Invitation to Graphene+2018: The 4^th Industrial Revolution conference

Monday October 8, Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne

Scientists, academia, advanced manufacturers and global start-up incubator leaders address: How Australia can spearhead the technology, and foster the start-up culture, that will drive the next generation of interconnectedness through the Internet of Things using graphene as the enabler of change.

Speakers include — 

Government:

• Daniel Mulino MLC, Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance, Victoria

Startup incubation:

• Omer Gozen, VP, New Materials & Packaging, Plug and Play (USA)

Academia:

• Professor Linda Kristjanson AO, Vice Chancellor, Swinburne University
• Professor Bronwyn Fox, Director, Manufacturing Futures Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
• Professor David Officer, Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Research

Business:

• Chris Gilbey OAM, CEO Imagine IM; Chair, Australian Graphene Industry Association
• Ray Gibbs, CEO, Haydale Limited
• Brendan Swifte, CEO, Geofabrics
• Elina Ollila, CEO, UX-Fit (USA)
• Dominic Rohrmus, Senior Engineer, Siemens AG (Germany)
• Professor Peter Middendorf, Director Arena2036 (Germany)
• Volkmar Doericht, R&D for Digitalization and Automation, Siemens (Germany)

Issues to be discussed include —

• Graphene: Solving big problems
• Designing Materials: Doing more with less
• From startup to billion dollar markets
• Invention, research and IP
• Making Australian manufacturing globally relevant

For the complete agenda, please visit: grapheneindustry.org.au/conference/schedule

WHERE TO NEXT? LOCATION, HOW WE DRIVE OUR DIGITAL FUTURE

The Locate Conference (Locate19) will explore how geospatial science is underpinning the rapid changes we are experiencing now in the fourth industrial revolution. From advanced data capture techniques, positioning, data analytics, artificial intelligence to strategy and policy, Locate 19 will explore how surveying and spatial science is a core enabling technology of the digital age .   From health care, transport, consumer experience through to environment, energy, water, resources and smart cities, Locate19 will uncover the geospatial technologies driving our digital future, identify new insights and better outcomes for your organisation.

INVITATION TO ATTEND

On behalf of the Locate Conferences Australia it is our pleasure to invite you to join us at the Locate19 Conference, 8 – 10 April in Melbourne, Victoria.

Consistently named at the top of the world’s most liveable cities lists, Melbourne is Australia’s home of sport, art, live music, theatres, education and more. The MCEC Conference venue is on the banks of the Yarra River, in the heart of the city – the perfect location for the premier conference of the surveying and spatial industries in Australia and New Zealand.

With a theme of “Where to next? How geospatial science is driving our digital future” this conference will have an engaging approach that will bring together innovative global leaders who will share their ideas, knowledge, and experiences on a wide range of subjects. Every year Locate sets and shares the future direction of the industry, and brings speakers together across the government, private, non-profit and academic sectors.

You will have an opportunity to network with colleagues from all corners of the globe, have direct access to vendors and subject matter experts in the Interactive Zone, see the newest technology, and be introduced to the newest ideas in the spatial sector.

We look forward in seeing you in Melbourne.

GLENN COCKERTON & KATE WILLIAMS, CO-CONVENORS

GeoSmart India returns in 2023 for its 23rd iteration, with a theme of ‘Geospatial Infrastructure and Digital Twins: Powering National Economy’.

This year, the focus will be on strengthening India’s ambition of becoming a trillion-dollar economy. Geospatial infrastructure and digital twins will play a pivotal role in empowering the nation’s economy, enabling measurement of what can be seen in order to make better decisions across all major sectors.