Learn about Ngambri

AIEC 2025 will be held in Ngambri, the Indigenous name for the area known as Canberra. Ngambri is located on the traditional lands of the Ngunnawal. 

The Ngunnawal people are the Traditional Custodians of the Canberra region, with a history spanning over 21,000 years. Their culture is deeply rooted in a spiritual, social, environmental, and economic connection to the land. The name "Canberra" originates from the Ngunnawal language, meaning "meeting place." This region served as a gathering site where the Ngunnawal would host significant ceremonies for neighbouring groups.

Ngunnawal Country was defined by the language of its people rather than mapped boundaries. Generally, it extended from Yass to Boorowa, toward Coolac, the highlands west of the Shoalhaven, and back to Goulburn—an area covering nearly 11,000 square kilometres. Surrounding Ngunnawal Country are the lands of the Wiradjuri, Ngarigo, Gundungurra, and Yuin peoples.

Before colonisation, the Ngunnawal people spoke their own language as well as several neighbouring ones. The Yuin, Ngarigo, and Gundungurra languages are considered sister languages to Ngunnawal, while Wiradjuri is more distantly related, akin to an eighth-to-tenth cousin on the language tree.

For more information, please visit https://www.ngunnawal.org/.

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Key dates

6 Feb - Call for proposals opens

14 March - Call for proposals closes

May - Registration open

mid-June - Program released

31 July - Super early bird registration closes

12 September - Early bird registration closes

14–17 October – AIEC 2025