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Issue 44,
November 2005
In this issue: Headlines
Events
The
Last Word
Is this the World’s greenest commercial building?
Melbourne City Council has issued the environmentally sustainable
challenge with its radical new CH2 (“Council House 2”) building.
<more>
Tower of Power – Shrinks But Strengthens
What a tower! Funnelling solar heated air past large turbines inside
an enormous chimney, this project was
planned to supply 200MW from the one location – enough electricity
for
200,000 average households. <more>
Engineers to leap into the future in a single bound –with Flea
Power!
New
materials are often the catalyst for great leaps in
engineering innovation. Resilin,
a remarkable elastic protein that is the secret to great flea leaps has been
isolated by CSIRO. <more>
Electricity Storage – No Way, Or Way Of The Future?
Electricity generation and supply is one of the essentials of any
advanced civilisation, yet it is under attack from all
quarters, costs, quality quantity ... Has electricity storage’s time
finally arrived? <more>
Aha! Now I see what you mean…
The
Airbus A380 is a magnificent monster… it’s bigger, heavier and
carries more passengers and freight than a Jumbo! We would not be
ready for it except for 3D animation helping to make faster better
decisions<more>
Risky business – and some new
IT tools to improve your
chances…
If
life itself is a sequence of gambles won and gambles
lost, then how to win a few more? Risk assessment and management,
particularly as a structured process, can improve your chances and
let you “live” longer. <more>
Bioenergy Beckons
Globally
Finland already obtains over 22% of its primary energy from biomass
and the OECD has 25 GW (gigawatts) of installed capacity. So
it is re-assuring to know that Australia has led bioenergy innovation... <more>
The
Warren Centre needs your help now
The
Warren Centre seeks project team members for several of its teams,
Volunteer Executives to help facilitate those teams and an
editor-in-chief for this publication! <more>
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Warren Centre
Events
Managing Birdflu
The options for your company
March 2006
Register your interest now.
Annual
Innovation Lecture
7 June 2006 -
Melbourne, 8 June 2006 - Sydney
Presented by Dr Don Fry AO
Contact: Fiona Hearne (02) 9351 7205,
fionah@eng.usyd.edu.au
Metropolitan Water Options
October 2006
Contact Robert Mitchell (02) 9351 4048,
r.mitchell@eng.usyd.edu.au
Other Events
Seminar for Technology Rich Companies
30 November 2005, 5.15pm
Minter Ellison, Level 19 Aurora Place, 88 Phillip Street Sydney
Contact: Kathryn
Bryant 02 9921 4345 or
kathryn.bryant@minterellison.com
Solar energy use in Industry and Buildings Seminar
5 December 2005
Standards Australia, 286 Sussex Street, Sydney
Contact: Barbara O'Keefe,
barbara.okeefe@standards.org.au
Click
here for more information and registration.
Bioenergy Australia 2005: Biomass for Energy, the
Environment and Society
12 - 13 December 2005
Rydges Melbourne Hotel
Click
here for more information.
Contact: Ms
Emma Waygood (02) 9437 9333 or
Emma@conferenceaction.com.au
PACIFIC 2006 -
International Maritime Conference
31 Jan to 3 Feb 2006
Sydney - Darling Harbour
www.pacific2006imc.com
pacificimc@tourhosts.com.au
IFAC Symposium on System Identification (Sysid 2006)
Newcastle
29 to 31 March 2006
http://sysid2006.org/
secretariat@sysid2006.org
Urban Drainage Modelling &
Water Sensitive Urban Design
2 to 7 April 2006
7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling & 4th
International Conference on Water
Sensitive Urban Design
Melbourne
Click here for more information.
Conference on Railway Engineering (CORE 2006)
30 April to 3 May 2006
Grand Hyatt - Melbourne
www.core2006.org
am@asnevents.net.au
New Technology in Infrastructure, The ATSE National Symposium
20 to 21 November 2006
Sydney
Click
here
for more information.
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