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Issue 48,
November 2006
In this issue:
Headlines
Events
The Last Word
Steel Industry Shapes Up For Greater Hi-rise Share
The steel framing industry can deliver significant value
to the Development industry, and capture value for itself, if it
embraces significant changes proposed by its leaders. <more>
UK Steel Fabricators Do It Differently
The steel fabrication industry is structured differently
in the UK to Australia – and it does make a difference. Some
insights into the practical consequences. <more>
Biomimetics Promises Commercial Harnessing of Ocean Energy
Ocean storms will typically break anything in their
path! Learning from systems optimised during 3.8 billion years of
natural selection, perhaps we can build ocean energy conversion
systems that can both deliver energy and survive storms. <more>
NICTA Improves Reliability of Critical Embedded Systems
An Australian designed operating system is set to
underpin the performance of about 1/3 of the world’s mobile phones.
It’s a sleek new open source operating kernel for embedded systems
from National ICT Australia. <more>
Pushing the Engineering Envelope
with The Warren Centre
A quick insight into current Warren Centre activities
and how you can make a difference. We welcome involvement of
individuals with a practical interest in our work, a
desire to make a difference and a willingness to commit. <more>
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Warren Centre
Events
Steel: Framing the Future
21 November 2006 – Melbourne
22 November 2006 – Brisbane
23 November 2006 – Sydney
www.warren.usyd.edu.au
or http://tinyurl.com/yjqja5
2007 Innovation Lecture
5 June 2007 – Melbourne
6 June 2007 – Sydney
7 June 2007 – Brisbane
Contact Fiona Hearne (02) 9351 7205 or
fionah@eng.usyd.edu.au
Others Events
New Technology for Infrastructure- The World of Tomorrow
20 to 21 November 2006 - Sydney
ATSE
www.atse.org.au/?sectionid=35
Bioenergy Australia 2006
6-7 December Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia
http://tinyurl.com/ymt8b9
www.bioenergyaustralia.org
Web Accessibility Workshop
15 December 2006 – Adelaide
Vision Australia
http://tinyurl.com/typ6j
3rd Annual Australian Water Summit 2006
2 & 3 April 2007
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
www.acevents.com.au/water2007
Rainwater and Urban Design 2007
21 to 23 August 2007 - Sydney
rainwater2007@tourhosts.com.au
www.rainwater2007.com
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