Archive Events QLD
Earth Friendly Concrete - Making it Happen
Date:
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 17:30
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
Tom Glasby, Wagners EFC Manager
Venue:
Engineering House, Brisbane
Synopsis:
This Innovation Sub Committee event will present on recent projects undertaken using "Earth Friendly Concrete" (EFC) as well as engineering / materials properties that have been developed from numerous R&D projects and testing.
Eminent Speaker Series: A Sustainable Energy Future for Australia
Date:
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 17:30 to 20:00
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
Dr Mark Diesendorf
Venue:
Hawken Auditorium, Engineering House, 447 Upper Edward St, Brisbane
Synopsis:
Mark will look at the reliability of a renewable energy system and the cost of implementing such a system.
Personalised Rapid Transport - A New Sustainable Public Transport System
Date:
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 17:30 to 19:30
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
Doug Harland
Venue:
Hawken Auditorium, Engineering House, 447 Upper Edward St, Brisbane
Synopsis:
Australia is facing many challenges at present - a significant debt, congested cities and their heat island affect, looming peak oil, daily road fatalities, financing much needed costly and community intrusive light rail systems and the loss of its skilled and innovative manufacturing capability.
An intelligent Personalised Rapid Transport system (PRT) is slowly gaining traction globally and the presenter has the view Australia needs to embrace this system to assist in meeting the above challenges.
SENG & WMAA 15th Annual Environmental Undergraduate Student Award Night
Date:
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 - 17:30
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
various final year environmental engineering students
Venue:
UQ Advanced Engineering Building
Synopsis:
The annual student awards night allows Environmental Engineering and Science undergraduate students from Queensland universities to feature their thesis and project work to an audience of industry professionals and fellow students.
Engineering - Soft Skills are Not Hard
Date:
Monday, October 13, 2014 - 17:30
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
Paul Marshall
Venue:
Hawken Auditorium, Engineering House, 447 Upper Edward St, Brisbane
Synopsis:
We need more skills other than savvy use of a calculator or a spreadsheet to be successful engineers and sustainability professionals.
Zero Carbon Australia High Speed Rail report: Brisbane Launch
Date:
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 18:30 to 20:30
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
Venue:
QUT Gardens Point Campus (Gibson Room 1064, Z Block), Brisbane
Synopsis:
We are delighted you can join us at the Brisbane premiere of Beyond Zero Emissions's Zero Carbon Australia High Speed Rail research report, hosted by Beyond Zero Emissions and the Sustainable Engineering Society. This event will present the report's key findings and give you the opportunity to hear about the social, economic and environmental benefits that high-speed rail can offer to Australia.
Why Economists think engineers don’t understand efficiency
Date:
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 18:45
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
Richard Denniss, Executive Director of The Australia Institute
Venue:
The Shore Restaurant, South Brisbane
Synopsis:
Dinner at South Brisbane with guest speaker Richard Denniss from The Australia Institute.
Community Impacts of Coal Seam Gas
Date:
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 17:45
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
Dr Vikki Uhlmann
Venue:
Hawken Auditorium, Engineering House, 447 Upper Edward St, Brisbane
Synopsis:
This seminar will present research by the UQ Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining examining the cumulative impacts (both positive and negative)of coal seam gas activities in Queensland.
Wind Power - Myths & Facts
Date:
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 17:30
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
Joe Hallenstein, Project Development Manager, RATCH-Australia Corporation
Venue:
Engineering House 447 Upper Edward Street, Brisbane
Synopsis:
The myths and the facts about electricity from wind generators.
Australian Water Accounting Standards
Date:
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 17:00
Event:
QLD Events
Presenter:
Andrew Terracini, Bureau of Meteorology
Venue:
QRI Conference Centre 309 Edward Street, Brisbane, QLD
Synopsis:
Hosted by the Water Panel and co-badged by SENG - this seminar is an introduction to the new Australian Water Accounting Standards by the Bureau of Meteorology.
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