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Invitation to Graphene+2018: The 4th 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
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SDB Day 2019
The International Forum on Satellite-Derived Bathymetry 2019
Esteemed speakers and guests from hydrographic offices, marine industry, service providers and research institutes around the world will gather for Australia’s first SDB Day in May 2019.
Satellite Derived Bathymetry (SDB) is a method for providing high-resolution water depth data in shallow water environments. These waters are notoriously difficult and expensive to access. The method combines satellite imagery with advanced algorithms to provide affordable and accurate data, and all within a relatively quick turnaround time.
The forum addresses the urgent need for both users and producers of SDB to jointly discuss capabilities, standards, data integration and handling uncertainties in its application.
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A panel of data and industry experts will examine changes to IP and copyright and the disruption of current business models that current and future technologies are creating, with an open discussion about governance considerations that may affect surveying businesses now and in the coming years. This will be an insightful, interesting and challenging discussion around how technology and big data are redefining business opportunities.
The speakers will be:
- Professor Kevin McDougall, Head of School, Civil Engineering and Surveying University of Queensland
- Rachel Sciascia, Partner, Gadens
- Nicole Stephensen, Principal Consultant, Ground Up Consulting Pty Ltd
- Adam Beck , Executive Director, Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand Secretariat, Centre for Data Leadership
Image credit: ©stock.adobe.com/au/boreala
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The Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) will convene the second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) in Hyderabad, India from 10-14 October 2022.
Hosted by the Government of India through its Ministry of Science and Technology, the convening of the UNWGIC arises out of the mandate from the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to the Committee of Experts to convene global forums to promote comprehensive dialogue on global geospatial information management with all relevant governments, international organisations and stakeholders.
With an overarching theme ‘Geo-Enabling the Global Village: No one should be left behind,’ the second UNWGIC will reflect the importance of integrated geospatial information to support sustainable development and the wellbeing of society, address environmental and climate challenges, embrace digital transformation and technological development, and catalyse vibrant economies.
The congress addresses the development and strengthening of integrated geospatial information management, its capacities and capabilities, and demonstrates the importance of international cooperation and coordination for building a human data and geography community, against the three pillars of sustainable development, for a shared future and a better world, leaving no one behind within an inclusive and equitable global society.
The UNWGIC will feature a high-level, plenary, special and parallel sessions. While the actual second UNWGIC program covers three days (11 – 13 October), the overall event will be a weeklong (10 – 14 October), and will include global and regional meetings, workshops and learning events, expert meetings and side events, including the eleventh plenary meeting of the Regional Committee of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP), as well as the annual meeting of the UN-GGIM Expanded Bureau.