organised by Wodonga City Council, Wodonga Institute of TAFE and CSU, the Thursday sessions on the new vision for children’s learning will be held at Wodonga TAFE. On Friday, education experts from around Australia will discuss how the national framework will be integrated into local services. The presentations around this theme will take place at the new Learning Hub on CSU’s Thurgoona site, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, Thurgoona.